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Dozens of people protesting against rising electricity tariffs have gathered on a central square of the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
Armenia has made publics parts of the proposed constitutional changes that would transform the current national political system into a parliamentarian form of government.
The Russian owned firm that owns Armenia's electricity grid has been fined $126,000 for what state regulators in Yerevan have described as a violation of consumer rights.
Armenian police have removed protesters from an avenue in central Yerevan occupied by demonstrators protesting against electricity price hikes.
Protesters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, campaigning against electricity price hikes have issued new demands to authorities.
Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators in the Armenian capital continue to protest on Yerevan's central Baghramian Avenue despite calls by police to leave the avenue.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has vowed financial help to Armenians to deal with a planned electricity price hike that has sparked protests mainly in the capital.
Activists from the protest movement that has rallied thousands in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, against electricity price hikes say “suspicious people” have begun to harass members of the group and peaceful demonstrators.
The leaders of a protest against electricity rate hikes in Armenia say they have added more demands for the government to meet before they will lift their blockade of a main thoroughfare in Yerevan.
Thousands of Armenian protesters continued to block one of Yerevan’s main thoroughfares on June 26, a day after the government refused their demands to reverse a 16 percent electricity price hike.
The Armenian government has refused to reverse electricity price hikes, as protest rallies in the capital entered their second week.
Armenian security forces have refrained from another violent crackdown as demonstrators protesting against a hike in electricity prices blocked a central avenue in Yerevan for the fourth day running.
Russia owns Armenia's power-distribution grid, and Armenian consumers are furious about the way they are being treated by the firm when it comes to paying for electricity.
Armenians demonstrating against a hike in electricity prices are preparing for a third night blockading the capital's central avenue.
The little-known trio behind the large demonstrations in Armenia is relying on "the people" in their battle against an electricity price hike.
A standoff between riot police and demonstrators protesting a hike in electricity prices is blocking the central avenue in the Armenia's capital, Yerevan, for the third day running.
The Armenian police used force and water cannons to clear a demonstration in central Yerevan after a night of standoff with activists protesting against rising electricity prices.
Several thousand people have been protesting in the Armenian capital against rising electricity prices.
Though Kirk Kerkorian made billions of dollars in Hollywood and Las Vegas, more people will mourn his death in faraway Armenia than in the United States.
Two Armenian wrestlers and a coach are boycotting the upcoming European Games in Baku, dealing a blow to the notion that the event could help bring the bitter rivals a bit closer.
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