A memorial stone dedicated to the Armenian-Estonian friendship and memory of the freedom fighters killed during Artsakh heroic battle was placed in a green area from 2009 to 2014. In 2014 the memorial stone was dismantled according to the order of head of Nor Nork district Armen Ulikhanyan.

Protesters fighting against electricity price hike, who passed the night on Baghramyan Avenue, have organized morning run.

For participating in the rally against electricity price hike held yesterday in Ashtarak, about half an hour ago Hayk Hakobyan and Tirayr Gyorjanyan were taken to Ashtarak police department.

In the morning the RA Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan has come to Baghramyan Avenue.

Protest on Baghramyan Avenue in pictures

Food, water and cigarettes are now being distributed to the demonstrators on Baghramyan Avenue.

The No to Plunder initiative is again inviting everyone to Liberty Square to participate in yet another rally against the rising electricity prices.

The same complaints are voiced by tourists arriving in Armenia for holidays.

At the moment thousands of citizens fighting against electricity price hike are marching to the Presidential Palace. Tumanyan Street is closed.

Today, on June 23 at 16:00 three journalists exposed to violence and their advocates will hold a press conference at “Hayeli” (Mirror) club.

“I resigned from work to participate in the protests. Many might think that I am doing PR for my personal interests or I want to show off, but those who know me, will understand me,” Vaghinak Shushanyan told A1+.

The environmentalist says she will be consistent and study the issue until she finds out the truth. Speaking about the reports that gold has been found in the lake, Silva Adamyan said it is a myth.

Armenia’s Minister of Justice Hovhannes Manukyan has visited all penitentiaries and is well aware of the situation in Armenian prisons.

The sacked employees of Karen Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex, commonly known as Hamalir, have filed a suit with the Administrative Court, demanding their unpaid salaries for several months.

“I am very happy and excited that so many people heeded our call. This is a very big patriotic step and I think that every Armenian should spend at least a week of their holidays on their native soil,” he said.

As is known, the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia made a decision on June 17 to raise electricity prices for Armenian consumers by AMD 6.93.

Today the leadership of Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet refused to provide electricity to the citizens who are holding sit-in strike at Liberty Square.

There are 60 million refugees in the world, half of them are children. According to the data of Save the Children organization, there are 12 000 people in Armenia, who have been expelled from Syria. 63 % of working-age citizens are unemployed, 40% live at the expense of former savings.

Today since the morning about 70 Syrian Armenian young people have been cleaning the territory near Republic Square station of Yerevan Metro. The initiative belongs to Armenians, who came from Syria.

On June 20 at 14:20 a call was received that a man’s body had been noticed in Yerevan (Yerevanyan) Lake, rescuers help was needed to take it out.

More than 20 people, who are taking part in the sit-in, took shelter from midday heat under umbrellas near the doors of Opera House. They had bottles of drinking water with them and there were also cleaning supplies.

Short time ago with a vote 19 to12 ARF member Vostanik Marukhyan has been elected Rector of Polytechnic, who formerly was Rector of the University.

Every morning yoga teacher Apres Zohrabyan attracts positive energy and peace of soul, clears his thoughts in order to pass it to people, “Yoga is means of psychological-emotional hygiene, and the hygiene products, which we use every day, clean the body, and yoga cleans the thoughts.”

Dear compatriots, as it has been already announced, on June 19 “No to plunder” civil initiative, taking into consideration the demand of the people, started sit-in strike at Liberty Square demanding to avert the illegal decision on electricity price hike.