Arpi Harutyunyan

The mortality rate has increased, but so have government efforts to fight the disease.
Despite government efforts, day-to-day discrimination persists.
Activists warn that plan might contaminate country’s most important water source.
Right now, only exploratory work is planned, but environmentalists fear for the worst if anything is found.
Opposition parties demand swift action to find perpetrators of abduction and assault, and suspect government members of complicity.
Membership of Russian-led bloc could mean restrictions on free speech.
Differences in language and lesson content make it hard for refugee pupils to keep up.
Claims that Armenians were target of ethnic attack are disputed by eyewitnesses.
Outspoken Moscow media official suggests Armenia should adopt Russian as an official language.
Authorities decide to copy other countries’ success in legislating against option for aborting female foetuses.