March, 2016

• 24 March

  

  Armenian Conscript Found Shot in Head in Army Shooting Range

  Armenian army conscript Sevak Hambardzumyan died while on the way to the hospital on Thursday morning after he was found with a gunshot wound to his head at the shooting range of a Syunik military unit...
• 23 March

  

  Yerevan Residents Hope to Reach Settlement with Construction Company

  Judge Alvard Hunanyan granted the motion in view of a possible settlement, despite objections from Local Developers attorney Alexander Sirunyan. “There's not going to be any settlement. There is nothing to negotiate...
• 23 March

  

  15% of Armenian Households Food Insecure, Report Says

  Child stunting was significantly linked with household poverty, poor consumption, poor care and feeding practices, and lower education of mothers. The prevalence of overweight was the same across poor and rich households...
• 23 March

  

  Health Minister and Wife ‘Have Final Say’ on All HIV/AIDS Funding Allocated to Armenia

  The Pink Armenia leader added that the grant winning nonprofit, “Positive People Armenian Network,” has promised assistance to a greater number of people with less money. However, Hovsepyan ...
• 23 March

  

  Recently Deceased Armenian Archbishop Was Awaiting Trial on Child Abuse Charges

  “Hrayr has also made allegations against two other high-ranking clerics from the Armenian monastery in Jerusalem, claiming that he had been sexually assaulted by them up until turning 19,” the paper writes...
• 23 March

  

  NKR Defense Army Junior Sergeant Fatally Shot by Conscript, Officials Say

  NKR military authorities had reported earlier that Hovhannisyan's death was “the result of violating the rules of safe firearm handling.” The Investigative Committee statement, however, said “preliminary investigation has...
• 22 March

  

  Abusive Husband Blames Reporters for ‘Disgracing’ His Family

  Judge Papoyan granted the motion to assign the accused a public defender and adjourned the hearing until the lawyer’s appointment. The motion for a closed court will also be discussed at the next hearing...
• 22 March

  

  Petition Proposes Five ‘Crucial’ Changes to Armenia’s Electoral Code

  As is known, very often irregularities are registered in the polling stations that are difficult to prove. Those irregularities include ballot stuffing, inhibiting the activity of observers, journalists and proxies...
• 22 March

  

  Gaspari Alleges One of His Prison Torturers Was ‘Murdered’

  Civic activist Vardges Gaspari announced after a Monday hearing at the Shengavit district court that his former Nubarashen jail cellmate Mkhitar Sargsyan, whose death on March 1 was reported as suicide...
• 22 March

  

  Scuffle at Lori Court as Defendant Refuses to ‘Serve for Someone Else’

  Speaking of the rumors going around in Vanadzor about the real murderer being a son of a National Security Service officer, Danielyan said that this gossip presumably referred to witness Artur Baghdasaryan..