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Monthly Archives: April 2016
April, 2016
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26 April
Traces of TNT Found in Blown-Up Yerevan Bus
Investigators have also searched the houses of other passengers and found no evidence to link them to the explosion. In addition, investigation has yet to find evidence suggesting a terrorist attack, according to the Committee's statement... -
26 April
Armenian Women’s Rights Coalition to Demand Police Chief’s Resignation if He Refuses to Apologize to Reporter
Gasparyan's behaviour, the statement says, was yet another manifestation of sexism and exertion of psychological pressure on women by high-ranking Armenian police officers. “In August, 2013, for instance,.. -
26 April
Armenian Conscript Found Shot in Head in Military Truck
At about 8:30 pm Monday, a conscript of the Armenian Armed Forces, Hovhannes V Petrosyan, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the back of a GAZ-66 military truck... -
26 April
Police Chief Says Explosion on Yerevan Passenger Bus Likely Caused by Bomb
As of Tuesday morning, two people were reported dead and eight people injured after because of the blast. Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has released the names of those injured: Hasmik S Melkonyan ... -
26 April
Two Armenian Contract Servicemen Killed in NKR
The Defense Army, as stated by officials, took preventive measures and launched targeted strikes against enemy positions and front-line bases, “causing the Azerbaijani army significant losses in manpower and military equipment.”. -
25 April
At Least One Killed, Six Injured in Yerevan Bus Explosion
The blast, the cause of which is still unknown, took place at approximately 10:00 pm local time on Halabyan street, a residential area not far from the center of Yerevan. ... -
25 April
Loan Officers Knew Villagers Would Hand Over Money to Third Party, Lawyer Says
One of the application pages, however, was filled out by the loan officers, where they listed the villagers' assets and liabilities, Apresyan added. “The officers judged whether the villagers... -
23 April
Dozens Detained in Yerevan on Russian Foreign Minister’s Visit Day
Yerevan police detained 42 people late on Friday, the day of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's official visit to Armenia, from the city's central Baghramyan Avenue as they forcibly dispersed... -
22 April
Heroized Armenian Colonel Would Beat Soldiers with ‘Particular Cruelty’
At the start of the “Four Day War,” division deputy commander Melkumyan was wounded in the leg, and this is how the editor of “168 Zham” newspaper [ARM], who visited the serviceman at the Jabrail military ... -
22 April
Two Armenian Soldiers Dead, Two Arrested In Separate Incidents of Violation of Gun Safety Rules
In a separate incident, conscript Karen Aghabekyan sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the chest at around 2:30 pm Thursday while driving his unit's UAZ military van. Conscript P. Yegoryan...