July, 2014

• 24 July

  

  Construction on New Komitas Museum-Institute to be Completed by This Year

  The Government of Armenia in its meeting today adopted a decision to create a museum-institute dedicated to Komitas.
• 24 July

  

  3 Inmates on Hunger Strike at Nubarashen Penitentiary

  To date, three people are on on hunger strike at the Nubarashen Penitentiary, one of whom is serving a life sentence, while the other two are accused.
• 24 July

  

  Why Number of Protests Reduced? On the Role of the Prime Minister: Armenian Times

  The most significant result of the first 100 days of RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan's term in office is that protest demonstrations and...
• 23 July

  

  Azerbaijani Men Arrested in Karabakh Charged with Murder and Espionage

  The General Prosecutor's Office of the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno Karabakh has put forth several charges against Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev...
• 23 July

  

  Accused in Gang Case Pierces Himself with Sharp Object in Courtroom: Trial Postponed

  David Galstyan, accused of committing a series of burglaries, pierced his hand with something sharp at the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and...
• 23 July

  

  Men Accused of Group Assault Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

  Judge Nelly Baghdasaryan sentenced defendants Gor Barnausov and Armen Zarafyan accused of group assault to 5 years in prison.
• 23 July

  

  Political Activist on Trial Says He Warned Police They Will Beat Provocateurs

  Police officers Khachik Avetisyan and Evrik Lonsk, named as victims in the case of political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, said in court...
• 23 July

  

  Armenian, Georgian Church Issue Joint Statement on Incident in Tbilisi

  The Georgian Orthodox Church and the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia consider discrimination on ethnic or religious grounds to be unacceptable.
• 23 July

  

  Deputy Yerevan Police Chief Not Summoned for Questioning in Opposition Activist Trial

  Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Valeriy Osipyan named as the fourth victim in the case was to have been examined in court today
• 23 July

  

  OSCE Freedom of Media Representative Concerned Over Armenia Court Decision

  OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović on Tuesday expressed concern about a court ruling in Armenia that forces media outlets to...