April, 2015

• 13 April

  

  PACE President Begins Official Visit to Armenia; Refuses to Take Questions from Reporters

  Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), began her official visit to Armenia on Monday, April 13. During a press briefing held at the RA National Assembly, Brasseur spoke about her meetings and discussions with Armenian MPs; the PACE President, who had arrived half …
• 11 April

  

  “Criminal Possession of Weapons”: Charges Pressed Against Sixth Arrested Oppositionist

  The Armenian law enforcement found a grenade on the roof of Hakobyan's house on the day of the arrest, authorities said. Other members of “Founding Parliament” have alleged that the grenade could have...
• 11 April

  

  Paralyzed Ex-Soldier Needs Funding For Treatment Abroad

  Yesayan has recently undergone magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine; a computed tomography (CT) scan of the head is scheduled for May. The MRI procedures showed a positive development; now he is awaiting the...
• 10 April

  

  Armenian Soldier Received Fatal Injuries Playing Football: Official

  The soldier was injured during a game of football in the military unit; Arakelyan hung with his hands from the goalpost, which, subsequently, fell on his head, authorities said...
• 10 April

  

  Defense Ministry Not Obliged to Finance Soldiers’ Treatment Abroad: Spokesperson

  - I have all the data on diseases and their causes. Several dozen serious injuries are registered each year, which are primarily caused by adversary attacks. However, [the soldiers] don't just receive musculoskeletal...
• 10 April

  

  Government to Buy Tablets for Armenian Schools at a Price Higher Than the Market Value: Press

  During the first round of the program 650 grade 1 pupils in Vayots Dzor province of Armenia will each be provided an ArmTab tablet; training courses will be held for teachers; wireless internet devices will be installed in 45 schools...
• 10 April

  

  Armenian Soldier Killed In an Accident In NKR: Official

  19-year-old soldier Artur Arakelyan was killed in an accident in a military unit deployed in the eastern direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, the NKR Ministry of Defense said in an official statement issued on Friday, April 10...
• 10 April

  

  Charges Pressed Against Members of Opposition Movement

  A statement issued by the RA Investigative Committee on Thursday said that searches have been conducted at the homes of the six members of the opposition movement, as well as the headquarters of “Founding Parliament” in Yerevan, Lori, and Gyumri.
• 9 April

  

  Republican MP Asks Parents of Dead Soldiers Not to “Grist to the Mill of the Enemy”

  He also asked the parents not to generalize the incidents and not to compare the deaths on the border with breaches of military discipline, so as not to “grist to the mill of our common enemy....
• 9 April

  

  Suspects In the Beating of War Veteran Released From Prison

  The dispute between Vardan Tumanyan and one of the men in the neighbordhood, Babken, began in the yard when Babken got into an argument with his friend with whom he was playing chess, and Vardan intervened, which Babken...