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Yearly Archives: 2019
November, 2019
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29 November
Body of a Soldier Found Hanged in Dilijan Training Center: Investigative Committee
The 6th garrison investigative department of the Military Investigative Department is investigating this case on the basis of Article 110, Part 1 of the Criminal Code (driving to suicide). Vahan Musheghyan was 19 years old... -
29 November
Murdered Journalist’s Relatives Call for Investigating Criminal Links with Azerbaijan
The Panama Papers had information about Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson... -
25 November
Central Bank and TUMO Left Dilijan’s Library “Homeless”
The conditions are not yet perfect, but at least we don't have to cover the shelves with plastic sheets," say the library staff. The director is humorously asking us not to video record the walls in mold and cracks․․․ -
25 November
“We Wish We Could Forget These 30 Years”: Some Refugees will get Private Housing
Given the vast difference between cadastre prices and average market prices, this amount, in effect, may not be sufficient for buying apartments neither in Avan, nor in even more remote districts of Yerevan. -
25 November
The Gas Price, Armenia-EU, Russia-Armenia Relations in TI’s Report
Just as in the Ukrainian case, Armenia’s strategic dependence on Russia, that was deepened by Gazprom’s acquisition of ArmRusGasprom, was compounded by evidence of links between Russian and Armenian... -
21 November
Former Syunik Governor Ex-Governor Prosecuted
Khachatrian, who is better known to the public as “Liska,” was first appointed as governor of Syunik in 2004 by then President Kocharian. Khachatrian’s son Tigran and one of the bodyguards were arrested and charged with murder... -
19 November
Company Linked To Deputy Prime Minister Investigated
The official, Sarhat Petrosian, said he “can no longer tolerate dilettantism and sectarianism bordering on corruption” when he resigned as head of Armenia’s Cadaster Committee. Petrosian, who was named to run the... -
18 November
21-Year-Old Prisoner Found Hanged in the Prison
The Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice has issued a statement that on November 16, 2016 at around 22:50, prisoner Sargis Abelyan was found hanged from the double-deck bed... -
18 November
“Money Offered for Demanding Minister Resignation” ReSTART
Dashnak-leaning forces (leaning towards the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party) offer bribes to the first-year students of YSU, writes Yuri Avagyan, member of the student-led... -
16 November
Dashnaks and other “Saviors” of the Nation United around Resignation Demand
The march ended at the Ministry of Education where it joined the sit-in by Dashnak young party-members who had set-up a few tents there and posters reading: "Don't touch my language, my religion, my dignity!" "Sovereign Armenia", "Resignation!"