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Photos of Sad-Looking Kids Removed from Armenian President’s Official Website
“This and several other photos were removed from president.am. That’s how we make everyone happy – by erasing the sad,” Harutyunyan captioned his post...Read More »
Armenian Man Who Stabbed Wife 21 Times Gets 3 Years, 6 Months in Prison
Ararat-based Volodya Muradyan, the husband of 35-year-old Diana Nahapetyan who brutally stabbed his wife to death in winter, 2014, was sentenced on December 24 to 3 years and...Read More »
Armenian Villagers Demand Factory Pay for Autumn Grape Harvest
The factory, the demonstrators added, has promised the money would be paid in the spring of next year; however, no specific payment dates had been mentioned in the villagers' initial ...Read More »
Republican MP to Visit Lifers on Hunger Strike
”He has promised to meet and have a talk with the boys tomorrow morning. We handed him a 10-point appeal yesterday, and he's also promised to consider it and take appropriate measures,” convict Vagharshak Avetisyan's...Read More »
Economists Predict No Growth in Armenia’s Economy in 2016
Vilen Khachatryan, another of discussion participants, stated that the economy of Armenia had been gradually regressing. Most recent statistics data, he added, have shown that as of November, 2015,..Read More »
Parliament Deputy Speaker Criticized for ‘False Promises’ to Yazidis in Armenia
2015 is coming to an end, and the promises of the NA Deputy Speaker have not been fulfilled. It's regrettable that [Sharmazanov] forgets his promises, and even more so given that these promises were made on...Read More »
Victims’ Relatives Doubt Gyumri Massacre Suspect Was Acting Alone (Photo)
The Avetisyans’ relatives, on the other hand, have other concerns. Speaking to reporters during one of the many breaks, Rima Avetisyan stated they did not believe Permyakov had acted alone: “I see his face and his state, and...Read More »
Three Armenian Soldiers Dead in NKR – Official
NKR military authorities also reported that contract soldier Gor V Ohanyan, 23, received a fatal gunshot wound late in the evening on Thursday, December 17, at one of the military units stationed in the northern direction...Read More »
Armenian Trial of Gyumri Massacre Suspect Began on Russian Military Base
The trial of Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of murdering seven members of Armenian Avetisyan family in January 12, 2015, began today in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri with an outgoing...Read More »
Relatives Stage Protest in Support of Armenian Lifers on Hunger Strike
Having received no response from the Government or the Minister of Justice, the protesters decided to continue their protest action in front of the RA National Assembly. The relatives said they intended to...Read More »