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Two Armenian Soldiers Die in Nagorno-Karabakh
Two soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, Marat Khachanyan and Arman Stepanyan, died at around 5 PM on Friday, September 4, NKR Defense Ministry said in an official statement...Read More »
Armenia Still Aspires to European Type of Government After Joining EEU; Parliament Discusses Draft Constitution
Interestingly enough, the parliamentarian used the example of the European Union, despite the fact that Armenia gave up its plans to enter the EU in 2013 and joined the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union instead...Read More »
Valery Permyakov to Serve Sentence in Armenia: Press
Permyakov, the paper wrote, will be held at the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri pending trial and imposition of sentence, after which he will be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement authorities to serve his...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Killed In Azerbaijani Border Attack, Officials Say
Armenian contract serviceman, Hayk Devoyan, 40, was killed on Thursday, at around 10:30 AM by fire from the Azerbaijani side at one of the border military units of the Armenian Armed Forces, the RA Investigative Committee...Read More »
Armenian Power Utility Demands Nairit Be Declared Bankrupt; Court Session Postponed Until Year’s End
Abovyan responded positively to the judge's question whether it was possible for the plant to pay off the debt to ENA. Nairit, the attorney claimed, is worth more than 75 billion drams, while “the debt is only 1 billion...Read More »
Two People Injured as Azerbaijani Forces Shell Armenian Border Villages
Two residents of Koti village, Nazik Tumanyan and her son Razmik were injured in the attack and transported to Noyemberyan Medical Center; their lives are not in danger, Aravot.am wrote...Read More »
Criminal Case Launched Over Allegations of Police Torture Against Armenian Convict
The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has launched criminal proceedings over allegations of police torture against Hovhannes Cholakhyan convicted of storage and transfer of narcotic drugs. Despite this, the Court...Read More »
Woman in Coma Declared Incapacitated; Husband Re-Appointed Guardian
Lilit Nalbandyan, 26, who fell into a coma after giving birth in May 2013 at the Vanadzor Medical Center and has since been on life support in Yerevan's Erebouni Medical Center, has been declared incapacitated by...Read More »
Wounded Armenian Soldiers’ Lives Not in Danger, Defense Ministry Says
The two soldiers, Vladimir Gevorgyan, 19, and Gor Gevorgyan, 22, were first taken to the Berd hospital and later transported to a military hospital in Yerevan. They are both in stable condition, Hovhannisyan said...Read More »
Armenian Woman Dies After Improperly Performed Laparoscopy
The death of the mother of three minor children was recorded at the “Erebouni” Medical Center; however, the surgery leading to the woman's death had been carried out at Margaryan Maternity Hospital in Yerevan. Read More »