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Shant Harutyunyan Claims in Court Police Officer Slandering Him
Examined in court today in the case of political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his friends was police officer Gegham Khachatryan...Read More »
Armenian Ombudsman’s Office Didn’t Provide Lawyer Because It Lost Defendant’s Claim
Defendant in the case against Shant Harutyunyan and his friends Vardan Vardanyan in court today complained about the Armenian Ombudsman's office.Read More »
Political Activist on Trial Urges Yerevan Mayor Not to Betray His Father
Shant Harutyunyan urged Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan (pictured) not to install the statue of Soviet leader Anastas Mikoyan in the Armenian capital.Read More »
Appeals Court Rejects Appeal of Family Picked Up by Police on Day of Putin’s Visit to Armenia
Armenia's Court of Appeal today dismissed Etchmiadzin residents Ashot Khudoyan and Heghine Makaryan's appeal to overrule the ruling of a lower court which...Read More »
“Imperial Mindsets Survive Empires”: Gerard Libaridian on South Caucasus After USSR Collapsed
Imperial mindsets survive empires, as do imperial rivalries in collective memory, in historiography and in policy making often long after empires are gone. Read More »
Garbage Collectors in Armenia’s Resort Town of Sevan on Strike: Hraparak
The garbage collectors in the town of Sevan have not been coming to work for 2 days. About two dozen workers have been gathering at the utilities...Read More »
Russian Company Given Monopoly in Armenian Market: Zhoghovurd
Russian companies are granted privileges beyond the limit of Armenia's Constitution: they occupy a monopoly position in the Armenian market...Read More »
Body of Missing Young Man Found in Kelbajar: Local Press
The body of Smbat Tsakanyan, 17, missing since July 4, was found in Kelbajar.Read More »
Civilian Killed From Azerbaijani Fire, Report Karabakh Authorities
Arvid Danielyan, was killed at around 2 pm on July 14, in the vicinity of the neighborhood of Akna in the administrative district of Askeran region...Read More »
No Armenia Citizens Injured in Moscow Metro Crash: Armenia Foreign Ministry Preliminary Report
According to preliminary information by the Armenian Embassy in Russia, there are no citizens of the Republic of Armenia among those injured or killed as...Read More »