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Price of Drinking Water in Armenia to Remain Unchanged
The Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia (RA) at its meeting today discussed the question of raising Yerevan Djur's tariff for drinking water.Read More »
Prosecution Confirms Police Officers were in Plainclothes: Trial of Opposition Activist Continues
Shant Harutyunyan's attorney, Inessa Petrosyan, remarked that the video footage shows that some of the police officers were in plainclothes...Read More »
Voting Most in Favor of Legislative Proposals are Republican Party of Armenia MPs
Voting in favor the most for various legislative packages at the National Assembly's fifth convocation (operating since May 31, 2012) were ruling Republican Party of...Read More »
Bribery Case Victim Changed Testimony Several Times Under Police Pressure: Lawyer
Armenian Ministry of Justice employees Sahak Harutyunyan and Aleksander Khachatryan are accused of extorting a bribe of 400,000 AMD ($1,000 USD) from the victim.Read More »
Education Minister’s Advisor Introduced me to National Security Service Employee: Journalist
"As a response to my refusal, he threatened me, as well as negative consequences connected to my and the Heritage Party's political and business activity...Read More »
After Torturing Detainee, Police Offered Him Vodka Then Reported He was Drunk
After extorting a testimony through use of torture, police officers at the Erebuni division in Yerevan invited Alexander Tsverianov to eat barbecue and drink vodka...Read More »
VTB-Bank (Armenia) Responds to Query on Withdrawals from Activist’s Account
"Under the law, without the customer's consent the bank has no right to take any action with his account, including extracting funds. At the same time...Read More »
Family Forcibly Removed from Outside Presidential Palace Appeals Case in Court
The Khudoyans were removed from their place of protest across the street from the presidential residence at around 6:15 am on December 2, 2013, the...Read More »
Verdict in Karabakh War Veteran Case Not Read Because of Judge’s No-Show
Karabakh War veteran Gagik Sarukhanyan said the court sessions in Avetisyan's case are always artificially prolonged. "They don't know what else to...Read More »
Ombudsman Condemns Justice Ministry on Slow Action on Removing Ban on Attorneys Visiting Prisoners
Due to the fault of the Ministry of Justice, prisoners in Armenia cannot meet with attorneys on non-working days and outside of work hours, which is a gross violation of...Read More »