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Goris Mayoral Elections: How Degree of Pressure on Citizens Changed
"After Tigran Karapetyan recused himself, the pressure in Goris diminished. First, the pro-government candidate's real opponent dropped out of the game...Read More »
“Sorry to the Armenian People”: Karabakh War Veteran Asked to Apologize to the Court
The judge reprimanded a few members of the public, instructing the bailiffs to remove from the room one of Avetisyan's supporters...Read More »
Upcoming Demonstration in Yerevan to Protest Against ‘Feudal’ Employers
The pressure group against pension reform Dem Em's next protest march will begin at 7 pm on June 11 just outside the Matenadaran...Read More »
Former Nature Protection Minister Violated Ethics Rules: Commission
Former RA Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan who called an activist "urchin" (lakot) violated the rule of ethics, according to a...Read More »
Pipe-Casing of Yerevan Building Under Construction Falls, Locals Call Police
For several months, Yerevan residents have been protesting construction of a multi-purpose high-rise building at 10–12 Sayat Nova Avenue.Read More »
Armenian Minister Warns OSCE Ambassador of ‘Serious Consequences’ for Azerbaijan
After the deaths of two Armenian soldiers from shots fired yesterday from Nakhichevan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border...Read More »
Where is the $954 Million Allocated for Construction of North-South Highway?
The $954 million allocated for construction of the 500-km North-South Road Corridor is spent and the work has stopped — only a 25 km stretch was built.Read More »
Ukraine Explains Why It Returned Its Ambassador to Armenia
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to return its Ambassador Ivan Kukhta (pictured) to Armenia after Armenia congratulated Petro Poroshenko's victory...Read More »
‘If You Had Done Something, I Wouldn’t Have Gone to Court’: Father of Deceased 2-Year-Old to Doctors
In the opinion of Arabkir Joint Medical Center doctors Lilit Vardanyan and Zarine Ayvzyan, accused in the death of 2-year-old Lia Misakyan, they are accused only...Read More »
Yerevan’s Anastas Mikoyan St. Changed to ‘Enver Pasha’
Social activist Vilen Gabrielyan today "renamed" Anastas Mikoyan St. in Yerevan to "Enver Pasha" by spray-painting over the original street name in...Read More »