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Non-Ruling Political Parties Divided Over Revised Pension Bill
During a special meeting of the National Assembly on the issue of pension reform, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation faction announced that it will vote in favor of...Read More »
Missing Armenian Officer’s Body Found in Reservoir
After the body of Senior Lieutenant Meruzhan Harutyunyan was discovered in the Tandzik reservoir, a forensic examination of the body was appointed.Read More »
Man Accused of Domestic Violence Sets Fire to the House, Leaving Wife and 2 Children Homeless
Lawyer Tigran Muradyan said that domestic violence should be treated as a matter of public prosecution, so the defendant should be convicted even if the complaint is withdrawn.Read More »
Soldiers are Younger Than Ceasefire Itself: UK’s Minister of Europe on Karabakh Conflict
"A generation now exists who only know of conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, yet these two peoples have a long, shared history of living together peacefully...Read More »
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan Tells Deceived Homeowners to “Go Talk to Hovik”: GALA TV
Bilked owners of the apartments on Buzand Street in central Yerevan today held a protest outside the presidential palace.Read More »
Civil Society Should Respond to Russian Ambassador, If Armenian Authorities Can’t: Opinion
The Armenian authorities have made it clear to Russia that they have long begun the process of neutralizing NGOs, said Women's Resource Center of Armenia Executive Director...Read More »
Film Screened at Second Anniversary of Bombing of Gay-Friendly Bar in Armenia
The bombing of gay-friendly bar DIY in central Yerevan and the subsequent criminal proceedings are in the past, but adequate legal or political assessment of the...Read More »
No US, Russian Peacekeepers in Karabakh: Opinions from Baku and Yerevan
"First, Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Question: how to agree when their positions are diametrically opposed? Read More »
Court Choses Not Causing Nuisance Over Right to Demonstrate: Activist
The RA Administrative Court of Appeal today considered the case of civil society activist Vardges Gaspari against the decision of the police...Read More »
Need to “Differentiate” Territories of Nagorno-Karabakh: US Ambassador to Armenia
"...encourage the parties to the conflict, the governments, and the people to differentiate [...] between the status of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and the territories surrounding...Read More »