Epress.am News from Armenia
Kocharyan to Remain in Custody
Citizens demanding a life sentence for Kocharyan were chanting - "Long live the Republic of Armenia," "Long live justice," "Long live the proud citizen of the Republic of Armenia," "Long live democracy."Read More »
“My Step” to Initiate A Process of Removal of Chairman of the Constitutional Court
As for the substance of the Constitutional Court's decision, one can clearly note that without clear justification the Court significantly diverted from its own legal position it has been expressing for over a decade...Read More »
Head of Armenia’s National Security Office Resigns to Focus of Football
Nation-building has its logic; volatility of decisions, turbulence of actions, non-distinction of the primary from the secondary and the transient from the permanent as a style of work are not the path leading...Read More »
Hrant Dink Award Goes to Women Rights Defenders
She became the first person from Turkey to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights for taking the freedom of thought violations, the murder of her husband, her arrest and torture to this court...Read More »
Arayik Harutyunyan Has Suspended Printing of History Textbooks
"These problematic themes are normally scheduled for the second semester, therefore the students might start with the old textbooks and shift to the newer ones before they reach those themes...Read More »
Armenia in Flames
The fires of the last 2 weeks have resulted in 1 casualty, with 13 individuals injured. In response to Epress.am, the Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that in the past 2 weeks over 3500 ha of land were on fire. The reasons of these fires...Read More »
ELARD to Pashinyan – You Need to Revisit the EIA
When you were saying that if additional proper measures are taken, then risks will become management, we have a problem evaluating your statement. What does it mean?Read More »
New Charges Brought Against Serj Sargsyan’s Brother
The charges brought against Lyova Sargsyan describe schemes of financial fraud and embezzlement of a $250 million project, wherein subcontracting companies used the power and influence...Read More »
Osipyan to Account for August 19 or Resign
Those gathered were prevented by heavy police forces to use the public space on the pavement of the Presidential Residence and were forced to stand across the street, a practice emulating the authoritarian times.Read More »
No Grounds to Release Kocharyan: Prosecutor’s Office
In all those cases, when it will become clear that the criminal prosecution is incompatible with the functional immunity of the person, the body in charge of prosecution will be objectively deprived...Read More »