Epress.am News from Armenia
78-Year-Old Man Set Himself on Fire in Kapan, Armenia
Around 7 am today, outside 8 Minas Papyan Street in the Armenian town of Kapan, a citizen committed self-immolation.Read More »
Armenia’s Central Bank Injected More than $300 Million into Market to Save Dram: Paper
The Armenian dram continues to depreciate, and the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia continues to intervene with the aim of...Read More »
Armenian Family of Six Resumes Sit-In Outside President’s Office
Etchmiadzin resident Ashot Khudoyan, along with his wife and four young children, once again announced an indefinite sit-in across the street from the presidential residence.Read More »
Raffi Hovannisian Proposes Meeting with Leaders of Four Non-Ruling Parties: Hraparak
Hovannisian's main proposal was to organize a meeting of the leaders of the four non-ruling parties (BHK, Heritage Party, Armenian National Congress, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation).Read More »
“Insulting the Police Beyond the Power of Ordinary Citizens”: Armenian Activist Vardges Gaspari on Trial
"I don't think that anyone was offended by my remarks, since it's beyond my and ordinary citizens' power and extremely difficult to insult a police officer."Read More »
Parents of Armenian POW Advised to Appeal to European Court of Human Rights
Until it's known whether POW Hakob Injighulyan captured in Azerbaijan has any demands or not, his parents can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.Read More »
Proposed Legislation to Counteract ‘Fake’ User Accounts will Compel Armenian Users to ‘Emigrate’: Statement
A legislative initiative circulated by a group of lawmakers in Armenia's National Assembly to amend Article1087.1 of the RA Civil Code designed to counteract...Read More »
Iran Might Make New Offer to Armenia on Sale of Gas: Azatutyun
The reduction or removal of international sanctions against Tehran will foster deepening economic relations between Armenia and Iran...Read More »
The Fascism of a Wounded Empire: Interview with Volodymyr Yermolenko in Kiev (updated)
The Epress.am team, which these days reports from Kiev, met with political analyst and philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko.Read More »
Ukraine’s Right Sector: Ukraine Through the Eyes of Armenia, Azerbaijan Journalists: Day Two (updated)
The image of the radical right created by the Russian state propaganda machine did not correspond to the impression the journalists received when...Read More »