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Armenian Village Head Promises to Restore Destroyed Yezidi Graves
Andranik Petrosyan, head of the village of Myasnikyan of Armavir marz (province), promised to restore the Yezidi cemetery once the...Read More »
Armenia Pays More Than Other Customs Union Member Countries for Gas
Gas is several times more expensive for citizens of the Republic of Armenia than for the inhabitants of the other member countries of...Read More »
Why are the Yezidis Rapidly Emigrating from Armenia?
Yazidis living in Armenia are emigrating rapidly. If in the past they left the country because of a lack of jobs and poor socioeconomic...Read More »
Court will Exempt Armenian Oligarch from Liability, Believes Attorney
The Court of Appeals is preparing grounds for dismissal of Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan's appeal, according to the...Read More »
Protesting Mothers Demand Minister Publicly Punish Those Guilty of Beating Soldiers
Four mothers whose sons died in non-combat conditions in the army, who were once again protesting outside the Armenian government building...Read More »
Defense Minister Claims Lack of Evidence of Torture in Soldier’s Case
In the case of military conscript Mher Khlghatyan, 18, who was taken to the Central Military Hospital in Yerevan, criminal proceedings have been...Read More »
Father of Killed Armenian Soldier to Appeal to European Court of Human Rights
The Court of Cassation struck down the appeal by Artur Sakunts, representing Vano Varyan, the father of army conscript Tigran Varyan who died...Read More »
Jehovah’s Witnesses Claim Yerevan City Hall Discriminated on Religious Grounds
The Administrative Court on Tuesday examined the case of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Yerevan City Hall.Read More »
Opposition MP Visits Those Detained in Clashes with Police on Nov. 5
MP Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday visited the Hospital for Detainees, and the Vardashen and Nubarashen penitentiaries, where he met with 13 people...Read More »
Family Visits Shant Harutyunyan, Who Urges Public to Take to the Streets and ‘Seize Freedom’
"His condition was normal. We spoke about a lot of things; some things he was familiar with, some, he wasn't. He hasn't seen much of what...Read More »