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Lighting of Yerevan’s Main Christmas Tree Ends with Activists’ Detention
At around 7 pm on Dec. 17, activists Gevorg Safaryan and Armen Mikaelyan were detained while the lights on the big Christmas tree in... Read More »
Mandatory Pension Reforms Against Armenian Tradition: MP
Before the Constitutional Court makes a decision, the applicants are petitioning the Court to prevent the law's entry into force on Jan. 1, 2014...Read More »
Doctors Accused in Case of Soldier Who Died of Chickenpox Will be Granted Amnesty: Lawyer
Head of the Neurology Department of the Central Clinical Military Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Minas Mkrtchyan and Armenian Armed Forces...Read More »
Yazidi Cattlemen Deceived by Armenian Businessman Plan to Fight for their Rights
Businessman Lyova Safaryan deceived 21 Yazidi farmers who raise livestock, posing as National Assembly Chairperson Hovik Abrahamyan...Read More »
‘Is There Life After Vilnius?’ EU Ambassador, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Notably Absent from Discussion
Despite an invitation from the organizer, Open Society Foundations – Armenia, head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Traian Hristea and...Read More »
Soldier Dies at Armenia-Azerbaijan Border
At around 5 pm on Dec. 14, at the defense positions of Movses village, on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, resident of the city of Berd, contract soldier...Read More »
Art Group Did Not ‘Harm Another’s Property’: Artists to Appeal in Court
Four members of the group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") are appealing a police decision to slap them with an administrative fine of 30,000 AMD each...Read More »
New Video Camera in Exchange for Her Silence: Armenian Activist Refuses Police Deal
The police offered human rights activist Lala Aslikyan a deal, promising that they will buy her a new video camera if she stops complaining and...Read More »
Armenian Opposition Activism’s Weak Point are Minorities (VIDEO)
The rainbow flag, widely recognized as representing gay pride as well as peace, made a second appearance in Armenia's history during a public-political event...Read More »
Women Karabakh War Veterans ‘Bury’ Serzh Sargsyan
Police on Thursday tried to detain Karabakh War veteran Susanna Margaryan, who threw a photo of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the ground and...Read More »