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Former Ward of the State Stages Sit-In in Defense of Imprisoned Husband
A former resident of an orphanage in the Armenian city of Vanadzor began a sit-in outside the president’s residence in Yerevan today.Read More »
Mother of Man Accused of Murder Claims Son was Beaten by Police
The mother of Karen Kungortsev, who is accused of murdering Yerevan resident, David Hovakimyan, 15 (who had gone to Vanadzor to participate in a competition), insists that her son is innocent.Read More »
Armenian Soldier Killed from Shots Fired from Azerbaijan: Defense Ministry
Shots were fired from the Azerbaijani side of the border at vehicles driving on the road between Berd and Ijevan near the town of Paravakar at around 1 to 2 pm today.Read More »
Armenian Sport Minister’s Son Arrested for Drug Trafficking: Paper
Last week, RA Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Yuri Vardanyan’s oldest son was arrested at the Iran-Armenia border, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
Armenia’s Corrupt Elite Hampers Economic Development: Report
A report published today by an international think tank finds that the negative impact of corruption on Armenia’s economy is “substantial” and major companies are involved in that process.Read More »
VIDEO: Armenian Activists Interrupt Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance
A group of peaceful activists staged a protest in Yerevan today during a “High Level Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe” organized by the Council of Europe.Read More »
Armenian National Accused of Podolsk Bus Crash Health Improved, Moved to Butyrka Prison
Armenian national Hrachya Harutyunyan, the driver accused of causing a fatal bus accident near the Russian village of Podolsk earlier this year, has been moved to another detention facility.Read More »
Another Car Belonging to Opposition Activist Vandalized
Member of the Pre-Parliament civic initiative and the pressure group “Let’s liberate the monument from the oligarch” Karo Yeghnukyan’s second vehicle was vandalized on the night of Oct. 17.Read More »
Conscript ‘Inflicts Himself with Fatal Gunshot Wound’: Defense Ministry
Military conscript Ruben Davtyan at around 1:30 pm on Oct. 18 “inflicted himself with a fatal gunshot wound” from the weapon he was carrying, reports the RA Ministry of Defense.Read More »
How an Armenian Oligarch Pays Taxes
Alex Grig, one of the companies owned by oligarch, Republican Party of Armenia MP Samvel Aleksanyan, has leased another company also belonging to Aleksanyan, Lusastgh Sugar.Read More »