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FFA President on Women’s Football: Armenian Women and Men Shouldn’t be Equal
Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan believes that “an Armenian man wouldn’t give his daughter to football [soccer].”Read More »
Murder Accused Removed Stitches on His Mouth After Attorney’s Appeal
Karen Kungortsev, 22, accused of the murder of David Hovakimyan, 15, and currently being held in the Vanadzor Penitentiary, removed the stitches he used to sew his mouth shut last week...Read More »
Fatal Shot Fired from Inside House of Ex-Governor Surik Khachatryan: Attorney
“Watching the unedited video footage of the incident at former Syunik regional governor Surik Khachatryan’s house, I am more convinced than ever that the last shot fired on Avetik Budaghyan...Read More »
Prisoner: ‘I was Tortured and Not Released Because of Complaint Against Prison Deputy Chief’
Artak Hakobyan was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for “hooliganism.” He has already served 3.5 years of his prison term.Read More »
Unsolved Murder of Dashnak Village Head Hrach Muradyan Sparks Outcry
According to demonstrators, the 2010 attempted murder of Karabakh War veteran, ARF-D member, and Proshyan village head Hrach Muradyan and...Read More »
Website that Defamed Women’s Resource Center Refuses to Publish Retraction
The dispute between the Women’s Resource Center of Armenia (WRCA) and the website Zaruhi.com, which began last year, has not been resolved.Read More »
Not Premeditated Murder: Army Conscript Says He’s Innocent
Army conscript David Khachatryan, accused of the May. 15, 2013 murder of fellow conscript Lyuks Stepanyan in a military unit in the town of Noyemberyan, does not admit his guilt...Read More »
Army Generals Inquire about Increase in Soldiers’ Salaries
According to RA First Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Safaryan, the increase in allocations is due to higher wages and an increase in the price of gas...Read More »
Armenian PM Explains Why He Wants to Abolish Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits neither helped solve social problems nor created jobs, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in parliament todayRead More »
Prisoner Sews his Mouth Shut, Insists He’s Innocent
Karen Kungortsev, 22, charged with the murder of Yerevan resident, David Hovakimyan, 15, shut his mouth shut on Sunday in the Vanadzor penitentiary...Read More »