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Why Armenians Emigrate and Don’t Want a Second Child: UNFPA Survey
According to the survey findings, relatively young and educated respondents said that, apart from economic reasons, their decision to emigrate was due to... Read More »
Norayr Hayrapetyan Confesses to Beating Vahe Avetyan to Death
During his testimony in court, Hayrapetyan constantly insisted that he was the only person who hit Avetyan. When asked why he was confessing to the act...Read More »
Armenian President Visits Resort Belonging to Him: Paper
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during a visit to Vayots Dzor on Saturday also went to the Jermuk Resort. The visit was not accidental, since...Read More »
Police Gave False Statement, Insists Activist
According to activist Vahagn Minasyan, who's been staging a sit-in outside Yerevan City Hall for over two months, the police statement about his behavior outside...Read More »
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan on What Really Disgraces Serzh Sargsyan (VIDEO)
"What, I had to disgrace Sargsyan with my question? Disgrace is that 35% of the Republic of Armenia s poor and hungry — vivid evidence of this is...Read More »
Court Didn’t Bother to Hear Motion to Change Tigran Araqelyan’s Measure of Restraint (VIDEO)
The next hearing in the case of political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan in the Court of Appeals today ended with a hasty court decision.Read More »
MP Takes Matter of Destruction of Historical Monument to Court
"The Pak Shuka developer and Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan allowed the violation of Article 264 [of the RA Criminal Code], the destruction or damage to historical and cultural monuments,...Read More »
An ‘Armenian Trace’ in Azerbaijan Presidential Candidates’ Debate
The 9th and final debate on Azerbaijani public television among presidential hopefuls occurred again without the participation of the incumbent, Ilham Aliyev.Read More »
Deceased Army Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan’s Sister to Appeal to ECHR
The RA Court of Cassation refused to begin proceedings based on complaints launched by Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan's legal successor (and sister) Tsovinar Nazaryan and...Read More »
Heritage Party Faction Leader Responds to Postanjyan’s PACE Question
Ruben Hakobyan, head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction, urged National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to reconsider his statement on...Read More »