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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 »
Armenian President, Ministers, and MPs to Get a Raise
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is going to get a raise: he will be paid 900,000 AMD (about $2,220 USD) per month instead of the current 400,000 AMD (about $987).Read More »
An Appeal to PACE Rapporteurs to Punish Armenia’s Oligarchs
A group of civil society activists in Armenia are compiling a list of corrupt officials with the aim of delivering it to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs when...Read More »