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Prosecutor Evades Answering Important Question on March 1 Events
- We know that there were snipers; the first thing they should have done was to isolate those armed. None of the victims had weapons...Read More »
Yerevan Prosecutor Tries to Justify Deadly Use of Cheryomukha-7 on March 1
At the parliamentary hearings on the deadly post-election clashes of March 1-2, 2008, Karen Bisharyan, deputy chief of the department for especially important cases at the Armenian...Read More »
Gazprom Armenia’s Leak Detectors Faulty, Activist Claims
Epress.am and Gaspari conducted a small survey among Yerevan residents to find out whether the company does in fact carry out the routine check-ups. The majority ...Read More »
Yerevan Pharmacists Concerned Over Health Ministry Decision to Extend List of Prescription Only Medications
She added that chronic patients have worked out what medications best suit their needs and always buy the same drugs, without having to go to a doctor every single time and...Read More »
Soldier Killed in Karabakh by Azeri Fire, Officials Say
Note, this is the ninth death in the Armed Forces of Armenia and the NKR Defense Army since the beginning of the year; three of them occurred as a result of ceasefire violations...Read More »
Mother of Dead Soldier Holds Solo Protest Outside Government Building, Promises to Fight for Truth ‘Until My Last Breath’
- I told him to stop lying… Then one day he asked why I was there again… What? Who is he to tell me whether I should protest or not?Read More »
Rally in Yerevan Against Bankrupt Dairy Company
Ashtarak Kat dairy company has filed a lawsuit against nearly 300 small-scale businesses to recover millions of dollars in unpaid debt for previously delivered products...Read More »
Conscript of Ijevan Military Unit Dies in Hospital
When contacted by Epress.am, spokesperson of the Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan said the cause of Stepanyan’s death has not yet been established: “The soldier had...Read More »
Women In Armenia Have No Power to Persuade Their Partners to Undergo HIV Testing
Out of the 214 female respondents, only 0.1% know about post-exposure prophylaxis. The majority of women do not know where in their province ...Read More »
Draft Article on Supporting Terrorism ‘Can Be Used to Intimidate People’
The legislative amendments proposed by the government envisage responsibility for “public justification or propaganda of terrorism.” The article provides for punishment ...Read More »