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Vanadzor Drivers Protest Against ‘Hazardous’ Roads
The protesters complain that they have been spending money on car repairs every day for the past weeks and insist that if the roads are not repaired, they will stop paying taxes...Read More »
Civic Activist Detained in Yerevan for Allegedly Carrying Knife
- He is obviously being persecuted. He has long been subjected to various forms of persecution, from criminal to administrative. There has even Read More »
Sick Armenian Conscript to Continue Service Under Medical Supervision
The ministry replied that Kirakosyan has been found fit for service with some restrictions. They have decided to provide him with medical supervision for any potential...Read More »
Family Ready to Renounce Armenian Citizenship if Authorities Do Not Provide Disabled Soldier with Medical Treatment
- I saw the prime minister when he came to Gyumri during the parliamentary election campaign. His guards tried to keep me away...Read More »
Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Hold Demonstration Outside Parliament to Remind Newly Elected MPs About Their Sons
These lawmakers have to understand after all that this issue cannot be ignored. We will not allow them to quietly enjoy their seats...Read More »
Relatives of Yerevan Men Arrested After Clashes with Police Start Sit-In Outside Government Offices
To tell the truth, we don’t expect too much from the Government either, but we intend to try everything possible to get our men released...Read More »
Trial of Key Opposition Leader is ‘Political Persecution,’ Lawyer Says
The spectators, who were separated from the trial participants by a glass wall, welcomed Sefilyan and the other six defendants with loud cheers and applause...Read More »
‘Police Are Not Private Guards:’ Armenian Law Enforcers Have ‘No Mechanisms’ to Protect Woman From Abusive Husband
- This is absurd. It’s a domestic violence case; no one, except for her husband, could have beaten Naira at her house...Read More »
Who Benefited From the Uproar Around Azerbaijani Apples
- Farmers who have their own land and their own business are more enthusiastic and tend to develop entrepreneurial thinking. A person who has a piece...Read More »
Bavra Checkpoint Head, Director of Customs Brokerage Company Arrested on Bribery Allegations
A director of an Armenian customs brokerage services company and the head of the Bavra checkpoint on the Armenian-Georgian border were arrested on May 25...Read More »