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Armenian Entrepreneur Claims Customs House Head Indirectly Demanding Bribe
The entrepreneur, in turn, claims that his company's goods – nodes, voltage measuring devices, and thermostats - cannot be used for military or any related...Read More »
Armenia’s Constitutional Court Rules Parliamentary Election Results Are Valid
When you look at them objectively and impartially and not with prejudice, the impression is totally different,” Mukuchyan insisted. He added that in his closing remarks he wanted...Read More »
Jailed Armenian Oppositionist Diagnosed with Bone Spurs (Updated)
This could only mean that Gevorg might be suffering from health problems which are incompatible with detention, and the prison administration therefore does not...Read More »
Grants Coordinator for EU Delegation to Armenia Arrested on Suspicion of Embezzlement
Marine Papyan, Grant Program Coordinator for the European Union´s Delegation to Armenia, has been arrested on Thursday on suspicion of embezzling EU grant funds...Read More »
Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Denounce Defense Ministry’s New Service Option
They offer the soldiers 5 million drams to serve for 3 years. Who would take them up on this offer? Children from poverty-stricken families, of course, who'll want to...Read More »
Armenian Authorities Won’t Allow Disclosure of Information in Russian Soldier’s Murder Case
The Aravot newspaper, for its part, had written that the suspect is a “Sunni Islamic fanatic who reads the Quran in three foreign languages – Greek, Arabic, and English...Read More »
Yerevan School Headmaster Under Investigation for Alleged Corruption
Two weeks ago, the parents issued an open letter, in which they claimed that Azizyan was abusing her official position. In particular, the authors of the letter complain...Read More »
Nagorno-Karabakh Conscript Found Dead in Alleged Suicide
According to the preliminary information gathered, 19-year-old Avetisyan's fatal wound was self-inflicted; a criminal case has been launched under article 110.1 of Armenia's ...Read More »
Officials Promise Not to Trouble Yerevan Shopkeepers ‘For the Time Being’
We have to create a group of lawyers and economists and present our demands to the government in a more professional manner. Once the officials discuss the ...Read More »
No Armenian Defense Official Held Responsible for Negligence During 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes
People were killed, and the compensation for their deaths should not just be paid out in medals; there should be a criminal investigation...Read More »