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26-Year-Old Man Faces Total Blindness after Falling Ill in Army
Yolchyan, who spends nearly 70 000 drams a month (about $140) on medication alone - currently lives with his parents, neither of whom is employed...Read More »
Armenia’s Defense Ministry Unlawfully Deprived MIA Soldier’s Mother of Allowance, Court Rules
Note, Sargsyan had been receiving the pension since November 2001, based on a Defense Ministry document that officially declared her son missing in action. In 2014, however...Read More »
16 Soldiers Died in Armenia and Karabakh Armies in First Three Months of 2017
Eight of the servicemen, HCAV said, were killed in ceasefire violations; the remaining deaths were attributed by military officials to a group of causes – suicide, breach of combat duty rules...Read More »
Armenian Major General Admits to ‘Working With Soldiers’ Ahead of Elections
Let someone say that Arkady Ivanich and the minister have gone to the soldiers and told them to vote for the Republican Party. That has never happened. We have only ...Read More »
Family of Wounded Armenian Soldier in Dire Financial Straits, Hopes for Help from Authorities
The Kirakosyans’ wrote another appeal letter several days ago to prime minister Karen Karapetyan, who, however, has also yet to respond. Parliamentary candidate, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan...Read More »
Former Karabakh Military Commander Arrested
The arrest came just hours after the NSS reported that border guards had prevented an attempt of smuggling parts for a Russian-made Igla shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile across the Georgia...Read More »
No Soldier Injured During April Fighting Has Received Government Funding for Medical Treatment Abroad
Rehabilitative treatment abroad, according to the government decision, is only permitted when such treatment is unavailable in Armenia. ..Read More »
Armenian Youth Fund to Help Pay ‘Four-Day War’ Participants’ Tuition
Incidentally, the media has repeatedly reported over the years that Armenian universities mandatorily allocate 2% of their annual budget funds to the AYF...Read More »
March 8 in Yerevan: ‘Unorganized and Spontaneous’
Banks throughout the world and in Armenia keep people under insurmountable debts and credits, depriving them not only of their property and livelihood but also turning them...Read More »
‘Am I Irrelevant Because I Stayed Alive?’ Participants of April Fighting Ask for Verification of Their Service
Former soldier Pargev Khachatryan, who was awarded a medal for the return of a fighting position in Talish, has also encountered similar issues. His sister, Karine Khachatryan, said ...Read More »