2026, 20 May, Wednesday

2 Conscripts Shot Dead in Three Days in Armenian Army

The body of conscript Levon Torosyan (born in 1999, Armavir) was found at around 07:30, on May 6 at a combat position of a military unit in Armenia's north-east. According to the Ministry of Defense...

Opposition Group Holds First Rally Against Serzh Sargsyan’s Possible Appointment as Armenia’s Prime Minister

Opposition Group Holds First Rally Against Serzh Sargsyan’s Possible Appointment as Armenia’s Prime Minister

Those gathered at the Square today heard speeches from a number of members of the initiative, including For the State of Armenia representative Albert Baghdasaryan, who spoke...

Deployment of Russian Military Police in Armenia Illegal

The agreement envisages different jurisdictions for the Russian Military Courts, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Security Service, etc. There is not a single word in the agreement ...

Armenian Conscript Was Not in Mental State To Commit Suicide, Expert Concludes

The forensic expert also excluded any cause-effect link between the actions of Vachagan Hayrapetyan and Petrosyan's fellow servicemen and his alleged suicide...

Charges Against Sefilyan Based on Unsubstantiated Allegations, Lawyer Insists

In the above-mentioned interview, Sefilyan, who was the commander of the Shushi special military battalion during the Nagorno-Karabakh war, talked about Republican ...

Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation

Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation

- They have given the conscripts bank cards to make it easier for us to transfer them money for socks and clothes… Military service was not so terrible in the past...

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...

Mother of Dead Soldier Holds Solo Protest Outside Government Building, Promises to Fight for Truth ‘Until My Last Breath’

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?

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...

Armenian Authorities Press Charges Against Officer to Avoid Paying Him Compensation, Lawyer Claims

Lawyer Norikyan added that he intends to appeal to the Minister of Defense with a motion to recognize Khachatryan as a beneficiary of the Military Insurance Fund, in accordance with the...

Armenian Political Prisoner Calls for Participation in ‘Agreed-Upon War’

- Aliyev is in a rush, because international, regional and internal developments are becoming increasingly more unfavorable and dangerous for him and his regime...

Yerevan Students Movement Puts Fighting Army Problems on Hold to Combat Toilet Paper Issue

Yerevan Students Movement Puts Fighting Army Problems on Hold to Combat Toilet Paper Issue

Davit Petrosyan, a founding member of the “There Will Be Deferments” and “For the Development of Science” initiatives, said in conversation with Epress.am that YSU Restart...