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Protesters Dub Armenian Ombudsman ‘Republican Party Rights Defender’
One of the images in particular showed Levon Yeranosyan, deputy police chief of Armenia, throwing a grenade in the direction of the demonstrators...Read More »
State Bodies Main Source of Information on Drug Trafficking and Drug Use, Report Says
Having carried out a qualitative content analysis of the information published by state institutions, the authors of the report state that “it lacks necessary attention to...Read More »
Armenian Reporter Insists Property Destruction Charge Against Him ‘Frivolous’
The reporter says his neighbor has links in the prosecutor's office, which have made it possible for him to get away with committing more serious violent acts in the past. According...Read More »
Criminal Proceedings Against Armenian Lawmaker Who Allegedly Punched Journalist Discontinued
The reporter added that he intends to appeal against the SIS decision and prove that Hakobyan has in fact punched him in the face, which, according to Makaryan, has also been found to be...Read More »
Almost Half of Funds Raised in Charity Telethon Spent on Organizational Costs: Press
The majority of the spending was used to pay the sums requested by the television companies. These companies have private owners; they are not state-funded and therefore request...Read More »
Armenian TV Journalist ‘Pardoned’ and to Be Reinstated to His Job: Press
On December 14 Ghazaryan’s Urvagits hosted comedian Sergey Danielyan who has recently created a satirical political party called “Active Civil Step” (the abbreviation of which spells “shit” in Armenian)...Read More »
Adoption of Domestic Violence Law in Armenia Opposed by Pro-Russian Groups: Report
Thus, we can confidently claim that the groups spreading misinformation about the RA Bill on “Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence” and presenting it as a bill “imposed by Europe and America against morality” are... Read More »
Prominent TV Host Fired After Throwing Shade at Ruling Party
Although Ghazaryan had written the day before on his Facebook page that he was on vacation, our sources tell us that he will not return to his job. He has been personally been taken care of by [Armenian president] Serzh Sargsyan]...Read More »
Heroized Armenian Colonel Would Beat Soldiers with ‘Particular Cruelty’
At the start of the “Four Day War,” division deputy commander Melkumyan was wounded in the leg, and this is how the editor of “168 Zham” newspaper [ARM], who visited the serviceman at the Jabrail military ...Read More »
‘People Are Not Born Nationalists:’ Who Benefits From the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
[Mass media] feeds the people daily with what seems to have become usual and essential hatred, xenophobia and militarism in both an obvious and concealed manner. As a result, ..Read More »