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Goris Mayoral Elections Will Be Tense: Zhoghovurd
Goris residents are confident that the upcoming June 8 mayoral elections will be tense because one of the candidates, Director of the Goris branch of...Read More »
Man Accused of Domestic Violence Claims He Only Hit His Wife Once
"I'm convinced that my wife wouldn't complain [i.e. take the matter to court] if women's organizations didn't guide her," said Sargis Hakobyan.Read More »
Damage of This Year’s Frost to Armenian Agriculture Amounts to $29 Million: Newspaper
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia today will make public the extent of the damage to agriculture as a result of the frost that hit Armenia on March 30–31.Read More »
Price of Electricity Might Increase in Armenia: Newspaper
The company Electric Networks of Armenia in the near future plans to submit a claim to the Public Regulatory Services Commission of the Republic of Armenia to...Read More »
Karabakh War Veteran’s Attorney Asks Judge to Recuse Himself: Motion Denied
Ara Zakaryan, the attorney of Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan, who is accused of taking bribes and has been in pre-trial detention since September 20, 2013,...Read More »
New ID Cards and Electronic Reporting Present Problems for Armenian Taxi Drivers
A law was adopted this year, according to which tax returns could be submitted only by having an identification card, which has affected hundreds of taxi drivers. Read More »
IMF, World Bank Disapprove of Finance Ministry, State Revenue Committee Consolidation: Paper
The Armenian representations of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank took the news of the uniting of the RA Ministry of Finance and...Read More »
Appeals Court Sustains Lower Court Ruling in Case of Nationalist Who Threatened MP Zaruhi Postanjyan
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office President Artur Sakunts appeal against a lower court ruling in the case against Hayoc Artsivner NGO President Khachik Asryan...Read More »
Armenian Journalists Defend Colleagues Who Were Fired Over a Typo
A group of Armenian journalists intends to appeal to Armenia TV to ask the TV station to reinstate the reporter and editor who were dismissed for a typo...Read More »
Criminal Case Launched to Investigate Allegations of Police Torture
According to prisoner V.Y. of Artik Penitentiary, Shirak Regional Police employees at around 11:45 pm on April 2 used violence to extort a confession from him.Read More »