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Armenia Closes its Last Open Border while COVID-19 Cases Jump to 15
At least 2 cases are detected within the first group of 31 persons quarantined on March 1, while 28 of them are released home. Positive test results are obtained...Read More »
March 8: “Women are Killed at Home, Exploited in the Family”
Other banners criticizing systems of exploitation, such as "The nation is not an army, Amulsar is not a mine, women are not a commodity" sparked social media discussions after the march...Read More »
Abovyam Mayor Charged for Willful Inaction Affecting Public Property
Still in October 2018, Gagik Tsarukyan together with Vahagn Gevorgyan made a public opening of a construction site in Abovyan claiming "building houses for the young"․․․Read More »
The NSS is Defending the Dignity of Armenia’s Former and NK’s Current Officials
In the meanwhile, Robert Kocharyan's son, Levon Kocharyan, welcomed the NSS on his Facebook page for the rapid response to his earlier appeal where he exposed․․․Read More »
Another Batch of 30 Graduates of Orphanages Receive Housing Vouchers
The Ministry of Labor and Social Issues continues providing vouchers to graduates of orphanages for purchasing apartments. The government adopted the relevant decree in December 2019 covering 300 graduates...Read More »
Two More Years Before Anti-Smoking Bill Takes Effect in Restaurants
- Ten percent of annual deaths [in Armenia] result from smoking,” said Nanushian. “This 10 percent is a serious figure, my dear deputies: every year 3,000 people die as a result of smoking.Read More »
Two Conscripts Die in NK
The press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia reports that on February 12, 2020, at around 11:30, army conscripts Tigran Manvelyan and Tigran Mkhoyan both born in 2000, died of a weapon injury inflicted...Read More »
The Year Starts with More Femicide Cases: Husband Hangs Wife in a Village
The Investigative Committee reports that on January 22, 2020, at around 17:30 a resident of Tavush Marz called the police that he had found his wife hanged in their house and said it was a suicide.Read More »
The Nationalists Disliked Dink
The contemporaries verify that he had an immense impact on the Turkish society, "Agos" newspaper under his editorial was not simply a private national newspaper, but a weekly looked forward to every week by many․․․Read More »
Pashinyan Discusses Artsakh Issue with General “Oganovski”, a March 1 Crackdown Thug
This contradiction has reached such depth that has resulted in shameful outcomes, such as the invitation of the notorious thug of March 1 and Berdzor chrackdown, General Samvel Karapetyan (Oganovski)․․․Read More »