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Armenian PM Explains Why He Wants to Abolish Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits neither helped solve social problems nor created jobs, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in parliament todayRead More »
Prisoner Sews his Mouth Shut, Insists He’s Innocent
Karen Kungortsev, 22, charged with the murder of Yerevan resident, David Hovakimyan, 15, shut his mouth shut on Sunday in the Vanadzor penitentiary...Read More »
‘Button-Pressing’ MPs’ Salaries Shouldn’t Increase: Postanjyan
Zaruhi Postanjyan, head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction, considers the bill to increase the salaries of high-ranking officials (the president, the prime minister, ministers and MPs) to be discriminatory.Read More »
After Shelling from Azerbaijan, Northeastern Road in Armenia Closed
The Vazashen-Paravakar segment of the road between Berd and Ijevan in northeastern Armenia has been closed to vehicular traffic since Oct. 22...Read More »
Armenian Minister’s Son Could’ve Been Sentenced to Death in Iran: Newspaper
Iranian border guards arrested RA Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Yuri Vardanyan’s son at the Armenia-Iran border on suspicion of drug trafficking...Read More »
21-Year-Old Defendant Flees Yerevan Courtroom
Defendant Serob Mkhitaryan, 21, accused of large-scale theft and breaking and entering, today fled from the Court of First Instance of Erebuni and Nubarashen Communities...Read More »
Armenian Sport Minister’s Son Arrested for Drug Trafficking: Paper
Last week, RA Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Yuri Vardanyan’s oldest son was arrested at the Iran-Armenia border, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
VIDEO: Armenian Activists Interrupt Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance
A group of peaceful activists staged a protest in Yerevan today during a “High Level Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe” organized by the Council of Europe.Read More »
Armenian National Accused of Podolsk Bus Crash Health Improved, Moved to Butyrka Prison
Armenian national Hrachya Harutyunyan, the driver accused of causing a fatal bus accident near the Russian village of Podolsk earlier this year, has been moved to another detention facility.Read More »
Another Car Belonging to Opposition Activist Vandalized
Member of the Pre-Parliament civic initiative and the pressure group “Let’s liberate the monument from the oligarch” Karo Yeghnukyan’s second vehicle was vandalized on the night of Oct. 17.Read More »