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Armenian Prime Minister’s Two Charter Flights Cost Taxpayers $130,000
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has begun to take charter flights, which is quite costly for the budget, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
Agriculture Minister: President’s Brother Doesn’t Have Monopoly on Sheep Export
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's brother, former MP Aleksander Sargsyan, has a monopoly on the export of sheep...Read More »
MP to Agriculture Minister: ‘You are Not Subsidizing Villagers, but Flash’ Gas Importer
Villagers of Armavir marz (province) were given poor-quality diesel fuel, said head of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction Levon Zurabyan...Read More »
Murder Accused Removed Stitches on His Mouth After Attorney’s Appeal
Karen Kungortsev, 22, accused of the murder of David Hovakimyan, 15, and currently being held in the Vanadzor Penitentiary, removed the stitches he used to sew his mouth shut last week...Read More »
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 »