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Last Witness Examined in Traffic Police Embezzlement Trial
The last witness was examined in court today in the high-profile trial of former RA Traffic Police Chief Margar Ohanyan, who is accused of embezzling...Read More »
‘What Does It Mean, Don’t Bother to Vote?’ Asks Opposition Party Leader
"What does it mean, don't bother or there's no point in voting, it's the same, they'll be rigged anyway?" asked People's Party of Armenia leader Stepan Demirchyan.Read More »
‘If Need Be, I’ll Go Back to Davos and Say It Again: Bağış on Denying Armenian Genocide
"I hear they're trying to confirm whether or not I said those words," Bağış said. "Let them waste no time. I said it, and I repeat it today. I will repeat it again when...Read More »
Arrested Journalist Prepared to Take Case to European Court
Journalist, veteran Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian Times") correspondent Hayk Gevorgyan, speaking about the hit-and-run charges against him...Read More »
Prosperous Armenia Boycotts Parliamentary Session
Prosperous Armenia MP Naira Zohrabyan criticized the ruling Republican Party of Armenia's (HHK) reaction to her party's position on the Law on...Read More »
Parents of Soldier Killed in Karabakh Waiting for Officers to Explain Circumstances Surrounding his Death
The face of military serviceman Karlen Baghdasryan, who was killed at a defense post in a Nagorno-Karabakh military base on Feb. 2, was ...Read More »
Former Political Prisoner Disappointed with HAK Retracts European Court Appeal
Suren Sirunyan, who was arrested in connection with the events of Mar. 1, 2008, and subsequently released in June 2009, informed the press that...Read More »
Iranian Blogger Mehdi Khazali Sentenced to 14 Years In Prison and 10 Years in Exile
Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison and 10 years in exile for criticizing Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.Read More »
Armenian-American Businessman Convicted of Pedophilia Surgery Postponed
Serop Der-Boghossian last week requested not to undergo surgery so that he could be present at his appeals court hearing on Friday. Doctors agreed...Read More »
Swiss Probe into Turkey Minister Denying Genocide Because of Armenian Diaspora Complaint
The Zurich Chief Prosecutor's Office launched the investigation into Bağış's remarks based on a complaint filed by members of Switzerland's Armenian community.Read More »