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Two Arrested Over NKR Oppositionist’s Kidnapping
39-year-old Mikayel Sahakyan and 48-year-old Sergey Avanesyan, both volunteers of the Nagorno-Karabakh home guard, turned themselves in to police Thursday, officials said...Read More »
Two Armenian Servicemen Die in Floods After Heavy Rain
The official statement does not elaborate on the exact location of the incident, however, sources have told Epress.am that the young men were serving in a southern military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army...Read More »
Lawmaker Proposes to Double Financial Support for Armenia’s Defense Industry
The parliamentarian announced that “April events” have shown that Armenia's defense industry needed more budget allocations. In 2015, she added, these funds stood at AMD 207 billion (about US$432 million), and in 2016...Read More »
Azeri Woman Crosses Into Armenia, ICRC Says
Zohra Valiyeva, a resident of the Azerbaijani village of Yankhli, crossed into Armenia from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Armenian authorities informed the Yerevan delegation of the International Committee...Read More »
Winery Pays Part of Armenian Farmers’ Debt, Promises to Cover Rest by Month-End
He added, however, that vinegrowers have learned not to trust Vinar's promises; “They've been saying the same thing for six months now, so we try not to be very hopeful and wait for the end of the week...Read More »
NKR Oppositionist’s Wife Blames President for Violent Attack on Husband
Meanwhile, Khanumyan's wife, Diana Manukyan, blamed Karabakh political authorities, and namely president Bako Sahakyan, for the attack on her husband, “with the intent to hinder his political activity...Read More »
Opposition Lawmaker Attacked in Stepanakert
Hayk Khanumyan, the leader of opposition National Rebirth faction in Nagorno-Karabakh’s parliament, was attacked and kidnapped this morning on his way to an interview with Civilnet.am reporter Derenik Malkhasyan...Read More »
Yerevan Court Orders Pre-Trial Detention for Senior Defense Ministry Officials
“According to preliminary investigation, the aforementioned persons have acquired through abuse of their official position various kinds of goods at above-market prices; in some cases, these purchases were unnecessary...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Arrested Over Suspected Murder of Serviceman
According to the official statement, Harutyunyan sustained a fatal gunshot wound at the combat position of a NKR military unit as a result of Khachatryan having violated the rules for safe firearm handling...Read More »
19-Year-Old Armenian Soldier Shot Dead in Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh defense army conscript Khoren D Harutyunyan, 19, died of a gunshot wound at around 10 am on Thursday at a southeastern military unit, according to a short statement released by the ...Read More »