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Armenian Soldier Committed Suicide, Officials Say
Harutyunyan, as stated by the officials, died from a gunshot wound to his lower jaw, and according to preliminary data the soldier's injury was self-inflicted...Read More »
Armenian Newly Appointed Justice Minister Criticized for ‘Liking’ Racist Comment
On September 2 Arpine Hovhannisyan talked to the local Tert.am and shared the link to the article on her personal Facebook page. In the interview the newly appointed minister condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani...Read More »
Convict Reports Armenian Police Tortured Him to Extort Confession
Convict Artashes A. of the “Vanadzor” penitentiary institution has filed a report with the Special Investigation Service of Armenia that accuses local police officers of extorting confessions from him by torture...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Dies in ‘Accident,’ Officials Say
Narek Harutyunyan, 19, soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, died on the night from Saturday to Sunday in an "emergency situation" at one of the northern military units of the Defense Army, NKR Defense Ministry...Read More »
32-Year-Old Republican Lawyer Appointed Armenia’s New Justice Minister
Sargsyan presented Hovhannisyan as an official candidate at a September 3 meeting of the party’s Executive Body, and the board members unanimously approved her candidacy...Read More »
Two Armenian Soldiers Die in Nagorno-Karabakh
Two soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, Marat Khachanyan and Arman Stepanyan, died at around 5 PM on Friday, September 4, NKR Defense Ministry said in an official statement...Read More »
Valery Permyakov to Serve Sentence in Armenia: Press
Permyakov, the paper wrote, will be held at the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri pending trial and imposition of sentence, after which he will be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement authorities to serve his...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Killed In Azerbaijani Border Attack, Officials Say
Armenian contract serviceman, Hayk Devoyan, 40, was killed on Thursday, at around 10:30 AM by fire from the Azerbaijani side at one of the border military units of the Armenian Armed Forces, the RA Investigative Committee...Read More »
Two People Injured as Azerbaijani Forces Shell Armenian Border Villages
Two residents of Koti village, Nazik Tumanyan and her son Razmik were injured in the attack and transported to Noyemberyan Medical Center; their lives are not in danger, Aravot.am wrote...Read More »
Armenian Woman Dies After Improperly Performed Laparoscopy
The death of the mother of three minor children was recorded at the “Erebouni” Medical Center; however, the surgery leading to the woman's death had been carried out at Margaryan Maternity Hospital in Yerevan. Read More »