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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 »
Law On Missing Persons Not Urgent, Armenian Justice Ministry Says
Recall, in March, 2010 the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated works on a draft law “On Missing People” which were completed in April, 2011. The bill should have then been considered by an interdepartmental...Read More »
Armenian Judge Hands Down Harsher Punishment Than Proposed by Prosecution
The case is currently at the Court of Appeal. At the previous hearing the judge granted Alvard Mnatsakanyan's motion for the questioning of the sole witness, Karen Yengibaryan, which will take place at the next hearing in September...Read More »
Prosecution Drops Charges of Attempted Sexual Assault Against Armenian Convict
During the hearing on Wednesday the prosecutor also motioned for a new pre-trial investigation, since a key piece of evidence – a video footage - has not been examined. The footage, as stated by the state official...Read More »
Armenian Man Fatally Stabs Sleeping Wife
Resident of the village of Geghadir in the Armenian Aragatsotn province, Gevorg Galoyan, 55, fatally stabbed his wife, Gayane Grigoryan, 52, on Tuesday evening while she was asleep, the press service of the RA Police...Read More »
Armenian Governor’s Son Arrested Over Beating in Goris
Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, was arrested on July 25 - about three months after the incident - in connection with the beating on May 2 of brothers Harutyun and Mushegh Zakaryan; Khachatryan...Read More »