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“The Case is Left Unrevealed”: 15 Years Since October 27
The trial of Nairi Hunanyan’s group began on October 27, 2001 and lasted nearly 3 years. Everyone that had stormed the National Assembly were sentenced to life imprisonment...Read More »
Mercury has Penetrated Armenian Food Chains: Ecolur.org
While investigating the level of environmental pollution, we began to come across different chains of mercury pollution in the biosphere, and in some areas we discovered that mercury has already penetrated into the food chains...Read More »
Russia Promises not to Intervene in Customs Activity of Armenia and NKR
“We don’t expect it anytime soon… recently, a representative was assigned to Armenia. He will quickly leave for Armenia. He will most likely, visit the border, but we are not prepared to intervene...Read More »
Donetsk is the New Karabakh; Russia’s Collapse Only Hope for Ukraine, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
As long as there is Russia, Crimea will belong to it. While Donetsk has turned into a new Karabakh, which is the result of the Ukrainian elite’s greed and stupidity, and Russia did what it could and wanted to do...Read More »
Parliament of Armenia Passes Debated Border Village Law
National Assembly voted yes on a law giving tax exemptions to entrepreneurs from border villages. 85 MPs voted 'yes' to the law, 1 'abstained' and 5 'against'...Read More »
19 Millionaire MPs in Parliament, Gagik Tsarukyan the Richest: 168 Zham
Among 19 MPs, 9 belong to the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), 9 to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), and one independent MP, Araik Grigoryan...Read More »
Police Did Not Leave Alec Yenikomshian Alone on the Street: Armenian Police
Ordyan claims that he assisted Yenikomshian to the sidewalk, and stopped a taxi for him to go where he wished, but Yenikomshian refused and said his friend would come pick him up...Read More »
Defender in Controversial Murder Case Demands Prosecutor’s Removal
The judge rescheduled the court session to November 18 because of the absence of the plaintiff from the court and decided to turn to the motioned recuse against the prosecutor during the next court hearing...Read More »
Armenian Republican Party Members More Optimistic about Russian Economic Recovery than Russian Experts: 168 Zham
We expect that sanctions against Russia will diminish in the future, and will positively influence Russia’s economic growth. I’m convinced that during the coming year there will be positive steps toward that direction...Read More »
Police Left Blind Man on Street: Investigation into Misconduct towards Alec Yenikomshian
After the incident, Gabrielyan was taken into custody at the Artashat police station, where he wrote a testimony and was released on October 20, at around 2 o’clock in the morning...Read More »