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Armavir Mayor’s Vehicle Hit Land Mine, Killing Driver: Shamshyan.com
Armavir mayor Ruben Khlghatyan was injured in Karabakh. The Willys military jeep that he was in hit a land mine in the northern part of Kashatagh.Read More »
EU Welcomes Turkey Constitutional Court Rulings on Hrant Dink, Hate Speech Cases
The European Union welcomed two recent rulings of the Turkish Constitutional Court regarding hate speech on the grounds of sexual orientation and...Read More »
Azerbaijani Journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov’s Only Crime: Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is outraged to learn that a Baku court extended journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov’s pre-trial detention for another four months on...Read More »
What is State Security Without People? Human Rights Activist on Volodya Avetisyan Case
"The two incidents in the past two weeks — Azerbaijanis' incursion into Armenia and sentencing Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan (pictured) to 6 years in prison...Read More »
Turkey May Create Free Trade Zone with Eurasian Customs Union: RIA Novosti
"We have discussed the possible forms of cooperation, including the formation of a free trade zone between the Customs Union and Turkey... Read More »
My Protest was Act of Revenge Against the Trial: Hayk Kyureghyan
Hayk Kyureghyan, who opened fire outside a Yerevan courthouse on June 12, is convinced that the majority of the public, if it doesn't encourage his act then...Read More »
Police Officer Provoked Me, Calling Me ‘Turkish Agent’: Political Activist on Trial
The defense in the case of political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his friends said in court today that the testimony of police officer Gegham Khachatryan...Read More »
Woman Describes How Nightclub Guards Killed Her Karabakh War Veteran Husband: Hraparak
On July 13, in the yard of no. 114 kindergarten school in the Yerevan district of Nor Nork, several men brutally beat Karabakh War veteran Vardan Tumanyan, 55.Read More »
Man Accused of Killing His Wife Asks for Lighter Sentence Because Claims Wife Cheated on Him
Trying to prove that he is worthy of a lighter sentence, the defendant in court today said that his wife was cheating on him and disgracing him.Read More »
Protesting Vardenis Farmers’ Property Frozen Because of Accumulated Debts
Several dozen farmers from Vardenis held a protest outside the Armenian government building today, demanding a meeting with RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Read More »