Yerevan Judge Arrested on Bribery Suspicion
Sources in law-enforcement bodies have told the news outlet that Shengavit district court judge Ishkhan Barseghyan was caught red-handed on a Shengavit street by officers of Armenia's National Security ...
Environmentalists Stage Protest Over Exploitation of Amulsar Gold Mine
The demonstrators, who are concerned that the mining project will negatively affect Armenia’s ecological and national security, held up posters that read “Go to Cyanide Hell,” “Water or Cyanide?” “No Mining at Amulsar...
Vardenis Man Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital After Staging Protest Outside Government Building
Vardenis resident Armen Yeranosyan was forcibly taken to a mental institution on October 22 by police officers after staging 5-day hunger strike and stitching up his lips outside the Government building in Yerevan in protest ...
Former Employees of Idling Textile Plant Gather Outside Government Building to Demand Back Wages
“We even have a court decision in our favor that has obligated the plant's management to sell the property and pay the employees' wages. But there's nothing worth selling in that plant; everything has been decayed...
Armenian Serviceman Arrested Over Fatal Shooting of Fellow Soldier
The soldier, whose identity was not revealed, is accused of opening fire at Virabyan while the latter was on patrol duty. Investigators have launched a murder probe into the conscript's death....
Low Wholesale Prices Could Lead Armenia's Potato Farmers to Bankruptcy, Opposition MP Says
Speaking from the floor of the National Assembly today, opposition Armenian National Congress faction member Nikol Pashinyan, who went to meet with the demonstrators on Friday, stated that Armenia's potato farmers have ...
Russian Soldier Injured During Night Out with Fellow Servicemen
According to preliminary data, officials said, Rutskoy was injured in a scuffle that broke out late on Thursday during a party with fellow soldiers. He was soon rushed to the Gyumri Medical Center where...
Russian Soldier Reportedly Stabbed in Gyumri
The website’s sources did not disclose the name of the soldier, saying only that he is a citizen of Russia. Police “are taking all necessary measures” to identify and locate the alleged suspects, they added...
Unpaid Grape Farmers to Demand Payment from Prime Minister
This year, according to Zakaryan, none of the Kaghtsrashen farmers sold even a kilogram of grapes to the winery. “The harvest this year was not as rich; some of the farmers sold their produce to exporting companies....
‘More Inmates, More Profit;’ Yerevan Prisoner Sends Anonymous Letter to Prime Minister
In the letter to the PM the prisoner writes about the “embezzlement schemes” running in Armenia’s prison and expresses his hope that Karapetyan will take measures to combat this phenomenon...
Witness Testifies to Hearing Police Officers Use Profanities During Brawl with Opposition Activists
Safaryan has been behind bars for nearly ten months; he was arrested on New Year's Eve after a scuffle with law enforcement officers on Yerevan’s Freedom Square and was subsequently charged with assaulting police ...
Armenian Soldier Killed by Azeri Fire, Officials Say
Sanasur M Grigoryan, a 27-year-old Armenian contract serviceman, was fatally wounded at around midday on October 11 by fire from the Azerbaijani side at a military unit of the Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army ...