US Ambassador Calls For More Comprehensive Domestic Violence Law
In the fight against domestic violence, Heffern believes that the state must work with NGOs and the media, as well as international organizations. He mentioned 7 staff members from the Armenian...
Who Votes Against or For and Who Doesn’t Vote At All in Armenian Parliament
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D) faction members usually abstain during votes in the National Assembly. The party’s secretary Artsvik Minasyan has abstained 194 times...
Senior Lieutenant Charged with Shooting a Servicemen
An argument arose between senior lieutenant H. Ghazaryan and contract serviceman, private D. Saribekyan in one of the military base’s combat positions. Ghazaryan released irregular shots...
Criminal Case Opened Regarding Soldier Who Died in Karabakh (UPDATED)
19-year old soldier Artur Margaryan died from a gunshot wound at approximately 3:40 pm in a southeastern military base of the NKR Defense Army, reports the NKR Ministry of Defense...
Freedom House’s “Freedom on the Net - 2014” Report Ranks Armenia as Free
A score of 12 was given for violations of user rights. Laws exist to safeguard certain rights for journalists, and protect from defamation (which often abused politically). Individuals' personal...
Russia Disturbed the Resolution of the Karabakh Conflict, says Paul Goble
Goble believes that the issue left unresolved has a strategic significance for Moscow because it has never been able to control the Northern Caucasus without controlling the South...
Russian Gas Cheaper in Ukraine than in Armenia, Says MP
According to the contract, Armenia would be receiving gas at the same price as the Russian domestic price, which is $189 per 1000 cubic meters, however, after the Gazprom-Armenia...
Dram Continues to Depreciate; Central Bank Still Optimistic
- The Central Bank believes that these phenomena are of a short-term nature and states its willingness to stabilize the situation in the market by all the tools it has available...
Bill Demanding an Apology for Armenian Genocide Presented in Turkish Parliament
The site notes that if the law is accepted, then Turkey would accept the Armenian Genocide and consider April 24 as a “national day of mourning.” The Kurdish politician...
Moscow Benefits from Closed Armenian-Turkish Border: Turkish Economist
Şahbaz stated the latter during a question and answer section and believed that by Moscow keeping the borders closed, it would keep its influence in Armenia...
For Moscow, Armenia and Azerbaijan are Friends: 168 Zham
In his opinion, in Armenia it is, in general, falsely perceived that Armenia is Russia’s only strategic partner and ally. “Fundamentally, it’s in Russian interest to have...
PACE Condemns Azerbaijan’s Use of Prisoner Transfer Treaty in ‘Safarov Case’
Once Ramil Safarov arrived in Azerbaijan, he was greeted as a national hero and granted an immediate pardon, “ long before the expiry of the minimum sentence set by the Hungarian...