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Shant Harutyunyan Couldn’t Know that Men in Civilian Clothes were Police Officers: Attorney
"[Shant] Harutyunyan and the others are persecuted for their political views and not for committing a criminal offense..."Read More »
Arrested Karabakh War Veteran Claims He Was Offered Bribes to Stay Quiet
Reserve Colonel, Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan, one of the organizers of the struggle for the rights of war veterans, in May 2013 was promised a...Read More »
Relatives Do Not Believe Insanity Plea of Husband Accused of Murdering His Wife
Accused of murdering his wife, Arsen Arakelyan pleaded guilty in court, insisting, however, that he stabbed his wife while "in an unstable mental state".Read More »
Nairit Management Pursued a ‘Policy of Destroying the Plant,’ Says Former Director
"Nairit had become a big competitor to the Russian company Bayer; it had practically conquered the Russian market," said the former director.Read More »
Reporter Ani Gevorgyan Asks Special Investigatory Service to Recognize Her as a Victim
Local daily Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun reporter Ani Gevorgyan on Tuesday submitted a statement to the Special Investigatory Service of the Republic of Armenia...Read More »
Mothers of Men Convicted of Fatally Beating Military Doctor Protest Outside President’s Office
About two dozen people, in conversation with reporters, said that they are dissatisfied with the verdict, as all the defendants received 12 years in prison...Read More »
Environmental Activists Disrupt International Mining Conference in Yerevan
Local environmental activists today interrupted an international conference organized by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the World Bank...Read More »
Accused in Case of Fatal Restaurant Beating Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
The six defendants in the "Harsnaqar case" were each sentenced to 12 years in prison.Read More »
Blogger Won’t be Voting for Armenia’s Eurovision Entry Because of his Homophobic, Transphobic Remarks
"I am pretty disappointed that from the very first day when Public TV announced Aram MP3 as Armenia representative in Eurovision, he started making homophobic and...Read More »
Paradjanov Film Co-Director Boycotts Awards Ceremony in Armenia Because of Crimea
Writer, producer, and co-director of the film Paradjanov (2013) Olena Fetisova will not attend the ceremony for the State Award of the Republic of Armenia... Read More »