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“Judges Carry Out Orders from Above”: Why “Gang Case” was Postponed
Yesterday's hearing in the "gang case" in the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan did not last long.Read More »
Villagers Protesting Hydroelectric Plant Construction To Deputy PM: “We Decide”
RA Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan arrived in Aragatsotn marz (province), where residents of 7 rural communities...Read More »
Villagers Protest Hydroelectric Station Construction by Declaring Labor Strike (updated)
Residents of 7 rural communities of Aragatsotn marz (province) today at another one of their protests decided to block the main road passing by the villages of...Read More »
‘Peace and Harmony’: Father of Accused in Domestic Violence Case Testifies in Court
The defendant's father, Hamlet Hakobyan, claimed that his son and daughter-in-law, Hasmik Khachatryan, "lived in peace and harmony" and Sargis never...Read More »
“Insulting the Police Beyond the Power of Ordinary Citizens”: Armenian Activist Vardges Gaspari on Trial
"I don't think that anyone was offended by my remarks, since it's beyond my and ordinary citizens' power and extremely difficult to insult a police officer."Read More »
Proposed Legislation to Counteract ‘Fake’ User Accounts will Compel Armenian Users to ‘Emigrate’: Statement
A legislative initiative circulated by a group of lawmakers in Armenia's National Assembly to amend Article1087.1 of the RA Civil Code designed to counteract...Read More »
UK Ambassador to Armenia on the Difference Between Crimea and Scotland Referendums
"Can a referendum be free and fair when it is organized at two weeks’ notice; when there are unidentifiable, armed militias on the streets; when journalists are...Read More »
The Truth in Case of Deceased Armenian Soldier Won’t be Revealed: Lawyer
The results of a subset of the many examinations appointed by investigator M. Nalbandyan in the case of conscript soldier Manuchar Manucharyan are already ready...Read More »
Armenian Soldier in Azerbaijani Captivity: “Rest Assured, Yearning Won’t Last Long”
"The contents of Hakob's letter are again the same, that everything is fine, he has no problems, he only asks to wait a little more and everything will be fine....Read More »
US State Department Highlighted Allegations of Torture in Harutyun Sargsyan’s Case
The US State Department on February 27 mentioned the case of Harutyun Sargsyan, accused of the murder of former Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan's son-in-law Karen Yesayan.Read More »