15% of Armenian Households Food Insecure, Report Says
Child stunting was significantly linked with household poverty, poor consumption, poor care and feeding practices, and lower education of mothers. The prevalence of overweight was the same across poor and rich households...
Health Minister and Wife 'Have Final Say' on All HIV/AIDS Funding Allocated to Armenia
The Pink Armenia leader added that the grant winning nonprofit, “Positive People Armenian Network,” has promised assistance to a greater number of people with less money. However, Hovsepyan ...
Abusive Husband Blames Reporters for ‘Disgracing’ His Family
Judge Papoyan granted the motion to assign the accused a public defender and adjourned the hearing until the lawyer’s appointment. The motion for a closed court will also be discussed at the next hearing...
Gaspari Alleges One of His Prison Torturers Was 'Murdered'
Civic activist Vardges Gaspari announced after a Monday hearing at the Shengavit district court that his former Nubarashen jail cellmate Mkhitar Sargsyan, whose death on March 1 was reported as suicide...
Scuffle at Lori Court as Defendant Refuses to 'Serve for Someone Else'
Speaking of the rumors going around in Vanadzor about the real murderer being a son of a National Security Service officer, Danielyan said that this gossip presumably referred to witness Artur Baghdasaryan..
Armenian President's Official Biography 'Debatable, If Not Inaccurate'
Thus, until 1988, Serzh Sargsyan was a communist. According to his official biography, “Sargsyan is a member of the Republican Party of Armenia since 2006. From July 2006 to November 2007...
International Funding Causes Stir Between Two Armenian HIV/AIDS Nonprofits
Despite being registered in “Positive People Armenian Network,” Aghajanov added, he has never actually received any support or services from the non-profit; “I do have information, however, that they claim otherwise in their reports...
Yazidi Soldier Transferred to Hospital in Yerevan Following Health Issue Alert
Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan, however, commented on Murazi's note, claiming that “there is and can be no talk of discharging [Smoyan] at this point...
Armenian Farmer Brings Priests to Pray for Rich Harvest
Armenpress state news agency reports that Levon Nadaryan, a resident of the town of Surenavan in Armenia's Ararat Province, does not irrigate his apricot orchards and vineyards, nor does he smoke trees to prevent frost...
Armenian Villager Protests Against 'Corrupt' Former Governor and Village Head
Government Appeal-Complaints Department Head Alexander Ghazaryan came out today to speak with Sardaryan and assured that he would notify Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan about the issue...
Hearing in Gaspari Case Continues Amid Heated Arguments
The court again went to the deliberation room to find out whether Gaspari wished to speak the last words. The defendant replied on the phone that he would return to the courtroom only with his lawyers...
Charges Against Jailed Oppositionist Not Confirmed by Prosecutor General
Sooner or later, Hayrapetyan added, they were going to appeal against Safaryan’s arrest to the European Court of Human Rights, and so “law enforcement authorities are trying to mask their flaws....