British Company to Turn Jermuk Into Workers' Residence as Part of Mining Project
For years, the initiative stresses, the company didn’t include Jermuk town as an area affected by the project. However, in May 2016 it presented its 4th document on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)...
136 Servicemen Died in Armenia and Karabakh in First Half of Year
77 of the total of 136 servicemen, HCAV said, died during the four days of intense fighting along the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijani armed forces; the remaining deaths were attributed by military officials to a ...
Armenia’s Parliament Ratifies Treaty on Joint Air Defense System with Russia
A small group of citizens, for their part, held a demonstration on June 27 outside the parliament building, demanding that the lawmakers did not give their approval for the creation of the joint air defense system...
On Why Armenia Should Not Strive So Hard to Become Second Israel
Panellist Harutyun Marutyan countered to this by saying that Armenia has no problems with national minorities, so the need to ensure the provision of their rights and freedoms is not really a relevant...
Yerevan Prisoner on Hunger Strike Again in Protest of Inappropriate Treatment
Hrachya Gevorgyan, who was sentenced in November, 2015, to 8 years in prison for hostage-taking, violence against a representative of authorities, and extortion, is suffering from chronic ...
Armenian Conscript's Murder 'Hushed Up' to Allegedly Protect Relative of Top Official
It is apparent the witness was pressured into changing his story. But that's not all: the investigation later went so far as to claim that neither Habobyan nor Hambaryan had been among those fighting. Nevertheless...
Armenia's Prisons Need 'State-Level Revolutionary Reforms'
He added that the family of only one deceased convict have appealed to the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office with a request to establish the circumstances of the prisoner's death. “It turned...
World Bank Mining Practices 'Impoverish' Armenia, Environmentalists Claim
A group of civil society representatives and local environmentalists had also been invited to the discussion; however, they decided to boycott the invitation and picket the AUA building instead, holding posters...
'Dozens' Detained in Yerevan and Gyumri During Pope's Visit
The Police, having learned about the movement's intention, waited at the entrance to the Founding Parliament's office and detained all those who came out of the building, the group said. “The Police, placing...
Police Apprehend Oppositionist's Son to 'Keep Him From Informing Pope About Political Prisoners'
In a comment for A1plus.am, the press service of the police has denied the kidnapping reports, claiming that Shahen Harutyunyan “was removed from the area for a search because officers had noticed strange items on him....
'President Knows Armenians Think He Is a Murderer:' Outspoken Activist Holds Sit-In on Sargsyan's Route
On Thursday evening, Gaspari carried out a similar demonstration by laying down outside the president's house on Proshyan street: the outspoken activist, who regularly lies down to protest against the judicial and ...
Suspect in Alleged Takeover Plot Did Not Testify against Sefilyan, Lawyers Say
Nina Karapetyan noted that Armenia’s Investigative Committee was deliberately spreading lies about Poghosyan in an attempt to defame him for refusing to cooperate with the investigation. “It’s a way...