Authorities Looking Into Defense Ministry's Potato Suppliers After Farmers Protest Against Low Prices: Press
According to the paper, Agriculture minister Ignati Arakelyan recently went to meet the farmers and urged them to wait for a couple of days “until competent government agencies conclude their probe and find out what's really going on...
Former NKR MP Accuses New Chief of Armenian Army Staff of Embezzlement
Not only do they know about this, but I'm convinced that Movses Hakobyan would not have been able to do anything without Sargsyan's and Ohanyan's knowledge. It's a fact: everyone knows that the supply of bread is on him...
Former Employees of Idling Textile Plant Gather Outside Government Building to Demand Back Wages
“We even have a court decision in our favor that has obligated the plant's management to sell the property and pay the employees' wages. But there's nothing worth selling in that plant; everything has been decayed...
Former Gold Mine Worker Sews Mouth Shut to Protest Unfair Dismissal
“I could hardly make ends meet with that job; the salary was barely enough to pay off my loans. I had managed to reduce the size of the loans but they have doubled again now that I've been sacked and unable to pay...
'Essential' Witness in Armenian Conscript's Death Dies in Crash
In the statement, HCAV said that during the confrontation “Hayrapetyan gave testimony that was essential to the case,” and now the organization “has serious suspicions regarding the commander's death....
Protesters for Yerevan Men's Clemency Say Authorities Keep Ignoring Their Requests
Armenian authorities have yet to give a response to the protesting residents of Yerevan's Sari Tagh neighbourhood on their request to grant clemency to the nine Sari Tagh men who were arrested following a clash with...
Armenian Serviceman Arrested Over Fatal Shooting of Fellow Soldier
The soldier, whose identity was not revealed, is accused of opening fire at Virabyan while the latter was on patrol duty. Investigators have launched a murder probe into the conscript's death....
Low Wholesale Prices Could Lead Armenia's Potato Farmers to Bankruptcy, Opposition MP Says
Speaking from the floor of the National Assembly today, opposition Armenian National Congress faction member Nikol Pashinyan, who went to meet with the demonstrators on Friday, stated that Armenia's potato farmers have ...
Five Dead After Bus Headed to Yerevan Crashes in Russia
Five people were killed and at least 22 were injured when a passenger bus en route from Moscow to Yerevan crashed into a Scania truck on the 8th kilometer of the Vladikavkaz-Beslan bypass at around 4:30 am on ...
Russian Soldier Injured During Night Out with Fellow Servicemen
According to preliminary data, officials said, Rutskoy was injured in a scuffle that broke out late on Thursday during a party with fellow soldiers. He was soon rushed to the Gyumri Medical Center where...
How Armenian Media Made Up the Circumstances of One Soldier's Death
On April 8, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the spokesperson for Armenia's Ministry of Defense, published the names of 44 soldiers who were killed between April 2 and 8 in NKR on his Facebook page. Gevorg Mghdesyan was also on...
Russian Soldier Reportedly Stabbed in Gyumri
The website’s sources did not disclose the name of the soldier, saying only that he is a citizen of Russia. Police “are taking all necessary measures” to identify and locate the alleged suspects, they added...