Hail-Affected Shirak Residents Block Main Road to Villages: Press
Vahramaberd village head Aghvan Martirosyan later told Armlur.am that the protesters had discussed all the issues with officials from the regional administration and it has been decided that additional three or four hail stations would be installed in the area...
Study Results Show Disproportionately Large Police Presence in Peaceful Assemblies in Armenia
The report stressed that much like in previous years, the number of police officers and equipment was conditioned not by the number of demonstrators, but by the nature of the rally, its organizers ...
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 ...
Armenian Conscript Found Dead from Alleged Suicide
A conscript of Armenia's Armed Forces, Armavir resident Arsen Mkhitaryan, was found dead on July 3 with a gunshot wound through his chin while on guard duty at a Tavush province military unit, Armenian Investigative...
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...
Oppositionist Calls Russian-Armenian Air Defense Deal 'Betrayal'
The Heritage party today issued a statement against the agreement, noting that in case of ratification, “Russia will basically be the decision-maker on matters concerning the air defense of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh....
Armenia's Defense Industry Highly Corrupted, Expert Claims
“Our research has shown that budget report observations conducted by National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs are not thorough enough. We've found that...