2026, 28 July, Tuesday
At Least One Killed, Six Injured in Yerevan Bus Explosion

At Least One Killed, Six Injured in Yerevan Bus Explosion

The blast, the cause of which is still unknown, took place at approximately 10:00 pm local time on Halabyan street, a residential area not far from the center of Yerevan. ...

Loan Officers Knew Villagers Would Hand Over Money to Third Party, Lawyer Says

Loan Officers Knew Villagers Would Hand Over Money to Third Party, Lawyer Says

One of the application pages, however, was filled out by the loan officers, where they listed the villagers' assets and liabilities, Apresyan added. “The officers judged whether the villagers...

Dozens Detained in Yerevan on Russian Foreign Minister's Visit Day

Dozens Detained in Yerevan on Russian Foreign Minister's Visit Day

Yerevan police detained 42 people late on Friday, the day of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's official visit to Armenia, from the city's central Baghramyan Avenue as they forcibly dispersed...

Heroized Armenian Colonel Would Beat Soldiers with ‘Particular Cruelty’

Heroized Armenian Colonel Would Beat Soldiers with ‘Particular Cruelty’

At the start of the “Four Day War,” division deputy commander Melkumyan was wounded in the leg, and this is how the editor of “168 Zham” newspaper [ARM], who visited the serviceman at the Jabrail military ...

Two Armenian Soldiers Dead, Two Arrested In Separate Incidents of Violation of Gun Safety Rules

Two Armenian Soldiers Dead, Two Arrested In Separate Incidents of Violation of Gun Safety Rules

In a separate incident, conscript Karen Aghabekyan sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the chest at around 2:30 pm Thursday while driving his unit's UAZ military van. Conscript P. Yegoryan...

Nagorno-Karabakh Reports Yet Another Military Casualty

Nagorno-Karabakh Reports Yet Another Military Casualty

Danielyan, as reported by Karabakh military authorities, died “as a result of Azerbaijani army's aggressive actions.”...

Armenian Investigators and Courts See No Elements of Crime in Soldier's Death

Armenian Investigators and Courts See No Elements of Crime in Soldier's Death

Later, the Ministry of Defense declared that a criminal case was launched under RA Criminal Code Article 104 Section 1 (murder). Speaking to Epress.am, military expert Ruben Martirosyan...

Azerbaijan Hands Over Body of Killed Soldier to Armenia

Azerbaijan Hands Over Body of Killed Soldier to Armenia

Captain Gaboyan had suffered a fatal gunshot wound; the soldier's body has already been identified by his relatives...

Armenian Contract Serviceman Still Waiting For Discharge Order Despite Payment of Compensation

Armenian Contract Serviceman Still Waiting For Discharge Order Despite Payment of Compensation

After this, on January 16, 2016, Grigoryan filed an appeal with the Administrative Court to oblige the Ministry to issue him a discharge order. According to Article 48 of the Armenian law...

'Unprecedented': Innocent Man Acquitted After 31 Months' Arrest and Torture

'Unprecedented': Innocent Man Acquitted After 31 Months' Arrest and Torture

Arayik Papikyan also spoke about the press publications in 2013, which, according to the lawyer, “even jeopardized Kungortsev's life.” “From the outset, the press coverage of the case was accompanied by numerous...

Loan Organization Sues Armenian Villagers for Unpaid Loans; Defendants Claim Documents Were 'Forged'

Loan Organization Sues Armenian Villagers for Unpaid Loans; Defendants Claim Documents Were 'Forged'

In an interview with Epress.am, however, Zarzand Harutyunyan denied the villagers' allegations that Finca employees failed in many cases to collect legitimate data before drawing up the loan agreements...

Armenian Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Resigns After Alleged Links to Offshore Companies

Armenian Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Resigns After Alleged Links to Offshore Companies

Mihran Poghosyan, Armenia's Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer, resigned on Monday following the Panama Papers allegations of ties to offshore companies and Swiss bank accounts. Poghosyan,..