2026, 23 May, Saturday

Price of Drinking Water in Armenia to Remain Unchanged

The Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia (RA) at its meeting today discussed the question of raising Yerevan Djur's tariff for drinking water.

Prosecution Confirms Police Officers were in Plainclothes: Trial of Opposition Activist Continues

Prosecution Confirms Police Officers were in Plainclothes: Trial of Opposition Activist Continues

Shant Harutyunyan's attorney, Inessa Petrosyan, remarked that the video footage shows that some of the police officers were in plainclothes...

Voting Most in Favor of Legislative Proposals are Republican Party of Armenia MPs

Voting Most in Favor of Legislative Proposals are Republican Party of Armenia MPs

Voting in favor the most for various legislative packages at the National Assembly's fifth convocation (operating since May 31, 2012) were ruling Republican Party of...

Bribery Case Victim Changed Testimony Several Times Under Police Pressure: Lawyer

Bribery Case Victim Changed Testimony Several Times Under Police Pressure: Lawyer

Armenian Ministry of Justice employees Sahak Harutyunyan and Aleksander Khachatryan are accused of extorting a bribe of 400,000 AMD ($1,000 USD) from the victim.

Education Minister's Advisor Introduced me to National Security Service Employee: Journalist

Education Minister's Advisor Introduced me to National Security Service Employee: Journalist

"As a response to my refusal, he threatened me, as well as negative consequences connected to my and the Heritage Party's political and business activity...

After Torturing Detainee, Police Offered Him Vodka Then Reported He was Drunk

After extorting a testimony through use of torture, police officers at the Erebuni division in Yerevan invited Alexander Tsverianov to eat barbecue and drink vodka...

VTB-Bank (Armenia) Responds to Query on Withdrawals from Activist's Account

VTB-Bank (Armenia) Responds to Query on Withdrawals from Activist's Account

"Under the law, without the customer's consent the bank has no right to take any action with his account, including extracting funds. At the same time...

Family Forcibly Removed from Outside Presidential Palace Appeals Case in Court

Family Forcibly Removed from Outside Presidential Palace Appeals Case in Court

The Khudoyans were removed from their place of protest across the street from the presidential residence at around 6:15 am on December 2, 2013, the...

Verdict in Karabakh War Veteran Case Not Read Because of Judge's No-Show

Verdict in Karabakh War Veteran Case Not Read Because of Judge's No-Show

Karabakh War veteran Gagik Sarukhanyan said the court sessions in Avetisyan's case are always artificially prolonged. "They don't know what else to...

Ombudsman Condemns Justice Ministry on Slow Action on Removing Ban on Attorneys Visiting Prisoners

Ombudsman Condemns Justice Ministry on Slow Action on Removing Ban on Attorneys Visiting Prisoners

Due to the fault of the Ministry of Justice, prisoners in Armenia cannot meet with attorneys on non-working days and outside of work hours, which is a gross violation of...

On the Banking Oligarchy and Bank in Armenia Fulfilling Functions of the State

On the Banking Oligarchy and Bank in Armenia Fulfilling Functions of the State

"I don't know what functions the bank performed in this [Gaspari's] case, but I understand that even if there was a ban on the account, the bank is obliged to...

Journalist Explains Why Published Recording of Conversation with National Security Service Employee

Journalist Explains Why Published Recording of Conversation with National Security Service Employee

Heritage Party board member, Araratnews.am journalist Hrayr Manukkyan explained on his personal Facebook page why he published the audio recording of...