2026, 21 May, Thursday

Armenian Judges Should Make Possible Connections With Banks Public, Lawyer Suggests

Currently, we do not have a law or mechanisms that would oblige the judge to declare his/her relations with this or that bank. Is he/she perhaps a debtor ...

20-Year-Old Conscript Fatally Shot in Karabakh ‘Under Unknown Circumstances’

Harutyun V Khachatryan, a 20-year-old conscript soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh’s defense army, was fatally shot at around 1:15 am on January 16 in the combat position...

Penitentiary Officials Lying About Calling Together Doctors for Jailed Oppositionist, Lawyer Claims

The statement by the public relations office of the Penitentiary Department says that on January 15, Hovhannes Harutyunyan's lawyer told the media that Harutyunyan had been...

Former Conscript’s Family Still Uncertain How Son Received Serious Head Injury While In Service

“[Officials] are not telling the whole truth. The kid has yet to say anything concrete as well. He once said that the driver was to blame, but now he says he remembers nothing...

Armenia’s Defense Minister Starts Crowdfunding to Help Out Injured Soldier, Insults Opponents of His ‘Humane’ Initiative

Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan, for his part, was quick to come to Sargsyan’s defense. “Everyone seems to think that...

Daredevils of Sasun Member on 26th Day of Open-Ended Hunger Strike

Recall, Daredevils of Sasun members Smbat Barseghyan and Armen Bilyan both went on a hunger strike in late December to demand that they are transferred to Armavir...

Jailed Yerevan Gunman Ends 25-Day Hunger Strike

According to the statement, Bilyan has undergone all the necessary medical examinations, received a consultation on a recommended diet following a hunger strike...

Former Sanitek Employee Unable to Claim Social Benefits

The woman who was hit by a car in March 2016 as she tried to cross the street to carry out her street-cleaning. On the day of the accident, according to a past interview ...

Armenia’s Ombudsman Neglecting Hunger-Striking Oppositionists, Protesters Insist

Tatoyan, in turn, countered that he had already sent an appeal - albeit an unanswered one - to the Penitentiary Department of the Justice Ministry, asking the ...

Injured Sanitek Employee Claims Compensation for Loss of Work Capacity

Zalyan cited the 1078.1 of Armenia’s Civil Code, according to which, in case of causing disability or other injury to the health of a citizen, the lost wages (or income) ...

The Infantilism of Armenia’s Political Thinking

Logically, the main discourse of the political life should have been based on these problems; however, if we look at the pre-election programs of opposition and pro-government ...

Yerevan Gunman adamant on Continuing Hunger Strike Despite Deteriorating Health

At the Wednesday court hearing, the judge read out a letter from the administration of Nubarashen, which said that the inmates “are provided with the necessary medical care...