2026, 24 May, Sunday
Activists Protesting Hydroelectric Plant in Ohanavan Village Detained Upon Their Return to Yerevan

Activists Protesting Hydroelectric Plant in Ohanavan Village Detained Upon Their Return to Yerevan

Police detained a member of the Pre-Parliament initiative and several of its supporters in Yerevan yesterday who participated in the protest near the village of Ohanavan in...

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Villagers Protesting Construction of Hydroelectric Plant Block Road

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Villagers Protesting Construction of Hydroelectric Plant Block Road

Several hundred residents of Aragatsotn marz (province) protesting the construction of a hydroelectric plant near the villages of Ohanavan and Ushi today blocked the road.

Armenian Prime Minister's Daughter and Godfather Sue Local News Media Outlet

"The RA prime minister's daughter and relatives seized my property. It seemed to me that as a prime minister, as someone fighting against corruption, [he] should have...

Alcoholic Beverages to be Advertised on Armenian Television After 10 pm

Alcoholic Beverages to be Advertised on Armenian Television After 10 pm

The Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Support yesterday approved a legislative package...

Armenia's Central Bank Injects Cash Into Market to Save Armenian Dram from Collapse

The Central Bank injected more than $61 million cash in the market in February alone in order to ensure the stability of the Armenian dram.

Woman Who Died on Moscow-Yerevan Flight was Seriously Ill

The 47-year-old woman who died on a Air Armenia Moscow to Yerevan flight yesterday was going to Moscow for medical treatment and she was seriously ill on...

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Protest in Yerevan, Armenia, Against Russian Intervention in Crimea

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Protest in Yerevan, Armenia, Against Russian Intervention in Crimea

At a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan earlier today, 4 activists were detained: Tigran Parsilyan, Lala Aslikyan, Anton Ivchenko, and Eduard Mkrtchyan.

Initiative Calls for Removal of Russian Flags from Armenian Public Transport Vehicles

Initiative Calls for Removal of Russian Flags from Armenian Public Transport Vehicles

"We demand to find out why another country's symbol of statehood has appeared in Yerevan public transport: given the elementary fact that...

2 Constitutional Court Members to Leave Office. One Secretly Talked about Levon Ter-Petrossian's 2008 Lawsuit

2 Constitutional Court Members to Leave Office. One Secretly Talked about Levon Ter-Petrossian's 2008 Lawsuit

The powers of two members of Armenia's Constitutional Court will soon be revoked.

Would Armenia Take Part in Military Actions Against Ukraine? National Security Service Didn't Say

The National Security Service effectively didn't answer when local daily Haykakan Zhamanak asked whether Armenia would agree to participate in military actions...

Armenian National Held Captive in Azerbaijan for 35 Days Has Health Issues

Resident of the village of Verin Karmiraghbyur in Armenia's Tavush marz (province) Mamikon Khojoyan, 77, who returned from Azerbaijan yesterday...

Letters from Prison: Confessions Obtained by Torture and Other Stories

In 2013, the Yerevan-based Helsinki Association for Human Rights received around three dozen letters from prisoners in Armenian prisons, the majority of which related to parole.