Armenia's President Promotes Controversial Defense Ministry Official
Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on July 7 appointing Grigori Khachaturov, the son of the Chief of the General Staff of Armenia's Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov, Commander of the Defense Ministry Third Army Corps...
Appeals Court Upholds 8-Year Sentence for Seriously Ill Convict
The convict was brought to today's hearing in a wheelchair and when answering a reporter's question as to how he was feeling, he managed with great difficulty to convey that his condition was deteriorating ...
Yerevan Prisoner Sews Up Eyes to Protest Against Criminal Charges
According to the official, the prisoner does not wish to reveal his identity and is currently under medical supervision. “The inmate has a prior conviction, and is now imprisoned in connection with an unrelated case ...
March in Yerevan in Support of Political Prisoners
According to Gagik Yeghiazaryan, they were going to Baghramyan 26 (the address of the presidential office) to "demand that Serzh Sargsyan - the person who has illegally seized the presidential post - releases...
British Company to Turn Jermuk Into Workers' Residence as Part of Mining Project
For years, the initiative stresses, the company didn’t include Jermuk town as an area affected by the project. However, in May 2016 it presented its 4th document on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)...
15 Soldiers Injured as Military Vehicle Overturns on Kapan-Goris Highway
A truck transporting military personnel overturned Wednesday morning not far from the village of Karmraqar in Armenia's Syunik province, leaving 15 servicemen injured, Tert.am reports...
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...