In 10 Years the RA Ministry of Defense Received More Than $40 Million From the USA
“Hence, the RA Ministry of Defense has mainly received grants from the USA during the last ten years. According to the information provided to us, the ministry has not received any grants from the EU and from the Russian...
Armenian Headmaster Convicted of Defalcation Reappointed School Head
Note, in 2013 Sargsyan was convicted of defalcation and causing major damage of more than AMD 2 million to the state. According to the indictment, in the period between 2009 and 2012, the then headmaster made false...
Armenian Man Fatally Stabs Sleeping Wife
Resident of the village of Geghadir in the Armenian Aragatsotn province, Gevorg Galoyan, 55, fatally stabbed his wife, Gayane Grigoryan, 52, on Tuesday evening while she was asleep, the press service of the RA Police...
Yerevan Court Dismisses Administrative Suit Against Ministry of Nature Protection
“[Our suit] did not simply ask that the mine be audited; we demanded that the results of these inspections be published which has not been done. Even if inspections were launched, they were later terminated...
Defendants Do Not Show Up For Trial in Karabakh War Veteran’s Murder Case
At the next hearing the court will also consider the motion by the representative of the victim's legal successor, Tanya Melkumyan, to conduct a third forensic medical examination with the participation of an independent foreign expert...
Prosecution Demands 14 Years for Supporter of Armenian Political Prisoners
At the same time, Armenak Kyureghyan said the petition to sentence his son to 14 years of imprisonment was a politically motivated decision, which for him was not a surprise at all. The defendant's father expressed the hope that...
Armenian Government Intentionally Prevents Inspections in Teghut Mine, Environmentalist Claims
The defendant, however, refused to provide any more information, claiming that the inspections have been suspended by the government's decision. Following the issuance of the complaint...
Armenian Human Rights Defenders Motion to Prosecute Deputy Police Heads
At the same time, HCAV filed another motion for the involvement as the accused of the police officers who used excessive force and violence against the peaceful demonstrators on Baghramyan Avenue on June 23. HCAV also...
Nairit Employees Demand Reoperation, Warn About 'Large-Scale' Actions
Meanwhile, the Armenian parliament has called a hearing on July 28 to discuss the study aimed at assessing the technical feasibility and financial viability, as well as the possibility of Nairit's future operation. The study...
American Companies to Assess Validity of Electricity Tariff Rise in Armenia
These inspections, as stated by Stepanyan, are not related to the ongoing international audit of the national electricity distribution company “Electric Networks of Armenia.” This audit, according to her, is carried out under the...
Dozens Gather in Yerevan in Solidarity with Turkish People
The majority of the victims were members of Federation of Socialist Youth Association and other left-wing groups, including anarchists that had gathered in Suruc to transport humanitarian aid to the war-torn Syrian city...
Armenian Governor's Son Arrested Over Beating in Goris
Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, was arrested on July 25 - about three months after the incident - in connection with the beating on May 2 of brothers Harutyun and Mushegh Zakaryan; Khachatryan...