Armenian Defense Ministry Officials Arrested for Abusing Their Power: Press
In an interview with Aravot.am, Sona Truzyan, an adviser to the chairman of the Armenian Investigative Committee, confirmed the arrests. “I can officially confirm that three persons were arrested last night ...
19-Year-Old NKR Defense Army Soldier Dead Unexpectedly, Officials Say
Suren A Mosiyan, a 19-year-old conscript of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army, died suddenly at around 10 pm on Sunday at a combat position of a southeastern military unit, according to a short statement...
Armenian Villagers Block Highway to Protest Rough Road Conditions
“It's been like this for several years now. This is a road of strategic importance, and it's in a rough condition. Ambulances refuse to come here, saying that they will remain stuck with the patient on the road...
Seriously Ill Armenian Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike
Hrachya has been assigned treatment, injections in the hospital; but he does not expect the penal institution to actually carry out the treatment. If he is not provided with proper care, he’ll resume the hunger strike...
LGBT Activist Speaks Out on Homophobia in Armenia, Says Country Needs Anti-Discrimination Law (Video)
The lack of an Armenian law protecting members of the LGBT community and other minorities, Khandikyan added, also contributes to the problem; “Everybody's human rights, independent of their nationality...
Witness Testifies to Seeing Accused Murderers Kill Armenian Cadet
The witness then provided a detailed description of the events of the night of Barseghyan's death; “I was awakened by the noise and saw [the accused] standing at Haykaz's bed. At first, I thought they wanted to fight because...
Armenia Keeps Generously Handing Out Academic Degrees: Press
In 1994, a total of 103 people in Armenia received doctorates and candidate degrees. Over the following years, this number grew rapidly: in 1995, 152 people became doctors and candidates of sciences; in 1996 ...
New Armenian Electoral Code Passed in Third Reading
Hrant Bagratyan, another lawmaker from ANC, stressed that the government did not take into account a number of crucial issues put forward by ANC. “You'll later regret offending the opposition,” he added...
Armenia's Resident Population Dropped by 12.3 Thousand in Past Year: Press
The latest figures are based on the 2011 census data, plus live births, minus deaths and de-registration from permanent residence over the past five years. And although this number does not reflect the actual situation...
Armenian Police Threaten to Throw Citizen Into Psychiatric Ward: Action in Central Yerevan
Same as last week, most of the media outlets reported the incident from the point of view of the police or other state agencies: “The fountain syndrome; another woman gets into fountain pool in Yerevan;” “According to MOE,..
57 Million Dram Facing of Investigative Committee Building Destroyed by High Winds: Press
“Although this building did not need a facing - it was already lined with pink tuff – authorities spent 57,6 million drams last September to revet the Committee building with a special layer. And yesterday's intense...
Armenian Artist on Trial for Crashing Cardboard Tank Into National Security Service Building
No matter how bad our judicial system, I did not believe that such a case would reach the court. However, not only a criminal case has been initiated, but the prosecutor's office is seriously...