Candidate for Armenia's New Ombudsman to Be Chosen by State and Legal Affairs Committee
The Committee, where ruling Republican Party representatives comprise 50% of the total number of 12 members, is to advance a single nominee, leaving for the Parliament to either approve or reject the nomination...
Drunk Soldier of Russian Military Base Tried to Enter Gyumri Home: Press
Raffi Aslanyan, the prosecutor of Armenia's Shirak province, told the paper that soldier Sergey Surnikov was released after having been questioned in a police precinct. When asked what the soldier's...
Arrested Bahraini Activist Gone Missing in Yerevan: Human Rights Defender Fears 'Quiet' Extradition
Human rights advocates are currently preparing appeal letters to be filed with the National Security Service and the Ministry of Justice: “The person has gone missing. Regardless of who he is...
Armenian Villager Asks General Prosecutor to Look Into 'Illegal' Housing Allocation
It's obvious: the apartments which were originally envisaged for those who lost their homes in the 1988 earthquake have illegally been given to people with no housing problems. The village head of Tsaghkahovit has also ...
Volume of Non-Commercial Transfers to Armenia Reduced in 2015: Press
The volume of international money transfers to Armenian individuals has fallen to its lowest level since 2007: in 2015, the net inflow of non-commercial remittances amounted to $891 million 390 thousand, as opposed ...
Armenian Miners Still in Trouble Despite Stabilizing Copper Prices: Press
At least two of the companies, the daily notes, have serious financial issues. Namely, Akhtala Mining Plant is no longer able to pay it's employees' salaries, while the Sagamar Processing Plant at Armanis village has stopped...
Armenian Football Team Cancels Match in Sukhumi; Foreign Ministry Says Abkhazia 'Not Independent'
“We don't recognize Abkhazia as an independent state, so we were against the friendly match [between Ararat and Volga] being held in Sukhumi,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan told Epress.am Friday...
Yazidi Girls in Armenia Are Denied Their Right to Education: Report
“Given that fact that a 12-year education is the minimum necessary standard for a person, we can safely state that the majority of Yazidi girls actually remain illiterate...
8.5 Years' Fight for Fair Trial: Parents of Dead Armenian Soldier Reappeal Case Dismissal
Gohar Sargsyan has no doubt her son was murdered. She told that back in 2008 unknown people terrorized her husband by stopping him on the street and urging him not to complain. “If you do, we'll destroy your family,” the said...
Yerevan Man Charged With Former Wife's Stabbing Death
Basically, police did not consider it a real threat; if they did, [the murder] could have possibly been prevented. The police officer should have had redirected the case to investigation authorities to assess the seriousness...
World Report 2016: Human Rights Watch Concerned by Armenia’s Human Rights Situation
Following her April visit, Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, called for immediate action to combat violence against women and domestic violence...
Protesting Parents of Dead Soldiers Demand Answers from Armenia's President (Video)
What's this law you're speaking of? Does it only work for you and hooligans? Why doesn't this law punish our sons' murderers, and why hasn't anyone been held responsible to date? We won't leave until Serzh Sargsyan...