2026, 22 May, Friday
Court Hearing Convenes Without Plaintiff, Defendant, and Lawyer

Court Hearing Convenes Without Plaintiff, Defendant, and Lawyer

Recall, at the start of the June 12 hearing into the case of Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, Kyureghyan climbed onto a car outside the courthouse and shot rounds from what seemed to be an air pistol in the...

“I Have Always Been Against Maidans”; Gagik Tsarukyan Leaves Politics

I no longer have any connection to BHK. In a short while you will elect a new leader, new executive bodies, and henceforth the party’s destiny is in your hands. This is my final decision...

Court Continues to Hand Verdicts In Favor of Hate Spreading Paper

Court Continues to Hand Verdicts In Favor of Hate Spreading Paper

Instead, Judge Ruben Nersisyan handed a verdict where the plaintiffs had to pay 150,000 AMD to the paper and 150,000 AMD to the paper's editor-in-chief Hovhannes Galajyan in compensation for his lawyer costs...

Police Barricaded Sidewalk In Front Of Presidential Palace From Mothers of Dead Soldiers (VIDEO)

Police Barricaded Sidewalk In Front Of Presidential Palace From Mothers of Dead Soldiers (VIDEO)

- Turns out, the Ombudsman’s office is a formality. Even the Human Rights Defender's rights are being violated, said dead soldier Valery Muradyan’s mother, Nana Muradyan...

Gyumri Murder Case: “Russia Does Not Respect the Territorial Integrity of Armenia”

Gyumri Murder Case: “Russia Does Not Respect the Territorial Integrity of Armenia”

- Moreover, since the Constitution of Armenia has supreme legal force in Armenia, in no way can the range of its power be reduced or be revoked ‘in certain cases’, says the statement by the Union of Informed Citizens...

Nairit Workers Close Factory Entrance and Reopen It After Negotiations

The protesters demanded that the factory was closed down entirely and that the government finally fulfilled their demand and provided them a timetable for when they would cover the debt accumulated by their unpaid salaries...

Child Custody Battle Continues In Court: Judge Asked to Leave Aside Presumptions

Child Custody Battle Continues In Court: Judge Asked to Leave Aside Presumptions

Edison Adyan was also present at today’s court session. He motioned to participate in the case because the issue was related to him. In his speech Adyan said that Nikoghosyan never called or...

Parliament Passes Amended Version of Turnover Tax Law After Entrepreneurs' Protests

Parliament Passes Amended Version of Turnover Tax Law After Entrepreneurs' Protests

According to the change, small and medium sized entrepreneurs will have to pay a 5% tax for undocumented products. Previously, the tax was 3%. The invoiced products will be taxed at 1.5%...

No Changes Expected In the Field of Economic Competition in Armenia

The journalist brought an example of the sugar market where competition is entirely eliminated; sugar is imported to Armenia only by Republican Party faction MP, oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan, while the latter’s...

Air Armenia Unable to Restart Flights

Hraparak daily notes that currently it is unknown whether the company would get back to business or not. The aviation company has serious financial issues and they have not been successful in finding a solution...

Parliament Passes Law Providing Tax Cut For Large Exporters

Armenian National Congress leader Levon Zurabyan said that the new law was just a way to monopolize the exports' sector as well. According to him, the law would increase taxes for small and medium-sized business owners...

Permyakov Will Not Be Handed Over to Armenia, Says Russian Prosecutor’s Office

According to Article 61 of the Russian Constitution and Article 57 of Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters [Minsk Convention] of 01/22/1993, V.P. Permyakov is...