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16:06 11/03/2023Authorities seek arrest of deputy Yerevan mayor over misuse of Covid fundsArmenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee has asked a court in Yerevan to allow the arrest of Deputy Yerevan Mayor Gevorg Simonyan and the head of the Department of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis at the...
11:00 11/03/2023BBC tells Gary Lineker to 'step back' from presenting Match of the DayGary Lineker has been forced off his Match of the Day duties by the BBC because he won't apologise for his comments on social media, Sky News understands.
16:55 10/03/2023Artsakh debunks Azeri ombudswoman's false claimsArtsakh’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan on Friday issued a statement dismissing Azerbaijani ombudswoman Sabina Aliyeva’s false claims about the "transfer of weapons and other...
16:34 10/03/2023Amulsar is a 'touchstone' for Armenian people, lawyer saysThe Armenian government’s decision to restart mining operations at the Amulsar gold deposit near the spa town of Jermuk without taking into account the public opinion runs counter to the Aarhus...
16:05 09/03/2023Armenia's Investigative Committee reveals details of soldier's deathThe Investigative Committee of Armenia has revealed details of soldier Andranik Ohanyan’s death, saying his body was found hanged from a tree in a forest near his military unit.
16:45 08/03/2023UN chief says women's rights are under threatProgress toward gender equality is “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General António Guterres told the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday, CNN reported.
15:49 08/03/2023Russian-Armenian journalist Aram Gabrelyanov denied entry to ArmeniaRussian-Armenian reporter Aram Gabrelyanov has been banned from entering Armenia, Sputnik Armenia reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources and Viktor Soghomonyan, a professor at the Moscow State...
13:46 08/03/2023Artsakh ombudsman releases report on ambush by Azerbaijani sabotage groupThe Artsakh Republic's Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan published a report on the terrorist act committed by the ambush group of the Azerbaijani armed forces on March 5, his office reported.
16:50 07/03/2023Yerevan court again postpones hearing in 'Silva's case'The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday again postponed a hearing in “Silva's case” involving Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen...
15:50 04/03/2023Artsakh ombudsman: Azerbaijan continues to ignore UN court orderAzerbaijan continues to ignore the UN court order to end the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) roadblock, Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan said in a statement on Saturday.
15:20 03/03/2023Belarus sentences Nobel Prize winner Bialiatski to 10 years in jailA court in Belarus has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison, BBC News reports.
15:10 03/03/2023Armenian opposition seeks ouster of top court judge accused of gross misconductThe largest opposition Hayastan faction in the Armenian parliament has drafted a decision asking the National Assembly to apply to the Constitutional Court to dismiss its new judge, Seda Safaryan,...
12:56 02/03/2023Syrian child rescued from rubble sexually abused in Turkish hospitalA man named Haşim Cemal E. has sexually abused a 13-year-old Syrian girl in Turkey’s earthquake-hit Hatay province after she was rescued along with her sister from the rubble, independent media...
13:32 01/03/2023Armenian supermarket chain heads detained on tax evasion chargesArmenia’s law enforcement authorities have detained the owner, general director and chief accountant of Nor Zovq supermarket chain on tax fraud charges.
12:34 01/03/202330,000 children in Artsakh going through deprivation amid blockade, report saysArtsakh’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan and the Center for Law and Justice Tatoyan Foundation on Tuesday released a joint report, which presents the violations of the Artsakh...
13:15 28/02/2023Artsakh ombudsman: Azerbaijani leadership committed multiple crimes against humanityArtsakh’s Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan on Tuesday issued a statement commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom.
16:35 27/02/2023Armenian lawyer calls for consistent efforts to force Azerbaijan to implement UN court orderThe UN court has set no timeframes for the implementation of its ruling telling Azerbaijan to end the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) roadblock, Armenia's agent before the court, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, said...
13:58 27/02/2023Armenian customs officers foil diamond smuggling attemptCustoms officers of Armenia's State Revenue Committee (SRC) have thwarted an attempt to smuggle diamonds from Turkey.
12:34 27/02/2023Armenia's judicial watchdog dismisses judge Zaruhi NakhshkaryanThe Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) overseeing Armenian courts has dismissed judge Zaruhi Nakhshkaryan of a Yerevan first instance court for a disciplinary violation, granting Minister of Justice...
11:55 25/02/2023UN chief: ICJ decisions are binding, including order related to Lachin CorridorUN Secretary-General António Guterres takes note of the orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued on 22 February in the proceedings between Armenia and Azerbaijan, stressing that...