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17:35 25/02/2020Police publishes the lists of eligible voters for upcoming referendumThe Police of Armenia published on Tuesday the list of eligible voters for the upcoming referendum on constitutional changes as envisaged by the country’s Electoral Code.
14:33 25/02/2020Armenia's Helsinki Committee releases annual human rights reportThe Helsinki Committee of Armenia has published its annual Human Rights in Armenia 2019 report. In the introduction, the authors of the report state that the influence of the logic of the 2018...
13:38 25/02/2020Criminal case launched into threats against Armenian opposition MPA criminal case has been launched into the online threats made against Edmon Marukyan, the head of the Bright Armenia opposition parliamentary faction, under Article 137.1 of the Criminal Code of...
17:41 24/02/2020Armenia’s former PMs to provide personal guarantees in court for ex-president KocharyanFormer Prime Ministers of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Karen Karapetyan as well as former PM of Artsakh Republic Anushavan Danielyan plan to submit personal guarantees in court to...
13:35 24/02/2020Yerevan court to hear ex-security chief’s lawsuit against Haykakan Zhamanak dailyThe Yerevan First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction will hear a lawsuit filed by former National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsyan against Haykakan Zhamanak daily, Pastinfo reported...
18:06 21/02/2020Government commission on constitutional changes holds its first meetingAn ad hoc government commission tasked with drafting amendments to Armenia’s constitution held its first session on Friday chaired by Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the Representative of Armenia at the...
15:07 21/02/2020Prosecutor’s Office rejects release of Armenian TV station owner upon personal guaranteesThe Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office has denied a defense motion to release Fifth Channel owner Armen Tavadyan upon personal guarantees, his lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan told Pastinfo.
12:56 21/02/2020Artsakh Investigative Committee head conferred rank of third degree justice state adviserArtsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on Friday signed a decree on conferring the rank of the third degree justice state adviser to Chairman of the Investigative Committee Igor Grigoryan, the...
11:48 21/02/2020Artsakh president, Armenian ombudsman discuss issues of human rights protectionArtsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received on Friday Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia Arman Tatoyan.
20:33 19/02/2020Yerevan court rules to extend the arrest of the owner of the Fifth Channel for another two monthsThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction issued Wednesday a ruling on extension of the owner of the Fifth Channel Armen Tavadyan’s pre-trial arrest sought by the Special Investigative Service (SIS).
18:59 19/02/2020Chief of Military Police dismissed from postArmenian President Armen Sarkissian signed today a decree to relieve Artur Baghdasaryan of his duties as the Head of Military Police of the RA Ministry of Defense.
17:13 19/02/2020Azerbaijan continues its maximalist stance, rejecting the rights of the Artsakh people – FMArmenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received today Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, the press department at the foreign ministry...
16:14 18/02/2020Judge rules out crisis in Armenia's highest courtA judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, Felix Tokhyan rules out a crisis in the county’s highest court alleged by the Armenian authorities.
15:33 18/02/2020Lawyer: Political persecution against Kocharyan becoming increasingly obvious"Those people who accuse us of protracting court hearings simply do not want to face the reality," Hayk Alumyan, a member of Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan's defense team, told reporters...
14:23 18/02/2020Court hearing in trial of Kocharyan, three other former top officials postponedThe court hearing in the trial of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other former senior officials Armen Gevorgyan, Seyran Ohanyan and Yuri Khachaturov had to be postponed on...
13:58 18/02/2020Lawyer defends bid for constitutional referendum ‘No’ campaignFormer Ombudsman of Artsakh, lawyer Ruben Melikyan, who is leading the campaign for a “No” vote in Armenia’s constitutional referendum, reiterated on Tuesday that the process runs counter to the...
12:35 18/02/2020Armenian security service thwarts another drug smuggling attemptThe National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has foiled another attempt to smuggle large quantities of narcotic drugs via Armenia.
19:41 17/02/2020Charges against Serzh Sargsyan’s ex-bodyguard droppedThe Special Investigative Service (SIS) of Armenia has dropped the criminal charges against Vachagan Ghazaryan, the former chief bodyguard of Armenia's ex-President Serzh Sargsyan, and his wife...
19:17 17/02/2020Chamber of Advocates head: Armenian advocates ready to take to the streetsAra Zohrabyan, Chairman of Armenia’s Chamber of Advocates, says they have introduced legislative packages envisaging punishment for insulting an advocate.
17:10 15/02/2020Activist Narek Samsonyan charged over false crime reporting, Adekvad member saysAdekvad party member Lilit Tumanyan denounced the summoning of Chairman of the Civil Consciousness NGO, activist Narek Samsonyan to the Special Investigative Service as “political repression”.