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18:57 01/02/2020Court of Appeal leaves decision of Razmik Abrahamyan’s pre-trial preventive measure unchangedCourt of Appeal denied the motion to arrest Armenian maternity hospital chief Razmik Abrahamyan accused of arranging illegal adoptions of Armenian children by foreigners.
20:20 31/01/20202200 Russian companies operate in Armenia – MishustinRussia is the main economic partner of Armenia with a market share of 26%, Russian Premier Mikhail Mishustin stated on Friday at a meeting with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.
15:31 31/01/2020Armenian Prosecutor’s Office forwarded parliament attack ringleader’s letter to NSSThe Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office has forwarded a letter from parliament attack ringleader Nairi Hunanyan to the National Security Service (NSS), its spokeswoman Arevik Khachatryan told...
14:17 31/01/2020Armenia’s former security chief Artur Vanetsyan questioned by investigatorsFormer Director of Armenia’s National Security Service, Major-General Artur Vanetsyan was questioned at the Investigative Committee on Thursday, its spokesperson Nairia Harutyunyan confirmed to...
13:55 31/01/2020Russia to drop murder charge against Khachaturyan sistersInvestigators in the case of three sisters accused of killing their abusive father have been ordered by Russia's Prosecutor General's office to drop the murder charge against them and instead...
12:35 31/01/2020Kocharyan’s lawyers ask judge to recuse himselfLawyers of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, who is standing trial for the March 1-2, 2008 post-election events in Yerevan, asked judge Armen Danielyan of the Criminal Court of Appeals to...
11:44 31/01/2020Germany, Belgium raid homes, offices of 'Azerbaijani laundromat' suspectsStrong police troops raided homes and offices of money laundering suspects across Germany and Belgium Thursday in an attempt to track a money trail flowing from an Azerbaijani laundromat operation to...
17:30 30/01/2020Situation around the Constitutional Court to be resolved in 1-2 months – deputy speaker of parliament“Exacts dates are not yet clear but I presume the ongoing situation around the Constitutional Court of Armenia will be resolved in 1-2 months, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan...
15:51 30/01/2020Smash and grab thieves take Salvador Dalí art from Swedish galleryThieves have stolen bronze sculptures and etchings by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí from a gallery in Stockholm in a smash and grab raid, The Guardian reported.
15:47 30/01/2020Azerbaijan responsible for Manvel Saribekyan’s death, ECHR rulesThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Azerbaijani authorities had been responsible for the torture and death of Manvel Saribekyan, an Armenian national who had been locked up in a...
19:20 29/01/2020CC judges can apply for “early retirement scheme” until February 27 – lawmakerThe judges of Armenia’s Constitutional Court may apply for the so-called ‘early retirement scheme’ by February 27, Vahagn Hovakimyan, member of the ruling “My Step” fraction told reporters at a...
13:33 29/01/2020Criminal case with indictment involving Armenia’s third president sent to Yerevan courtThe RA Prosecutor General’s Office has confirmed the indictment in a criminal case involving Armenia’s third president Serzh Sargsyan and sent the material to Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction,...
12:08 29/01/2020Artsakh soldier wounded in unclear circumstancesServiceman of the Defense Army sustained gunshot wounds in “circumstances that are still unknown”, the Artsakh defense ministry reported.
20:13 28/01/2020Opposition activists released from detentionOpposition activists who were earlier arrested by police have been released from detention. Member of Adekvat party Konstantin Ter-Nakalyan and founder of the VETO movement Narek Malyan told a press...
16:35 28/01/2020Two more opposition activists taken to PoliceThe co-founder of the newly-established opposition party Adekvat Artur Danielyan was taken Police on Tuesday.
15:13 28/01/2020Head of Veto movement Narek Malyan kidnapped by masked men in YerevanThe founder of VETO social-political movement Narek Malyan was kidnapped by masked people on Tuesday in Yerevan, political analyst Mihran Hakobyan wrote on his Facebook page, sharing the footage of...
17:55 27/01/2020Ex-mayor of Batumi sentenced to 7 years in prisonFormer mayor of Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi Giorgi Ermakov has been sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of authority and misspending of more than one million USD of state funds while in...
14:46 27/01/2020Hrayr Tovmasyan asks lawyers to initiate defamation lawsuit against Nikol PashinyanArmenian Constitutional Court Chairman Hrayr Tovmasyan has asked his defense team to initiate a defamation claim against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a statement made by the PM during the...
13:07 27/01/2020Armenian ombudsman slams Yerevan councilman’s move against Hrayr Tovmasyan’s daughterArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has strongly condemned the move of Yerevan City Council member Henrik Hartenyan against Armenian top court head Hrayr Tovmasyan's daughter.
19:39 25/01/202045 cases of crime detected over the past day in ArmeniaAccording to the operations reports of Police Armenia, 45 cases of crime were detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from January 23 to January 24, 2 of...