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14:51 03/10/2019EU courts can order Facebook to remove illegal comments worldwide: European top courtCourts in the European Union can order Facebook to remove worldwide comments by users of its service that have been declared illegal, the European Union’s highest court ruled on Thursday, Reuters...
13:53 03/10/2019Armenia parliament OKs raising minimum salary to 68,000 dramsThe Armenian National Assembly adopted in the first reading on Thursday a bill to increase the minimum salary in Armenia by around 24% from 55,000 drams to 68,000 drams.
12:31 03/10/2019ECHR to consider Constitutional Court’s petition on Kocharyan caseThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted for consideration a petition of Armenia’s Constitutional Court requesting an advisory opinion over the criminal case involving Armenia’s second...
12:01 03/10/2019Constitutional Court chairman opts out of parliamentary debates on his replacementChairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan will not take party in parliamentary debates on termination of his powers.
18:11 02/10/2019Travel group leader summoned to police after Amulsar climbArmLand adventure club founder Artyom Martirosyan was summoned to the police due to a complaint of employees of Lydian International, the owner of the controversial Amulsar gold mine, after a...
15:48 01/10/2019Yerevan court again denies bail for Manvel GrigoryanThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, again denied on Tuesday a defense motion to release Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a...
10:42 01/10/2019Turkey doctor gets 15 months for revealing pollution cancer riskA Turkish scientist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday, September 26, for revealing the cancer risks posed by toxic pollution in western Turkey.
19:50 30/09/20192019 Vaclav Havel Prize shared by Uyghur intellectual and a Balkan youth initiativeThe seventh Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honors outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights – has been awarded jointly to imprisoned Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti from...
15:38 30/09/2019Kocharyan had regular health checkup, says head of his officeArmenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan has undergone a regular health checkup at a Yerevan hospital, the head of Kocharyan’s office, Victor Soghomonyan told Panorama.am.
12:37 30/09/2019One killed, several others injured in crash involving military trucks in ArmeniaOne person has been killed, while 14 others were injured in a road traffic accident involving four military trucks and a passenger bus, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
10:52 30/09/2019Armenia’s former tax chief to remain in custodyFormer Chairman of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatryan will remain in custody, his lawyer Yerem Sargsyan told reporters on Monday.
16:17 28/09/2019The Washington Post: Giuliani cancels Yerevan trip due to PutinRudolph Giuliani, who currently acts as US President Trump’s personal lawyer has canceled his scheduled paid appearance at a conference within the EAEU summit in Armenia next week.
20:30 27/09/2019Police: 80 cases of crime detected over the past day in ArmeniaAccording to the operations reports of Police of Armenia, 80 cases of crime were detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from September 26 to September...
15:28 27/09/2019New information emerged in Amulsar criminal case, top investigator saysThe preliminary investigation in the Amulsar gold mine criminal case will continue since new information has emerged, Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee Arsen Ayvazyan told reporters on...
14:00 27/09/2019Armenian justice minister says appeal to suspend Constitutional Court head's powers ‘grounded'An expert group will be established in Armenia in February 2020 to draft constitutional amendments, Armenia’s Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan told reporters on Friday, ahead of the conference “The...
16:02 26/09/2019Davit Sanasaryan again denies any wrongdoingDavit Sanasaryan, the former head of Armenia’s State Oversight Service indicted in a corruption probe, took to Facebook to again deny all accusations after the criminal case involving the ex-official...
14:47 26/09/2019Former Danske Bank chief caught up in fraud probe found deadThe former head of Danske Bank's arm in Estonia has been found dead days after he went missing. Police had been searching for Aivar Rehe since he left his home in Tallinn on Monday, BBC News reports....
16:06 25/09/2019Armenia’s attorney general stresses need to develop witness protection instituteArmenia’s former Police Chief Hayk Harutyunyan, who was found dead in his home on Monday, was a witness in the ongoing criminal investigation into the March 1-2, 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan,...
15:52 24/09/2019Investigative Committee: Ex-Armenian police chief used ‘significant amount of alcohol’ before deathAuthorities are investigating the death of former Police Chief Hayk Harutyunyan, who was found dead in his home in Bjni, a village in Armenia’s Kotayk Province on Monday.
14:04 24/09/2019CoE announces tender for consultancy services to support judicial reform in ArmeniaThe Council of Europe (CoE) has announced a tender for consultancy services to help support the judicial reform in Armenia.