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13:55 03/07/2019Court continues to disrupt Kocharyan’s trial, lawyer insistsThe decisions of the Yerevan Criminal Courts of Appeals on the case of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan were made in a ‘gross violation’ of the rules of trial procedure and human rights,...
12:37 03/07/2019Investigators probing murder of ‘thief in law’ in Armenian capitalThe Investigative Committee of Armenia is probing the murder of a 43-year-old ‘thief in law’ in capital Yerevan.
11:39 03/07/2019Armenian PM awards military titles to police, security chiefsArmenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has decided to bestow titles upon some servicemen and top law enforcement officials on the Constitution Day.
15:34 02/07/2019Yerevan court denies bail for indicted Armenian Gen. Manvel GrigoryanA Yerevan court of general jurisdiction judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan rejected on Tuesday a defense motion to release Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a former Republican lawmaker...
14:05 02/07/2019Yerevan court resumes hearings in Manvel Grigoryan’s trialA Yerevan court of general jurisdiction on Tuesday resumed hearings in the trial of Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a former Republican lawmaker facing various criminal charges,...
15:51 01/07/2019Armenian parliament fails to elect new Supreme Judicial Council memberThe Armenian National Assembly failed to elect Anna Margaryan as a new member of the Supreme Judicial Council during an extraordinary session on Monday.
14:34 01/07/2019Armenian parliament passes several billsThe Armenian National Assembly fully adopted several government-drafted bills in the second reading during an extraordinary session on Monday.
12:57 01/07/2019Igor Grigoryan named new chief of Artsakh’s Investigative CommitteeArtsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on Monday to dismiss Igor Grigoryan as his advisor and representative at large in connection with assuming a new post, Sahakyan’s office...
12:36 01/07/2019Draft anti-corruption strategy entails dissolution of Armenia’s SIS, chief saysA draft anti-corruption strategy published on the unified website for draft legal acts – e-draft.am – entails creation of a new anti-corruption agency and dissolution of the Special Investigative...
14:52 28/06/2019Son of indicted Armenian Gen. Manvel Grigoryan chargedKaren Grigoryan, the former mayor of Etchmiadzin and the son of Manvel Grigoryan, a former Republican lawmaker facing various criminal charges, have also been charged with misuse of public funds.
15:39 27/06/2019Damascus explosion wounds pro-government analyst's wife, sonSyria's state news agency says a bomb exploded in a car in Damascus, wounding a woman and her son. Activist groups said the victims were the wife and son of a pro-government political analyst,...
12:35 27/06/2019Armenian authorities thwart drug smuggling attempt from TurkeyOfficers of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee in cooperation with officers of the Bagratashen customs checkpoint have recently foiled an attempt to smuggle pharmaceutical drugs into the country on a...
11:55 27/06/2019Armenian bus driver detained in Georgia released, passenger arrestedAn Armenian driver of a Moscow-Yerevan passenger bus, detained by Georgian authorities on suspicion of transporting a ‘banned item’, has been released.
15:16 26/06/2019GRECO: Public perceptions of low levels of corruption may be misleadingThe Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body (GRECO) today warned that public perceptions of low levels of corruption in certain countries may lead to underestimating the need for measures to combat...
19:45 25/06/2019Lawyers to appeal Kocharyan’s arrest rulingThe lawyers of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan who was taken into custody charged with “overthrowing the constitutional order” are set to appeal the arrest ruling of the Yerevan Court of...
18:44 25/06/2019Driver of a bus travelling to Armenia arrested in GeorgiaOfficers of the Georgian police and the State Revenue arrested on Tuesday an Armenian citizen identified as A.
17:43 25/06/2019Court of Appeals rules to arrest ex-president Robert KocharyanThe Yerevan Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday to arrest ex-president Robert Kocharyan, granting the prosecutors’ appeals against a lower court’s decisions to release Kocharyan from custody.
16:07 25/06/2019Yerevan court adjourns hearing after indicted Armenian Gen. Manvel Grigoryan falls illA Yerevan court had to adjourn the hearing in the trial of Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a former Republican lawmaker facing various criminal charges, after the latter fell...
15:08 25/06/2019Kocharyan, his lawyers not to attend today’s court hearingNeither Robert Kocharyan nor his legal team will attend a court hearing in the ex-president’s trial on Tuesday, at 4pm.
14:18 25/06/2019Armenian parliament passes tax reform packageThe Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday adopted in the second reading and in full a massive bill package proposing amendments and supplements to the country’s Tax Code.