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16:06 18/01/2019Yerevan court rules to arrest ex-minister facing bribery, money laundering chargesThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has granted a motion filed by the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to remand former Nature Protection Minster and lawmaker Aram Harutyunyan into custody...
15:37 18/01/2019Artsakh urges international steps against ongoing anti-Armenian propaganda in AzerbaijanThe Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Artsakh National Assembly has released a statement on the 29th anniversary of the mass pogroms of the Armenian population in Baku.
13:02 18/01/2019Yerevan court to issue ruling on Kocharyan’s measure of restraint todayThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction is expected to deliver a ruling on former President Robert Kocharyan’s measure of restraint on Friday.
12:16 17/01/2019Armenia’s customs officers thwart drug smuggling attempt by Iranian citizensArmenia’s State Revenue Committee (CEC) has foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs into Canada by Iranian citizens.
17:43 16/01/2019Court to rule on ex-president case on January 18The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction is set to rule on the case of Armenia’s ex-president Robert Kocharyan on January 18 at 17:30, commissioning prosecutor Muradyan told reporters after the...
16:02 16/01/2019U.S. detains journalist working for Iran's Press TVU.S. authorities have detained a journalist and television presenter working for Iran's English-language Press TV on unspecified charges, RFE/RL reported, citing the state-run broadcaster. Press TV...
13:08 16/01/2019Lawyers may ask European Court to recognize Kocharyan as ‘political prisoner’The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction will resume today the hearings on the bail plea of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan placed under renewed arrest since December 7.
16:29 15/01/2019Yerevan court rejects motion of Kocharyan’s lawyers to recuse judgeThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has turned down the motion filed by the lawyers of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan to recuse judge Artur Mkrtchyan set to hear their bail plea.
15:46 15/01/2019Armenia reports second H1N1-related deathAcute respiratory infectious diseases have a tendency of growing in Armenia, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
14:35 15/01/2019Kocharyan’s lawyers recuse judge set to hear their bail pleaThe lawyers representing Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan in the criminal case alleging his complicity in 2008 post-election events, have filed a motion to recuse judge Artur Mkrtchyan set...
13:06 15/01/2019Armenia’s ex-defense minister denies criminal chargesArmenia’s former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has denied the charges brought against him on the sidelines of the criminal investigation into the March 2008 post-election events, as ‘groundless’.
20:23 14/01/2019Mayor of Gdansk dies after being stabbed on stageThe mayor of a city in Poland died after he was stabbed in the heart on stage Sunday during the finale of a large charity event, The Associated Press reported.
19:50 14/01/2019Kocharyan’s lawyer suggests judges avoid hearing the ex-president’s caseThe member of Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan defense team Hayk Alumyan has suggested judges avoid hearing the case of the ex-president.
12:23 12/01/2019Artsakh Ombudsman condemns Azerbaijan for pursuing international filmmakers for making a film in ArtsakhIn the recent days Azerbaijan has started targeting the international partners of the “Gate to Heaven” film of filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan, putting public and private pressure on them in order to make...
20:14 11/01/2019First transgender passport - photoshop instead of documentation of sex reassignment surgery“Right Side” NGO reported today that a citizen from Armenia’s Shirak region is already able to act as a transgender person following the simplified procedure of getting legal name change in passport...
18:58 11/01/2019Protestors demand arrest of ex-army general Manvel Grigoryan outside the Court of AppealsA crowd of people protest outside the Yerevan Court of Appeals reviewing the ruling of the first instance court to release Manvel Grigoryan, a retired army general and a former Republican lawmaker.
16:48 11/01/2019Kocharyan's lawyers ask SIS to drop criminal prosecutionThe lawyers representing Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan in the criminal case alleging his complicity in 2008 post-election events, have filed a motion to the Special Investigative...
14:18 11/01/2019Yerevan appellate court adjourns hearing on ex-deputy PM’s arrestThe Yerevan Criminal Court of Appeals adjourned today the hearing on the appeal of state prosecutors seeking the arrest of Armenia’s former Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Security Council...
19:20 10/01/2019Media reports: Criminal charges brought against former defense ministerAccording to the reports circulated in media criminal charges have been brought against Seyran Ohanyan, who has been Armenia’s defense minister, serving in the office from 14 April 2008 until 3...
18:49 10/01/2019Solidarity protest to be organized on the fourth anniversary of the Avetisyan family murderA group of citizens plan to stage a solidarity protest outside the Russian military base in Armenia’s Gyumri city on January 12 in memory of the Avetisyan family.