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10:39 08/11/2018Soldiers injured in the crash Wednesday not in a life-threatening conditionAll the soldiers injured in the accident Wednesday were taken to Sisian hospital, none of them is in a life-threatening condition, the press secretary of the Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan...
15:50 07/11/2018330 convicts, including 13 foreigners, released under amnestyA total of 330 convicts have been released from correctional facilities across Armenia under the recently adopted amnesty law as of Wednesday afternoon, the Penitentiary Service of Armenia’s Justice...
11:01 07/11/2018Azerbaijani banker's wife detained in LondonZamira Hajiyeva, the wife of the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev was arrested in London.
18:17 06/11/201894-year-old German faces trial for Nazi crimesA 94-year-old German appeared in court in a wheelchair on Tuesday accused of assisting in the murder of hundreds of people at a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two, in what is likely to be...
17:58 06/11/2018Six people arrested over plot to attack French President MacronSix people have been arrested as part of a preliminary investigation into a suspected plan to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, Reuters reported.
17:17 06/11/201881 people released under amnesty81 people have been released by 15h30 today, under the RA Law on Amnesty on Criminal Cases on the occasion of the 2800th Anniversary of the Foundation of Erebuni-Yerevan and the 100th Anniversary of...
16:29 06/11/2018Shant Harutyunyan set freeThe Chairman of "Tseghakron" Party Shant Harutyunyan has already been set free. "The amnesty has begun in penitentiary institutions, Shant Harutyunyan is now free," the Public Relations Department of...
14:12 06/11/2018Police chief: Armenia not to host LGBT forumArmenia will not host an LGBT forum, Chief of Police Valeriy Osipyan told reporters in parliament on Tuesday.
19:30 05/11/2018Law on amnesty to enter into force from tomorrowThe law on amnesty will enter into force on November 6. The official Facebook page of “Official Bulletin” has published the full text of the law on amnesty. The Armenian National Assembly...
19:00 03/11/2018Death penalty: German state Hesse scraps death penalty anomalyThe German state of Hesse has voted to finally scrap the death penalty from its constitution, amending a 69-year-old legal anomaly which allowed it, BBC reports.
18:16 03/11/2018Armenia’s National Security Service exposes drug smuggling group from IranThe National Security Service (NSS) has exposed and neutralized a large crime group engaged in drug smuggling and sales in Armenia as part of its large-scale anti-drug operations, the service told...
17:41 03/11/2018Armenian president signs amnesty bill into lawPresident of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has signed the parliament-adopted amnesty bill into law, the presidential office told Panorama.am.
15:31 03/11/2018Crime rate may grow in Armenia after amnesty, acting minister saysThe crime rate may increase in Armenia following the amnesty, Acting Justice Minister Artak Zeynalyan told reporters on Saturday.
18:34 02/11/2018Khashoggi murder: Body 'dissolved in acid'A top Turkish official, presidential adviser Yasin Aktay, has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid after being cut up, BBC informed.
14:54 02/11/2018Acting justice minister: Amnesty to cover convicts serving up to 4 and 6 years in prisonThe government-sponsored amnesty bill to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia and the 2,800th anniversary of the capital, Yerevan, will apply to the people serving up to 4 and...
18:23 01/11/2018Armenia probably will recall Yuri Khachaturov as CSTO chief։ SarkissianArmenia will probably recall Yuri Khachaturov from the position of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian President Armen Sarkissian told reporters in...
13:19 01/11/2018Armenian parliament unanimously adopts amnesty billThe Armenian National Assembly unanimously adopted in the second reading and in full the amnesty bill at Thursday’s session.
13:12 01/11/2018Yerevan Municipality turns to police after tree logging report by Panorama.amThe office of the head of Kentron Administrative District has appealed to the Yerevan police to reveal the masterminds behind the illegal tree logging in downtown Yerevan and holding them accountable...
15:04 31/10/2018Artsakh has new OmbudsmanThe Artsakh parliament has unanimously backed Artak Beglaryan as the new Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of the country.
14:44 31/10/2018Official: Arms smuggling from US to Armenia thwarted in JulyAgents of the Anti-Smuggling Department of the State Revenue Committee thwarted a major weapons smuggling attempt from the Unites States into Armenia in July this year, Vardan Vardanyan, the head of...