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19:17 11/10/2018Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan confirms deceased businessman Levon Hayrapetyan voiced suspicions of being poisonedThe Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan confirmed that deceased businessman Levon Hayrapetyan who died in colony, had phoned him the day before his...
15:29 09/10/2018Armenian businessman charged with ‘bribery assistance’Armenian businessman Samvel Mayrapetyan has been charged with ‘assistance to taking bribe’ under Article 38-311 of Armenia’s Criminal Code, Special Investigation Service spokesperson Marina...
11:01 08/10/2018Interpol says China's Meng resigns as president of organizationInterpol said on Sunday that Meng Hongwei - whom China says is being investigated over suspected violations of the law - had resigned as president of the international police organization, Reuters...
18:55 05/10/2018Unidentified trespasser detained in Yeraskh directionArmenian border guards detained on 5 October an unidentified trespasser in Yeraskh direction through Nakhijevan border, Panorama.am leant from the country’s defense ministry.
12:48 05/10/2018Armenian MPs vote to declare Francophonie summit days non-workingThe Armenian National Assembly passed in the first reading the bill on making supplements to the law on the public holidays and remembrance days at today’s special sitting.
12:02 05/10/2018CoE report: Armenia has low number of judges, but their salaries are highCouncil of Europe (CoE) has published a new report on the efficiency and quality of judicial systems in European states, including Armenia.
18:06 04/10/2018Deceased Deputy Prosecutor General Sahak Karapetyan was in charge of Skripal’s caseRussia, who perished as a result of a helicopter crash in the Kostroma region, headed the General Directorate for International Legal Cooperation and was in charge of international cooperation,...
15:00 04/10/2018Armenia moves to criminalize terrorist propagandaThe Armenian government approved on Thursday a draft law on criminalizing public calls for terrorism, terrorism funding and international terrorism acts, as well as public approvals or propaganda of...
11:32 04/10/2018Artsakh Ombudsman discharged of dutiesThe Artsakh National Assembly has accepted the resignation of the country’s Human Rights Defender Ruben Melikyan, and the Ombudsman has been officially relieved of his duties, parliament Speaker...
11:37 03/10/2018Turkish court upholds life sentences for journalist Ahmet Altan, five othersA Turkish court upheld life sentences on Tuesday for prominent journalist Ahmet Altan and five others, after they were sentenced in February on charges of aiding the plotters in a failed military...
14:43 27/09/2018Armenia’s NSS looking into Kocharyan’s property, to release details soonArmenia’s National Security Service (NSS) is scrutinizing the property of former President Robert Kocharyan, NSS director Artur Vanetsyan told reporters after today’s Cabinet meeting.
11:05 27/09/2018U.S. indicts Turkish-American businessman arrested in Armenia for 2013 Congress tripU.S. authorities have unsealed an indictment against a Turkish-American businessman charged with lying to congressional investigators regarding a trip by U.S. lawmakers to Azerbaijan five years ago,...
15:48 26/09/2018Russian lawmakers vote to raise retirement age for womenRussian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved President Vladimir Putin's proposal to raise the retirement age for women by five years instead of eight under pension-reform legislation that has...
15:23 26/09/2018Artsakh Ombudsman steps downArtsakh’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Ruben Melikyan has today announced his decision to resign, he said in a post on Facebook.
14:11 25/09/2018Kocharyan sues Pashinyan for ‘public slander’Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan has filed a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
12:01 25/09/2018Armenia’s former deputy police chief summoned to SISArmenia’s former Deputy Chief of Police and Commander of Police Troops Levon Yeranosyan has been summoned to the Special Investigation Service (SIS).
11:27 25/09/2018CoE’s Mijatović says Armenia’s new government should place human rights at the centre of its policies“Armenia’s peaceful transfer of power in May 2018 has been truly remarkable. However, popular expectations are high that there will be tangible improvements to people’s lives, and the government...
13:57 24/09/2018Russian opposition leader Navalny detained upon jail release – associateRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained again on Monday for allegedly violating protest laws while he was being released from a 30-day jail stint on the same charge, his associate said,...
13:04 24/09/2018Georgia improves position in crime and safety indexResearch portal Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user-contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, reports that Georgia improved its position in the crime and safety ranking in 2018.
18:05 23/09/201810 calls received to Police hotline from 12pm to 16pmThe hotline service launched by the Armenian police has received 11 calls over the ongoing City Council elections in the Armenian capital of Yerevan from the period of 12pm tpo 16pm.