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22:12 17/07/2016Law enforcement bodies intend to resolve the situation of the armed incident through negotiationsOn the night of July 17, at around 5:30, Varuzhan Avetisyan, press secretary of the “New Armenia” movement posted a message on Facebook, entitled “Daredevils of Sassoun Group: We have started an...
18:22 17/07/2016Armenian NSS: No command given for active actionsAs of 17::00 p.m. the armed group continues holding several police officers as hostages, insisting on their previous demands, Armenian National Security Service (NSS) reports in a new released...
17:31 17/07/2016President Sargsyan conducted a meeting with representatives of law enforcement bodiesArmenian President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a meeting today with the representatives of the law enforcement bodies at the Presidential Palace, press department of the President’s Office reports.
16:55 17/07/2016Police top official: Ready to incapacitate the gunmen, if our calls are ignoredThe police and all other law-enforcement bodies have been calling on the gunmen to surrender and avoid criminal actions, otherwise we are ready to incapacitate them and free hostages kept inside a...
13:48 17/07/2016One police officer killed, another two wounded, Armenia’s NSS reports on the armed incidentArmenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has released updated information over the armed incident occurred in Yerevan’s patrol police regiment in Erebouni district of the Armenian capital.
15:56 16/07/2016Turkish government could restore death penaltyTurkey's Constitution Council will to consider introduction of death sentence after coup attempt, Turkish PM, Binali Yildirim told journalists, Interfax reports.
13:12 14/07/2016Most important factor of human rights protection exists in Artsakh, Ombudsman saysThe most important factor of human rights protection, the respect towards human dignity exists in Artsakh, said Ruben Melikyan, the Ombudsman of Artsakh Republic.
19:55 13/07/2016Italian mafia boss dies in jailItalian mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano has died in a prison hospital, aged 83, BBC writes http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36782555.
18:19 13/07/2016French diplomatic missions closed in TurkeyThe French embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, and the French Consulate General in Istanbul have been closed until further notice, the embassy said, RT reports.
13:28 13/07/2016Permyakov case: The victims’ successors appealed to ECHR with a lawsuit against RussiaAraqsya, Andranik and Narine Poghosyans, the successors of the Avetisyan family murdered in early 2015 by a Russian serviceman Valeri Permyakov, as well as Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office...
18:33 11/07/2016Maro Matosyan: Political will is lacked for adopting the law on preventing domestic violenceArticle II of the European Convention of Human Rights states that the state is obliged to protect everyone’s right to life, which is violated in the current case.
14:24 11/07/2016Savchenko: In order to protect its rights, Ukraine should join NATOMember of Parliament of Ukraine, Nadiya Savchenko said that Ukraine should become a NATO member. “Russian President, Vladimir Putin says there are two countries – Russia and the U.S., and others are...
16:40 09/07/2016Architects voicing concern over the future of Zvartnots International Airport’s round building“We have lost a number of buildings designed with similar scheme of Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport round complex.
11:39 08/07/2016Flight restrictions over DallasThe FAA has issued flight restrictions over Dallas, Airlive informs on their Twitter page . “ALERT FAA says they've issued a temporary flight restriction order over downtown Dallas area where...
10:37 08/07/2016Dallas protest: Four police officers dead in sniper shootingFour Dallas police officers have been shot dead by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, authorities say, BBC reports.
20:09 07/07/2016Pipoyan on the suspension of recreational component in social packages: Not a proper way to protect consumers’ rightsThe suspension of recreational component of social packages proposed to state employees violate latters’ rights, Chairman of “Well-Informed and Protected Consumer” NGO Babken Pipoyan says, adding...
16:06 06/07/2016Adoption of law reducing person’s income is more than absurd, parliamentarian says“If adopted in this form, the new Tax Code will harm those with average salary,” member of the National Assembly of Armenia, Stepan Margaryan said during a press conference.
14:54 05/07/2016Police detain 30 people after Istanbul airport attack30 people have been detained by Turkish court in connection with the terror attack in Istanbul Ataturk Airport which left 45 people dead.
14:05 05/07/2016There’s only public authority, expert saysInternational law expert, Ara Ghazaryan’s studies revealed that the Armenian society doesn’t perceive the essence of public authority.
13:01 05/07/2016Constitution shouldn’t be a matter of subjective perception, Vardan Ayvazyan says“The Constitution shouldn’t be a word play. Each letter should have its essence, its legal content,” constitutional law expert, Vardan Ayvazyan said during a press conference. Mr. Ayvazyan noted that...