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20:28 17/03/2016Azerbaijan: Part of well-known political prisoners released with presidential decreeAzerbaijan’s President IlhamAliyev signed a decree of pardon due to which a part of the almost 100 political prisoners was released, according to the local Turan news agency.
16:05 17/03/2016ECHR issues verdict on “Zalyan and Others against Armenia”The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) issued the case verdict on Zalyan and Others v. Armenia (nos. 36894/04 and 3521/07). The three citizens of Armenia, Arayik Zalyan, Razmik Sargsyan, and Musa...
13:49 17/03/2016Details of armed assault at currency exchange point revealedA criminal case on armed assault was initiated by the Investigative Division of Avan and Nor Norq administrative districts of Yerevan, press service of the RA Investigative Committee reports.
10:00 17/03/2016Fake Hennessey cognac in Armenian marketOfficers of Police General Department for Combating Organized Crime recently revealed cases of cognac sales without excise label.
20:22 16/03/2016Currency exchange point attacked in YerevanMoments ago shots were heard in Nor Nork Community of Yerevan. Panorama.am reporter informs that an unidentified gunman attacked a currency exchange point on Gayi Avenue next to Yerevan City...
19:50 16/03/2016Justice minister and the parliamentarian surprised at text messages encouraging emigrationPM Naira Zohrabyan received a short text message on her phone from xopan.am offering different jobs in Russia.
14:50 16/03/2016British academic arrested in Turkey for 'making terrorist propaganda'A British academic has been detained in Turkey on suspicion of 'making terrorist propaganda' for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after distributing leaflets inviting people to Kurdish New Year...
14:11 16/03/2016Amal Clooney rejects Azerbaijan authorities’ accusations of having Armenian heritage, says will continue fight for Khadija IsmayilovaAmal Clooney, a famous lawyer and Hollywood star George Clooney’s wife, submitted a lengthy filing to the ECHR on behalf of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova on March 14, according...
10:15 16/03/2016Conciliation agreement between Vardan Petrosyan, Hakobyan family publishedThe Court of General Jurisdiction of Erebuni and Nubarashen Administrative Districts officially published the decision on conciliation agreed between actor Vardan Petrosyan and the Hakobyan family.
18:46 15/03/2016Venice Commission to present initial conclusion on draft Electoral Code in JuneDuring the Venice Commission Bureau meeting on March 11-12, along with other issues the commission also discussed the draft Electoral Code of Armenia and preparation issues for its corresponding...
12:28 15/03/2016Artsakh President assesses the judicial system of the republicPresident of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook at the judges’ general meeting On March15 summing up the 2015 activity of the Artsakh Republic courts and delivered a speech there,...
11:31 15/03/2016Mataghis case almost closedMataghis case, heard in different courts in Armenia for many years, is approaching denouement. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will issue the verdict of the defense on March 17. “We hope...
15:59 12/03/2016Venice Commission criticizes Russian law abolishing the primacy of International LawVenice Commission has criticized the law passed in Russia, allowing not implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and other international courts.
14:22 11/03/2016Justice Minister: A party wins NA elections if it secures 53 mandatesArmenia’s new Constitution envisages that National Assembly Election should be conducted under all-proportional voting system, Armenian Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan said today at a...
12:23 10/03/2016Mogherini urges Russia to “unconditionally” release SavchenkoEuropean Union Vice President Federica Mogherini has called for the immediate release of Nadezhda Savchenko, an officer of the Ukrainian Air Force, who is currently on trial in Russia for the murder...
19:50 09/03/2016CoE report: Azerbaijan among Europe leaders with number of prison inmates per populationIn 2014, the total number of the prison inmates in Azerbaijan was 22,579 or 238.2 per 100,000 inhabitants of the country, according to Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics.
17:28 09/03/2016Hackers break into NY Fed and steal from Bangladesh central bankBangladesh's central bank reported on Monday its account at the U.S. Federal Reserve had been hacked and money was stolen, but that some of the funds were traced to the Philippines and recovered,...
17:42 07/03/2016Azerbaijani MP calls to bring treason charges against his desperate compatriots who tried to pass over to NKRThe media reported about 25 residents from Azerbaijan’s Gabala district wishing to cross the border and surrender to the Armenians but nothing was taken up against them, MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev said,...
14:47 07/03/2016Azerbaijan’s lobbyist in European Parliament sentenced to 3,3 years for briberyFive years after a bribery scandal broke out in the European Parliament, former MEP Adrian Severin, who was also lobbying Azerbaijan’s interests in the EP, was sentenced to 3,3 years in prison in...
14:22 07/03/2016Restitution process may be pushed irrespective of the Genocide recognition. Raffi KalfayanThe forth session of the “Armenians after the Genocide Centennial Anniversary” three-day research symposium was held in German city of Duisburg organized by Assembly of Armenians in Europe.