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11:36 25/10/2025Former Artsakh military leader asks Baku court to summon Azerbaijani witness from ArmeniaThe sham trial of former Artsakh political and military leaders continued in Baku on Friday. Major General David Manukyan, a former deputy commander of the Artsakh Defense Army, requested the court...
11:22 25/10/2025ARF Bureau member Hrant Markarian's son dies after apparent suicide attemptThe son of Hrant Markarian, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau, has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, ArmLur.am reports.
17:06 24/10/2025Lawyers explain why Venice Commission reversed opinion on Armenian Criminal Code articleArmenian lawyers and opposition lawmakers revealed new details explaining why the Venice Commission initially endorsed and later condemned Article 236(2) of Armenia’s Criminal Code, which...
16:45 24/10/2025Ruling party MP’s mother-in-law detained during protest in support of Gyumri mayorThe mother-in-law of Karen Sarukhanyan, an MP from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, has been detained for obstructing law enforcement officers during the arrest of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan...
16:26 24/10/2025Armenian opposition mayor rejects guilty verdict as politically motivatedThe Yerevan Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Masis Mayor Davit Hambardzumyan to six years and three months in prison.
13:06 24/10/2025Authorities probing Yerevan market fireA criminal investigation has been launched following a major fire that broke out at the Malatia Shopping Center in Yerevan on Thursday.
11:55 24/10/2025Car crash in Armenia's Tavush leaves 11 injuredA major road accident occurred on the Ijevan-Shamshadin highway in Armenia’s Tavush Province on Friday morning.
15:30 23/10/2025Lawyers petition UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to order immediate release of Vicken EuljekjianThe legal representatives of Vicken Euljekjian, a 46-year-old Armenian tour guide arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, have formally requested the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) to...
15:00 23/10/2025Avinyan questioned over ANIF caseYerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan says he has been questioned as part of a criminal investigation into the now defunct Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF), adding that he has provided all necessary...
14:30 23/10/2025Ex-ombudsman accuses Pashinyan of sponsoring ‘criminal acts’ at HovhannavankFormer Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan, head of the Wings of Unity political group, has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of “sponsoring criminal acts” during a church service at...
11:32 23/10/202513 remanded in custody over 'mass unrest' outside Gyumri City HallThirteen people have been remanded in custody in connection with the “mass disturbances” near the Gyumri City Hall in Armenia’s second-largest city, the Investigative Committee said on Thursday.
11:10 23/10/2025Lawyer Ruben Mkhitaryan placed in two-month detentionThe Shirak Regional Court has ordered a two-month pretrial detention for lawyer and civic activist Ruben Mkhitaryan, a member of the Our Way (Mer Dzevov) movement.
17:00 22/10/202529 charged over 'mass disturbances' in GyumriArmenian authorities have charged 29 people following Monday's clashes outside the Gyumri City Hall.
14:05 22/10/2025Armed robbery at Yerevan hotel; several arrestedMasked men dressed in police uniforms broke into multiple rooms of a hotel on Kheru Street in Yerevan on October 10, robbing foreign guests of cash and phones before fleeing, police said.
16:45 21/10/2025Police continue to guard Gyumri mayor's officePolice continued to guard the office of detained Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan on Tuesday, his advisor Lilit Aghekyan said, adding more searches are planned there.
16:03 21/10/2025Lawyer: Armenian authorities refuse to accept Gyumri election lossConstitutional law expert Gohar Meloyan claims that the detention of Vardan Ghukasyan, the opposition mayor of Gyumri, reflects the Armenian authorities’ refusal to accept their defeat in local...
15:40 21/10/2025Lawyer: Samvel Karapetyan unlawfully detained for over 120 daysLawyer Aram Vardevanyan has accused Armenia's law enforcement authorities of pursuing a politically motivated prosecution against businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, who has been in...
13:30 21/10/2025Five Gyumri officials detained in corruption probeFive of eight municipal officials arrested in Armenia’s second-largest city, Gyumri, have been remanded in custody as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, the country’s Anti-Corruption...
11:41 21/10/2025Over 30 arrested for mass disturbance at Gyumri protestThirty-three people have been arrested in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, following clashes with police near the City Hall, the Investigative Committee said on Tuesday.
11:00 21/10/2025Armenian opposition mayor detained for two monthsOpposition Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has been placed in pretrial detention for two months, his lawyer Zaruhi Postanjyan reported.