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Government Offers New Premises to Former TV Station’s Staff
Bailiffs on Friday temporary postponed the eviction of an embattled former TV station from its current location in a state-owned building after the government offered new premises to the media’s founder company. The...
Religious Minorities Find That Conscience and Duty Continue to Clash in Dispute over Alternative to Military Service
A Molokan man has been in custody for seven months for refusing to take part in alternative national service because he regards it as a form of military engagement. Since the law on alternative service took effect in...
Public Service, Private Gain: Report finds that corruption remains a daily fact of life in Armenia
Corruption remains a major problem in Armenia despite the adoption of a number of anti-corruption measures, according to a report by GRECO, the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption. The evaluation report...
CE Representative Says Public Has the Right to Know Ombudsman’s Report
A Council of Europe official advocates the right of Armenia’s former ombudsperson to make an annual report on her activities in a due form. Special representative of the CE Secretary General Bojana Urumova said in an...
“A1+” Cannot Release The Premises
”A1+” will not release the premises on Grigor Lusavorich 15 unless the RA State Property Department offers an adequate version for the release, and not only one room instead of 11 as it has already done,” claims the...
RA First Ombudsman: In 2005 the Right of the RA Citizens of Effective Defense Were Violated Most
During the year 2005 the right of the RA citizens of effective defense was violated most. The violations refer not only the legal protection in the court. The RA First Ombudsman announced during today's seminar "Gains...
Armenian Cemetery in Old Jugha Turned Into Firing Ground by Azeris
After more than 3500 khachkars (cross-stones) were completely destroyed in the ancient Armenian cemetery in Old Jugha in December 2005, the number of which formerly reached 10 thousand, according to eye-witnesses, in...
Trial of Razmik Sargsyan Resumed
The Criminal and Military Court of Appeal restarted to hear the trial of soldiers Razmik Sargsyan, Musa Serobyan and Arayik Zaryan. They are accused of the murder of soldiers Movses Mkrtoumyan and Roman Eghiazaryan....
Council Of Europe Inquiry Into Alleged Secret Detentions And Rendition Flights In Europe
The Secretary General Sends Follow-Up Letters To 37 Governments Strasbourg, 10.03.2006 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis has written to the Foreign Ministers of 37 of the 46 Council of Europe...
New Alternative Service Falls Flat In Armenia
Young men refusing to serve in the armed forces for religious reasons are again being prosecuted in Armenia, despite the introduction nearly two years ago of a legal alternative to compulsory military service....