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Opposition Daily Fights Eviction
A court in Yerevan opened on Friday hearings on the legality of a local government body’s decision to evict Armenia’s best-selling daily newspaper highly critical of the government from its state-owned offices. The “...
Clarification Of Police Did Not Bring Clarity
On October 3 an information appeared on the web site of RA Police, entitled “Necessary Clarification” and regarding the incident of September 20-21 with the Head of “Radiolur” news program of Public Radio of Armenia...
Armenian Parliament speaker: All guilty in March 1-2 events should be punished irrespective of their party identification
 All guilty in March 1-2 events should be punished irrespective of their party identification, the Armenian Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said during the meeting with newly appointed US Ambassador to Armenia Marie...
French-Armenian Activist ‘Facing Deportation From Armenia’
A French citizen of Armenian descent who actively participated in this year’s post-election rallies in Yerevan is facing deportation from Armenia, it was claimed on Thursday. Sarkis Hatspanian was born and grew up in...
Armenian Military To Draft Students
The Armenian government intends to abolish temporary exemptions from military service that have long been enjoyed by university students, a senior lawmaker confirmed on Monday. Armenian law has until now allowed draft-...
“September 11” Expertise Gave No Rise To Doubts
“The activities conducted by our committee were based on the materials provided by the Special Service of the US, but we were trying to find some conflicts in that work and find out how accurate they were,” said...
Armenia Ends Iraq Mission
Armenia ended its modest military presence in Iraq on Tuesday, citing improved security and the ongoing withdrawal of a much larger Polish army contingent that has supervised Armenian troops deployed in the war-torn...
OSCE Representative On Freedom Of The Media: Digitalization Should Not Be Allowed To Reduce Diversity And Plurality
On September 26, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti asked the Government of Armenia to review the addition to the RA Law “On Television and Radio” adopted on September 10 by the National...
Envoy Repeats U.S. Concerns About Armenia Detainees
The United States remains seriously concerned about the continuing imprisonment of Armenian opposition members and expects the authorities in Yerevan to close the controversial criminal cases against them, a senior U.S...
Monitoring Committee Concerned About Implementation Of Resolutions 1609 And 1620 By Armenia
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly received the report from the Human Rights Commissioner regarding his visit to Yerevan from 13 to 15 July 2008 and was extremely alarmed about its findings and...