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Another Yerevan Park Bulldozed
Police used force to ensure the destruction of yet another green area in downtown Yerevan on Monday. The more than three dozen fruit trees covering 200 square meters of privatized land were bulldozed despite fierce...
Jailed Businessmen Acquitted In Landmark Ruling
In a landmark ruling, a court in Yerevan acquitted and set free on Monday two businessmen who were arrested nearly two years ago after publicly alleging high-level corruption in the Armenian customs. Gagik Hakobian, a...
Armenian Speaker Blasts Coalition Partners Over Media Bill
A leading member of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) accused its junior coalition partners Friday of dodging responsibility for a controversial government bill that could have effectively banned...
U.S.-Born Oppositionist Hints At Presidential Bid
By Astghik Bedevian Close associates of Raffi Hovannisian insisted on Wednesday that the U.S.-born opposition leader is eligible to run for president next year despite the fact that he received an Armenian passport less...
Observers: Worries Not Over For Armenia’s Radio Liberty
Marianna Grigoryan: 7/05/07 Local observers believe opposition from the international community led to the failure of a controversial bill that could have restricted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s broadcasts in...
Armenian Parliament Rejects Foreign Media Bill
The Armenian government unexpectedly failed to push through parliament on Tuesday controversial draft legislation that could have led to a de facto ban on Armenian-language broadcasts of RFE/RL. The National Assembly...
Armenian ‘Coup Plotters’ Go On Trial
Two prominent veterans of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and one of their former comrades-in-arms went on a high-profile trial on Monday, accused of plotting to overthrow Armenia’s government. Zhirayr Sefilian and Vartan...
Armenia: Government Moves Against Foreign Broadcast Media
By Ruzanna Khachatrian and Karine Kalantarian June 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Armenia's National Assembly is due today to debate government draft amendments that could end Armenian-language broadcasts of Radio Free Europe/...
Parliament Paves Way For Curbs On RFE/RL
The Armenian government pushed through parliament Friday a controversial bill that could lead to severely restrict RFE/RL’s broadcasts in Armenia and is seen by local opposition and civic groups as a serious blow to...
Gulyan Autopsy: Experts say blunt trauma occurred before fatal fall
According to autopsy conclusions by German and Danish forensic experts, received last Friday, there is reason to believe that Levon Gulyan was beaten “prior to the fall”, that Police authorities say killed him. Gulyan...