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Former Armenian FM is prohibited from leaving country – reports

18.10.2018 10:56 GMT

Former Foreign Minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian is at the focus of the country's law enforcers, Zhamanak (Time) newspaper reported.

Anarchy in Armenia

12.10.2018 12:19 GMT

"The implications of Armenia’s institutional disintegration are dire for Europe and the Caucasus"

Armenia opens criminal case against businessman Mayrapetyan

09.10.2018 16:27 GMT

Businessman Samvel Mayrapetyan is accused of assistance to bribe, his legal defender Karen Batikyan told news.am.

Armenian second president's son sues head of intelligence agency yet again

09.10.2018 14:29 GMT

Sedrak Kocharyan filed a lawsuit against Artur Vanetsyan demanding a public dismissal and compensation for moral damage

Armenian businessman Samvel Mayrapetyan arrested

08.10.2018 11:36 GMT

Mayrapetyan owns the H2 TV channel

Former Armenian MP suspected of killing his colleague commits suicide

08.10.2018 11:25 GMT

The MP's body was found in a stone carving workshop in Yerevan

Former Armenian MP dies of gunshot wound

08.10.2018 10:33 GMT

Karaetyan, member of Prosperous Armenia party, was known as “Yuvetsi Karo”

Two vehicles collide in Armenia’s Shirak, one burns down completely

06.10.2018 17:15 GMT

There are injured after a major road accident Friday in Armenia’s Shirak Province, news.am reports.

Armenia sacks six governors

04.10.2018 12:15 GMT

The Armenian government approved the dismissal of several governors during today’s Cabinet meeting, Armenpress reports.

Sasna Tsrer group’s leader goes on hunger strike

03.10.2018 20:56 GMT

Sasna Tsrer armed group members Pavel Manukyan and Armen Bilyan said that they went on hunger strike.

Armenia Security Council chief’s father commits suicide

03.10.2018 17:34 GMT

Investigative team which arrived at the scene found out that the man had killed himself on the same day

Armenian parliament session takes place after two-hour long delay

03.10.2018 15:12 GMT

Armenia parliament session not starting for lack of quorum

03.10.2018 12:41 GMT

Parliament President Ara Babloyan noted that they can wait a while more, since new MPs were coming in

Armenian president dismisses ministers from Prosperous Armenia and Dashnaksutiun

03.10.2018 12:00 GMT

Armenia's President Armen Sarkisyan has signed decrees on dismissal of six ministers from the Prosperous Armenia and Dashnaktsutiun parties.

Protestors block parliament building in Yerevan

02.10.2018 22:44 GMT

A large number of citizens have gathered in front of the Armenian parliament in Yerevan to protest against amendments to the parliament’s regulations that had been just adopted by the lawmakers, Armenian media reports Oct. 2.

Armenian PM Pashinyan says will resign

02.10.2018 21:22 GMT

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced late Tuesday he will resign after several mayors and ministers from Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaksutyun) and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) are dismissed from their posts according to his orders.

Levon Sargsyan dismissed as Ambassador-at-Large

02.10.2018 20:16 GMT

Levon Sargsyan was removed of his post as Ambassador-at-Large by the decision of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday, Armenian Government’s press service reported.

Armenian serviceman dies in Karabakh

01.10.2018 20:31 GMT

Armenian serviceman Gevorg Haroyan born in 1997 received heavy gunshot wound on Monday at about 10:50 in one of the military units of the occupied Nagorno Karabakh under uncertain circumstances.

Mikayel Minasyan to be recalled as Armenia's ambassador to Holy See

27.09.2018 23:37 GMT

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Holy See Mikayel Minasyan, the son-in-law of the ex-president Serzh Sargsyan, will be recalled from the post of ambassador, as confirmed by Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Rubinyan.

Armenia: Inquiry is conducted on Robert Kocharyan’s assets

27.09.2018 14:38 GMT

The results of the inquiry will be publicized in the near future

3 Armenians caught at Warsaw airport for smuggling drugs in underwear

27.09.2018 13:59 GMT

According to police, the men, aged 23, 35 and 44, were travelling from Barcelona to Yerevan

Armenia intelligence chiefs, judge are questioned

27.09.2018 12:57 GMT

Due to the interests of the ongoing investigation, no other details can be made public at this phase

Case of giving and accepting electoral bribe in Yerevan is investigated by SIS

25.09.2018 19:41 GMT

The prosecutor’s office of Ajapnyak and Davtashen communities of Yerevan has initiated proceedings on a case of giving and accepting an electoral bribe.

Former commander of Armenian police troops suspected of abuse of power

25.09.2018 16:53 GMT

Yeranosyan has been questioned at Special Investigation Service

Man dies in explosion at Yerevan medical center

25.09.2018 15:20 GMT

Preliminary evidence indicates that an oxygen tank was a cause of explosion

Armenia's former deputy police chief summoned to Special Investigation Service

25.09.2018 09:24 GMT

According to the source, Yeranosyan was questioned for several hours

Former Yerevan Mayor to return state budget 1.8 billion dram

21.09.2018 21:24 GMT

Former Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan was questioned over the Yerevan Foundation fraud case, Director of Armenian National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan said.

Kocharyan: Pashinyan is a meteorite or a comet that is fading away quickly

20.09.2018 11:36 GMT

Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan compared incumbent Armenian PM to a meteorite and a comet that is fading away very quickly

RSF condemns police search in Yerevan.Today office

19.09.2018 13:59 GMT

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned search by police of the headquarters of the Yerevan-based Armenian news website Yerevan.Today

Search conducted at Yerevan.Today website office

17.09.2018 15:25 GMT

The law enforcement agencies of Armenia are conducting a search at the office of Yerevan.Today news website as well as at the house of its chief editor, since Monday morning.

Pashinyan: Kocharyan and Sargsyan are political corpses

15.09.2018 16:38 GMT

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated that former Presidents Robert Kocharian and Serzh Sargsyan no longer influence the domestic policy of the country.

Orphaned adolescents held hunger strike in Yerevan

14.09.2018 13:11 GMT

Orphaned adolescents started hunger strike in front of the government building in Yerevan, Armenia, AzVision.az reports citing Armenian Mass Media.

• Politics

  • Azerbaijani PM talks creation of new vocational education centers in country
  • President of Italian Senate visits Heydar Aliyev Center
  • WEF report shows Azerbaijan one of countries where social equality ensured
  • Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey inaugurate Star Oil Refinery
  • Hikmat Hajiyev: STAR refinery is important regional energy security co-op project

• Economy

  • AZAL, State Tourism Agency to cooperate
  • BP, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Energy sign Letter of Intent
  • Azerbaijan’s wind energy potential highlighted by publication of German BMWi
  • Star refinery to contribute to petrochemical industry development in Turkey - minister
  • Land cover restored at 80 % of TAP's Greece and Albania routes

• Sports

  • Azerbaijan`s Naiditsch to compete at Isle of Man International Chess Tournament
  • Azerbaijani boxer crowned European champion
  • Ticket sale for 2019 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix begins
  • Azerbaijani wrestler crowned youth Olympic champion
  • Azerbaijani female wrestler captures bronze at 3rd Youth Olympic Games

• Armenia

  • Former Armenian FM is prohibited from leaving country – reports
  • Fire breaks out in Armenia's Abovyan hostel
  • Armenian PM announces resignation
  • Man killed outside Armenian restaurant in California
  • Anarchy in Armenia

• Georgia

  • Georgian parliament postpones marijuana regulatory bill discussion
  • Tbilisi to host 8th International Caspian Energy Forum Kvemo Kartli in November
  • Georgian, NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels, mull cooperation
  • Georgia firmly committed to European integration - PM
  • Georgia suspends gas supplies to Armenia

• Turkey

  • Turkish Air Force destroys PKK strongholds in Iraq
  • Turkey: 50 FETO suspects arrested nationwide
  • Turkey's Erdogan: We waged real struggle against FETO
  • Turkey ‘neutralizes’ 25 terrorists over past week
  • Turkey: Truck overturns, 15 migrants dead

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