At the Hnchak Social Democrat Party convention held today in Yerevan, former RoA President Levon Ter-Petrosyan lambasted those organizations in the diaspora that failed to raise their voices in protest after the events of March 1, 2008. "Had the diaspora ...
At the 19th annual convention of the Hnchak Social Democrat Party in Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated, "The sad reality is that after 18 years of having an independent state, critical and decisive times await us." Mr. Ter-Petrosyan blames the authorities ...
Expelled Heritage Party MP Vardan Khachatryan stated today that, "Those posts that I held in the administration permitted me to negotiate with those political forces. Raffi Hovhannisyan was aware of those negotiations but not all information was made accessible ...
The ARF has publicly invited RoA President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, and anyone else informed about the Armenian-Turkish protocols, to a debate on the issue. Today, ARF MP Vahan Hovhannisyan publicly made the statement ...
Starting today, a sit-down hunger strike will be staged by members of the ARF’s Supreme Council opposite the RoA Government Building in central Yerevan. ARF MP Vahan Hovhannisyan stated at an earlier press conference that he too would participate if the ...
Zoya Tadevosyan and Movses Aristakesyan, two member of the Heritage Party recently expelled from the ranks, told "Hetq" that party leader has sent a letter to the party’s governing board and expelled members in which the American-born founder of Heritage ...
A bit earlier, Judge Gagik Poghosyan found 18 year-old Vahagn Gevorgyan guilty of "insulting and using physical force against a representative of the state". The young man was sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and fined 80,000 AMD. Immediately after the passing ...
According to ruling Republican Party MP Rafik Petrosyan, "the authorities have nothing do due with the split within the ranks of the Heritage Party". He went on to say that it was due to the extended absences of Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan that ...
HHZh (Armenian National Movement) board member and former parliament MP Hovhannes Igityan stated today that, "It was at the insistence that the stipulation was included in the protocols that the document must be ratified by the parliaments of both Armenia ...
Yesterday, during a conversation with "Hetq", Zoya Tadevosyan, who was dismissed from the Heritage Party, stated that the party was in short supply of funds due to the economic crisis. "The party has no finances and thus it will be sold off to the highest ...
The Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts (CES) has yet to hand over relevant documents to the "Victims of State Interests" NGO as required by a previous court decision. The documents, regarding construction permits for Northern Avenue buildings, ...
RoA Minister of Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, today met with a group of young activists who last year had performed voluntary work at the Nubarashen #11 School for Special Needs and who had publicized a number of problems at the boarding school, including ...
The family of Katya Khlghatyan formerly resided in Building 20, Shahumyan Street, in the town of Ararat. The building was torn down to make way for a new structure in which the family was supposed to be allocated an apartment according to the size of the family. Seven ...
Yesterday, a fire demolished the house and all the belongings of "Armenia" TV host Feliks Khachatryan. Luckily, Mr. Khachatryan escaped uninjured. Emergency Services told "Hetq" that the cause of the fire, which started around 11:30 am, has yet to be discovered. ...
On the first day of the new school year, a group of young people will hand deliver a letter to the RoA Minister of Education and Science, demanding that he personally investigate the situation at Nubarshen Special Needs School #11 and take steps to remedy ...
Today, for the first time, international "Free Hugs Day" will be celebrated in Yerevan. Scores of young people will be walking the streets of the capital, making their way from Republic Square to Lovers Park across from the British Embassy on Baghramyan Avenue, ...
Today, the RoA National Assembly's Standing Committee on Education, Science, Youth, Culture and Sport, discussed incidents of sexual abuse alleged to have taken place at Nubarashen Special Schools 11 and 18. During a press conference held after the committee ...
A short while ago, the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court, in a closed door session, decided to extend the detention of Haykakan Zhamanak Chief Editor Nikol Pashinyan by another two months. Mr. Pashinyan's detention was to have ended on September 1. ...
Andranik Kocharyan and Seda Safaryan, two former members of the March 1 Fact Finding Committee, today claimed that bodyguards of influential officials and moneyed individuals were given uniforms and participated in the bloody events of March 1, 2008. The list ...
"It's a shame that they are trying to link me with certain famous people. They are spreading information that has no basis in reality," said well-known singer Lilou, in an attempt to refute allegations regarding the financing of her participation in various ...
"I've written twice to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan but he has not answered my letters. Architect Narek Sargsyan responded to my first inquiry but failed to address the issue I had raised." This is what Sedrak Baghdasaryan, President of the "Victims of ...
"Hetq" has been informed by the Georgian Embassy in Armenia that RoA citizens can enter Georgia and return to Amenia without a visa. The embassy made the statement since Georgia has recently pulled out of the CIS and felt the need to clarify the present ...
Arshavir Bozinyan, a Karabakh war veteran with the "Sassoun Brigade" tells "Hetq" that the Armenian National Congress (HAK) is negotiating with the Armenian government for the release of another war vet, Sassoun Mikayelyan, recentle sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. One ...
After visiting the Sevan Correctional Facility the Ministry of Justice's Public Monitoring Group reported a number of unsanitary conditions at the facility.In their report, the monitors state that there is just one communal bathroom fort the inmates and that ...
This morning at the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court the case of Vahagn Gevorgyan, son of Hayk Gevorgyan, a manager and reporter at the daily newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak" got underway. The trial was postponed till August 19. Vahagn is charged with ...
A short time ago "Zhamanak Yerevan" Chief Editor Arman Babajanyan was released from the prison hospital where he was being detained. Mr. Babajanyan is said to suffer from a brain tumor that needs immediate attention. He walked out of the hospital limping ...
Heritage Party spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan today charged the Armenian government with leading an attack against the party and its leader Raffi Hovhannisyan. At a press conference, Mr. Khurshudyan stated, "This begs the question why now? This negative ...
At a press conference held today, Heritage Party spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan said that, "Sadly, the Karabakh authorities totally trust Serzh Sargsyan when it comes to their legitimate rights, and which has perhaps been mediated by Vazgen Manukyan on behalf ...
Hayk Alumyan, attorney for the Teghut defense group, told "Hetq" that since the administrative court had refused to hear their petition he would be taking the matter to the Court of Cassation tomorrow. The group had sought that the court issue a work stoppage ...
The case involving attorneys Duana Grigoryan, Ara Zakaryan and Artur Grigoryan, all charged with "disrespecting the institution of the Court" will soon go to trial. Attorney Diana Grigoryan told "Hetq" that, "We are presently studying the court files after ...
If you travel through the hills and dales some 10-15 kilometers distance from the town of Noyemberyan, you’ll come across some former state collective farms. These former workhorses of Soviet agriculture are now inhabited and have been turned into villages ...
The present correctional facility in Goris was built in 1812 and is in a pitiful state as can be expected. Any repairs made to the building do not last for very long. On February 26, 2009, the government discussed the possibility of building a new structure ...
Based on the statement provided by National Assembly Deputy Zarouhi Postanjyan, the Kentron Police Department of Investigations has launched a criminal case based on Article 136 (personal defamation) of the RoA Criminal Code. Deputy Postanjyan had notified ...
According to the 2008 report issued by the Board on Public Monitoring of Penitentiary System under the Ministry of Justice, the water provided to inmates at the "Artik" correctional facility is chock full of bacteria and larvae. It is also mixed with sand ...
"Hetq" had previously reported that the RoA Administrative Court rejected a suit filed by a number of environmental and civic organizations protesting the felling of the Teghut Forest due to mining operations there. The court argued that the plaintiffs, as ...
The 2008 report issued today by the Board on Public Monitoring of Penitentiary System under the Ministry of Justice notes that some progress has been made in ensuring adequate hygienic and sanitary conditions within Armenian correctional facilities. Now, inmates ...
Today, a report on the situation within Armenian correctional facilities is being presented at the Congress Hotel in Yerevan. Arman Danielyan, President of the Civil Society Institute, and a member of the Board on Public Monitoring of Penitentiary System ...
General Samvel Babayan today stated that no document based on the Madrid Principles regarding the Karabakh conflict will be signed in 2009. "There is no government in wither the NKR or Armenia that will cave in to the demands of Azerbaijan," he said. General ...
18 year-old Narek Tovmasyan, a student at Yerevan State University’s Department of Psychics, has been accepted at Stanford University in the U.S.; one of the top colleges in the world. However, tuition costs at the prestigious school top the scales at $50,000 ...
"Hetq" has learnt that the statement by RoA National Assembly Deputy Zarouhie Postanjyan, charging the newspaper "Azatamtutyun" with slander and disseminating false information, was received by the Public Prosecutor's Office on July 7. Public Prosecutor's ...
Eleven year-old Andranik Aleksanyan was declared the 1st prize winner of the 7th "Vitebsk 2009" international song competition late last night and walked away with the $3,000 top prize. Andranik represented Ukraine in the competition that took place in Belarus. Andranik ...
Arshavir Bozinyan, who fought with the "Sassoun" brigade in the Artsakh War believes that President Sargsyan is willing to make concessions regarding a settlement of the Karabakh conflict. "Kocharyan started making concessions ten years ago and Serzh also ...
Today, "Hetq" contacted the RoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see why questions posed to FM Edward Nalbandian by reporters while in Stepanakert yesterday were switched in an official statement that was subsequently issued. Our questions were answered by ...
On his birthday, June 30, President Serzh Sargsyan received about 5,000 letters from individuals in Armenia demanding that he halt mining operations in the Teghut forest. Copies of the protest letters were also sent to RoA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and ...
"Hetq" has just learnt that the Administrative Court had rejected the lawsuit filed by a number of civic and environmental groups calling for a halt to mining operations in the Teghut forest. According to Hayk Aloumyan, attorney for the plaintiffs, the ...
Representing Armenia in yesterday's "Slavyanski Bazar" international art competition in Kiev, singer Lilu failed to win any prizes with a final score of 158 out of a possible 200. The singer came in 16th place overall. Winning the "Grand Prix" was Dmitry ...
The exhumation of Tigran Ohanjanyan, a conscript who died while in military service, did not take place today. Tigran's mother, Gohar Sargsyan traveled to her son's grave to see that the body was not removed. The official military version states that Tigran ...
Today, the Armenian Helsinki Committee and several former Karabakh freedom fighters held a press conference calling for the immediate release of French-Armenian opposition activist Sarkis Hatspanian, now imprisoned in Armenia. Mr. Hatspanian was recently ...
Yesterday, the RoA General Prosecutor's Office received a letter from Heritage Party Deputy Zaruhi Postanjyan referring to an article and photo that appeared in the "Azatamtutyun" newspaper. The deputy claims that the article was slanderous and caused personal ...