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News One Soldier Dead, Another Wounded, in Weapon Discharge Incident

10:45 | May 16, 2013
The RA Defense Ministry reports that a soldier was killed and one wounded yesterday after another soldier discharged his weapon.

News Turkish High Court: Dink Murder Was “Organized” Crime

16:18 | May 15, 2013
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals today overruled previous decisions absolving suspects in the Hrant Dink murder case of any connection to armed criminal organizations, according to Hürriyet Daily News.

News Son of Drug Boss Naser Kelmendi Sentenced To Four Years for Attempted Murder

22:49 | May 14, 2013
Elvis Kelmendi, son of alleged drug kingpin Naser Kelmendi, was sentenced to four years in prison for the attempted murder of Elvis Hodzic in 2010, Klix.ba reported. The prosecution has appealed the sentence, claiming that the court showed too much leniency due to Elvis Kelmendi’s confession, and that the crime deserved a harsher sentence.

News Moscow's Arbitration Court Again Postpones "Interstate Bank v Nairit" Case

22:35 | May 14, 2013
As in the first session, the defendant Rhinoville never showed up at the proceeding. The company argues that the court has no jurisdiction to review the matter involving loans to Armenia’s Nairit Rubber Plant.

News Criminal Case in Relation to Illegal Turnover of Mercury Sent to Syuniq Court

14:49 | May 14, 2013
According to the factual data obtained during the pre-trial proceeding V. Grigoryan procuring metallic mercury and keeping it for the purpose of sale, on February 9, 2013 reached a prior agreement with his cousin M. Grigoryan then with the latter's friend G. Hakobyan and decided to transmit it to Yerevan and sell.

News International Russian Organized Crime Ring Does Old-School Gambling In A New Way

13:14 | May 14, 2013
The April indictment in New York of 34 conspirators involved in gambling and bookmaking rings reads like the screenplay for the 1998 poker flick Rounders, with high-stakes games, Russian mafia dons and thugs breaking bones to collect from losers in too deep.

News Culture Ministry Calls on Municipality to Halt "Pak Shouka" Construction

12:55 | May 14, 2013
After months of dilly-dallying and passing the buck, the RA Ministry of Culture has called on the Yerevan Municipality to take all necessary steps to halt on-going construction at the city Pak Shouka (Closed Market).

News 4 People Attempted to Vote Instead of Others at the 03/19 Polling Station: Criminal Case Launched

11:58 | May 14, 2013
The Qanaqer-Zeytoun police launched a criminal case in which a total of four citizens in the recent Yerevan municipal election attempted to vote in the stead of another person.

News Man Arrested at Zvartnots for Credit Card Fraud

12:58 | May 13, 2013
Armenian police picked up a man at Zvartnots Airport on May 12 who was being searched for by U.S. law enforcement on charges of credit card fraud.

News Hackers Take $45 Million In Global ATM Theft

23:04 | May 10, 2013
Hackers stole $45 million in a matter of hours by exploiting the weaknesses of bank databases during a heist carried out across at least 27 countries, Time Magazine reported. Seven individuals were arrested in the United States, and law enforcement in at least 12 countries are still investigating.

Articles Appeals Court Sustains Verdict Against Company Owned by Deceased American-Armenian Businessman George Baghoumian

00:45 | May 9, 2013
Yesterday the RA Civil Appeals Court let stand a lower court ruling that had gone against a company owned by George Baghoumian, an American-Armenian businessman who died on April 25 while being held in pre-trial detention in the Nubarashen Correctional Facility

News Germany: Officials Slow To See Links In Neo-Nazi Killings

01:09 | May 8, 2013
The trial of Beate Zschäpe, accused of complicity in nine racially motivated murders between 2000 and 2007, began on Monday, the LA Times reported. Eight of the victims were of Turkish descent and one of Greek descent.

News Two People Involved as Suspects in Electoral Offenses at 08/23 and 07/18 Polling Stations

14:55 | May 7, 2013
In the framework of the criminal cases initiated in Police Division of Malatia adjunct to the government for attempting to vote instead of another person and voting instead of another person in the precincts N 08/23 and N 07/18 of the administrative district Malatia-Sebastia on Elders' election day of Yerevan – May 5, D. Mkhitaryan and S. Serobyan were involved as a suspect.

News Hetq Editor Writes to Police Chief: YouTube Video Removed Minutes Later

12:47 | May 7, 2013
A mere ten minutes after the follow letter appeared in Hetq, the video in question was removed from YouTube. One can only guess as to who ordered its removal

News Human Rights Defender: May 5 Election was "Competitive and Free"

12:24 | May 7, 2013
The HRD office labelled the overall election process as positive and noted the strong presence of the press in most polling precincts throughout the day.

News Criminal Case Initiated for Attempting to Vote more than Once at 5/08 Polling Station

10:45 | May 7, 2013
By the materials prepared in the police it was found out that on May 5 the resident of the administrative district Aram Hepoyan had gone to the precinct N 5/08 with the purpose of participating in Elders' elections of Yerevan where he had attempted to vote more than once but it was prevented by the members of the commission.

News Kosovo: Balkan Kingpin Kelmendi Arrested

17:53 | May 6, 2013
Naser Kelmendi, the notorious Balkan drug kingpin, has been arrested by authorities in Kosovo. Kosovo Police spokesman Baki Kelani told the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) that Kelmendi was arrested in the evening hours on May 5.

News Activist to Take Police, Judges to Court Over 2004 Beatings

14:16 | May 6, 2013
At the time, Virabyan was a member of the People’s Party of Armenia and actively participated in public rallies and political campaigning for the 2004 presidential election in Armenia.

News Malatya-Sebastia: Threats and Stolen Video Camera

11:11 | May 5, 2013
Rouzanna Grigoryan, an election monitor from Transparency International, was threatened and her video camera was stolen at the 8/08 polling station in Malatya-Sebastia.

News Freedom House Report: Armenia Not Considered an “Electoral Democracy”

14:09 | May 2, 2013
According to the recently published Freedom House report “Freedom in the World 2013: Democratic Breakthroughs in the Balance”, Armenia remained classified as a “Partly Free” country.

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