Of the 37 defamation and insult suits filed against mass media outlets in 2011 being covered by Hetq, 30 are still being litigated in 2012. According to 2012 1st quarter statistics, six of these cases have been concluded in the RA court system and verdicts have been handed down in five. One case was sent to the Court of Cassation. 18 cases are still being litigated in Armenia’s general courts of jurisdiction.
Simply put, it’s a convenient way to get around the restrictions placed on them as government functionaries when it comes to campaigning in the run-up to the May parliamentary elections.
The RA government has approved the allocation of 1million AMD to the Yerevan Municipality in order to construct hothouses in the city.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visited the Tzitzernakaberd Genocide Memorial this morning and laid a wreath at the eternal flame. Minister Lithunia Audronius Azubalis and his delegation visited Armenian Genocide Museum and took a tour of the museum.
Due to court cases brought to the European Court of Human Rights by citizens of Armenia, the RA government must compensate the plaintiffs in the amount of 63,545 Euros, $120,000 and 29.520 million AMD.
42 year-old Misak Stepanyan, inmate at the Kos Correctional Facility, died after he hung himself today in the shower room.
On 19 March 2012 a citizen of Armenia made a report informing that money had been stolen from his account. The examination of the materials revealed that from 23 June, 2010 to 28 June, 2010 an unknown person had swindled 3,685,757 AMD through 39 deals made in China from the account of K. Petrosyan's bank card through POS terminal by using a false bank card.
The civic group active in the defense of the Teghout Forest has written a letter to Catholicos Garegin II, urging the Armenian Apostolic Church to take a principled stand in defense of the country’s environment.
The citizen of Great Britain M. Liun sent a letter to the Police informing that at the beginning of 2011 he got acquainted with a certain Naira Gyulijanyan in “match.com” online dating site. The latter abused M. Liun’s confidence and swindled 1760 Euro through “MoneyGram” system.
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