“I want to assure all of you that our law enforcement agencies will do everything to identify the culprits of this dastardly crime. Our physicians have done a lot already and I am certain that Paruyr Hayrikian will make a speedy recovery," Sargsyan said.
"I am both shocked and saddened by this attack against a prominent politician and a presidential candidate. I strongly condemn this violence, which has happened at a crucial period for Armenia in the run-up to the national elections. I trust that all measures will be taken for this incident to be promptly investigated and I hope that this case will not cast a shadow on the process of democratic elections in Armenia,” said Sorokin.
Haroutyun Haroutyunyan, charged with the June 15, 2012 stabbing to death of 77 year-old Roza Khachatryan in Gyumri, told the court today that he was crazy and wanted to go home.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Turkey to pay nine newspapers and magazines a total of 13,500 Euros for suspending their publication and distribution from 2008-2009.
The Turkish press report that a bomb exploded outside the United States Embassy in Ankara earlier today Initial reports claimed that a suicide bomber was to blame. Subsequent reports say that someone entered the compound and either left or threw a package which then exploded.
Vardan Devrikyan, Deputy Director of the Literature Institute in Armenia, adds his name to the list of public figures who believes that “foreign powers” are behind yesterday’s assassination attempt of presidential candidate Paryur Hayrikian.
Vladimir Yengibaryan, a Yerevan born boxer who won a gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died today at a hospital in the United States.
Serzh Sargsyan’s campaign headquarters has announced that the president scheduled campaign stop today in Yerevan’s Malatya-Sebastia district has been cancelled.
Studio Hetq: On several occasions Hetq has tried to conduct a debate between Lernik Hovhannisyan, legal representative of diaspora Armenian investor Edmond Khudyan, and contractor Vladislav Mangasaryan. Khudyan claims that he was swindled out of millions by Mangasaryan and others in Armenia on a construction project in Yerevan. On the past three occasions, the debates quickly turned into shouting matches. We have thus decided...
Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan has condemned yesterday’s attempted assassination of presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian and says it will be used by “known foreign powers” against Armenia, in an attempt to besmirch the presidential election process now taking place.
The twenty minute film presents the history of the historical city of Jougha and the destruction of its world-known cemetery by the authorities of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan and Azerbaijan.
Like everyone else I was shocked at the news of the shooting of Paruyr Hayrikyan yesterday. Coincidentally, I had the honour of meeting him earlier in the day to discuss his election campaign. I could not have imagined that he would suffer such a dreadful attack only hours later.
By Photographer Ruben Mangasaryan
A landmark report on European Drug Markets, released on Thursday by the European Commission, highlighted new challenges faced by EU member countries in the fight against drug trafficking.
Armenian presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian was shot just minutes before midnight yesterday on a street in downtown Yerevan.
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