At the time, Safaryan’s lawyer told Human Rights Watch that the event organizers had notified the Yerevan city authorities in advance about their plans to hold a New Year’s celebration on Freedom Square.
TUMO CEO Marie Lou Papazian and staff met with representatives of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia on January 16, 2017 to discuss details regarding the pilot program that will provide those serving in the Armenian military access to the TUMO educational program.
Swiss and Uzbek prosecutors questioned the eldest daughter of late Uzbek President Islam Karimov, regarding accusations of corruption involving hundreds of millions of dollars, her lawyer told Swiss media on Sunday.
Arayik Sargsyan, a contract soldier serving in the Artsakh Defense Army, died from a gunshot wound sustained in as yet unknown circumstances at a military base in the southeastern region of the country, the NKR Ministry of Defense reports.
The body of a 38-year old man, frozen to death, was found near a cafe in Yerevan on Artsakh Avenue. It appears the man had no permanent abode, but slept in an abandoned building.
Garik Vardanyan, a soldier severely wounded in Artsakh by Azerbaijani fire on December 30, died last night at Yerevan Central Military Hospital.