Law enforcement officers have been searching the private home of businessman and Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan since early this morning.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court (CC) has rejected the applications of the Strong Armenia and Armenia alliances and the Wings of Unity, Democracy Law Discipline, Prosperous Armenia, Alliance of Defenders of Democracy for the Republic, and the New Force
Armenia’s Constitutional Court will soon end its review of the case submitted by seven political forces questioning the results of the country’s June 7 parliamentary election.
The ECHR called on the Armenian authorities to establish, as a matter of priority, a specific and effective compensation mechanism for the examination of complaints about excessively long proceedings, which would meet the standards established by the
The Armenian government, during a June 25, 2026 cabinet session, approved draft amendments to the Law on Electronic Communications and related laws, which envisage the introduction of mechanisms for monitoring the international mobile phone identifie
Law enforcement officers conducted home searches of supporters of the Armenia (Hayastan) alliance in Gyumri today.
Hetq studied the data provided by Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC), relating to the turnout rates of voters in the 2021 and 2026 parliamentary elections, according to gender, age, and region.
A draft government decision recognizing an overriding public interest in 100% of the shares of Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) CJSC has been submitted for public discussion by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure.
A Hetq source says the case concerns Hakobyan’s alleged statements inciting hatred and discrimination.
Anna Hakobyan’s marital relationship with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan is back in the news following Pashinyan decision to send her on an all-expense paid nine day trip to New York later this month to attend the fourth annual Global First Ladies Acade
Prosperous Armenia party head Gagik Tsarukyan has filed a defamation suit against PM Nikol Pashinyan, demanding that he refute statements he made during the June 7 parliamentary election campaign accusing him of being a “criminal, spy, and robbing th
On May 27, the Strong Armenia party alleged that, if reelected, Pashinyan would bring 300,000 Azerbaijanis to Armenia. Pashinyan denies the claim and calls it defamatory.
Artur Osipyan, a former resident of Artsakh who has been on a hunger strike for twenty-two days, has refused to undergo a medical examination as a sign of protest.
Ministry of Internal Affairs Press Secretary Narek Sargsyan has confirmed reports made by a Hetq source that police and Investigative Committee staffers launched raids on residences in Armenia’s Armavir Province early today looking for weapons and a
Artur Avanesyan, a member of the Strong Armenia party detained on election bribery charges, yesterday declared he was launching a hunger strike.
The alliance is regarded as a top challenger to Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party in the June parliamentary election.
The Armenian government wants to spend AMD 493 million (US$1.328M) to teach some 10,000 unemployed citizens a variety of basic computer skills.
Armenia’s National Assembly today adopted, in full, the second reading of a government sponsored bill of amendments to the Law On Audiovisual Media that prohibits the dissemination of information that calls for the violent overthrow of the constituti
Anti-Corruption Committee Press Secretary Marina Ohanjanyan told Hetq that the arrests are part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the specifics of which cannot be provided right now.
Over the past five years, employees of Armenia’s eight provincial administrations have been paid bonuses exceeding AMD 4.3 billion (US11.4 million at today’s exchange rate).
Anti-Corruption Committee Press Secretary Marina Ohanjanyan, in response to a Hetq inquiry, confirmed that ten people were arrested within the framework of the criminal investigation.
Traffic safety violations and reckless driving dominated the cases involving minors examined in the courts. Twenty-two were convicted for these violations.
To implement these changes, the National Assembly passed amendments to the Law On General Education on October 24, 2025.
After the 2018 change of government in Armenia, law enforcement focused their attention on Alexander Sargsyan and his two sons Hayk and Narek.
Shushan Khnkoyan, a member of the public oversight group for penitentiary institutions in Armenia, is concerned about the growing number of suicides and and suicide attempts in the country’s jails.
Armenia’s Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan has filed a lawsuit in court against former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, demanding that he publicly apologize for insulting him and pay AMD one million (US$ 2,662) in compensation.
Yerevan’s Court of General Jurisdiction has extended the pre-trial detention of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, by two months.
As of December 31, 2025, 6,625 cases of HIV and 2,972 cases of AIDS were registered among Armenian citizens. 490 cases of HIV and 122 cases of AIDS were detected among foreigners in Armenia.
The two mercenaries, Yousouf Alaabet al-Haji and Muhrab Mohammad Al Shkher, were apprehended by the Artsakh Defense Army during the 2020 Karabakh conflict.
Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Court of Appeals has reversed a previous court decision granting Samvel Karapetyan house arrest and bail, requiring him to return to prison after seventeen days under house arrest. He now faces two months’ detention.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan received approximately AMD 11.952 million (US$ 31,425) in performance bonuses during the first half of 2025, along with an additional separate award of some AMD 1.970 million.
Police arrested ten individuals yesterday in Vagharshapat on charges of giving bribes to influence the outcome of the November 16 local election in the town where the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church is located.
On August 7, 2025, former SRC chair Vardan Harutyunyan was arrested within the framework of the criminal proceedings being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Committee.
The mayor of Gyumri, arrested on October 25 on bribery charges, has sued the Republic of Armenia claiming that his right to a fair trial has been violated.
Armenia’s Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) yesterday launched criminal proceedings against Serzh Sargsyan, the country’s former president, on charges that while in office he demanded and received bribes from a Russian businessman in exchange for con
Seventy-two officials of the executive branch of Armenia’s government declared cryptocurrency holdings of US$ 1,456,400 million in 2024.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC), according to a Hetq source, has filed a motion with the court to detain the brother and nephew of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Gevorg and Hambardzum Nersisyan.
Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Court today issued a two-month pre-trial detention order on Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan who was arrested yesterday on bribery charges.
Police today arrested the rector of the State Pedagogical University in Yerevan on charges that he created and lead a criminal organization composed of various university employees that committed embezzlement and fraud, and that he accepte
Police today in Armenia arrested the former mayor of Ijevan, the provincial capital of Tavush, on charges of money laundering and abuse of official authority. His son was arrested as part of the same criminal case.
Yerevan’s Kentron Criminal Court today sentenced Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Primate of the Aragatzotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, to two months detention on charges that he used his office to force clergymen under his authority to attend
Kocharyan is demanding recognition of the violation of his presumption of innocence and compensation for non-pecuniary damage in the amount of 2 million drams.
Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti, citing local police, reports that Avagyan, who served as a special envoy to the former Karabakh presidency, likely committed suicide.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan has issued a stern reprimand to the acting head of the Public Order Service, Avet Babayan, and has sent him on indefinite leave.
Given that parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for 2026, it’s safe to assume that the number of lawsuits filed against the media outlets will increase.
Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has informed Hetq that it has launched criminal proceedings regarding the September 12 attack on journalist Hakob Karapetyan, who served as press secretary of former Yerevan mayor Hayk Marutyan.
The brother of Armenia’s Ambassador to the U.S. was arrested yesterday in Parakar, a village near Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport, and now faces drug trafficking charges.
The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), in an expedited decision on July 22, ordered Armenia to refrain from seizing the assets of Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC, thus stymying recent moves by the Armenia government t
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, now in pre-trial detention on charges of terrorism, fomenting public disorder and planning to seize power in Armenia, has filed lawsuits against several politicians demanding compensation for non-pecuniary damage.
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