Law enforcement continues to insist, under purely political persecution, that a single sentence spoken by Samvel Karapetyan on June 17, 2025, in defense of the Mother See constitutes a “call to seize ...
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Political repression against opposition members continues in Armenia, Russian political analyst Alexey Martinov of the Financial University under the Russian government told Moskovsky Komsomolets. “Ev...
Due to the absence of diplomatic relations between Tbilisi and Moscow, Armenia is conducting negotiations on simplifying passage across the Russian-Georgian and Georgian-Armenian borders following the...
NTV has reported on the events in Gyumri. It noted that additional law enforcement officers have been deployed at the Anti-Corruption Court building, with several dozen police stationed at the entranc...
Vardan Ghukasyan has been placed in custody for a period of two months, according to a ruling of the Anti-Corruption Court. Yesterday security forces stormed the Gyumri City Hall to detain Mayor Varda...
A total of 33 people have been arrested as part of the criminal proceedings launched on charges of participating in mass unrest and obstructing the administration of justice, the Investigative Committ...
Court hearings on the arrest of Vardan Ghukasyan concluded almost at dawn, and the decision will be announced today at 9:45 a.m., attorney Zaruhi Postanjyan said. According to her, during the session,...
Traffic has been restored at the Armenian-Georgian border checkpoints of Bagratashen, Bavra, and Gogavan, Narek Sargsyan, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Armenpress. Earlier, t...
After several hours of investigative actions, special forces from the National Security Service arrested Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan inside the city hall building. Oct. 20 did not dawn bright in Gyu...
The arrest of the elected head of Armenia’s second-largest city, Gyumri, represents nothing less than another institutionalization of political repression in the country — the first “conquest” of the ...
Seven-year-old Armenian racer Robert Ohanyan secured third place in an international karting competition held in Dubai. The second and third rounds of the IAME Series UAE 2025/26 took place on Oct. 18...
Residents of Gyumri are traveling to Yerevan to show support for Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, who was recently taken into custody by law enforcement authorities, Gyumri Deputy Mayor Avetis Arakelyan said. ...
