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Protest rally calling for unity against Nikol Pashinyan taking place on Yerevan Republic Square 

 Wednesday, April 24 2024 17:35
Protest rally calling for unity against Nikol Pashinyan taking place on Yerevan Republic Square 

ArmInfo. A protest rally is taking place in Republic Square in Yerevan calling for unity against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The initiators of the action, as noted, are the leader of the "Public Voice" party Vardan Ghukasyan and the "Armenian National Unity" party Mihran Poghosyan.

Turkiye behind Islamic State - Armenian MP 
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 12:46

ArmInfo. The terrorist organization "Islamic State", which committed genocide against the Yazidis in 2014, was not alone; Turkiye stood behind it, stated opposition MP Gegham Manukyan, commenting on the presented draft amendments to the law "On Holidays and Memorable Dates", according to which annually on August 3 Armenia will mark the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Yazidi Genocide in Iraqi Sinjar.

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Stop discussing Armenian Genocide - Edmon Marukyan 
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 11:50

ArmInfo. On his Facebook account, former Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan made a call to  abandon discussions on the topic of the Armenian Genocide. 

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Armenia`s former human rights defender draws parallels between  Armenian, Turkish authorities 
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 11:50

ArmInfo.The authorities [the government] are taking an absolutely unacceptable step against the  Armenian identity and statehood of Armenia, considering the creation of a name list of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide as "laying the real foundations associated with the Genocide," reads a statement by the ex-Ombudsman of Armenia, head of the Tatoyan Foundation, Arman Tatoyan.

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Law-enforcers detain citizen who insulted MP on bus 
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 10:56

ArmInfo.The Department for Investigation of Serious Crimes of the Yerevan City Administration of  the Investigative Committee of Armenia has opened a criminal case on the fact of hooliganism against a member the dominant faction of the RA National Assembly.

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Citizen Samvel Vardanyan detained on suspicion of hooliganism after  altercation with MP from  ruling faction
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 00:59

ArmInfo. Citizen Samvel Vardanyan was detained on suspicion of hooliganism after an altercation with MP from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Hakob Aslanyan. This became known from the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia.  It should be noted that the video footage of the incident on one of the city buses was spread on the Internet this afternoon. 

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Hranush Kharatyan gives harsh answer to Andranik Kocharyan, who  wanted to compile lists of victims of Armenian Genocide
 Tuesday, April 16 2024 00:58

ArmInfo. Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan gave harsh answer to Chairman of the Standing Parliamentary  Commttee on Defense and Security, MP from the ruling Civil Contract party Andranik Kocharyan, who today stated that it is necessary to clarify and record the names of all victims of the Armenian Genocide  in the Ottoman Empire.  "In the end, you need to have a list of all the victims. What if there are more or less than 1.5 million, as is commonly believed," Kocharyan explained, assuring that this initiative is also important for building relations with Turkey.

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Pro-government MP: Whether Armenia is democratic or not is not  decided by Freedom House
 Monday, April 15 2024 18:48

ArmInfo.With all due respect, whether Armenia is democratic or not is not decided by Freedom House  (an international human rights organization - ed. note). This was stated by secretary of the ruling "Civil Contract" party, Artur Hovhannisyan, commenting on the deterioration of Armenia's position in the Freedom House ranking.

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Yerevan, Astana became sister cities
 Monday, April 15 2024 14:48

ArmInfo. Yerevan and Astana became sister cities. The corresponding agreement was signed by the  mayors of the Armenian and Kazakh capitals - Tigran Avinyan and Zhenis Kassymbek. 

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Police detain Antifake staff members 
 Monday, April 15 2024 12:24

ArmInfo. Two employees of the Antifake information resource - journalist David Fidanyan and  cameraman Ishkhan Kotolyan - were detained on April 15 early in the morning, lawyer Ruben Melikyan reported on his Facebook account.

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Day of Remembrance of victims of the Yazidi Genocide in Iraqi Sinjar  to be marked in Armenia 
 Monday, April 15 2024 11:51

ArmInfo.In Armenia, annually on August 3, the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Yazidi  Genocide in Iraqi Sinjar will be marked. At a meeting on April 15, the RA National Assembly Commission on Human Rights and Public Relations issued a positive conclusion on the draft amendments to the  law "On Holidays and Memorable Dates."

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Rally in name of Armenian statehood starts in Voskepar 
 Saturday, April 13 2024 22:04

ArmInfo. A rally in the name of Armenian statehood began in Voskepar, in which residents from  different regions of Armenia arrived in the Tavush region to participate.

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Armenia`s ministry of defense refutes Azerbaijan`s disinformation
 Saturday, April 13 2024 11:38

ArmInfo.The statement of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan alleging that on April 13th, at around 08:30 am, the units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia opened fire toward Azerbaijani combat positions located in  the northeastern part of the border, does not correspond to reality.

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MoD Ural vehicle overturned; there are casualties
 Friday, April 12 2024 19:23

ArmInfo. Today, on April 12, at about 3:25 p.m., the Ural vehicle, transporting servicemen of  the N military unit of  the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, under unknown circumstances left the roadway and entered the adjacent valley. This is stated in the official statement of the department.

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Narek Malyan will serve 5 months and 7 days in prison
 Friday, April 12 2024 15:54

ArmInfo.Public figure Narek Malyan will stay in the penitentiary for 5 months and 7 days. This  decision was made by the judge of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, Susanna Gzogyan.

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Freedom House signals decline of Armenia`s democracy score
 Friday, April 12 2024 15:22

ArmInfo.Armenia's democracy score dropped from 3.11 points to 3.07 points. Thus, Armenia is ranked 35th on a 100-point system, The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest.  This is evidenced by the data of the annual Nations in Transit2024 report by the international human rights organization Freedom House.

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Tatoyan: borders` issue cannot be separated from people
 Friday, April 12 2024 12:40

ArmInfo.The issue of borders cannot be separated from people. It is precisely for the safe and  secure life of a person, their rights. Former Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan writes.

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Armenia`s parliament adopts controversial amendments to domestic  violence prevention law 
 Friday, April 12 2024 12:36

ArmInfo. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, at its meeting on April 12, in the second  and final reading, introduced scandalous amendments to the law "On the prevention of domestic violence, the protection of persons subjected to domestic violence, and the restoration of solidarity in the family," developed by a group of deputies from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction. 57 deputies voted for their adoption, 25 voted  against, and one parliamentarian abstained.

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Coordination Center "For Armenian Statehood" to appeal to Prosecutor  General`s Office of on suspicion of officials` high treason 
 Friday, April 12 2024 10:49

ArmInfo.The Coordination Center "For Armenian Statehood" is going to appeal to the Prosecutor  General's Office of the Republic of Armenia on suspicion of committing acts falling under the article on high treason by Armenian officials, reads a message received by ArmInfo from the chairman of  the Democratic Union party Suren Petrosyan, who speaks on behalf of the coordination center.

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Ruling faction rejects draft delimitation statement proposed by  opposition
 Thursday, April 11 2024 21:11

ArmInfo. The draft statement "On the delimitation and demarcation of borders between the Republic of  Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan," initiated by the parliamentary opposition, was not adopted on April 11 due to the lack of quorum.

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Armenian-Russian air defense system did not work at right time -  Pashinyan
 Thursday, April 11 2024 21:10

ArmInfo.The joint air defense system of Armenia and Russia did not work at the right time. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced  on April 11 in parliament.

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