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Naira Bulghadarian

Ստեղծվել է Naira Bulghadarian

Օգոստոս 29, 2025
Armenian Official Fired After Warning Against Seizure Of Electric Utility

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday sacked a senior government official who has effectively objected to his decision to seize Armenia’s national electric utility owned by jailed billionaire Samvel Karapetian.
Օգոստոս 27, 2025
Armenian Oppositionist Freed For Now

A maverick opposition politician arrested last month for allegedly calling for a violent overthrow of Armenia’s government was released from custody at the start of his trial on Wednesday.
Օգոստոս 20, 2025
Jailed Female Activist Denied Bail

A court in Yerevan on Wednesday refused to release on bail a young woman who was arrested two months ago along with Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian and his other supporters on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
Օգոստոս 19, 2025
Another Armenian Archbishop Goes On Trial

A jailed Armenian archbishop who led last year massive anti-government protests and 17 of his supporters went on trial on Tuesday on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
Օգոստոս 06, 2025
Armenian Official In Charge Of Opposition Prosecutions Resigns

A senior law-enforcement official who has overseen controversial criminal investigations into two archbishops, billionaire Samvel Karapetian and other jailed critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian unexpectedly resigned on Wednesday.
Օգոստոս 06, 2025
Armenian Activist Kept In Jail Despite Fears For His Health

Armenian courts have refused to free a jailed opposition activist who is reportedly showing alarming symptoms two years after surviving brain cancer.
Օգոստոս 05, 2025
Armenian Government Seeks To Facilitate Property Takeovers

Raising concerns among local and European legal experts, the Armenian Justice Ministry has drafted legislation that would make it easier for private developers to acquire real property against the will of its owners.
Օգոստոս 04, 2025
Armenian Newspaper Forced Out Of State-Owned Offices

The Armenian government has ordered one of the country’s leading independent newspapers, Aravot, to vacate its state-owned editorial offices in Yerevan which it has leased ever since being founded in 1994.
Հուլիս 29, 2025
Lawyers Again Demand Release Of Samvel Karapetian

Lawyers for Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire businessman arrested last month after denouncing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church, petitioned Armenia’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday to release him from custody.
Հուլիս 28, 2025
Former Armenian PM Freed From House Arrest

An Armenian court freed former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian from house arrest on Monday six weeks after he was briefly detained on corruption charges brought against him in 2018.
Հուլիս 23, 2025
Ter-Petrosian Urges Release Of ‘Political Prisoners’

Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to abandon plans to storm the Echmiadzin headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church and to free instead two archbishops and other jailed critics described by him as political prisoners.
Հուլիս 21, 2025
Another Armenian Oppositionist Arrested

A maverick opposition politician was arrested and charged with calling for a violent overthrow of Armenia’s government at the weekend after saying that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian must be “thrown out” of office.
Հուլիս 18, 2025
Opposition Lawmaker Decries ‘Illegal’ Phone Confiscation

One week after arresting an opposition activist and then releasing him without charge, Armenian law-enforcement authorities have still not returned a mobile phone confiscated from his father, parliament deputy Gegham Manukian.
Հուլիս 14, 2025
Armenian Opposition Activists Freed Without Charge

Five of the seven Armenian opposition activists arrested late last week on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks have been released without charge.
Հուլիս 10, 2025
More Armenian Opposition Activists Arrested

Seven more members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) were arrested on Thursday on charges or suspicion of “terrorism” dismissed by the opposition party as politically motivated.
Հուլիս 01, 2025
Authorities Seek To Indict Another Opposition Lawmaker

Parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday that prosecutors will ask the National Assembly for permission to indict an opposition lawmaker and close collaborator of an Armenian archbishop arrested on coup charges last week.
Հունիս 02, 2025
Armenian Police Chief Dismissed

Aram Hovannisian, the chief of Armenia’s national police service who has personally led crackdowns on antigovernment protesters, was unexpectedly dismissed on Monday.
Մայիս 30, 2025
Tsarukian ‘Undecided’ On Next Elections

Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman and politician who used to challenge Armenia’s current government, has said that he has still not decided whether to run in the next general elections expected in June 2026.
Մայիս 23, 2025
$590,000 Stolen From Armenian Law-Enforcement Agency

A senior official from Armenia’s Investigative Committee has been arrested following an extraordinary theft of $590,000 in cash kept in one of the law-enforcement agency’s buildings in Yerevan.
Մայիս 20, 2025
More Yerevan Officials Arrested For Bribery

Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) again raided the headquarters of Yerevan’s municipal administration on Tuesday, arresting two more officials working there.

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