The Criminal Court of Appeal today made a decision to satisfy the complaint of the General Prosecutor’s Office, to overturn the decision of the Court of First Instance. Accordingly, Goris Deputy Mayor Menua Hovsepyan will be arrested, his lawyer, Armen Melkonyan, told Factor.am. “An unprecedented, shameful decision has been made. Mr. Hovsepyan has a second-degree …

The Armenia-EU agreement comprehensively addresses the agenda of Armenia’s national reforms in all spheres, Deputy Minister of Justice Kristine Grigoryan said today during the discussion. She said that the implementation of sectoral reforms is in line with the implementation of the agreement. The Armenia-EU agreement comprehensively addresses the agenda of Armenia’s national reforms in all …

Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan on Wednesday held a meeting in Paris with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Andrew Schofer (USA), Igor Khovaev (Russia), and Brice Roquefueil (France), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed. The interlocutors discussed a wide range of issues on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ararat …

The Ministry of Justice organized a conference of several dozen lawyers, scholars, civil society representatives, public and political figures to finally clarify the issue of professional debate over the past few years and to give the public an exhaustive answer as to how the judicial system can be cleansed under the current Constitution Summing up …

Polish security forces on Wednesday night prevented a large group of illegal migrants from attempting to cross the border by force, Evelina Scepanska of the Border Guard Service told TASS. “The incident took place late last night. The situation is very difficult. Violent attempts are constantly made to cross the border. This time 150 aggressive …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Paris, met today with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to discuss the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, Regnum reported. The talks were held with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Khovayev of Russia, Andrew Schiffer of the United States and Brice Roquefeuil …

At its meeting today, the cabinet passed a decision to extend until June 20, 2022 the preventive and anti-epidemic measures applied during quarantine. Accordingly, there will be no more PCR testing points at the airport and land border crossing checkpoints for non-Armenian citizens. Instead, they will have to submit a certificate confirming the negative result …

Turkish  parliament late Wednesday extended the deployment of Turkish troops to Azerbaijan to ensure peace and stability in the region. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and its partner in the People’s Alliance, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), voted in the mandate’s favor, as did the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and …

“Our soldiers were severely tortured during the war by the Azerbaijani State Border guards, which turns out to have border control on the Goris-Kapan road,” the Human Rights Defender’s office said in a statement. “This particularly refers to the Kovsakan October 2020 atrocities.” Ombudsman’s recent report shows in detail that they tortured people, killed them, …