Police station siege: 2 arrested over obstruction of journalists’ activitiesAugust 12, 2016 - 13:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian court ruled to use arrest as a preventive measure against Vladimir M. and Seyran K. for prevention of journalists’ professional legal actions and hooliganism on the night of July 29-30 at Yerevan’s Sari Tagh district, Armenia’s Special Investigation Service said. According to the SIS press service, the investigator presented a motion to choose arrest as a preventive measure against the perpetrators on August 11. SIS will continue preliminary investigation of the criminal case, initiated under part 1 of Article 308 (abuse of official position), part 2 of Article 309 (failure of official position coupled with assault) and Article 164 (prevention of journalists professional legal actions) over the incidents in Yerevan’s Sari Tagh district on the night of July 29-30. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |