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A news conference called by former Armenian President Robert Kocharian was shut down by protesters who accused him of murder.
Dozens of protesters have disrupted plans for a press conference by former Armenian President Robert Kocharian, a day after his release from a detention facility where he was awaiting trial on charges of "overthrowing Armenia's constitutional order."
Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian has been released from a pretrial detention facility after the country’s Court of Appeals ruled that he cannot be prosecuted for the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian is the latest and biggest fish to face legal trouble under the leadership of new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Representatives of jailed former Armenian President Robert Kocharian blasted his arrest, calling it "obvious political and personal persecution" and demanded his immediate release, as the government steps up actions against the country’s previous leaders.
The Armenian chief of a Russian-led security bloc has been released on bail after being charged in connection with the violent crackdown that erupted following the country's 2008 presidential election.
Former President Robert Kocharian has been taken into custody by Armenian authorities after being charged in connection with the deadly crackdown on opposition protests following the disputed presidential election in 2008.
The Armenian chief of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has been charged with overthrowing Armenia's constitutional order amid a probe into Yerevan's 2008 postelection crackdown that brought Serzh Sarkisian into power for a decade as president.
Armenian authorities have charged former President Robert Kocharian with "overthrowing the constitutional order" and are seeking his pretrial detention on charges related to a crackdown on antigovernment protesters in 2008.
Residents of an Armenian village were shocked by the sound of explosions and gunfire on July 17. It was just the Russian military conducting unannounced exercises.
Former Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian's nephew has been charged with attempted murder in a case that was closed more than a decade ago, an Armenian law enforcement agency said on July 11.
Armenian authorities seized valuable artwork, coins, cash, and jewelry in a raid on a house owned by relatives of former President Serzh Sarkisian. Members of the family are facing criminal charges including attempted murder, corruption, and illegal possession of weapons and drugs.
The influential mayor of Armenia's capital has resigned, in the latest political shakeup to follow the mass protests that brought opposition leader Nikol Pashinian to the presidency.
Armenian authorities say they have formally brought financial-crime charges against the brother of former President Serzh Sarkisian, one of a series of high-profile actions by law enforcement agencies against the ex-leader's close relatives.
Armenia’s water provider has pledged to restore full supply in the nation’s capital, where residents have complained about water shortages amid a record heat wave that has hit the entire Caucasus region.
The U.S. ambassador to Yerevan said recent political changes in Armenia will help bring new trade and investment to the South Caucasus country.
Investigators in Armenia have reopened a criminal probe in an alleged attempted murder case in which former President Serzh Sarkisian’s nephew is a suspect, citing the emergence of new evidence.
The European Parliament has given its green light to an agreement on deepening Armenia’s links with the European Union, while calling on the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to pursue reforms.
Armenian tycoon and politician Gagik Tsarukian's security chief has been detained, an adviser to the chairman of the country's Investigative Service says.
The former head of the security service of Armenia's ex-President Serzh Sarkisian has been arrested on charges of "illegal enrichment."
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