[ last updated 16:48 ] Armenia’s highest court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional the government-sanctioned demolition of hundreds of old houses in downtown Yerevan but stopped short of obligating municipal authorities to give the properties back to their forcibly evicted owners.
[ last updated 16:50 ] An Armenian election official who has publicly admitted his involvement in the alleged falsification of the 2003 presidential election and the recent constitutional referendum was questioned by police for several hours on Tuesday.
[ last updated 16:53 ] Armenian tax authorities reported on Tuesday an almost 23 percent increase in the amount of taxes collected by them in the first quarter of this year, putting the government on track to meet its 2006 budgetary targets.
[ last updated 16:55 ] A group of prominent intellectuals highly critical of Armenia’s leadership on Tuesday strongly condemned its latest controversial energy deal with Russia, urging Armenians to topple their government by “all possible means.”
[ last updated 16:47 ] “168 Zham” reports that one of its reporters received threats from Hovannes Varian, the controversial deputy chief of the Armenian police, during a weekend official ceremony that marked Armenia’s Police Day.
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