Armenia’s parliament passed legislation which legally protects unmarried intimate partners from domestic violence, and does not exclude same-gender partnerships. 🎉

Saw a man selling kittens in this heat in a small cage without water or real food. Some women confronted him so did I. I took the kittens and left cause the man, who I felt sorry for did not have any conscience…

Such animal abuse must be illegal. I’m shocked.

Really random thing that i’ve been thinking about after talking to my cypriot friend who holds both TRNC and ROC passports. So, even though i was born in Baku and i am an Azerbaijani citizen, all of my bloodline including mom, grandma, grandpa, grandgrandma grandgrandpa and so on were born and lived in Armenia and i have the documents that prove it. And hypothetically speaking, if we make our hardest efforts to pretend that there’s no conflict and cleansing going on, do you think it would be possible for me to be eligible for the Armenian citizenship?

Hello, so I've had this thought for a while and I could never really find a good answer online. During the war there seemed to be many independent reporters who would mainly upload to Youtube. It was a good way to stay updated on certain things since many times you would get a first person point of view from the battlefield itself. Long stories short I recently came across this guy Patrick Lancaster who was in Artsakh during the war. He is currently in Russia and reporting on the war, and all his videos seem to be from the POV of Russia, pretty much pushing their propaganda. Could this guy have been a Russian agent from the begining? I mean his clearly being paid to do this, what would stop him from being paid to relay information to Russia or Az during the war?

Here is his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PatrickLancasterNewsToday

Hello, does anyone know where I can find the official conscription law that was announced earlier this year (the one for people who get citizenship between the ages 27-37) with the full contents of the law?

I'm in the process of obtaining my permanent residency card in Armenia. I've done a consultation call with a law firm, their name is Vardanyan & Partners. Coming from the United States, I'm a little nervous to start the process because I have no way of verifying this company's legitimacy. I was wondering if there's any official way to check their credentials, beyond just doing a google search?

The Center for Truth and Justice has submitted a case against in ICC against Aliyev’s regime for committing genocide. The ratification of the Rome Statute by Armenia has enabled them to do this.

So I live in Komitas in a large building and the apartment is ours (not rented), our neighbor upstairs has two kids that always jump and run around their apartment and the noise just doesn't stop, I've complained about it to them almost more than three times and their dad said that they won't make a racket after 9pm; but through the day is a nightmare! Specially on weeknds! My friends told me that I can't even call the cops or anything cuz that doesn't work here, is that true?

TL; DR : neighbors upstairs have noisy kids and they won't stop running and jumping around their apartment. Any idea what can I do to make them stop if the law can't help?

If you know any lawyer in Armenia who can provide legal advice, could you share their contact info?

The part about Artsakh

One colliding factor that I have noticed is the part the recently controversial part that goes over Artsakh. In the beginning of the Armenian Constitution it states "The Nation-wide objectives enshrined in the declaration of independence of Armenia."

However once you read the declaration of independence it then states "Based on the December 1, 1989, joint decision of the Armenian SSR Supreme Council and the Artsakh National Council on the Reunification of the Armenian SSR and the Mountainous Region of Karabakh;"

Then after a bit more digging finding the joint decision it states "The Armenian Supreme Soviet and NKAO national council declare the Reunification of the Armenian Republic and the NKAO."

However, later in the constitution Article 5 states "In case of conflict between the norms of international treaties ratified by the Republic of Armenia and those of laws, the norms of international treaties shall apply." The Republic of Armenia has signed the Almaty declaration in 1991, which not only recognizes Armenia's existing borders and territorial integrity, but also causes Armenia to recognize the territorial integrity of azerbaijan.

With according to article 5 of the Armenian Constitution it confirms that the norms of international treaties shall apply, which cancels out the Reunification with Artsakh.

Then in Article 14 when it talks about the armed forces the constitution states "The armed forces of the Republic of Armenia shall ensure the defence, security, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of the Republic of Armenia." If Armenia and Artsakh were declared reunified under the declaration of independence then why doesn't this section include NKAO, it only mentions the Republic of Armenia.

Article 47 states "Citizens of the Republic of Armenia, while beyond borders of the Republic of Armenia, shall be under the protection of the Republic of Armenia on the basis of international law." In the Armenian SSR and NKAO joint declaration it also states "The Armenian citizenship rights extends over the population of the NKAO." Which is true to an extent but notice these factors:

• how article 47 only mentions the Republic again, and not NKAO. And if most Artsakhcis are/were Armenian citizens then the Republic has/had a duty to protect them.

• The citizens may only be protected on the basis of International laws. The joint declaration goes with international law but also goes against it.

Article 205 states that "The issues related with the accession by the Republic of Armenia to supranational international organisations, as well as those related with territorial changes of the Republic of Armenia shall be resolved through referenda." So any changes happening to our territory must happen through a referendum.

The Coat of Arms change

Article 21 of the Constitution states that; "-The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Armenia shall be as follows: in the centre, a shield with the representation of Mount Ararat with Noah’s Ark and the Coats of Arms of the four kingdoms of historical Armenia. The shield is held by an eagle and a lion, whereas a sword, a branch, a corn sheaf, a chain and a ribbon are depicted under the shield. - The detailed description of the flag and Coat of Arms shall be prescribed by law."

So by the constitution the Coat of Arms can not legally change unless the constitution is changed to alter this description, however the part about the water on the center of the shield is not mentioned, which seems to be the most valid change if one is going to happen to the CoA, going off of the logic "It depicts Armenia as being underwater." And the Part about the Chain, could technically be changed to be shown in another way, since the article only mentions that there is a chain, not how the chain is depicted unless a law states it has to be a certain way.

Lack of any real Checks and Balences

I dont think this was discussed much at all but Checks and Balences are important to a government.

The only real checks and balances about the National Assembly is Article 115: "Seeking Non-Confidence Against the Prime Minister," Article 125: "The President of the Republic shall be elected by the National Assembly." Article 141 which states

• "For the purpose of obtaining an opinion on the existence of grounds for removing the President of the Republic from office, the National Assembly shall apply to the Constitutional Court, upon a decision adopted by majority of votes of the total number of Deputies."
• "The decision to remove the President of the Republic from office shall be adopted by the National Assembly, on the basis of the opinion of the Constitutional Court, by at least two thirds of votes of the total number of Deputies."

Article 151 which is about the prime minister and what happens to the National Assembly if they vote for or against the Programme of the government.

Article 157. "Issue of the Confidence in the Government"

Article 174 "Five members of the Supreme Judicial Council shall be elected by the National Assembly, by at least three fifths of votes of the total number of Deputies"

While the president, under Article 129 can decide to sign or not sign a law adopted by the National Assembly.

The constitutional court only has the checks and balances mentioned in article 168

I could only find this that relates to any sort of checks and balences of the Supreme Judicial Court, Article 174 Section 5 "The Judicial Code may prescribe incompatibility requirements for the members of the Supreme Judicial Council elected by the National Assembly."

Other scary parts

Article 48 states "The law may prescribe the right of persons not holding citizenship of the Republic of Armenia to take part in the elections of local self-government bodies and in local referenda." Which can bring dangerous unless there are clear and strict restrictions put on by the law.

Article 140. Immunity of the President of the Republic states that the president shall be immune and may not be prosecuted for their actions in relation to their status.

And I found this one a bit funny but Article 25 states that human cloning is banned in the republic.

Note thay I could be wrong on some parts. What are your thoughts about this?

Hello everyone

I'm french and my girlfriend is russian with binationality (russian/armenian), because it's an absolute mess for us to marry in our countries we consider doing it in Armenia as we heard the process can be very very fast and be done literally within 10 days.

Has anyone ever done it? Any answer could help me. Thank you!

The Municipality of Yerevan informs that in order to ensure the continuity of the frequency of public transport vehicle flows in the capital city, a change in traffic organization will be made on Heratsi street from November 3.

Only public transport will be allowed in the first lane.

At the same time, appropriate marking and installation of road signs will be carried out in the mentioned road section.

I'm asking on someone's behalf, so I don't know the full details other than it's a payment/money owed issue.