On Jan. 1, a new law on “Social Assistance to Border Communities” went into effect in Armenia. The measure provides partial subsidies for natural gas, electricity, and irrigation expenses to those living in Armenia’s dangerous border regions, which constantly face attacks from Azeri military forces.

On Thursday, Artsakh’s President Bako Sahakian called to order a special consultation dedicated to preparations for the remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this year.

Armenia’s Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan on Thursday avoided answering a question about whether there is a criminal case in connection with Valery Permyakov’s attempt to illegally cross the state border of Armenia into Turkey.

The EU s Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, has opened up the possibility of the European Union and Armenia signing an association agreement without its free-trade component.

On Jan. 23, the European Union Delegation to Armenia and the Austrian Development Agency will jointly hold a ceremony to launch the European Neighborhood Program for Rural Development Armenian (ENPARD Armenia).

Thousands of Gyumri residents turned out for the funeral of six-month-old Serozhya Avetisyan the only surviving member of a family gunned down last week by a Russian soldier, who died Monday after enduring life-saving operations and intensive medical care.

Azerbaijani forces on Wednesday killed two Karabakh soldiers in clashes along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border as military escalation continued along what is called the Line of Contact.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia issued a statement regarding the ongoing investigation into the tragic murder of a Gyumri family by a Russian soldier, who deserted his post and went on a killing spree last week.

Turkey’s decision to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli on April 24, the day Armenians mark the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, “cannot be conceived by anyone as a proper step,” Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandain told a press conference on Monday, following an Armenia-EU Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels.

Russia says a soldier accused of killing seven members of a single family in Armenia will be tried on Armenian soil, but media reports say the trial will be conducted by a Russian military court, RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) reports.

More than a week since the Gyumri killings, the city and Armenia at large are still struggling to come to terms with the heinous crime that wiped out an entire family. As the massacre’s youngest victim, six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan succumbed to his injuries on Monday, many questions remain unanswered; chief among them – what happens to the culprit?

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku, the National Assembly of Artsakh has issued an address condemning the tragedy.

GYUMRI, Armenia (Combined Sources)–The lone survivor from a family who was brutally murdered by a Russian soldier who deserted his post and went on a killing spree has died, according to Armenia’s health ministry.
Six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, who was stabbed and received emergency treatment died Monday.
Armenia’s health ministry reported that local and international specialists worked [...]

The 39th World Congress of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation kicked off in Armenia on Friday, with the participation of delegates from all ARF regions, as well as party members who have been invited to the meeting.