Justice

Gyumri Mayor Ghukasyan's house arrest extended by 3 months

Justice. Photo: tripadvisor.com, cropped
Photo: tripadvisor.com, cropped

On October 13, a court extended the house arrest of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan by another three months, granting the prosecutors' motion. His defense lawyers had requested that he be placed under administrative supervision instead. According to the charges, Ghukasyan demanded a 4 million dram bribe from businessman Sevak Gomtsyan to legalize an illegal building. He is also charged with money laundering.

How each side framed it

The outlets' original headlines, unchanged.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

Timeline as a list
  1. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  2. Mediahub (Opposition)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  5. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  6. Hayeli (Opposition)
  7. Tert.am (Opposition)
  8. News.am (Opposition)
  9. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  10. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  11. Politik.am (Opposition)
  12. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  13. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  14. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  15. CivilNet (Balanced)
  16. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  17. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  18. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  19. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  20. Ararat News (Balanced)
  21. Aravot (Balanced)
  22. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  23. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  24. Hraparak (Opposition)
  25. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  26. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  27. 1in.am (Balanced)
  28. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  29. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  30. Factor (Balanced)

All sources

Labels as of 15 October 2026

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