On November 2, the Lori Regional Court decided to shelve the slander suit filed by Tereza Shahverdyan against Hetq reporter Adrineh Torosyan.

In its decision, the court ordered Shahverdyan (photo) to pay Torosyan 185,000 AMD for incurred legal fees.

Shahverdyan had originally sued the Hetq reporter for a May 13, 2011 article entitled “Unhealthy Passions at the Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute”.

In her original suit, Shahverdyan had also demanded Hetq publish a retraction of the alleged slanderous passages in the article.  

As the trial progressed, Tereza Shahverdyan had dropped her 2 million AMD compensation demand of Hetq reporter Andrineh Torosyan to 200,000 AMD.

On October 24, 2012, one hour before the start of the latest trial session, the court informed the reporter that Shahverdyan had dropped the charges altogether.