An Armenian trial court hearing a breach of contract complaint settled the suit not by ordering that the debt be repaid, but by ordering the newspaper to cease operations altogether, Armtown reported Tuesday.

The newspaper, Tchorrord Ishkhanuntyun, changed hands and is publishing under a new masthead in the face of the order, a reporter for PanARMENIAN is quoted as saying. However, the plaintiff, Gind, is seeking enforcement of the injunction obtained against former owner Ogostos Ltd. to extend to the newspaper's new publisher, Koghmnaki Andzants M.

The original complaint, seeking payment of a debt, apparently never requested judicial relief in the form of the newspaper's outright closure. The amount of the litigated debt was not immediately clear from available reports on the incident.