December, 2011

• 26 December

  

  ‘We Don’t Want This to End with a Discussion’: Knesset Committee Postpones Voting on Armenian Genocide Bill

  "We believe that as humans, as Jews and as citizens of the State of Israel – along with members of Knesset that are not Jewish...
• 26 December

  

  Le Cafe de Paris Owner Finally Decides to Close Up Shop and Leave Armenia

  Ashkhen (Valerie) Gordzounian, the owner of Le Cafe de Paris situated on Yerevan’s Abovyan St., assured Epress.am today that...
• 26 December

  

  Santa Claus Not Part of Armenian Traditions: Ethnographer

  Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan noted that at night, often at midnight, in the past, people would run to their water sources...
• 26 December

  

  Armenians were a ‘Fifth Column’ and Turks Decided to Expel Them: Debate in Israel’s Knesset

  The Israeli parliamentary Education, Culture and Sports Committee today was debating the issue of recognizing the...
• 26 December

  

  Elections in Armenia Among Forbes’ Top 15 List of Worst in the World

  Forbes has compiled a list of the 15 highest-profile election scandals that took place in the past decade, according to Aravot.am.
• 26 December

  

  France Can Afford that Which Israel Cannot: Knesset Committee Chair

  Alex Miller, head of Israel's Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sports, has suggested not to imitate the French...
• 26 December

  

  Which is Cheaper: Vacationing in Prague, Egypt, or Tsaghkadzor and Jermuk in Armenia?

  The cost of spending the New Year's holidays in resorts and high-ranking hotels in Armenia is a few times higher than the...
• 26 December

  

  Obama’s Plans in Iran Won’t Have Effect on Karabakh Conflict: Analyst

  The events surrounding Iran won't affect the state of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict because Iran is not a major player in the conflict.
• 26 December

  

  All Roads Open in Armenia

  According to information available at 10 am on Dec. 26, all roads intended for vehicular traffic in the territory of Armenia have been...
• 26 December

  

  How Armenia’s Politicians will be Greeting the New Year

  Several Armenian MPs prefer to greet the new year in Armenia. They, along with one extra-parliamentary opposition representative, took a...