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Pension Reform Remains Unclear After Parliamentary Committee Discussion
Acting RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan at a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Social Affairs...Read More »
Civil Society’s Role in Resolving Conflicts in South Caucasus to be Discussed in Yerevan
Civil hearings on "The role and influence of civil society in the peace-building process" will take place on May 3, at 12 pm, at the Imperial Palace in Yerevan.Read More »
Victims of Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Yerevan: Multimedia Photo Essay
Epress.am presents a multimedia photo essay based on materials collected on April 24, 2014, from Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial complex in Yerevan.Read More »
Over 1,000 Signatures Gathered in Open Letter to Armenian PM on Lake Sevan
An open letter to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia (RA) Hovik Abrahamyan on programs that pose a threat to Lake Sevan gathered 1,233 signatures...Read More »
Turkey Politicians Respond to Erdogan’s Armenian Genocide Statement: Today’s Zaman
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's historic statement in which he extended condolences to the grandchildren of victims of the Armenian Genocide, has received a mixed reaction...Read More »
How Russia Betrayed the Armenians in 1915: Lessons from the Armenian Genocide
" General Yudenich ordered not to give Armenian refugees land in the Alashkert region, [as he] was waiting for a large influx of refugees from Don and Kuban who were going to...Read More »
Another Family Protests Outside Presidential Palace, But Persuaded to Go Home
Karabakh War veteran Hakob Tadevosyan, with his wife and four children on Wednesday began a sit-in outside the presidential palace.Read More »
Charges Against Azerbaijani Journalist “Totally Absurd”: Reporters Without Borders
"The officials conducting the investigation into Mirkadyrov on spying charges have named two Armenians as his alleged 'contact officers'...Read More »
Erdogan Offers Condolences to Armenians on Eve of Armenian Genocide
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday offered an unprecedented, conciliatory message to Armenia on the eve of the anniversary of...Read More »
Armenian Officials Insist They Didn’t Ask for Bribes in Exchange for Amnesty
A criminal case has been launched against two employees of the Armavir subdivision for alternative service on charges of soliciting bribes to grant amnesty.Read More »