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Armenian Farmer Gives First-Hand Report of How He Fled Kessab: BBC
"I had with me my children, my 88-year-old father, and my mother, who has cancer. We were one of the first people who left the town..."Read More »
Director of Theatre Where Teen Spectators Attacked Actors Admits Such Incidents Occur Often
Yerevan Theatre of the Young Spectator Director Hayk Kheranyan admitted that such incidents occur often in their theater. "It's just that yesterday's students were in the higher grades. They...Read More »
Shant Harutyunyan Couldn’t Know that Men in Civilian Clothes were Police Officers: Attorney
"[Shant] Harutyunyan and the others are persecuted for their political views and not for committing a criminal offense..."Read More »
Armenian Government Presents National Scout Movement with a Forest
The Government of the Republic of Armenia today decided to provide the right to use 3 hectares of forest land within Yerevan's administrative district indefinitely to...Read More »
Education Minister Cites Tycoon’s Party as Proof to Counter MP’s Allegations
When the Armenian National Congress (HAK) comes to power, one of its first tasks will be to change the status of universities from state non-commercial organizations to...Read More »
A Universal Maidan for the South Caucasus: Lessons from Ukraine (VIDEO)
What are the similarities and differences between the issues of Crimea and Nagorno-Karabakh? What is the Maidan for Ukraine? Is a Maidan possible in Armenia? Read More »
Price of Natural Gas in Armenia Might Increase — Again
On July 1, the price of natural gas will increase by 4% in the Russian Federation.Read More »
Buying Bread on Loan and Schools on Verge of Closing: Problems in an Armenian Village
Residents of the rural community of Okhtar in Syunik, home to 22 families, buy bread on loan.Read More »
“Gang Case” Trial Postponed Indefinitely
Discussed at the trial of the "gang case" yesterday was the question of including neurologist Astghik Karapetyan as an expert in the case. Read More »
Arrested Karabakh War Veteran Claims He Was Offered Bribes to Stay Quiet
Reserve Colonel, Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan, one of the organizers of the struggle for the rights of war veterans, in May 2013 was promised a...Read More »