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Azerbaijani Chess Player: ‘Levon Aronian Deserves to Be Strongest in the World’
Azerbaijani Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ahead of the 2014 Candidates Tournament said that Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian...Read More »
Significant Pension Reforms Needed in Emerging Europe and Central Asia: World Bank
The profound effects of aging populations and a shrinking labor force on overstretched state pension schemes in emerging Europe and Central Asian countries demand significant reforms...Read More »
Court Rejects Art-Activist Group’s Lawsuit Against Armenian Police
The Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia (RA) rejected the lawsuit of four members of the artist-activist group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") against the RA Police.Read More »
3-Year-Old Daughter of Armenian Activist Killed in Ukraine’s Maidan Left an Orphan
The three-year-old daughter of activist Georgy Harutyunyan, who was killed when clashes resumed in Kiev, has lost both her parents and is now an orphan...Read More »
“Is the Azeri Grandmother Any Less of a Grandmother Because She’s Azeri?” Armenian Perspective on Khojali
Is the Azeri grandmother who had to leave her home holding the hand of her granddaughter any less of a grandmother and her granddaughter any less of a granddaughter because they were Azeris? Read More »
Protests Against Pension Reforms Continue with ‘March of Lights’ (VIDEO)
Several thousand residents protesting the new funded pension system introduced in Armenia on Jan. 1, 2014, held a "March of Lights" on Friday night.Read More »
Youth Protesting Funded Pension in Armenia Disrupted Conference (VIDEO)
Members of the initiative Dem Em ("I am against") tried to disrupt the third annual pension conference today organized by the Pension System Awareness Center in...Read More »
US Supports Armenian Government’s Controversial New Pension Reform
The United States supports the policy adopted by Armenia's authorities in the pension system, said US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern... Read More »
Missing: Signs Renaming Yanukovych Square in Armenia to Slain Maidan Activist Sergei Nigoyan Square
All evidence of renaming a square in the Armenian city of Spitak in honor of deceased Ukrainian opposition activist of Armenian descent Sergei Nigoyan...Read More »
Opposition MP Explains Why Faction Refuses to Debate Gas Contracts with Russia
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction is withdrawing from the process of discussing the creation of a "gas commission" initiated by...Read More »