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Armenian, Greek Educators Ask Turkey for New Legislation
Regulations concerning private schools in Turkey and the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne allow only Turkish citizens to attend minority schools. Read More »
Tornadoes Rake Dallas Area, Dozens Hurt, More than 100 Planes Damages
American Airlines canceled more than 450 arriving and departing flights at its hub airport by late Tuesday afternoon, and 37 other...Read More »
Newly Hired Professors Paid More in Armenia than China But Less than Ethiopia
Newly hired academics in China ($259 per month, as calculated by this particular study’s index) were the worst off, paid less than colleagues in Armenia ($405) or...Read More »
How to Maintain Journalism Ethics When Oligarchs Nominated as Election Candidates? Opinion
Carefully reviewing the lists of election candidates, journalists have to violate ethical norms because they have no alternative, said Hetq Investigative Journalists NGO...Read More »
Armenia Has Larger Emigration Problem than Javakheti, Says Georgian Presidential Advisor
The Republic of Georgia doesn't recognize dual citizenship, so when Georgian Armenians come to Armenia, get an Armenian passport, and, as a rule, never...Read More »
Inmate Fearing Life in Prison Swallowed Domino Piece, Says Attorney
Artak Karapetyan, an inmate at Artik penitentiary who sewed his mouth shut on Mar. 6 and a week later removed the seams but continued his hunger strike...Read More »
France to Deport Turkish Cleric
A Turkish cleric and four others are set to be deported from France due to their “radical” Islamic views, Doğan news agency reported this morning...Read More »
Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to Decide on Dismantling Kiosks Next Steps
The "brigade" of local activists who expressed intent to dismantle the kiosks in a central Yerevan park will convene a meeting at 5 pm today to decide their next steps.Read More »
Heritage Party Still Unable to Secure Campaign Office in Goris
The Heritage Party hasn't yet resolved the issue of having election campaign headquarters in Goris in the province of Syunik: recently, the opposition party...Read More »
What Message did Russia’s Foreign Minister Bring to Armenia? Opinion
Apart from the discussions that were officially announced between the Armenian and Russian parties, an important message related to the Eurasian Union was...Read More »