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After Turkey and Azerbaijan, Most Visitors to Georgia from Armenia
Visits to Georgia by foreign citizens in the first quarter of 2012 increased by 39.4% year-to-year, reaching 677,278, according to official figures released by...Read More »
Swiss Drop Charges Against Turkish Minister in Genocide-Denial Probe
Swiss prosecutors have dropped charges against Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış, instigated after he denied Ottoman Turks committed genocide...Read More »
Azerbaijan Cracks Down on Press as Eurovision Nears: International Watchdog Concerned
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by the recent wave of journalist imprisonments in Azerbaijan. With at least six journalists currently...Read More »
US Envoy Laments ‘Apathy,’ Urges More Civic Activism in Armenia
US Ambassador John Heffern on Monday complained about what he described as widespread voter apathy in Armenia and urged its citizens to be more...Read More »
Politician Distributes Barley in Villages Ahead of Elections: Paper
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) vice chair, MP Samvel Balasanyan continues his election campaign charity work in the villages of...Read More »
Not All Voters will Accept Bribes, Believes Party Leader
The United Armenians party, which has entered the parliamentary race on a party-list basis, bases its ideology on national interest.Read More »
Armenian Politician in Baku: Yerevan is Ready to Make Concessions
head of the Armenian delegation to Baku Vahan Hovhannesyan stressed that the status quo in the conflict cannot last forever, but "such peace is better than war".Read More »
New Vehicle Registration, Driver Licensing Office to Cut Wait Times (PHOTOS)
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today attended the opening ceremony of the Yerevan Registration and Control Department of the RA Traffic Police.Read More »
British Queen’s Counsel to Assess Freedom of Expression in Armenia
The state has to assume responsibility for freedom of expression, said Queen's Counsel, barrister Gavin Miller in Yerevan in his speech on...Read More »
Azerbaijan Doesn’t Need Israel’s Help at Eurovision
"Azerbaijan does not need the assistance of the foreign special services, as well as Israel's special services," Azerbaijani Presidential...Read More »