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French Court Rules Genocide Denial Bill is Unconstitutional
France’s Constitutional Council has struck down a government-backed law criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide on the grounds that...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Shot on Line of Contact
On Feb. 25, Arman Murad Sedrakyan, a conscript serving in one of the Armenian Armed Forces' military bases, received bodily injuries from a shot in...Read More »
Armenian Writers, Publishers Protest 20% Vat on Books
Since the beginning of this year, booksellers have been required to pay 20% VAT (value-added tax) in a country the capital of which holds the UNESCO World Book Capital title in 2012.Read More »
Opposition Groups Protest Voting System Outside Armenian Parliament (PHOTOS)
While the National Assembly discusses the move to a 100% proportional representation system proposed by parliamentary opposition parties Heritage Party and...Read More »
It’s Not Possible to Achieve Power in Armenia Without Bloodshed, Asserts Dashnak MP
From a political perspective, moving to 100% party-list proportional representation in parliament is inadvisable, said head of the parliamentary...Read More »
French Senators Who Appealed Genocide Denial Law Invited to Baku ‘with Great Honor’: Nalbandian
Asked whether law isn't counterproductive in efforts to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said...Read More »
Diasporan Armenian Charged with Tax Evasion Insists He is Being Persecuted
The criminal proceedings against Nareg Hartounian should concern not only his family, but also all those who are concerned about legal justice in Armenia.Read More »
‘If Mar. 1 were to Repeat’: Why Armenia’s Authorities Thinking About State of Emergency Now
When it comes to the bill on the rule of law during a state of emergency, amended by the Armenian government and again put to the National Assembly for discussion...Read More »
Angela Merkel Doused in Beer (VIDEO)
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel settled in at her table, the waiter behind her lost his balance and poured five beers down her neck.Read More »
VIDEO: Former Sumgait Residents Talk About their Life in Armenia Today
On the anniversary of the Sumgait massacre in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1988, Epress.am asked a few former residents of Sumgait to talk about their life in Armenia today.Read More »