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Occupy Mashtots Park Activist Launches Hunger Strike (updated)
Activist, blogger Bayandur Pogosyan has announced he will begin a hunger strike as a form of protesting the ongoing construction in Mashtots Park.Read More »
Yerevan Zoo’s Plans of ‘Brighter Future’ for Elephant Hrant Includes Finding Him a Mate
Yerevan Zoo management is currently developing plans to make 17-year-old Hrant's life a little bit easier at the zoo: management is looking to...Read More »
Amnesty Urges Azerbaijan to Respect Human Rights ahead of Eurovision Contest
Amnesty International has urged Azerbaijan to address what it called the “unsavory truth” of its record on human rights.Read More »
Environmentalist, Architect, Human Rights Activist Debate Shop Construction in Mashtots Park
State Chamber Theatre of Yerevan Artistic Director Ara Yernjakyan and architect Levon Igityan support the controversial move to build shops in Mashtots Park.Read More »
US Donates $50,000 in Classroom Equipment to Armenia’s Police Academy
The US Embassy in Armenia has donated approximately $50,000 of classroom computer equipment, which will be used for the education and training of...Read More »
Defense Ministry Investigating Case of Soldier who Died of Pneumonia
At around 9:50 am on Feb. 20, rank-and-file soldier Narek Martirosyan died after being admitted to the intensive care unit at the Ministry of Defense's...Read More »
Russia’s Yandex Cuts Real-Time Search Deal with Twitter
In a deal that surely gives the middle finger to Google, Twitter has signed a deal with Russian search giant Yandex to provide access to its full feed of... Read More »
Urban Development is Killing Yerevan, Says Environmentalist
Urban development in the last 15 years has killed Yerevan — particularly in historical, cultural and environmental terms, as well as seismic threats...Read More »
Azerbaijani Journalist, Blogger Awarded 10,000 Euros
Azerbaijani Radio Liberty journalist and blogger Khadija Ismailova was recently announced as one of five recipients of the 2012 Gerd Bucerius Prize...Read More »
3 Azerbaijani Parliamentarians Arrive in Armenia
Members of Azerbaijan's National Assembly (Milli Məclis) Rovshan Rzayev, Faraj Guliyev and Azay Guliev will be in Yerevan Feb. 21–23 to...Read More »