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Vartan Oskanian Confirms Intention to Join Prosperous Armenia Party
It's official: former foreign minister of Armenia, founder and chair of the think tank Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian has decided to join the ranks of....Read More »
Accused Traffic Police Personnel Confess Embezzling Gasoline According to Police Chief Orders
The testimonies of the accused, former battalion commander Stepan Karakhanyan and traffic police employees Ara Levonyan and Samvel Makhmuryan...Read More »
US Envoy was in Hrazdan and Didn’t Notice Election Fraud (updated)
US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern personally followed the mayoral elections in Hrazdan on Sunday.
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Activists Allow Contractors to Work on Kiosks in Park But Hope Mayor will Annul Earlier Decision
"If every day, someone comes and gets permission to do one or two jobs, then what's the point of our struggle of these past few days? Let them wait...Read More »
Armenia’s Next Parliament to Include HAK, HHK, BHK, But Not ARF-D or Heritage Party: Strategist
The Armenian National Congress (HAK), the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) might have nearly an equal number of...Read More »
Turkey Judges Not Impartial, Says Arrested Publisher’s Lawyer. Applies to ECHR
Arrested publisher Ragıp Zarakolu’s lawyers have filed a suit at the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the prosecutor’s orders that...Read More »
Brought to Polling Stations were People who Shouldn’t have Voted: Nikol Pashinyan on Hrazdan Elections
Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian Times") chief editor Nikol Pashinyan in his editorial today described what he saw while observing as opposition candidate...Read More »
FEMEN Protests Topless Against Gazprom, Vladimir Putin (PHOTOS)
It seems it's never too cold for FEMEN. Despite temperatures dipping to minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit (about -24ºC), members of the Ukrainian activist group...Read More »
Aram Abrahamyan on Hrazdan Elections and Bribing Voters Past and Present
"Of course [opposition candidate] Sasun Mikaelyan is more charismatic and has demonstrated far greater service to the homeland than drab...Read More »
Surgery of Armenian-American Businessman Convicted of Pedophilia was a Success
Serop Der-Boghossian, an Armenian-American businessman sentenced to 15 years in prison on pedophilia charges, underwent surgery Monday morning at... Read More »