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Armenian Justice Ministry has to Change its Tactics, Says Prison Monitoring Group
The Public Observers Group monitoring penal institutions and agencies of the Ministry of Justice is displeased with the treatment by the Ministry...Read More »
Two Bodies Found in Lake Sevan
At around 2:15 pm on Feb. 7, local villagers removed the bodies of Tigran Avoyan, 34, and Melsik Avoyan, 44, from Lake Sevan.
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Turkish Minister Calls on Berlin to Settle ‘Historic Dispute’ on Armenian Genocide
Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bağış has called on Berlin to settle the historic dispute between France and Turkey on the Armenian Genocide.Read More »
PHOTOS, VIDEO: 52-Year-Old Armenian Grandma Reveals How She Won Beauty Pageant
Louisa Aghajanyan, a mother of three and grandmother of two from Armenia, last month was crowned the winner of Mrs. Grandma Universe in the... Read More »
India Ministers Resign over Porn Scandal
Three government ministers in Karnataka resigned Wednesday after they were accused of watching a pornographic video during an assembly session.Read More »
Chemical Castration, Life Sentences: Russia’s Duma Toughens Law Against Child Sex Offenders
The State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, has passed a law which increases penalties for child sex offenders after its third and...Read More »
2 Armenian Men Arrested in Hollywood for Using Stolen Identities to Buy Target Gift Cards
Arthur Darbinyan, 21, and Alik Dzhanoyan, 20, were charged with five counts of theft of access card information, three counts of identity theft and...Read More »
Arthur Abraham Returns to the Ring on Mar. 31
Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO's) will be headlining a Sauerland promotion event at..Read More »
Syunik Regional Councillor Preparing to Sue a News Site, Newspaper and TV Station
Syunik marzpet (regional councillor) Surik (Suren) Khachatryan has refuted reports that a correspondent from local news site 1in.am called him and...Read More »
PR Advisers Urge Serzh Sargsyan to Get Rid of Armenia’s Police Chief
A few influential members of RA President Serzh Sargsyan's entourage have urged him to consider the expediency of making RA Police Chief Vova Gasparyan redundant.Read More »