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Application Doesn’t Mean Armenia will Participate in Eurovision This Year: Gohar Gasparyan
43 countries — including Armenia — have applied to take part in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, this May.Read More »
Potential for Open-Pit Mining in Kapan being Determined: Environmentalists Strongly Opposed
In the coming months, open-pit mining operations might begin in the southern Armenian town of Kapan. President and CEO Jonathan Goodman of... Read More »
Sit-In Outside Presidential Residence Wraps Up, But Demonstrators Promise to Return Tomorrow with Tents
"They perpetually force us to write letters and give them to the Presidential Oversight [i.e. Control] Service. How much longer? We've been writing letters for...Read More »
Turns Out Armenian Citizen in South Sudan Wasn’t Arrested
RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tigran Balayan tweeted earlier that the Ministry spoke with the Armenian national by phone and "he is in freedom and safety."Read More »
Following Arrest of Azerbaijani Citizen, Georgian Border Guards Arrest Armenian from Russia
Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs border police have arrested Russian citizen of Armenian descent Armen Gasparyan, who is accused of bypassing...Read More »
Deceived Apartment Owners are Prepared to Begin Hunger Strike Outside Presidential Residence
Residents promised units in new buildings constructed on Aram, Yekmalyan, Buzand and Saryan streets who were protesting outside the Armenian... Read More »
Turkey Failed to Investigate Full Circumstances behind Hrant Dink’s Murder: Amnesty International
The Turkish authorities have failed to address state officials' alleged involvement in the killing of journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink,...Read More »
Identity of Armenian National Detained in South Sudan Established
The identity of the citizen of Armenia detained by South Sudan's special services has become known, said RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson... Read More »
AzerianCyberArmy Continue Hacking Azerbaijan Government, Media Sites
There's never been such a massive and well-planned attack on Azerbaijani sites. The scale and consequences of these acts suggest that a...Read More »
PACE Co-Rapporteur John Prescott Met with Families of Mar. 1 Victims
Sargis Qloyan, father of Mar. 1 victim Gor Qloyan, told Epress.am that the meeting lasted 25 minutes, as Prescott was rushing to get to the RA General Prosecutor's Office.Read More »