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Armenian Parliamentary Opposition Parties Make an Offer to Ruling Party
The Heritage Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) today issued a joint statement, welcoming the position...Read More »
Lake Sevan: Level Increasing, But Problems with Natural Reproduction of Fish
Lake Sevan basin environmental projects are pursuing three goals: raising the level of the lake, ensuring clean water in the lake and protecting biodiversity. Read More »
Mar. 1 Report Published: Four Years Later, Those Accused of Murder Not Yet Found
Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) published on Monday a report for mass media on the events of Mar. 1–2, 2008, in Yerevan.Read More »
Turkey Imposing Economic Sanctions against France Could Risk its EU Bid
The Turkish Central Bank could withdraw its nearly 23 billion euros of reserves from France after the EU member’s recent move to fine any denial...Read More »
Armenia, Azerbaijan Presidents Duke it Out in Moscow: Local Paper
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev respectively, on Dec. 19 at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on...Read More »
Profit from Mine Extraction in Armenia Far Greater than Money Paid into Budget: Environmentalist
"A significant portion of exports are metals, metallic ore. Now we're exporting the raw material. If it's a non-metal mine, we don't complain that...Read More »
‘We Don’t Want This to End with a Discussion’: Knesset Committee Postpones Voting on Armenian Genocide Bill
"We believe that as humans, as Jews and as citizens of the State of Israel – along with members of Knesset that are not Jewish...Read More »
Le Cafe de Paris Owner Finally Decides to Close Up Shop and Leave Armenia
Ashkhen (Valerie) Gordzounian, the owner of Le Cafe de Paris situated on Yerevan’s Abovyan St., assured Epress.am today that...Read More »
Santa Claus Not Part of Armenian Traditions: Ethnographer
Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan noted that at night, often at midnight, in the past, people would run to their water sources...Read More »
Armenians were a ‘Fifth Column’ and Turks Decided to Expel Them: Debate in Israel’s Knesset
The Israeli parliamentary Education, Culture and Sports Committee today was debating the issue of recognizing the... Read More »