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Armenia Succeeds in Making Foreign Assistance into a Problem: Former PM
The Armenian government at the start of the year promised to maintain 4% economic growth, while what we have is an economic decline.Read More »
ICRC Delivers Letters to Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with three Armenian POWs and five civilians (a single Armenian family)...Read More »
Leading Turkish Paper Reporter Slams Erdogan’s Criticism of France Genocide Bill
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement "Let France speak of the crimes it carried out in Algeria and Rwanda..."Read More »
What Would Happen if While in Paris, I Denied Armenian Genocide? Asks Turkey’s Foreign Minister
This new bill, which mandates a 45,000-euro fine and a year in jail for offenders, was made more general to outlaw denial of any genocide...Read More »
1 of the 10 Injured Died After Marshrutka Accident on Yerevan-Gyumri Road
A GAZelle 32213 minibus (marshrutka) flipped over near the village of Lanchik on the Yerevan–Gyumri road at around 4:55 pm on Dec. 21.Read More »
Body ‘Eaten by Animals’ Identified
On Dec. 19, a woman's body was found near the bridge on the road from the city of Masis to the Nerkin Charbakh neighborhood of...Read More »
Activists Say 111 Killed in Syria’s ‘Bloodiest Day’
Syrian forces killed 111 people ahead of the start of a mission to monitor President Bashar al-Assad's implementation of an Arab League peace plan...Read More »
English Court Orders Adoption over to Prevent Honor Killing
A baby girl born out of wedlock must be adopted to save her from the risk of being slaughtered in an "honour killing", a court ruled yesterday.Read More »
Syunik Governor Sees Nothing Insulting in his Remarks to Local Environmentalist
Suren (Surik) Khachatryan, governor of the marz (province) of Syunik, sees nothing wrong in the word "dragonfly," he said in conversation...Read More »
Witness in Slain Soldier Case Asks for Witness Protection. Judge Grants Request
Judge Mardanyan asked the witness whether he is motioning for witness protection, to which Arman Mnatsakyan responded in the affirmative.Read More »