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Iran World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists
The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide shot up more than 20 percent to its highest level since the mid-1990s, an...Read More »
Stop Violence Against Women Coalition Campaign Raises Awareness with New Ad Campaign
The Yerevan-based Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women has begun a new campaign to raise awareness on the problem of...Read More »
VIDEO: Burial Ceremony Marking the Death of Russian Democracy
A video uploaded on YouTube recently, apparently shot on Dec. 5 in London, bears the title "The Burial of Russian Democracy." Read More »
Local Activist Armen Ohanyan Released, Talks to Epress.am (updated)
Early this morning, local activist, author and member of public initiative group "The Army in Reality" Armen Ohanyan was...Read More »
3 Armenian Political Parties are ‘Constructive Partners’ of European People’s Party, Says EPP President
"We have no doubt that your party, the Republican Party of Armenia, as well as Orinats Yerkir [Rule of Law party] and the Heritage Party...Read More »
Armenia PM on Crisis, Emigration, and Levon Ter-Petrossian’s Speech
There is no political crisis in Armenia for the government to resign, said RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, speaking to journalists...Read More »
No Need to Panic: What You Felt Wasn’t an Earthquake but a Blast
At 5 pm on Wednesday, a group of residents from the city of Etchmiadzin called Epress.am to inform the office that they felt an...Read More »
Armenian Observer in Russia State Duma Elections Didn’t Find Any Substantial Violations
Two of the 95 observers of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in the State Duma elections in Russia, representing Armenia...Read More »
Former Israel President Moshe Katsav Begins Jail Term for Rape
"The state of Israel is executing a man today on the basis of impressions, without real time testimony, without evidence," Katsav said.Read More »
Another Mother of Killed Soldier Disputes Official Claim of Suicide: Case Reopened
Lamara Manukyan, mother of Sergei Manukyan, who died on Nov. 10, 2009, during his military service, appealed to RA Minister of...Read More »