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‘To Opt for Abortion is Just Ignorance’: Why Sex-Selective Abortion is Widespread in Armenia
A Law on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights of Humans was approved in Armenia in 2002 — according to its 10th article, women...Read More »
Armenia Maintains its Standing in FIFA World Ranking List
On Nov. 23, FIFA published its most recent world ranking list of national football (soccer) teams. Compared to the previous list (published on Oct. 19)...Read More »
Corsica and Sicily Hit by Floods
Hundreds of Corsicans are leaving their homes following heavy floods that left several towns under water, while Italy’s Sicily is facing the same...Read More »
Angelina Jolie is Happy She Didn’t Die in Her Wild Younger Years
In an upcoming interview with "60 Minutes," Angelina Jolie says the wild child part of her persona — the one that wore a vial of then-husband... Read More »
Armenian Embassy Opens in Czech Republic
On Nov. 22, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg...Read More »
After Emmy’s Defeat, Armenian Artists Afraid of Participating in Eurovision
Armenian contestant Emmy's defeat in this year's Eurovision Song Contest has scared Armenian pop stars, reports local daily Hraparak.Read More »
Intellectual Game on Human Rights Kicks Off in Yerevan
The OSCE Office in Yerevan, together with the Yerevan Club of Intellectual Games NGO, is organizing an intellectual game on human rights...Read More »
Village Leader Confesses to Ballot Stuffing, Says Opposition Representative
"Roughly interfering in our meeting, he tried to divert the attention of those gathered from the discussed topics, recalling the 1996 elections... Read More »
Prosecutor General Sends Prime Minister’s Case to Police
The RA Prosecutor General's Office received Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's appeal to examine the claims in Democratic Liberal...Read More »
Former Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan Sacked Because of ArmRusGasProm?
Russian company Gazprom, of which ArmRusGasProm in Armenia is a subsidiary, and the Moscow-based management of Electric Networks of Armenia...Read More »