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50-Storey Mixed-Use Building to be Built Next to Moscow Cinema, Local Daily Asserts
It's quite likely that a 50-storey building will soon be built adjacent to Moscow Cinema and Golden Tulip Hotel in Yerevan, reports local daily...Read More »
Benetton Pulls Ad Showing Pope Kissing an Imam After Outrage from Vatican
Benetton’s poster showed Pope Benedict XVI kissing on the lips Egypt’s Ahmed el Tayyeb, imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo and a leading voice in...Read More »
Russia to Assist Armenia in Reviving Sport of Luge
The Russian Luge Federation will soon provide the necessary assistance to its colleagues from Armenia in reviving this sport, Russian Luge Federation...Read More »
Levon Aronian’s First Game in Moscow Chess Tournament Ends in Draw
The 2011 Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament kicked off on Nov. 16 with an unprecedented line-up of participants.Read More »
Armenia, Iran Presidents Touch Base by Phone
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Admadinejad. Read More »
‘I Treat Drinking as Normal’: PM Comes Clean on Whether He was Drunk While Making Speech
A video of the PM making a speech Friday at a public event celebrating youth while seemingly drunk went viral in the Armenian blogosphere and...Read More »
VIDEO: Armenian Minister Playing Game on iPad was Surprising for PM Tigran Sargsyan
Speaking to reporters after the question and answer period in Armenia's National Assembly on Wednesday, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan declined to... Read More »
Their Purchased Apartments were Resold to HHK MP, Complain Yerevan Residents
Norashen 2007 NGO members will soon contact Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to address their concerns as complaint appeals... Read More »
Defense and Victim Agree: Investigation into Army Officer’s Death was Bogus
Today's court session began with a motion by Hakob Manukyan's attorney, in which it said that the charges are not based on the facts of the case...Read More »
VIDEO: 5th Century Odzun Church Threatens to Collapse, Says Foundation
Though today the Surb Mariam Astvatsatsin ("St. Mary Mother of God") Church in the northern Armenian village of Odzun offers regular mass,...Read More »