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It Pains Sefilian that Armenia Still Retains a Soviet Army
It pains me but the army today is not our nation's pride, wrote commander of the Shushi battalion during the Nagorno-Karabakh War...Read More »
Woman Who Killed Her Two Children Witnessed Her Mom Murdered When She was 12
When Rosa was 12 years old, her father, Hakob Aloyan, killed her mother in front of her and her three siblings.Read More »
‘We Find it Hard to Believe…’ US Analysis of 2009 Yerevan Mayoral Election
"Voter turnout was highest in the Territorial Electoral Commissions (TECs) most ridden with allegations of fraud...Read More »
Soldier Arrested for Shooting Fellow Conscript in Karabakh
On Sept. 7, conscript Lendrush Nazlukhanyan has been arrested in the criminal case into the death of Nagorno-Karabakh...Read More »
Clash in Court between Police and Defendants Charged with Theft
The trial in the case of Armen Martirosyan, Karen Karapetyan and Petros Hakobyan accused of several accounts of...Read More »
Former US Ambassador on Sargsyan’s and Kocharian’s Political/Economic Pyramids
"Armenian politics is winner-take-all, and this very much applies not only to the political spoils, but very often to the leading business and economic spoils...Read More »
Downtown Yerevan Streets to be Closed on Sept. 11
From 6 am to 11 am on Sept. 11, due to a rehearsal of the parade dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Republic of...Read More »
Human Rights Campaigner Refused to Sign Statement Condemning Army Abuse
Helsink Association for Human Rights President Mikhaeil Danielyan told Epress.am Wednesday that he is surprised local human...Read More »
Dead Soldier’s Parents Don’t Know Their Son Died
Amberd Mayor Manvel Babayan only told the parents and family members of Hayk Mkrtchyan, the 19 year-old soldier who died earlier today at his outpost in Nagorno-Karabakh, that the boy had been seriously wounded, reports Hetq Online. Only Hayk’s brother Ruben knows that the boy will not be returning …Read More »
Demolishing Kiosks in Armenian Capital Put on Hold, Say Kiosk Owners
The fate of a few kiosks on Papazyan St. in Yerevan is still uncertain. Recall, 9 of the kiosks were demolished upon...Read More »