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Heavy Metals Found in Children’s Hair in Armenia’s Syunik Marz (VIDEO)
The National Academy of Sciences' Center for Noosphere Ecological Studies has detected heavy metals in the hair of 12 children...Read More »
Armenian Activists Protest Belarus Decision to Arrest Human Rights Champion Ales Belyatsky (PHOTOS)
The Helsinki Association for Human Rights and supporters gathered outside the Belarusian Embassy in Yerevan on...Read More »
Poverty, Education, Ethnic Identification Main Concerns for Armenia’s Yezidis: Yovanovitch
"All three leaders acknowledged the critical role that foreign remittances played in the survival of their communities...Read More »
Eurovision Website Named Baku as Ancient ‘Persian Capital’
The official Eurovision Song Contest website originally named Baku as an ancient Persian capital in its section on...Read More »
Republican MP Says He Doesn’t Believe WikiLeaks, Opposition Speaker Calls for Investigation
"I'm not saying there's no truth [in it]... I [just] wouldn't accept [the findings] as grounds. I would think it over, analyze...Read More »
Noyemberyan Mayor’s Son Named as Suspect in Rape Case
A 17-year-old girl identified as "L.N." was raped in the Armenian town of Noyemberyan on Sept. 2, reports local...Read More »
Fresh Supermarket Chain Fined for False Advertising
The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of the Republic of Armenia on Monday discussed...Read More »
Opposition, Ruling Coalition Representatives Say Dialogue will Continue — for Different Reasons
The dialogue between the opposition and the ruling coalition will continue because, according to opposition Armenian National Congress...Read More »
Dozens of Israelis Detained in Istanbul, Their Passports Seized
Some 40 Israelis on board a Turkish Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul were separated from the rest of the passengers...Read More »
Former National Security Official Blames Seyran Ohanyan for Non-Combat Army Death
The breadth of responsibility for the death of 18-year-old conscript Aghasi Abrahamyan rests with Armenian defense minister Seyran...Read More »