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Raffi Hovannisian’s 3 Demands to Armenia’s Authorities and Opposition
"First, I demand that a Constitutional Congress be convened in order to author and adopt a new Basic Law for the Republic of Armenia...Read More »
Armenia’s Ombudsman Asks Journalists Not to Mock Him or Interfere with His Work
"A National Assembly deputy is not a state agency, and we, regretfully, cannot defend [individuals] from an MP, but if an MP...Read More »
New Film on March 1, 2008 Events to be Sent to Robert Kocharian, Vartan Oskanian
"March 1 is one of the most important, immediate, urgent tasks in our country [today]. I can't picture another issue that...Read More »
Armenian World Champion Weightlifter Nazik Avdalyan Hospitalized (updated)
2009 World Champion in Weightlifting Nazik Avdalyan, 24, was in a car accident today on the Gyumri-Vanadzor road...Read More »
Ombudsman Still Hopes to Act as Mediator Between HAK and Armenian Authorities
RA Human RIghts Defender Karen Andreasyan considers that his proposal to act as mediator between the ruling authorities and the...Read More »
Armenian Authorities Meet Another of HAK’s Demands: Rally at Liberty Square
"Yerevan City Hall, on the basis of a supplementary letter from organizers about the rally venue, reviewed its previous Apr. 13...Read More »
Facebook Adds ‘Send’ Button
Facebook on Monday began letting members of cozy cliques formed at the social networking service share website links or...Read More »
Yerevan Metro Fare Increase is Uncalled For: Facebook Users Protest Looming Fare Hikes
The current fare for a one-way trip on Yerevan's subway costs 50 drams (about $0.14); however, in February, Yerevan...Read More »
Obama Calls Turkey’s PM after Armenian Genocide Address
On Sunday, Turkey had voiced "deep regret" over Obama's remarks on the Armenian Genocide (in which he used the term "Medz Yeghern")...Read More »
25 Years Later: Ceremonies Mark Chernobyl Disaster
On Apr. 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent a cloud of radiation over much of Europe...Read More »