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‘Sex Calculation;’ Armenians Still Prefer Sons Over Daughters, Study Says
Sex-selective abortions are carried out in two ways: by women’s own means and with the help of doctors. In parallel with the increase in awareness...Read More »
Education Minister Explains Why Armenia Should Prioritize Russian Over Other Foreign Languages
Secondly, Russian is a mandatory foreign language in Armenian schools starting from the second grade, while English, French, German are optional...Read More »
Foreign Minister Says Armenia Willing to Return NK Surrounding Territories to Azerbaijan
The co-chairs say that the population of Nagorno-Karabakh must determine their own future by free will, which should have international legal force for ...Read More »
Jailed Oppositionist’s Family Released from Detention
Four of the detainees were members of Yeghnukyan’s family - his wife and three children, the other two were members of the Armenian Women’s Front movement Aghavni Sahakyan...Read More »
‘Armenia Not a Business Market,’ Catholicos Aram I Says at Armenia-Diaspora Forum
Loyalty to the homeland is above any aspirations. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately reduce the level of emigration and take concrete measures to ensure ...Read More »
Armenian Oppositionist Files Administrative Appeal Against Yerevan Mayor
Under the Article 92 of the law, such violations entail not only administrative and disciplinary, but also criminal liability..Read More »
Yerevan Woman’s Life in Danger; State Has ‘No Mechanisms’ to Protect Her From Husband
According to the lawyer, the police have already stated several that they are powerless - “we can’t do anything; we do not have mechanisms; it's your problem and you...Read More »
Armenian Farmers Protest Lack of Irrigation Water
They suggest that we abandon our gardens and wait until a reservoir is constructed in 4 years. After all, 4 years is nothing, right...Read More »
Teachers in Ashtarak Village Threaten to Boycott Work if School Is Not Renovated
The administration of Armenia’s Aragatsotn province has since 2004 been promising to renovate the severely damaged building of the Ashtarak village school. The teachers of...Read More »
Armenia’s Defense Ministry Refuses to Continue to Pay for Former Soldier’s Cancer Treatment
In the last month of his tenure, former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan met with the woman and subsequently transferred 5 million drams to her account for 8 bottles...Read More »