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Voters Given Opportunity to Choose Among Opposition Candidates: Bakhshyan
Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan, nominated in the no. 12 constituency, considers the other five candidates nominated in the same district her competition. Read More »
Police Warn Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to ‘Refrain from Committing Illegal Acts’
Armenian police in a statement issued Thursday warned the activists who for one-and-a-half months have been protesting shop construction in a downtown...Read More »
USAID to Assist Armenia’s Human Rights Defender to Be More Accessible to Public
As part of a new agreement signed between the USAID Armenia office and the Human Rights Defender's Office, the latter will improve access and services for...Read More »
Following Defeat of Genocide Bill in France, French Armenians Pin Hopes on Sarkozy’s Opponent
"As for why Sarkozy didn't sign [the bill], I don't want to comment — he simply didn't. We already have this practice with Sarkozy, that he didn't fulfill his promise...Read More »
More Armenians Seek Asylum in Developed Countries
The number of Armenian citizens seeking asylum in developed countries has been on the rise in the past two years, according to a UN refugee agency.Read More »
HAK Candidate Nominated to ‘Hinder’ Me, Says Heritage Party MP
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan, nominated in the no. 6 single-mandate constituency, sees the Republican Party of Armenia and Prosperous Armenia candidates..Read More »
Heritage Party Candidate Doesn’t Impede But Helps Electoral Race, Says Levon Zurabyan
"Armenian National Congress candidates have assumed a unilateral obligation to campaign against only ruling administration candidates."Read More »
No Filters Placed So Far in Alaverdi Copper Smelting Plant
Alaverdi copper smelter, belonging to Vallex Group, has been operating years without any filters, thereby emitting into the atmosphere sulfuric anhydride, heavy metals and...Read More »
Russia Defends Anti-Gay-Propaganda Law in Strasbourg
Controversial laws banning “homosexual propaganda” in several Russian regions comply with the country’s international obligations, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's...Read More »
Eggs Without Date Stamps Found on Armenian Supermarket Shelves
The RA Ministry of Agriculture's State Food Security Service has discovered batches of eggs on supermarket shelves that have not been date labeled.Read More »