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Armenian Genocide Resolution Again Raised in US Senate
US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) along with Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) urged their colleagues to cosponsor a new Armenian Genocide Resolution.Read More »
Encyclopaedia Britannica Ends its Famous Print Edition after 244 Years
After 244 years reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition.Read More »
Occupy Mashtots Park Activists Pitch First Tent While Surrounded by Police (VIDEO)
Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Karen Movsisyan urged activists to remove the tent, saying that pitching a tent is not covered under the law on freedom of assembly...Read More »
Baku Hopes Russia Will ‘Put Armenia on a Constructive Course’
Baku hopes that Russia will exert more efforts in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and make them more effective, Azerbaijani...Read More »
Opposition Youth Activists’ Trial Continues: ‘Cops’ and ‘Mob’ Considered Insulting Terms
Police employees Samson Gharibyan, Martiros Margaryan, Misha Mesropyan and Sahak Galstyan testified in a Yerevan district court today in the case against...Read More »
Do Not Have Sex in Baku! Azerbaijani Youth Warn Eurovision Tourists
Ahead of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in May in Baku, the Azerbaijani organization Free Youth (Azad Gənclik Təşkilatı) has issued a...Read More »
Man Imprisoned for Killing Doctor Sewed his Mouth Shut, Continues Hunger Strike
On Mar. 6, Artak Karapetyan, who is imprisoned in Artik penitentiary, sewed his mouth shut and announced a hunger strike. Though he removed the seams on...Read More »
Armenia’s Mozrov Cave Collapsed. Arjer and Magel Caves Also at Risk
One of Armenia's natural wonders and on a list of historical and cultural monuments identified by the state, the Mozrov Cave, has collapsed.Read More »
PHOTOS: 115 Youth, 115 Flowers to Mark Armenian Poet Yeghishe Charents’ 115th Anniversary
115 youth today laid 115 carnation flowers at the monument dedicated to Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, who would've been 115 years old today.Read More »
Author of Book on Hrant Dink Murder Plot Released from Turkey Prison
A Turkish court released four journalists on Monday pending trial on accusations they were part of a conspiracy to overthrow the government, in a case...Read More »