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German President Resigns
Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned on Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German...Read More »
Mars Slims Down: Manufacturer to Stop Selling Certain Chocolate Bars
The maker of Snickers and Twix candy bars will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year on a worldwide basis.Read More »
Sasun Mikaelyan Asserts that His Being Elected ‘Would’ve Been Better for Serzh Sargsyan’
Sasun Mikaelyan, Armenian National Congress member and losing candidate in this past Sunday's mayoral election in Hrazdan, won't be talking about...Read More »
Hrant Dink Photos Up for Auction
Photos showing slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink fishing at the seaside have gone up for auction, private broadcaster NTV reported on..Read More »
Baku Cancels Russian Film Screening Because of Karabakh Conflict
A group of Facebook activists have asked the Park Cinema in Baku to cancel its planned Feb. 21 screening of the Russian film August Eighth...Read More »
Norwegian Princess Offers Advice on Talking to Angels
Norwegian Princess Martha Louise, who has set up her own alternative medicine business, Thursday published her second book about angels,... Read More »
Dashnaks Finalize Top Candidates for Parliamentary Elections: Paper
Discussions on the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) party list for the upcoming parliamentary elections have concluded.Read More »
Parliamentary Opposition Pushes for a Vote on Proportional Representation Bill
Though first the government, then the National Assembly Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs rejected a bill proposing to hold the upcoming...Read More »
VIDEO: Artists Protest Practice of Buying Votes, Paint the Town Red
Local art-activist group Art Laboratory, as a response to the Feb. 12 mayoral elections in the city of Hrazdan, yesterday "painted the town red', so to speak.Read More »
Jehovah’s Witnesses Still Waiting for Apology, Retraction from Armenia’s Public TV
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Armenia filed a claim in early 2011, requesting that the defendants be mandated to apologize for... Read More »