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VIDEO: Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan Falls Asleep During Parliament Session
There was a question and answer period with members of Armenia's government in the National Assembly today. During the...Read More »
Issues in Armenia’s Prisons ‘Copy-Pasted’ in Every Report Because They Remain Unresolved: Observer
Armenia's Ministry of Justice refuses to investigate individual cases of offenses discovered by the Public Observers Group, but rather, favors discussing...Read More »
Armenian Justice Ministry has to Change its Tactics, Says Prison Monitoring Group
The Public Observers Group monitoring penal institutions and agencies of the Ministry of Justice is displeased with the treatment by the Ministry...Read More »
Two Bodies Found in Lake Sevan
At around 2:15 pm on Feb. 7, local villagers removed the bodies of Tigran Avoyan, 34, and Melsik Avoyan, 44, from Lake Sevan.
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Turkish Minister Calls on Berlin to Settle ‘Historic Dispute’ on Armenian Genocide
Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bağış has called on Berlin to settle the historic dispute between France and Turkey on the Armenian Genocide.Read More »
PHOTOS, VIDEO: 52-Year-Old Armenian Grandma Reveals How She Won Beauty Pageant
Louisa Aghajanyan, a mother of three and grandmother of two from Armenia, last month was crowned the winner of Mrs. Grandma Universe in the... Read More »
India Ministers Resign over Porn Scandal
Three government ministers in Karnataka resigned Wednesday after they were accused of watching a pornographic video during an assembly session.Read More »
Chemical Castration, Life Sentences: Russia’s Duma Toughens Law Against Child Sex Offenders
The State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, has passed a law which increases penalties for child sex offenders after its third and...Read More »
2 Armenian Men Arrested in Hollywood for Using Stolen Identities to Buy Target Gift Cards
Arthur Darbinyan, 21, and Alik Dzhanoyan, 20, were charged with five counts of theft of access card information, three counts of identity theft and...Read More »
Arthur Abraham Returns to the Ring on Mar. 31
Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO's) will be headlining a Sauerland promotion event at..Read More »