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France Urges Turkey Not to Overreact
France urged Turkey not to overreact on Tuesday after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the Armenian Genocide.Read More »
More Charges Against Officer who Blinded Conscript in One Eye
The charges against junior officer Armen Tovmasyan, who was arrested for attacking a conscript on Dec. 14 in the dining hall of a military base in...Read More »
Italy Must Protect Coastline from Cruise Ships: UNESCO
UNESCO said some 300 cruiseliners visit Venice and its Lagoon each year, generating tides that erode the foundations of its buildings and...Read More »
Belarus President Lukashenko Promises to Help Gagik Tsarukyan During Elections: Paper
Prosperous Armenia members say that party leader Gagik Tsarukyan helped Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych and Belarus President Alexander...Read More »
Vartan Oskanian Might be Second in Prosperous Armenia Party List: Paper
In the upcoming May parliamentary elections, Armenia's former foreign affairs minister Vartan Oskanian might be named as the second... Read More »
Entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan Plans to Become Energy Minister: Unconfirmed Reports
Not everyone is in favor of entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan joining the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).Read More »
France is a ‘Genuine Defender of Universal Human Values’: Armenia Foreign Affairs Minister
"This day will be written in gold not only in the history of friendship between the Armenian and French peoples, but also in the annals of the...Read More »
French Senate Passes Genocide Bill: Hundreds Demonstrated Outside
After a lengthy debate, the French Senate voted 127-86 late Monday to criminalize any public denial of the Armenian Genocide, while hundreds of...Read More »
‘Uninformed, Inaccurate Assessments’: Opposite Bloc Criticizes Mar. 1 Statement
There are uninformed and inaccurate legal assessments and evaluations in the statement on the events of Mar. 1, 2008, issued by Armenia's Special Investigation Service.Read More »
Armenia, Azerbaijan Presidents Promise to ‘Accelerate’ Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan promised to accelerate "the process of consenting" to the Basic Principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Read More »