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Winter Difficult Time for Yerevan’s Homeless: Shelter’s Full, Says Director
"Even if we have 1,000 spots, it still wouldn't be enough," said no. 1 boarding house director Armen Gyurjyan, who said that the homeless come to... Read More »
Doomsday Clock Moves One Minute Closer to Midnight
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of nuclear danger, climate change and other human-caused disasters, has moved one minute closer to...Read More »
Turkey President’s Term Should End in 2014: Parliamentary Commission
A parliamentary commission recommended on Tuesday that Turkish President Abdullah Gül's term should expire in 2014, in a move to end confusion...Read More »
Soviet Armenian Spy Responsible for Thwarting Nazi Operation Dies at 88
Soviet intelligence agent of Armenian origin, Hero of the Soviet Union Gevork Vartanian (Gevorg Vardanyan) died on Jan. 10 in Moscow at...Read More »
Imprisoned Dink Murder Suspect Says His Life is in Danger
“I have been used by the Turkish Republic, and now they want to eliminate me. My life is in danger and the state will be responsible if anything happens to me...Read More »
First 3 Names in Republican Party of Armenia Party List Known, Asserts Local Paper
"For anyone more or less familiar with protocol, the tripartite unity of the country's president and prime minister and Yerevan's mayor might've...Read More »
Armenian TV Stations are Copying ALM TV: Karapetyan on Television Programming
Owner of the now defunct ALM Holding and People's Party leader Tigran Karapetyan said that TV stations are copying ALM "with their singing, their...Read More »
Silva Hambardzumyan Begins New Mining Operations in Iran
Entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan, who has appealed the prosecutor's decision to quash the case against Syunik regional governor and...Read More »
Ex-Police Chief Urges Colleague Margar Ohanyan’s Release
Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsyan, the former head of the Armenian police, on Tuesday urged a Yerevan court to free another high-ranking police... Read More »
Armenia President Establishes Ethics Commission of High-Ranking Officials
"The independent status of the Commission requires great responsibility on behalf of members of the Commission both in exercising their authority and...Read More »