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Armenian Government Allocates 74 Million to Turkey Quake Relief
The Government of Armenia has allocated 74 million drams to the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations' rescue services to provide humanitarian...Read More »
PHOTOS: Protest Outside Armenian Government Building on Nov. 17
A series of snapshots from today's protest outside the Government of Armenia building in Yerevan's Republic Square.Read More »
‘I Didn’t See Any Hitting’: MP Contradicts Earlier Confession
Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) MP Samvel Sargsyan spoke to local daily Joghovurd about the incident between Syunik marzpet (regional governor) ...Read More »
Junior Eurovision Gets Gift from Armenian Government
The Armenian government has allocated 172 million drams ($446,881 USD) to the Junior Eurovision 2011 fund with the aim of assisting in the...Read More »
50-Storey Mixed-Use Building to be Built Next to Moscow Cinema, Local Daily Asserts
It's quite likely that a 50-storey building will soon be built adjacent to Moscow Cinema and Golden Tulip Hotel in Yerevan, reports local daily...Read More »
Benetton Pulls Ad Showing Pope Kissing an Imam After Outrage from Vatican
Benetton’s poster showed Pope Benedict XVI kissing on the lips Egypt’s Ahmed el Tayyeb, imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo and a leading voice in...Read More »
Russia to Assist Armenia in Reviving Sport of Luge
The Russian Luge Federation will soon provide the necessary assistance to its colleagues from Armenia in reviving this sport, Russian Luge Federation...Read More »
Levon Aronian’s First Game in Moscow Chess Tournament Ends in Draw
The 2011 Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament kicked off on Nov. 16 with an unprecedented line-up of participants.Read More »
Armenia, Iran Presidents Touch Base by Phone
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Admadinejad. Read More »
‘I Treat Drinking as Normal’: PM Comes Clean on Whether He was Drunk While Making Speech
A video of the PM making a speech Friday at a public event celebrating youth while seemingly drunk went viral in the Armenian blogosphere and...Read More »