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Former PM Says Armenia’s 2012 Budget Encourages Emigration, Blames Tigran Sargsyan
When there's an up to 3% annual decrease in population, which also leads to a reduction in consumption, it's not possible to speak of any...Read More »
Something Peculiar in Way PM Tigran Sargsyan was Carrying Himself, Says HHK MP
Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) MP Rafik Petrosyan doesn't know whether the prime minister was drunk or not while he delivered his speech at...Read More »
How a Tiny Swiss Village Became a Facebook Sensation
Obermutten, an adorable village in the Graubunden region of Switzerland, launched a Facebook page to promote tourism to the area.Read More »
Minister Caught Playing Games on his iPad Smiles Before Evading Reporters
RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsissyan, who was caught on video playing on his iPad during a parliamentary meeting on...Read More »
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 »