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Car with Azerbaijan Plates Driving Around in Yerevan Belonged to Chinese Embassy
The car with Azerbaijan plates driving around Yerevan recently belonged to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Baku, reads an...Read More »
Akhtamar Church Dome Cracked from Turkey Earthquake, to be Quickly Repaired
The dome of the Holy Cross Armenian Church on Lake Van's Akhtamar Island has cracked as a result of the Oct. 23 earthquake that struck...Read More »
Dashnak MP Vahan Hovhannisyan Criticizes Armenia PM and Ruling Republican Party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun or ARF-D) MP Vahan Hovhannisyan, speaking to journalists in Yerevan today, criticized a recent...Read More »
Armenia: Cured Meat, Smoked Sausage, Local Fish More Expensive in October, While Pork was Cheaper
The 0.3% increase of overall prices in the foodstuffs market in Armenia in Oct. 2011 as compared to the previous month is mainly due to...Read More »
Sargsyan Not Upset at Saakashvili, Insists Georgia MFA
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically denied reports that Armenia's president is upset at Georgia's president, which is why he...Read More »
Silvio Berlusconi on US Government Report on People Trafficking
"In February 2011, judges set a trial date for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for the alleged commercial sexual exploitation of a Moroccan child...Read More »
7 Billionth Baby in the World Who was Born in Armenia Weighs 2.5 kg
Armenia's symbolic 7-billionth-baby-in-the-world was born this morning in a maternity ward in Artik, a city in the country's northwestern province of...Read More »
Armenia Prime Minister on Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan’s Sudden Resignation
Following the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) first economic conference on Sunday, responding to a journalist's comment that there are...Read More »
Human Rights Activist, Publisher of Armenian Genocide Books Detained in Turkey
Police have detained publisher and human rights activist Ragıp Zarakolu in an operation targeting the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), which...Read More »
PHOTOS: Turkey Earthquake Delivers Further Blow to Varakavank Armenian Monastery in Van
The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey's eastern region over a week ago has further damaged the 8th century Armenian monastery.Read More »