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Doctors in Van Call for Aid as Minister Says All is Good
Ministers of the Turkish Cabinet arrived in Van yesterday night to survey the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. Health Minister Recep Akdağ said...Read More »
Armenia, Russia Presidents Agree to Cooperate in Humanitarian Sector (PHOTOS)
A three-day state visit by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Moscow includes top-level negotiations in the Kremlin on Monday and meetings with the country’s leaders.Read More »
Opinion: The Turkey Earthquake and Armenian Television
By force of habit, which I should've given up long ago, I turned on the TV. For one-and-a-half hours, first with impatience then with amazement, I was...Read More »
VIDEO: Armenian Singer Ruben Hakhverdyan Confesses to Hitting People with Rolling Pin
Popular Armenian singer-songwriter Ruben Hakhverdyan, speaking to journalists in Yerevan today, confessed to having hit a Jehovah's Witness and...Read More »
Argentine President Wins Landslide Re-Election
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is Latin America's first woman to be re-elected as president but the victory was personally bittersweet... Read More »
Turkey Earthquake Did Not Affect Armenia Nuclear Power Plant: Ministry
The magnitude of the earthquake that struck Turkey's eastern region was 3.0 at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP, or MNPP for...Read More »
Largest Armenian Church in Middle East Re-Opened in Turkey
Once one of the largest churches in the Middle East, Surp Giragos Church in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır was reopened for...Read More »
Turkey Thanked Armenia and Israel, But Accepted Earthquake Relief Only from Azerbaijan
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked other countries for offers of help, including Israel and Armenia, but said Turkey was...Read More »
Open Letter to Orange Armenia Protests Jury Selection of Homophobic Entry in Book Contest
A group of concerned individuals and organizations in Armenia have sent an open letter to Orange Armenia, expressing their discontent that a...Read More »
Tunisia Holds First Free Democratic Elections, Turnout More Than 90 Percent
A huge number of voters turned out on Sunday in Tunisia’s first free elections in more than 20 years, following the fall of former president... Read More »