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Monitoring of Armenian State Agencies’ Websites Indicates Poor Transparency: Report
The Yerevan-based Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, during the period Feb.–Apr. 2011, monitored the websites of...Read More »
Assisted Suicide Advocate Jack Kevorkian Hospitalized
Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial tactics earned him the nickname Doctor Death, has...Read More »
Hotels Along Georgia’s Black Sea Coast to Raise Rates
Despite a 43% increase in the number of tourists to Georgia this year as compared to the same period last year, several travel...Read More »
Armenian Ambassador to Sing in the Kremlin
Most likely a great number of fans will gather in Moscow to listen to Armenia's ambassador to Switzerland, who...Read More »
Earthquake in Turkey Leaves At Least 2 Dead, 79 Injured
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has struck north-west Turkey, killing at least two people and injuring 79.Read More »
Tense Meeting Expected Between Netanyahu and Obama Who Proposes Reverting to 1967 Borders
US President Barack Obama’s endorsement of a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders of their future state sets...Read More »
Release of Political Prisoners Only Logical Move, Says Musinyan: Aravot
Armenian National Congress (HAK) spokesperson Arman Musinyan spoke to local daily Aravot ("morning") on the issue of...Read More »
Hillary Clinton Met with Nalbandian, Affirmed US Support in Karabakh Peace Process
On May 19, Armenian foreign affairs minister Edward Nalbandian met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, D.C.Read More »
Local NGOs Protest Inhumane, Degrading Treatment in Armenia Prisons
"Keeping Tigran Postanjyan and other prisoners in such conditions violates not only Armenian legislation, but also Article 3 of...Read More »
Bomb Threat at Zvartnots Airport was Fake
The search for a bomb at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan wrapped up late yesterday evening. Officials have said..Read More »