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Russia Not Signing Armenian Statement in PACE is Cause for Concern: Postanjyan
According to PACE Armenian delegate and MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, 22 states signed her document on Nagorno-Karabakh, but Russia wasn't one of them.Read More »
Armenian Tourists Feeling Fine in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh
In the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh the situation is calm, there are no problems, the military is not seen in...Read More »
Young, Old, Christian, Muslim: ‘Million Man March’ in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Protesters in the Egyptian capital have been gathering since early this morning for a planned "march of a million," calling for...Read More »
Armenian, Georgian NGOs Ask Government to Stop Teghut Mining Project Until Environmental Impact Assessed
A statement disseminated today by 26 NGOs from Armenia and 5 from Georgia asks Armenian authorities to take action and...Read More »
Vehicle Carrying Journalists Overturned on Yerevan-Gyumri Route
A vehicle carrying a driver and four journalists overturned this morning on the route from Yerevan to Gyumri.Read More »
Armenian-American who Imported Narcotics into Armenia under Arrest or Not?
Armenian law enforcement officials seized an unprecedented amount of narcotics last Friday, reports local Armenian daily Jamanak ("Times").Read More »
Armenia’s Parliament to be Split into Two Houses?
Armenia's Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, meeting with the Armenian-American community in California, presented Armenian... Read More »
Egypt Cannot Become Precedent for Armenia: HHSh Party Leader
Pan-Armenian National Movement party leader Aram Manukyan, speaking to local Armenian daily Hraparak, spoke about the recent clashes in Egypt.Read More »
Armenia’s General Prosecutor’s Office Promises to Monitor Case of Abuse Victim Zaruhi Petrosyan
"The investigation is already complete, we are in contact with the attorney; the examination will begin this month. I think, such...Read More »
Armenian Catholicos Karekin II Exercises Influence Quietly Unlike Georgian, Russian Counterparts
As the “power vertical” is consolidated in the post-Soviet space, most nonstate institutions are getting weaker, with one exception: national churches. Read More »