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‘I Would Want Sasun Mikaelyan to be Released’: CoE Human Rights Commissioner
"Yes, I met with Sasun Mikaelyan in the prison hospital. One concern is that he has heart conditions. I would want him to be released."Read More »
‘I Believe There’s Political Aspect’ to Those Imprisoned for March 1 Events: Hammarberg in Armenia
"I don't pretend I can solve all of humanity's problems," said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg.Read More »
5 Armenian Government Ministries Provide Reports to PM
The 2010 activity reporting hearings of RA state bodies continued at the Armenian government today...Read More »
Appeals Court Agrees to Wait till Pashinyan is Present
Nikol Pashinyan's attorneys submitted a plea to reverse head of Aragatsotn Regional Court of First Instance Suren Mnoyan's Nov. 19, 2010 decision...Read More »
Karabakh Calls on Azerbaijan to Refrain from State-Sanctioned Blackmail
The disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan after a bloody war in the 1990s and is populated mainly by ethnic Armenians.Read More »
Armenian National Yura Movsisyan to Play in Russian Premier League
Armenian national team and Danish FC Randers forward Yuri (Yura) Movsisyan has been transferred to the Russian football club Krasnodar...Read More »
Go Ahead & Hug a Stranger! Today is National Hugging Day
On Jan. 21, 1986, National Hugging Day was founded in the US. It has spread all over the world and is called by many names... Read More »
Obama Gears Up for 2012 Re-election Campaign
As aides ramped up preparations for 2012, outgoing White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs told reporters that the president will soon...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Dead from Ceasefire Violation
At around 10 am on Jan. 20, around Horadiz on the Nagorno Karabakh—Azerbaijan Line of Contact, Azerbaijan once again... Read More »
Garegin II Underwent Surgery in the US
His Holiness Catholicos Garegin (Karekin) II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, is currently in the US, where...Read More »