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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 »
Intolerance toward Armenians in Turkey Manifested through Monument
Armenian society believes that underneath the intolerance for this monument lies a general impatience for and intolerance towards Armenians themselves. Read More »
Will Armenia’s Ruling Coalition Last till Fall Parliamentary Session? Aravot
"It's natural, that some time before the elections, the [ruling] coalition must cease it's coalition activities, since there are different political...Read More »
Hammarberg Spent 2.5 Hours Meeting with Nikol Pashinyan
Not even the one-and-a-half-hour-long journey to Artik from Yerevan could prevent Hammerberg to meet with Pashinyan.Read More »
‘We Want Gagik Beglaryan Back,’ Say Yerevan City Hall Protestors
"We don't want bread from Iran, we're asking the mayor to allow us to work for bread money. Let him leave his position, let him return to his... Read More »