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Ankara Mayor’s remarks on Armenians, PKK draw controversy
This is plain racism. It's prejudice on many levels. It's not just against one demographic of people but against several: Armenians, Kurds, atheists. ..Read More »
4610 Missing In Action As a Consequence of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The database will allow to compare the DNA of those people or corpses that have been found and subsequently, inform the families of those MIA persons...Read More »
Zaruhi Postanjyan 8-Point Agenda Not Discussed Among Her Party or the Trio
“The platform and the people need to cooperate in their actions, and those who exercise the people’s demands will remain on the platform,” she said.Read More »
“Our Task is for Armenia to Look Towards the West,” US Ambassador About Armenia’s EEU Membership
US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern hopes that after Armenia joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) it will display the political will to continue its cooperation with the west...Read More »
Armenian Police Keeping Staff Lists A Secret: Artur Sakunts Takes Them to Court
The HCA Vanadzor office president Artur Sakunts applied to Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan to be provided with information about the number of employees in the Armenian Police Sub-divisions...Read More »
Tsarukyan’s Former Godson Planning to Run for Abovyan Mayor: Zhoghovurd
In regards to the rumors of Harutyunyan’s potential nomination to the Abovyan mayoral elections, he urged the journalist not to ask provocative questions.Read More »
Counter-Attack Art Group Member Taken into Custody for Street Photo-Exhibit
“They twisted my hands, sat me in the car, and kept trying to get into my pockets to take out my phone. When I sat down at the Police Precinct, they said “who let you sit down?” Read More »
Azerbaijan has Returned the Corpse of Karen Petrosyan back to Armenia
Today, Azerbaijan has returned the corpse of Karen Petrosyan, who was taken captive on August 7. Epress.am was told by the International Committee of the Red Cross’s Yerevan office media spokesperson Zara Amatuni. The transfer took place near the Gazakh region’s Jafarli village in Azerbaijan, toward Ijevan, Armenia. Chinari village …Read More »
Tailing Dump near Armenian Monastery is Polluting the Surrounding Area
The Nazik tailing dump has exploited Akhtala’s ore-processing plant which is also in the village. The tailing dump has been conserved two times; the first time was in 1988, and the second in 2010...Read More »
Armenian MP/Oligarch Doesn’t Want a ‘Maidan’
“This solution, however, has another side; Russia needs an economically strong and quickly developing Armenia in the South Caucasus. I’m claiming that this is the best solution․․․Read More »