“Armenian Women's Front” Calls for the Release of Political Prisoners (VIDEO)

The women in front of the Presidential Palace held posters with the pictures of the arrested oppositionists. One of the placards read: “Release the political prisoners, Dictator! We will not back down, we will attack!”...

European Parliament Adopts Resolution Urging Turkey to Recognize Armenian Genocide

They welcome statements by the President and Prime Minister of Turkey offering condolences and recognising atrocities against the Ottoman Armenians and encourage Turkey to “use the commemoration of the centenary...

Electricity Prices to Rise in Armenia; No Changes Expected in Gas Rates: Press

Unlike the change in electricity tariff, Haykakan Zhamanak notes, the decrease in gas price will not directly affect the consumers; it will only ensure that the rate for natural gas supplied to Armenian consumers does not go further up...

Armenia Second Most Religious Country In the World: Gallup

We see that the total number of people who consider themselves to be religious is actually relatively high. Furthermore, with the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people...

Violence Against Women Remains a Serious Issue In Armenia: PACE President

Citing the NSS and UNFPA’s survey, the report noted that 8.9% of Armenian women have been subjected to at least one form of physical violence by their partners, mostly in the home...

PACE President Begins Official Visit to Armenia; Refuses to Take Questions from Reporters

Armenian Soldier Received Fatal Injuries Playing Football: Official

The soldier was injured during a game of football in the military unit; Arakelyan hung with his hands from the goalpost, which, subsequently, fell on his head, authorities said...

Government to Buy Tablets for Armenian Schools at a Price Higher Than the Market Value: Press

During the first round of the program 650 grade 1 pupils in Vayots Dzor province of Armenia will each be provided an ArmTab tablet; training courses will be held for teachers; wireless internet devices will be installed in 45 schools...

Armenian Soldier Killed In an Accident In NKR: Official

19-year-old soldier Artur Arakelyan was killed in an accident in a military unit deployed in the eastern direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, the NKR Ministry of Defense said in an official statement issued on Friday, April 10...

Suspects In the Beating of War Veteran Released From Prison

The dispute between Vardan Tumanyan and one of the men in the neighbordhood, Babken, began in the yard when Babken got into an argument with his friend with whom he was playing chess, and Vardan intervened, which Babken...

Armenian Soldier Killed in Karabakh: Official

On Tuesday, April 7, in an eastern military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, 20-year old soldier Levon Mirzoyan died from a bullet wound as a result of a fire from the Azerbaijani side, the NKR Ministry of Defense...

Armenia's Second President Had No Shady Agreements With Oligarch: Interview

Neither of those statements is true. I followed closely the political processes of the last years, but have never participated in them. I was in good terms and relations with Gagik Tsarukyan, but I have never had any shady...