Soviet Armenian Spy Responsible for Thwarting Nazi Operation Dies at 88
Soviet intelligence agent of Armenian origin, Hero of the Soviet Union Gevork Vartanian (Gevorg Vardanyan) died on Jan. 10 in Moscow at...
First 3 Names in Republican Party of Armenia Party List Known, Asserts Local Paper
"For anyone more or less familiar with protocol, the tripartite unity of the country's president and prime minister and Yerevan's mayor might've...
Armenian TV Stations are Copying ALM TV: Karapetyan on Television Programming
Owner of the now defunct ALM Holding and People's Party leader Tigran Karapetyan said that TV stations are copying ALM "with their singing, their...
Silva Hambardzumyan Begins New Mining Operations in Iran
Entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan, who has appealed the prosecutor's decision to quash the case against Syunik regional governor and...
Doctors Fighting for Life of Young Conscript Injured in Karabakh
Gevorg Edik Yeghiazaryan, 19, injured on Dec. 28 on the Line of Contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijan military forces, continues to...
CCTV Cameras on Yerevan Intersections in Effect from Jan. 16
The CCTV cameras to monitor traffic and the speedometers to measure speed placed around Yerevan will begin operating on Jan. 16, 2012.
Armenia President Establishes Ethics Commission of High-Ranking Officials
"The independent status of the Commission requires great responsibility on behalf of members of the Commission both in exercising their authority and...
Ex-Police Chief Urges Colleague Margar Ohanyan's Release
Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsyan, the former head of the Armenian police, on Tuesday urged a Yerevan court to free another high-ranking police...
Armenian Tourists Visited Georgia Less Than their Turkish or Azerbaijani Counterparts
In 2011, the number of visitors to Georgia, as compared to 2010, increased by 39% and amounted to 2,820 million people, with most coming from...
'We Will Fight Against Injustice': Sasun Mikaelyan, Candidate in Hrazdan Mayoral Elections
Armenian National Congress representative, former National Assembly deputy Sasun Mikaelyan today put forth his candidacy for the position of...
Yerevan Ambulance Service Responds Quickly Only to Most Important Calls
From Jan. 1–8, 2012, there were 9 cases of death in the presence of paramedics and 52 cases of death prior to paramedics arriving on...
Changes in Russia Won't Have Impact on Karabakh Conflict: Opinion
Russia is changing, it's already changed, but it won't turn its attention on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute...