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Dear Readers,
As promised, the recently launched “Hetq” weekly newspaper is now available at your local Yerevan newsstand and we are distributing it to the other regions of the country and in Karabakh as well. If you don’t see it – tell your local vendor to get it. »»»»»

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Feature Stories

• Hrant KatarikyanNew Exhibit in Yerevan: Diaspora-Armenians in the Fight Against Nazi Germany

  Honouring those Armenians overseas who fought and defeated Nazi Germany 65 years ago, a small but interesting exhibition opened yesterday in the Yerevan Municipality building entitled “The Diaspora during the WW II Years”. There are all sorts of memorabilia at the exhibit portraying just a few of the Armenians in the Diaspora who served in [...]

• Hrant KatarikyanCommentary: We Can No Longer Afford “Business as Usual” at the Ministry of the Diaspora
  This is something that I just have to fume about before the passion of the moment dies.
• Just As We Were Saying, Turkey Hasn’t Changed
  Any claim of a hundred thousand citizens of Armenia living illegally in Turkey is baseless.
• Commentary:The same Armenian genes, same blood and same determination
  Turkey’s quest for Armenians to forget what happened 95 years ago and...
• Sona AvagyanAntonina Mahari: “Like iron, I have been forged in the cauldron of many storms”
  It hurts me when people say, ‘We respect her because she’s the wife of Gurgen Mahari.
• Kristine AghalaryanTurkish Journalist Visits Armenia to Unravel a Dream
  Erhan Arik was born in Ardahan, Turkey, and lived there till he turned thirteen.
• Inga MartinyanHetq Talks to Charles Lonsdale; the UK Ambassador to Armenia
  I look back now and recall that there was a big sport field behind our house and how we used to run there.
• Arman GharibyanMoney Laundering: Is Armenia Fulfilling its International Obligations?
  29 year-old Mariam Harutyunyan, who sells women’s jeans and clothing accessories in s store called “Fashion Time”...
• Inga MartinyanAmbassador Hans-Jochen Schmidt: “Armenia is a beautiful country that shouldn’t be spoilt by industrial pollution”
  In this installment in our series focusing on foreign ambassadors serving in Armenia, we talked with Hans-Jochen Schmidt...
• Grisha BalasanyanMP Hrant Grigoryan: “I never give interviews”
  Hetq is starting a series highlighting various members of the RoA National Assembly.
• Ararat DavtyanPocketbook Politics: Regime Targets Business Interests of Sukiasyan Family
  Khachatur Sukiasyan supported the candidacy of Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the 2008 presidential elections and has paid the price.
• Hrant KatarikyanTakayuki Yoshimura: “Armenian society slowly opening up, just like Japan”
  Rumour has it that you can bump into more than a few interesting and unusual characters at an opposition rally here in Yerevan.
• Hrant KatarikyanDestination Vancouver: Armenian Squad Departs for 2010 Paralympics
  By a stroke of pure luck and dogged determination, a five member Armenian delegation leaves Yerevan today headed for Vancouver...
• Edik BaghdasaryanCommentary: Let Them Burn Cow Dung!
  Humanity has existed from time immemorial and during the past 20,000-30,000 years gas was never burnt.
• Sara PetrosyanAccess Denied? Many Claim European Court Reforms Actually Restrictive
  On February 18-19, in the Swiss city of Interlaken, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers...
• Grisha BalasanyanVardenis Diary: Residents No Longer Expect Solutions from Elected Officials
  Trying to reach the village of Vardenis, Aragatzotn Marz, especially during the winter, is an arduous and nearly impossible journey.
• Hrant KatarikyanCommentary: Bridging the Diaspora - Armenia Gap
  There’s a conference taking place in Washington D.C. these days on the state of Diaspora-Armenia relations...
• Susanna ShahnazaryanRural Credit: Agricultural Loans Pose Risks for Villagers
  Before I could even get my foot in the door of the Babayan house, three year-old Davit yelled out, “Kamo was here.
• Arman GharibyanDilijan Deforestation: Are Officials Turning a Blind Eye to Illegal Cutting of Trees?
  On February 20, a group of young people travelled to Dilijan for a hike in the woods.
• Edik BaghdasaryanWhy Doesn't the Government Pull the Plug on
  Two months ago, it became apparent that the buildings constructed by Glendale Hills with government money intended to house...

interview

• “If you're bored with life, there is something wrong”
• HAK's Zurabyan - "In this war, we must all be soldiers"
• Analyst Richard Giragosian: “Armenia looks at the diaspora with misunderstanding and sometimes scepticism”
• “The NKR Can Never Accept the Madrid Principles as a Basis for Negotiations”
• Samvel Karapetyan – “We mourn the collapse of Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church in Tbilisi. But what about the fate of St. Nishan’s, just 100 meters away?
• Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals: The Battle to Protect Armenian Consumers Starts in the Local Drugstore
• Ara Papyan: “Serzh Sargsyan will not only create new political opponents but numerous personal enemies”

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