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News ARF MP Minasyan: ‘Nothing worse than economic uncertainty’

15:42 | June 19, 2013
Addressing the parliament today regarding a draft bill on changes to the law on minimum monthly wages, ARF MP Artzvik Minasyan said that six months ago his party had proposed an initiative that would have led to a formula where any citizen would have been able to estimate their salary in the coming year.

News Artsakh Foreign Minister to OSCE: 'We are the most interested party for peace'

13:22 | June 19, 2013
This statement is another proof that the co-chairs are determined to exclude the possibility of resumption of hostilities and to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict.At the same time, we consider it necessary to reiterate our position that the restoration of full-fledged negotiations with the immediate and direct participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in all its stages is a sin qua non for achieving real progress in the settlement process, which is strongly hampered by Azerbaijan.

News Key Suspect in Hrant Dink Murder Rearrested

12:08 | June 19, 2013
Ersin Yolcu, a key suspect in the Hrant Dink murder investigation was arrested yesterday in Trabzon, after the Turkish Supreme Court reversed the judgment on his release from jail.

News Russia Begins Delivery of $1 Billion Arms Package to Azerbaijan

12:03 | June 19, 2013
Although political and defense analysts doubt Azerbaijan has any immediate appetite for war, it has increased its military spending in recent years. Aliyev has said spending on defense will reach $3.7 billion this year.

News Fire Damages Furniture at Saryan House-Museum in Yerevan

11:29 | June 19, 2013
A fire mysteriously broke out at the Martiros Sarian House Museum late last night, causing damage to furniture on display at the house section on the first floor.

Articles Dsegh Mayor Verbally Spars with Culture Minister Over “Leaning” Tower

10:09 | June 19, 2013
The minister retorted that her deputy would never write such a thing, to which the mayor shot back, “I can show you a copy of his letter.”

News Ashot Sukiasyan: ‘I wrote names of Prime Minister and Archbishop on off-shore document’

23:55 | June 18, 2013
Ashot Sukiasyan, who only yesterday was slapped with a number of counts of fraud and money laundering, has emailed Hetq a copy of a letter he sent to Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan confessing that it was he who added the names of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan to a registry document of an off-shore company called Wlispera Holdings Limited.

Opinion Despite Internal Turmoil, Turkey Keeps up Genocide Denial Campaign

23:01 | June 18, 2013
Some may have expected that the recent mass protests and unrest in Turkey would preoccupy its leaders with internal problems, distracting them from other important developments, such as Armenian Genocide issues. Regrettably, this has not happened.

News Comments by Edward Nalbandian on Statement by Heads of Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries

18:40 | June 18, 2013
Comments by Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, on the Enniskillen Joint Statement on Nagorno-Karabakh by the Heads of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries

Articles Mini Hydro Plants Turning Yeghegis Into Dead River

16:29 | June 18, 2013
Gone are the trout...victims to six mini-hydro electric plants built up and down the river and its tributaries.

News Armenia's National Academy of Sciences Accepted as ALLEA Member

15:09 | June 18, 2013
Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences has been accepted as a member in ALLEA – the federation of All European Academies.

News Pashinyan to Control Chamber Head: "Pot calling the kettle black"

13:02 | June 18, 2013
Pashinyan, in no subtle terms, voiced suspicions as to the source of funds that Zakaryan used to build a multi-million dollar private residence over the past nine months.

News Police Still Haven't Charged Former Mayor Six Months After Hetq Broke Story on Financial Shenanigans

12:50 | June 18, 2013
A criminal case looking into charges that a former mayor of the village of Shnogh ripped off taxpayers has languished in the investigations unit of the Alaverdi Police Department for the past six months.

News Artour Kirakosyan to Head Noubarashen District Office

12:37 | June 18, 2013
Artour Kirakosyan has been named as the new head of the Noubarashen Administrative District in Yerevan.

News Van Carrying Syrian-Armenians Collides with Taxi in Turkey

10:11 | June 18, 2013
On June 14, a minibus carrying Syrian-Armenians from Yerevan to Aleppo collided with a taxi in the Sarikamish district of Kars, resulting in the death of the taxi driver and his passenger.

News "A Cleaner Yerevan" Program to Start in Hrazdan Gorge

15:23 | June 17, 2013
One such program to be launched is called “A Cleaner Yerevan”, which will seek to include civic associations in its operations.

News Environmentalists: 5% of Ararat Valley Already Lost to Salinization

14:04 | June 17, 2013
Zarafyan called on the government to take practical and immediate steps before the water supply situation becomes irreversible in the valley, an area where much of the country’s fruits and vegetables are grown.

News Parliamentary Special Session to Tackle "Unfinished" Business

12:28 | June 17, 2013
98 MPs showed up at a special session of the Armenian National Assembly tasked with voting on 19 bills and eight international treaties in a round the clock format.

News Uprising

12:21 | June 17, 2013
Veterans of the Artsakh War stage a protest in Freedom Square. Given their depressed social conditions, they are voicing their grievances to the ruling government.

News Poet Abraham Alikian Dies in Beirut

10:30 | June 17, 2013
Abraham Alikian, one of the most important poets of the Armenian diaspora, passed away in Beirut this Saturday.

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