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Articles Photographer who Witnessed the War

11:49 | May 25, 2013
Max Sivaslian first came to Armenia in 1992. He left for Artsakh to cover the war. He was wounded twice. For the past twenty years, Max has been living in Armenia.

News Owners Battle For TV Station

21:15 | May 24, 2013
A new team has abruptly taken over programming at TVi, one of Ukraine’s few remaining independent media outlets, and journalists are crying foul.

News PACE Standing Committee to Meet in Yerevan on May 31

17:33 | May 24, 2013
The themes on the agenda include promoting alternatives to imprisonment, parental leave as a way to foster gender equality, and budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium 2014-2015.

News Stone Cross Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Sumgait Pogrom Unveiled in Beirut

16:26 | May 24, 2013
A stone cross (khachkar) commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Armenian pogrom in Sumgait was officially unveiled yesterday in the courtyard of the Saint Nshan Armenian Apostolic Church in Beirut.

News Golden Apricot Organizers Have Invited Aznavour; Singer's Star to Grace "Walk of Fame"

15:44 | May 24, 2013
Organizers of this year’s 10th Annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival, to take place in Yerevan from July 7 -14, say they have invited Charles Aznavour to witness the placing of his “star” at the square that bears his name outside the Cinema Moskva.

Articles 12 Aragatzotn Villages Protest Water Shortage: What General Owns the Mini Hydro-Plant Causing the Problem?

15:10 | May 24, 2013
For the past two months villagers in twelve rural communities in the Aragatzotn Province have complained that they are going without water.

News U.S. Ambassador Heffern: "President Obama uses words that will assist Armenian-Turkish reconciliation"

15:03 | May 24, 2013
When asked by reporters why President Obama didn’t use the word “genocide” in his April 24th speech, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern stated that the U.S. leader used words that would “assist the reconciliation process” between Armenia and Turkey.

News EuFoA Calls for Common EU-Armenia Efforts to Stop Gas Wastage

14:20 | May 24, 2013
The announcement of sharply increased gas prices for Armenia have sparked many questions about social and geo-political consequences. Discussions on the exact extent, the timing and the handling of the price increase are still on-going and will hopefully lead to a feasible solution. Meanwhile, it is worth looking at the large potential for helping Armenian citizens based on similar experiences made in other European countries. In this context, EuFoA (www.eufoa.org) calls upon the Armenian government and the EU to redouble their common efforts to reduce avoidable gas consumption and waste in Armenia in mainly two areas:

News All-Armenian Fund Celebrates Opening of Karmir Shouka Water Network and Martouni Hospital in Artsakh

13:03 | May 24, 2013
On May 23, the delegation officially unveiled two major infrastructure projects in the Martuni Region: the potable-water network of Karmir Shuka Village, and the Martuni Hospital. The construction of both projects was sponsored by Armenia Fund USA, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Eastern US affiliate.

News Hundreds of Cyclists to Particpate in "Get to Know Yerevan" Race

12:48 | May 24, 2013
On May 26, some 300 cyclists will take part in a contest called “Get to Know Yerevan”.

News Reporters Without Borders Condemns Sentencing of Sevan Nişanyan

11:28 | May 24, 2013
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the sentence of 13 and a half months in prison that an Istanbul magistrate’s court passed yesterday on Turkish-Armenian journalist Sevan Nişanyan for posting “insulting” comments about Mohammed in his blog.

Interviews Saatchi Gallery in London to Display Work of Kaloust Guedel

11:22 | May 24, 2013
His Cityscape #147 assemblage/collage art work will soon be on display at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London.

News Gas Protest: Activists Demand to be Heard at Parliament Talks

19:01 | May 23, 2013
A few score of citizen activists gathered today outside the gates of the National Assembly to protest any hike in natural gas rates.

News Electricity Rates to Rise by 27%

14:11 | May 23, 2013
Garegin Baghramyan, who heads the Rates Policy Unit of the Public Services Regulatory Commission, today announced that electricity prices would rise some 27% (7-8 AMD per 1 kilowatt hour), adding that he couldn't say when the rise would take effect.

News 76 to 41: Parliament Passes Government Programme

12:56 | May 23, 2013
By a vote of 76 to 41, the RA National Assembly minutes ago approved the government’s “program” for the next five years.

News Akhtala Mayor: "The ministry has forgotten about our tailing waste problems"

12:49 | May 23, 2013
Haygaz Khachikyan, mayor of the northern Armenian town of Akhtala, says he warned provincial authorities about the growing environmental dangers his community faces caused by the tailings dams owned by the Akhtala Enrichment Plant

News Prosperous Armenia Rejects Government's Proposed Future Program

12:37 | May 23, 2013
Speaking on behalf of the Prosperous Armenia Party, MP Stepan Margaryan today stated in parliament that his party could not support the government’s plan for the next five years.

News Consumer Advocate: "Everyone should refuse to pay gas price hike"

12:20 | May 23, 2013
Ashot Mirzoyan, President of the Consumers’ Assistance Center, today told reporters that the only way to avoid a gas price hike would be for the nation en-masse to not pay their utility bills.

News Minister Visits Pak Shouka; Sees No Violations

11:56 | May 23, 2013
After being grilled by MPs yesterday regarding on-again, off again, construction at Yerevan’s Pak Shouka (Closed Market), RA Minister of urban Construction Samvel Tadevosyan visited the site.

News Yerevan-Tbilisi Flights from June 1 - October 26

11:03 | May 23, 2013
Georgian Airways will begin scheduled daily flights from Yerevan to Tbilisi from June 1 to October 26.

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