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Yerevan: Sasna Dzrer Trial Plods Along

16:13 | 07.20.2017

At today’s trial of 18 members of the Sasna Dzrer group who seized a Yerevan police building last July, the judge sustained a motion by defense lawyers ...

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Filmmaker Nigol Bezjian: “Censorship of art is cultural suicide”

21:42 | 07.19.2017

There is no reason or explanation for the cancelation. I later learnt through social media that the festival had to withdraw two films with LGBT themes ...

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Yerevan Meeting Discusses Inefficient Management of Ararat Valley Aquifer; Calls Made for Greater Public Participation

18:22 | 07.18.2017

The Ararat Valley aquifer spans some 1,300 square kilometers. However, many local communities lack potable and irrigation water due to poor resource ...

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Armenia’s Border Villages: Scorching Sun and Drying Apricots

20:40 | 07.17.2017

Koghbavan and Bagaran are border villages in Armenia’s Armavir province.

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No Easy Work: Yerevan Native Lousineh, Adapts to Village Life

10:41 | 07.18.2017

Lousineh says her 5,000 AMD in daily wages is sufficient for the family to get by.

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The “Repatriates”: Deception, Sacrifice, and Now Scorn

09:06 | 07.17.2017

Readers of Hetq might have noticed a recent series of articles describing the sad fate of some 90-100,000 “repatriates” who relocated to the Armenian ...

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Armenia’s National Gallery: Heat, Dust and Sunlight Threaten Valuable Artworks

12:11 | 07.15.2017

The collection of paintings includes works by Hakob Hovnatanyan, Vardges Surenyants, Martiros Saryan, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Tintoretto, Rubens ...

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Yerevan: 5th Annual Watermelon Festival

23:23 | 07.15.2017

Yerevan’s 5th annual Watermelon Festival took place today near Swan Lake, led by workers from the Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre.

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Armenia: Gevorgyan Family Gears Up for Another Broccoli Crop

16:52 | 07.15.2017

The Gevorgyan family has been growing broccoli, in hothouses and the open, in the Armavir village of Arshaluys for four years.

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Adam Sahakyan – Studies in Yerevan but Dreams of Returning to His Native Lori Home

15:54 | 07.12.2017

Adam Sahakyan dream that one day his friends and relatives will return to their native village of Akner in Armenia’s Lori Province.

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