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“The Seat Is Sweet”: What’s Holding Up Elections for a New Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople?

10:55 | 03.02.2015

The Armenian community of Istanbul believes there is only one reason why elections to appoint a new Patriarch Of Constantinople haven’t been held—Archbishop ...

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Armenian Bar Association on Genocide Centennial: “Let Our Redemption Begin and End with Us”

14:36 | 03.04.2015

The two girls were born three months and three hundred miles apart in 1909, one in Kharpert’s Kessrik village and the other in Ordu’s seaside hills ...

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From Lake to Table: Armenian MP Builds Fish Market in Tbilisi

09:35 | 03.03.2015

Vardan Ayvazyan, a Republican Party MP in Armenia’s parliament who heads the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, is building a huge fish market ...

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In 1999, Russia Wanted to Try Its Two Soldiers Accused of Murder in Gyumri; Armenia Refused

13:02 | 03.02.2015

In the first installment of this article comparing the cases of murders committed by Russian soldiers, the first in 1999 and the second in January of ...

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“The Seat Is Sweet”: What’s Holding Up Elections for a New Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople?

10:55 | 03.02.2015

The Armenian community of Istanbul believes there is only one reason why elections to appoint a new Patriarch Of Constantinople haven’t been held—Archbishop ...

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20 Years after the Ceasefire: Still Hoping for Peace

09:42 | 03.02.2015

By Yulia Grigoryants

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When a Hospital Needs “Emergency Care”

21:24 | 02.20.2015

The hospital in the town of Etchmiadzin was built in 1972 and hasn’t undergone major renovations since. Much of the medical equipment is decades old. ...

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Sex Ed a Taboo in Armenia: If Taught at All, It’s by Phys Ed Teachers, Some 80 Years Old

15:45 | 02.27.2015

The highest number of HIV cases was reported in Yerevan, the capital: 667 cases, which constitute 34.2% of all registered cases.

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Tonsillectomy Gone Horribly Wrong: Ministry of Health Absolves Physicians of Medical Malpractice

16:10 | 02.26.2015

Everyone wants to wash their hands of any responsibility regarding what happened to little 6 year-old Hasmik.

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Armenia: My Illusion

13:14 | 02.27.2015

For a Turk, going to Armenia seems a crazy idea. It’s not like going anywhere else with a Turkish passport.

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February 23, 2015

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