Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša faces heavy pressure to resign after the country’s Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC) accused him of failing to declare over US$ 266,000 in private assets.
“We drink vodka due to a lack of state policy. We aren't a nation of wine drinkers,” argues Haroutyunyan. He blames wine growers for lagging in terms of advertising Armenian wines both locally and internationally.
The Free Democrats Party of Armenia has announced that it will not be actively supporting any of the candidates running for president.
Who is best qualified to be the next president of Armenia among the candidates running? Who among them is most likely to win? Who is in a position to head the country in meeting the challenges during the next five years?
Who is best qualified to be the next president of Armenia among the candidates running? Who among them is most likely to win? Who is in a position to head the country in meeting the challenges during the next five years?
Residents of the Armenian town of Meghradzor, the site of a planned cyanide plant, have come to Yerevan to stage a protest outside the Presidential Palace today.
January 24 saw the premier of the documentary film "Crime after the Great Crime", exposing the ongoing Turkish state policy of destroying all traces of Armenian culture in Western Armenia.
Aris Nalcı, a former editor of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, has called on Turkish authorities to launch a large-scale investigation into the recent spate of attacks against Armenian women in Istanbul.
The Teghout Defense Civil Initiative has called on all presidential candidates to allocate their free Public TV airtime, either fully or in part, to the citizens of Armenia.
We are writing to express our profound concern regarding the lack of effective investigation into allegations of ill-treatment relating to the case of Armenian National Congress activists Tigran Araqelyan, Artak Karapetyan, Sargis Gevorgyan, and Davit Kiramijyan, accused of disorderly conduct and violence against government representatives during an encounter with Yerevan police in August 2011.
A day of remembrance for Levon Minasian, the noted Iranian-Armenian teacher, academic and national activist who recently passed away at the age of 93, was held on January 22 at the National Library of Armenia.
Armenian priests, members of the Brotherhood of St James of Jerusalem, have cast their votes in favor of Archbishop Sevan Gharibian as their Patriarchate's new Grand Sacristan, the second most important and prestigious position within the church after the patriarch.