Between 12 and 17 May 2013, Armenia's Armavir province was hit by hailstorms damaging almost all crops of more than half of the communities in the region. Among the 46 communities and 12,800 households affected by the disaster, 7,131 households in the 14 hardest hit communities have lost 100% of their harvest.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today received Jewish historian Yair Auron, now visiting Yerevan for the launch of the Armenian translation of his work Banality of Indifference.
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan left for Tbilisi today for meetings with his Georgian counterpart and other high-ranking officials.
Officials of the Armenian Embassy in Moscow have still not met with Hrachya Haroutyunyan, the driver now facing criminal charges stemming from a road accident resulting in the death of 18 individuals.
Elya, a resident of the Syunik village of Khoznavar, says she no longer travels to the regional capital of Goris because the minivan company once serving outlying communities has halted service, arguing that it was operating in the red due to a lack of passengers.
New Times political party President Aram Karapetyan says that Russian-Armenian relations have soured of late even though he sees no overt anti-Armenian policies emanating from Moscow.
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