Maran, a winery founded in 1991 but which dates back to the 1800s, produced the first wine in the Republic of Armenia after the country gained independence and recently received a bronze medal in the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards for its Bagratuni dry red wine. Hetq paid a visit to Maran's premises and had a chance to speak with the founder and director Avag Harutyunyan.
On May 18, Artsakh youth held a demonstration in Stepanakert's Renaissance Square to protest OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick's six-point statement made on May 7 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.
The man responsible for a shooting on Saturday near Yerevan's "Vernissage" outdoor market turned himself into the police.
Here, justice is viewed as a performance. In France, they respect justice — here [in Armenia], they pollute it. This is my impression.