The President of Uruguay, José Mujica, delivered a speech in a national radio and TV chain on January 27 to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, in which he described as "a real affront to humanity," and used the occasion to remember the Armenian Genocide.
Armenia’s Kotayk Provincial Court today sentenced performance artist Vardan Petrosyan to five years imprisonment for his involvement in an October 2013 deadly road accident in which two sixteen year old boys were killed and four others were injured.
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense reports that the body of Armenia solider Haykaz Barseghyan, was found earlier today hanging from a rope attached to the horizontal bar in the gym of a training unit in Yerevan he was assigned to.
Hundreds of small and medium sized business owners have again gathered outside the Government Building in Yerevan demanding that a new Circulation Tax law be nullified.
While the Investigative Committee (IC) has ordered a number of forensic and ballistic tests regarding the case, Hetq has learned that no psychological or psychiatric exams have been ordered as yet.
Over the last two years, Armenia’s potato exports have risen considerably.