OCCRP Wins Special Award at the European Press Prize

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has been honored by the European Press Prize (EPP) as a “force for good” in independent journalism, with the panel of judges giving the organization a special prize for achievement.

Kanye West's concert in Yerevan

Romania: 73 Syrian Migrants Discovered Hidden in Furniture Truck

Border authorities discovered 73 Syrian migrants packed into the back of a furniture truck on Saturday as the driver tried to cross the Romania-Hungary border.

Pope Francis: “Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it”

English Translation of the Greeting of the Holy Father (Mass for the Faithful of the Armenian Rite, April 12, 2015)

Armenian Mining Town of Alaverdi Enveloped in Smoke

Exhausts poured from the Armenian Copper Programme’s copper and molybdenum processing plant in Alaverdi from 11am to 3pm today, blanketing a number of neighborhoods in white smoke.

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Kanye West in the water in Yerevan

50 Bus Passengers Stranded for Several Hours at Armenian-Georgian Border

Fifty passengers in a bus travelling to Russia from Armenia were stranded for several hours last night at the Armenian-Georgian border after the bus driver was arrested when an argument broke out between him and border officials.