Issues of the Kura-Araks River Basin: Now and Then
The issue of water resource management and preservation of the Kura-Araks basin concerns all the South Caucasus countries, since the rivers forming the basin flow across the territories of the three countries, imposing them to various constraints. The constraints on the water resources...
Pornomania in Armenia Result of the Cult of Virginity
Armenia is ranked number one in the number of the searches for the word “porno,” sexologist Vrezh Shahramanyan told local reporters in Yerevan today. Citing date from Google Trends from 2004 to present day, Shahramanyan said Armenia ranked 100 out of a possible score of 100...
In Armenia, Large Families and Women Hardest Hit by Poverty
Armenian families with four or more children are statistically the most likely to fall into the lowest-income category, leaving them struggling to get by on pay and benefits, writes Sara Khojoyan for the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. With much of the male population forced to work...
Militants Clash with Police in Azerbaijan. Two Dead, Several Wounded
Two people died and five were wounded in an armed incident between militants and police in the city of Ganja in Azerbaijan, News.az reports. APA reports that one law-enforcement officer was killed and three were wounded during the incident. From the opposite side, one died and two were...
10-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth to Baby Girl
A 10-year-old Colombian girl has sparked outrage after becoming one of the world’s youngest ever mothers by giving birth to a healthy daughter, the Daily Mail reports. The girl, a member of an indigenous tribe called the Wayuu who are based in the La Guajira Peninsula in the north...
Eiffel Tower Lift Falls Down During Test
An lift at the Eiffel Tower in Paris has fallen down its shaft as it was undergoing maintenance tests. Management says the incident is ‘serious’ and is investigating its cause, The Local reports. The incident occurred in March, French daily Le Parisien reports. The paper says...
No Regional Vehicles to Enter Baku during Eurovision
In preparation of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, municipal authorities have decided to prohibit vehicles coming into the capital from the regions during the event. Contest organizers say there will be more than 20,000 visitors to Baku. As reported by Vesti.az, citing American radio...
Crisis 2: Political Art on Display in Yerevan (PHOTOS)
“You get up in the morning and don’t know what to do. Life has become mechanical and unbearable. You have lost your ideas. To act for satisfaction is as senseless as not to act. Everything is incredibly bad and uncomfortable, and your partners are so awkward that you cannot...
Armenia Ombudsman Expects Fair Elections from Police Chief, Prosecutor General
If in past elections, electoral violations were noted on Election Day, well now electoral violations will happen before voting day, predicted RA Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, speaking to reporters in the capital today. He suggested gathering an arsenal of violations and fighting...
Armenian President Suspected Gun in Dashnak’s Home to be Used for Political Motives: Paper
The large arsenal of weapons found in the Yerevan district of Nor Nork in February might have a connection to RA Police Forces Deputy Commander Vanik Manukyan, reports local daily Haykakan Jamanak (“Armenian Times”), citing its source close to the Special Investigations...
Armenian-American Police Detective Awarded $150K in Discrimination Case
A jury on Thursday awarded an Armenian American police detective $150,000 for claims that he faced on-the-job discrimination and harassment because of his ethnicity, his attorney said, the Glendale News-Press reports. The detective who filed the lawsuit, Steve Karagiosian, testified in...
Republican Party of Armenia Offers Own Solution to Inter-Party Cooperation
The idea of establishing an Inter-Party Center for Public Oversight of the Elections is itself a good one, but it pains me that due to indecorous preparations the declaration was signed by only 4 of the 9 political parties participating in the parliamentary election, Republican Party of...
Republican Party Distributes ‘Charitable’ Eggs Ahead of Easter
A “charitable drive” by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) was apparently in force on Thursday in a neighborhood of the Yerevan district of Ajapnyak. Several youth were going door-to-door distributing Arzni brand eggs ahead of the Easter holiday. A similar campaign...
From Specious Elections to Real Elections: Panelists Debate Issues in Armenia
If I were king I would get Armenia on the path to becoming an agrarian state, said professor at the State Agrarian University, former RA Agriculture Minister Samvel Avetisyan at an event organized by the Civilitas Foundation called “Setting the Electoral Agenda: Part 2,” when...
Clinton ‘Regrets Any Loss of Life’ in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (pictured), in written responses to questions submitted by Member of Congress Howard Berman (D-CA), the Ranking Democrat on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, offered inordinate and undeserved praise for Turkey for taking “concrete...
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