July 18: Fares for public transportation by bus or minibus are scheduled to increase from 100 to 150 dram. The owners of 48 companies operating privatized transportation routes had filed petitions with the Yerevan municipality […]
Germany has decided to name several neighborhoods, streets, buildings, and public schools in Berlin and other German cities after Adolf Hitler and other Nazi “heroes.” If the above statement were to be true, how would […]
YEREVAN—On the occasion of the 9th Pan-Homenetmen Games in Armenia, taking place from July 27 to Aug. 3, members of Homenetmen’s Central Committee meet with Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Minister of Diaspora Hranush […]
The story last year about women in an Armenian border town knitting teddy bears for their families’ subsistence inspired many in the diaspora. It seemed the bears would be unstoppable—they soon made their way into Armenian-American […]
On July 26, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Lisbon Five operation, hundreds marched in Lebanon in commemoration of the legacy of the five young Armenians who gave their lives for the […]
Thousands of activists celebrate victory across the capital YEREVAN (A.W.)—Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan suspended the decision to raise transportation fares in a statement publicized on July 25. However, Margaryan insisted that the rise in prices […]
Layer by layer, the excavated ruins of one of the ancient Armenian cities of Tigranakert is revealing evidence of a once-thriving Armenian settlement that dates back to before the time of Christ. This Tigranakert is […]
My mama used to say, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” What mama failed to tell me was this. What do you do if the heat is all around you—inside, […]
Of course the old saw actually goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But in the topsy-turvy world that seems to be the Republic of Armenia (RoA), the way I have this article titled—“If […]
Electricity production in Armenia has fully recovered from the major problems it was facing in the early 1990’s and is now a reliable industry. Armenia’s energy issues began after the 1989 earthquake, when the government […]
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