YEREVAN (A.W.)—A shootout outside the occupied police station in Yerevan’s Erebuni district on the early morning of July 26 resulted in the wounding of two of the armed gunmen of the “Sasna Tsrer” opposition group, who […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of demonstrators marched in Yerevan on the evening of July 25 in support of the armed opposition group that continues to occupy a Yerevan police station since July 17. Protesters marched from near […]
Armenia’s National Security Service: ‘Individuals Voluntarily Backing Away from a Crime Can Be Exempted from Criminal Liability’ YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenian President Serge Sarkisian is ready to meet with imprisoned opposition leader Jirair Sefilian according to Vitaly […]
STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Armenian serviceman Arsen Arakelyan was killed by Azerbaijani fire along the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) Line of Contact (LoC) on the morning of July 23. An investigation into the details of Arakelyan’s death are […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The armed opposition group calling themselves “Sasna Tsrer,” which occupied a Yerevan police station on July 17, released all four police officers they were holding hostage after extensive negotiations with the Armenian government. The negotiations were done […]
ARF Supreme Council Calls for Settlement ‘Exclusively by Peaceful Means’; Warns Incident Can Lead to Disunity of Armenians YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia released a statement on July 22 regarding […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenian President Serge Sarkisian said the country’s problems “will not be solved through violence, attacks, or hostage taking” during a July 22 meeting with the heads of the National Security Service, police, prosecutor’s office, […]
What becomes of old books written by well-known authors? They either disappear into a yard sale, are found in a disposal section of an antique store if you’re lucky, or are put on a library […]
VANADZOR, Armenia—On July 19, the weeklong Millard Fuller Legacy Build was launched in the city of Vanadzor (Taron 3rd district, Lori region) to honor the memory of Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for […]
Most Armenians became ecstatic last Friday upon hearing that a military coup was in progress to topple Turkey’s President Erdogan. Even I was caught up in a momentary euphoria, until I recalled that while […]
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