YEREVAN—On January 14 and 15, the AMAA Center on Baghramyan Street was crowded with children and their parents who gathered for special New Year’s and Christmas programs. These programs, which took place four times each […]
YEREVAN—Hundreds of women marched on the General Prosecutor’s Office in downtown Yerevan on Friday to protest the release on bail of former director of the Republican Institute of Reproductive Health, Dr. Razmik Abrahamyan. Abrahamyan is […]
NERKIN KARMIR AGHBYUR, Tavush—With the completion of the reconstruction at the secondary school in the large border village of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur in Armenia’s Tavush region, students are experiencing a vibrant newly energized approach to […]
YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called for level heads to prevail as tensions in the region flared over the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in last week’s US airstrike. Broadcasting on Facebook […]
YEREVAN—The Investigative Committee of Armenia arrested three civil servants late last week in connection with the National Security Service’s (NSS) ongoing investigation into illegal international adoptions. Officials arrested Liana Karapetyan, the director of a Yerevan […]
DILIJAN—Diaspora-Armenian entrepreneurs from 20 countries converged on the Armenian mountain resort town of Dilijan this week, representing 47 tech startups at NerUzh 2.0. The program, which includes a startup bootcamp, mentorship sessions, networking events as […]
YEREVAN—Small business owners confronting a wave of break-ins plaguing the city over the past year are demanding action from the police. Zak Valladian, a repat from Dubai, told the Armenian Weekly that his popular downtown […]
MIKHAYLOVKA, Lori—Following a year of 25th anniversary celebrations and the inaugural Forest Summit in October, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) planted its six millionth tree this fall. At a time when tree planting is trending across […]
A Canadian-Armenian has been named the first Charles Aznavour scholar at United World College Dilijan in Armenia. Armen Erzingatzian has been chosen as the first recipient of the scholarship. “I cannot describe what it felt like […]
YEREVAN (Asbarez/Weekly)—Two dozen protesters with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Youth Organization of Armenia were arrested this week for trying to enter the government building to meet with Armenia’s Education Minister Arayik Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan has […]
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