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Health Minister: Smoking Ban and Universal Coverage Coming Soon

YEREVAN—In an interview with the Armenian Weekly, Armenian Health Minister Arsen Torosyan discussed his Ministry’s priorities in the Pashinyan government’s…

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Notes from the Pink City

Trolls and Politicians: Anxieties of Governance in the Internet Age

Less than six months into its first term, Armenia’s new government has a lot on its agenda. Tasked with overhauling…

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Garen Mouths Off

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Anti-ARFism

It seems like the Soviet Era is reaching out from the grave and grabbing the Republic of Armenia. The level…

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Nonprofit News

SAS Awards Travel, Research Grants to Grad Students

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) has chosen the inaugural group of applications for its “Graduate Research and Conference Grants…

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In Sight

Diaspora and Armenia: Discovering a Rewarding Connection in a Rural Village

Life has a way of offering us variety. We mature, acquire values, pass them to succeeding generations and hopefully leave…

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UWC Dilijan College Presents Graduating Class of 2019 Ahead of Fifth Anniversary

DILIJAN—On Saturday afternoon, more than 100 students hailing from 61 countries graduated from Dilijan College—forming the fourth cohort to graduate…

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Judicial reform underway following controversial Kocharyan ruling

YEREVAN—The Armenian National Assembly held its first hearing on transitional justice on Friday. Lawmakers debated the mechanisms of a planned…

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Notes from the Pink City

Should the government tackle gambling at the expense of jobs?

On Wednesday morning a crowd accosted lawmakers entering the National Assembly ahead of a parliamentary hearing over a proposal to…

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Opinion

The Question of “Baku or Not Baku?” Has One Answer: “Not Baku”

The lead-up to this year’s Europa League final, which is the Union of European Football Association’s (UEFA) penultimate continental club…

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Notes from the Pink City

Meet the artists trying to revive Yerevan’s medieval city-center

Yerevan celebrated its 2800th birthday last year, but one would be hard-pressed to find any structure in the city old…

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