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Media Review | Opposition Leader Jirair Sefilian Sentenced to More Than a Decade in Prison

Lebanese-born opposition figure and prominent veteran of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) War, Jirair Sefilian, 51, was sentenced to 10 years and…

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Loosening Up Armenia’s Labor Code: An Interview With A Local Anti-Corruption Lawyer

It has been months now that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia is preparing changes to the…

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Alternatives to Mining in Armenia: How Realistic Are They?

When your country’s Prime Minister is the former CEO of one of the largest gas corporations in the world, it…

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New Healthcare Regulation Requires Doctors’ Prescriptions for Medicines in Armenia

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Based on a decision adopted in Nov. 2017, out of the 4,700 medicines registered in Armenia, 2,700 will be obtainable…

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Unseen Armenia: Musaler

On the road near Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport, visitors may have noticed a sign for Musaler village and the red masonry…

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Unseen Armenia: Artsakh Wine Festival, Togh Village

  It would have been hard to imagine a more suitable site for the Sept. 16 Artsakh Wine Festival than…

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Unseen Armenia: An Only Slightly Disappointing Day

  We left Shushi in Artsakh, passing Tigranakert, the remains of one of Armenian King Tigran II’s regional capitals. King…

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Unseen Armenia: Kamaris and Akori (Part II)

Friedrich Parrot of the University of Dortmund, Germany, accompanied by his translator and author, Khachatur Abovian, made the first documented…

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Unseen Armenia: Kamaris and Akori (Part I)

Kamaris[i] is a village in Kotayk marz (province) with a population of about 2,000, according to figures from 2001. There…

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Unseen Armenia: Varagavank, Nor Varagavank

Holy Cross of Varag Day In third century A.D. on Varag Mountain, on the south shore of Lake Van in…

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