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Business Tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan Charged with Bribery, Corruption

YEREVAN—Gagik Tsarukyan, Armenia’s wealthiest businessman and leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party, has been formally charged with corruption and…

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Opinion

National Assembly Brawl Exposes the Embarrassing

Punches being thrown in politics is not a new thing, and it isn’t even exclusive to one part of the…

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News

Scuffles Erupt in National Assembly Over Criminal Code Overhaul

Editor’s Note: The National Assembly approved the final reading of this law on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. YEREVAN—A shouting match…

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Notes from the Pink City

Alen Simonyan’s Social Media Spat Brings Up Questions About Decorum

Armenia’s Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan probably didn’t expect that an Instagram post would trigger such a ruckus. The photo…

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Community News

NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan Visits Boston Area, ARF Archives

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Armenia’s National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan just wrapped up his three day visit to the Greater Boston area this…

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Armenian government approves healthcare for minors, minimum wage hike

YEREVAN—The Armenian government has approved a proposal to provide free universal health coverage to all Armenians under 18 years of…

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National Assembly Approves New Tax Code, AYF Protests

YEREVAN—Parliament has approved a controversial tax code overhaul package which would introduce a flat personal income tax rate, cut corporate…

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Garen Mouths Off

Dropping Down Into Disappointment?

About two weeks ago, Mkhitar Hayrapetian was in the Los Angeles area and spoke at a public session held at…

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Open Letters

Open Letter: We Are Against the Flat Tax Proposal

In November 2018, Armenia’s acting government released a draft law, “On Amendments to the Tax Law of the Republic of…

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Notes from the Pink City

Democracy In An Opposition-Less Parliament

While Armenia’s post-Velvet Parliamentary convocation completes its first full week in session, one question still remains unanswered: Who is the…

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