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Disability Rights Protection Month launches in Armenia
A Disability Rights Protection Month to last till December 15 was launched in Armenia. The event aims to increase awareness of the disabled issues and draw the employees' attention to their work potential. Screening of...
Hundreds Rally in Kapan Against Uranium Mining
On Thursday, November 11, hundreds of Kapan area residents staged a peaceful demonstration against uranium exploratory mining in the region. The demonstration was organized by six local groups and lasted for an hour in...
Husband Who Beat to Death His Wife Seeks for Extenuating Circumstances
Yanis Sarkisov who beat to death his wife Zaruhy Petrosyan has applied for acknowledgement of paternity for his daughter Lilia. Gor Margaryan, attorney of Zaruhy Petrosyan's legal successor Hasmik Petrosyan, informed...
"Right to Fair Trial and Judicial Independence"
On November 9, 2010, the Civil Society Seminar on the Right to a Fair Trial and Independence of the Judiciary was launched at Golden Tulip Yerevan hotel, which will last until November 10. The aim of the seminar is to...
Armenian expert was elected in the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Elections of new members of UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) took place on 28 October 2010 at the United Nations in Geneva, where States...
Armenia ranks 76th in UN Human Development Report
The top 10 countries in United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) 2010 Annual Human Development report are Norway, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Ireland, Lichtenstein, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden and...
Press Release
The ARM MoD informs that in the frames of the 27 October, 2010 Astrakhan agreement reached during the meeting of the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, on the 4th of November, 2010 at 12:00 on the north-...
Davit Jamalyan: People gained independence in their ethnic borders do not concede territory
It is not always that imperial centers reconcile themselves with independence of peoples as a result of collapse of empires. Azerbaijan, driven by murmur of loss of the own empire, cannot adapt itself to the reality,...
Gender situation in Armenia presented
 On November 1, Armenian Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan received USAID/E&E Bureau Gender Advisor Catherine Cozzarelli. It was noted at the meeting that the gender movement has been activated in Armenia since...
The Azeri Captive in Armenia Wrote a Letter to His Mother. He Has No Problems
The Sergeant of Azeri army Anar Khanbabaoghu Gajiev, who is currently in Armenia, wrote a letter to his family.  This was reported to APA news agency by Nailya Mamedova, mother of the captive. She announced that the...