“Impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations persisted. Freedom of expression was restricted and journalists were attacked,” Amnesty Inertnational, a recognized international human rights watchdog has stated in The State of The World’s Human Rights report released last week.
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Tagged Amnesty, Armenia, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, Jehovah's Witnesses, Opposition, Police, Politics
We have been seeing a couple of mind blowing virtual architectural projects in Armenia, which will most probably never come to life.
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Tagged Ararat, Architechture, Armenia, city of world, Construction, Geocity, Yerevan
Armenia marked on Friday the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of the first short-lived independent republic that emerged from the ashes of the Russian Empire at the end of World War I.
Armenia - Eva Rivas during the dress rehearsal of the Eurovision song contest in Oslo 28.05.2010
Armenia’s entry presented by Russian-Armenian singer Eva Rivas earned one of twenty five final spots in the pan-European song contest during a semifinal competition on Thursday.
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The Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) approved on Tuesday a fresh hike in drinking water tariffs for consumers in Yerevan. Effective July 8th, drinking water will cost 195 drams per cubic meter, up 14 drams (4 cents) from current 181. Continue reading
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Story by Notes from Hairenik, photo from the Armenian Reporter
I will have to say that the only time I seem to experience stress nowadays is when I am behind the wheel. With the supposed 400,000 vehicles on the road in Armenia, excluding countless vehicles registered in Georgia but constantly cruise Yerevan’s chaotic streets, it’s an ordeal to get around town, especially when no one watches where they’re going. Continue reading
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Nagorno Karabakh -- Parliamentary elections in Stepanakert, 23May2010
While voters in Karabakh once again demonstrated, that the unrecognized Armenian republic is by far the most democratic place in the South Caucasus, OSCE Minsk Group released a statement using the openly contemptuous term “so-called parliamentary elections” to describe the poll. Continue reading
Weapons and military products produced in Armenia were showcased at the Defense Ministry’s Administrative Complex in Yerevan on Saturday, May 22. Items on display included submachine-guns, sniper rifles, pistols, explosive devices, laser equipment, means of telecommunication, etc.
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