[ last updated 16:08 ] Almost two in three Armenians believe that corruption in their country has increased in recent years despite declared government efforts to combat it, according to new research made public on Wednesday.
[ last updated 16:14 ] Ignoring expected opposition from President George W. Bush, Democratic and Republican lawmakers have introduced a resolution urging the U.S.
government to recognize as genocide the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the end of World War I.
[ last updated 16:18 ] About a hundred student activists staged on Wednesday a rare demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan to protest continuing racially motivated attacks on Armenians in Russia.
[ last updated 16:20 ] The European Parliament observed a minute's silence on Wednesday in memory of slain journalist Hrant Dink, a leading member of Turkey's tiny Armenian minority.
[ last updated 16:07 ] “Aravot” reports that the chief of the national police, Hayk Harutiunian, has instructed all regional police branches to tighten security in and around government buildings from May 5-30.
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