SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL AND BISHOP IMPLICATED IN ARMENIAN CORRUPTION AFFAIR.
The Armenian Defense Ministry's Budget Department chief, Colonel Mavrik Avetisian, has committed suicide on the eve of an overdue financial audit. He is said to... MORE
THE ROLE OF THE INTELLIGENTSIA IN FORMING AND MAINTAINING ARMENIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY
By Emil Danielyan The mood was euphoric among Armenia's intellectual elite following Robert Kocharian's rise to power last February. Endorsements during the presidential campaign made... MORE
KIRKORIAN LAUNCHES INVESTMENT PROGRAM IN ARMENIA.
Armenian-American billionaire Kirk Kirkorian yesterday set aside US$250 million of his own funds to support Armenia's economic development. The initiative includes a US$100 million credit... MORE
MOSCOW DISAVOWS ARMENIAN THREAT TO INCORPORATE KARABAKH.
In a June 19 statement, Russia's Foreign Ministry took firm exception to Armenia's warning that it could unilaterally recognize Karabakh's independence and declare unification with... MORE
TBILISI HAS ONLY PARTIAL CONTROL OVER GEORGIA’S ARMENIAN REGIONS.
By Igor Rotar Georgia's ethnic Armenian population compactly resides in the Meskhet-Javakhetia region, which borders Armenia, predominantly on the Javakhetian side. Armenians make up more... MORE
THE FAMED ARMENIAN COGNAC TO ACQUIRE FRENCH FLAVOR.
The French company Pernod-Ricard has won the international tender for the privatization of the Yerevan cognac factory, the flagship of this industry in the former... MORE
ARMENIA TO RETURN GERMAN CULTURAL VALUABLES.
By a decree signed on May 1, the recently elected President Robert Kocharian ordered the return of German art objects, old books and manuscripts representing... MORE
THE ARMENIAN ECONOMY: CONTINUING STAGNATION AMID FRESH PROMISES OF RECOVERY.
By Emil Danielyan Hardly any other part of the former Communist bloc has seen such a dramatic economic decline as has the South Caucasus, in... MORE
HAIRIKIAN, HOVHANISSIAN APPOINTED TO TOP ARMENIAN POSTS.
Armenia's new president, Robert Kocharian, yesterday appointed two key allies, Vahan Hovhanissian, as public affairs coordinator, and Parvir Hairikian, to the combined posts of head... MORE