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Members of Congress Welcome Artsakh President to Capitol Hill on Historic Visit

 Artsakh President Bako Sahakian addresses members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Wedneday WASHINGTON—In a first-ever visit to the U.S. Capitol by an Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) head of state, President Bako Sahakian delivered a powerful pro-peace ...
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Dean Cain, Montel Williams awarded Armenia’s Order of Honor

 YEREVAN- President Serzh Sargsyan today received producers of the Architects of Denial documentary Dean Cain and Montel Williams and their families. The President shared his impressions from the film that premiered at Moscow Cinema yesterday, ...
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Armen Sarkissian elected Armenia’s fourth President

 (Armradio)- The Armenian National Assembly voted 90 to 10 to elect Armen Sarkissian as the country’s 4th President. One ballot was considered invalid. Sarkissian will assume his duties at a special sitting of the National Assembly on April ...
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New Records Added to ANI Website; English and Turkish Language Sites Expanded

 The eternal flame at the Armenian Genocide memorial complex in Yerevan (Photo: Serouj Ourishian) By Contributor WASHINGTON—With 7.5 million hits registered in 2017, the Armenian National Institute (ANI) websites in English (armenian-genoc...
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EU, Armenia sign Partnership Priorities with €160 mln aid package

 (Panarmenian) - The European Union will provide financial assistance worth €160 million to Armenia by 2020 under a new document signed by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of ...
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Karabakh movement: 30 years after the first demonstration in Yerevan

 30 years ago on February 20, the Karabakh liberation movement – a mass movement for the unification of Karabakh with Armenia – reached Yerevan, with massive demonstrations staged in what is now called the Freedom Square. The ...
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The Country Breeding a Generation of Chess Whizz Kids – BBC on Armenia

 Chess academy teacher Tigran congratulates a young opponent BBC has published an article on Armenia as the first country to have introduced compulsory chess lessons in schools since 2011. “With a population of a little over three million, ...
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Armenia assumes vice-chairmanship of key UNESCO Committee

 As member of the Intergovernmental Committee on Non-material Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, Armenia became Vice President of the Bureau of the Committee for a one-year term, receiving the unanimous support of the Committee’s member states. Bureau ...
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Yerevan’s ‘Aleppo Cuisine’ Center Looks to Provide Jobs—and Hope—to Refugee Families

 Donors pose with the management of the Aleppo Cuisine Center (Photo: Aleppo-NGO) By Hagop Toghramadjian YEREVAN—After months of preparation, the Aleppo Compatriotic Charitable Organization (Aleppo-NGO), a Syrian-Armenian humanitarian ...
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Average Life Expectancy is up in Armenia

 According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the country’s population was 2,972,900 as of January 1, 2018, which is 13,200 people less than January 1 of the previous year. As of January 1 of the current year, 1,560,800 women and ...
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