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Karapetian Orders Action Against Government ‘Theft’

(RFE/RL)- Prime Minister Karen Karapetian ordered the Armenian government to root out what he called the embezzlement of budgetary funds set aside for government officials’ travel expenses. Karapetian alleged and decried the illegal practice after his chief of staff, Davit Harutiunian, unveiled a new electronic system for the purchase of air ...

Diaspora Celebrities Urge ‘Democratic Change’ In Armenia

(RFE/RL)- Rock musician Serj Tankian and other prominent Diaspora Armenian artists have called on Armenia’s government to end widespread corruption, respect laws and hold democratic elections, in a joint appeal which they hope will speed up democratic change in the country. The signatories described themselves as a Justice Within Armenia ...

Arsinee Khanjian on the recent events in Armenia, the diaspora’s response and what needs to be changed in our mindsets

  “For so many years we dreamt of this country...now it’s time we address its harsh realities” Interview by Karin Saghdejian Canadian filmmaker and actor Arsinée Khanjian was involved in the demonstrations this past summer in Yerevan during which she was briefly detained. In a Skype interview TorontoHye’s Editor-In-Chief, ...