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Beloved Yerevan restaurant in peril 

Famous Yerevan eatery Dolmama is threatened with destruction after authorities transfer ownership to controversial construction magnate.

Beloved Yerevan restaurant in peril 

Famous Yerevan eatery Dolmama is threatened with destruction after authorities transfer ownership to controversial construction magnate.

Child safe after hostage crisis in Yerevan resolved 

The man surrendered to police after several hours of negotiation with Armenia’s Chief of Police. 

Child safe after hostage crisis in Yerevan resolved 

The man surrendered to police after several hours of negotiation with Armenia’s Chief of Police. 

Being Baha’i in Armenia

Armenia’s small Baha’i community has lived in the country for over a century; now they are finding their place in the new post-revolutionary order.

Being Baha’i in Armenia

By Armine Avetisyan

Armenia’s small Baha’i community has lived in the country for over a century; now they are finding their place in the new post-revolutionary order.

Pashinyan joined by Rouhani and Putin at Eurasian Economic Union summit in Yerevan

Eight heads of state visited the Armenian capital including Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was his first visit to Armenia since the Velvet Revolution.

Pashinyan joined by Rouhani and Putin at Eurasian Economic Union summit in Yerevan

Eight heads of state visited the Armenian capital including Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was his first visit to Armenia since the Velvet Revolution.

Yerevan municipality takes over waste-collection

Previously rubbish collection was under the sole purview of Sanitek, a Lebanon-based contractor. 

Yerevan municipality takes over waste-collection

Previously rubbish collection was under the sole purview of Sanitek, a Lebanon-based contractor. 

Armenian agricultural export giant Spayka charged with tax evasion

The State Revenue Committee has initiated criminal proceedings against Spayka a major exporter of agricultural products.

Armenian agricultural export giant Spayka charged with tax evasion

The State Revenue Committee has initiated criminal proceedings against Spayka a major exporter of agricultural products.

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

By Manya Israyelyan

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.

Trans woman ejected from Armenian parliament after appeal to MPs

Lilit Martirosyan gave an impassioned speech to MP’s calling for more protection for transgender people in the country.

Trans woman ejected from Armenian parliament after appeal to MPs

Lilit Martirosyan gave an impassioned speech to MP’s calling for more protection for transgender people in the country.

Protests as Yerevan authorities demolish cafés around Opera Square

The authorities said they wished to restore green areas in the city that had been developed on and vowed that more areas would be cleared.

Protests as Yerevan authorities demolish cafés around Opera Square

The authorities said they wished to restore green areas in the city that had been developed on and vowed that more areas would be cleared.

In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets.

In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets.