By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 4–Armenian archeologists carried out successful excavations on the territory of the ancient settlement of Shengavit, Hakob Simonian, the director of the Research Center of Cultural and Historical Heritage, told journalists. According to Simonyan, other archeological excavations were carried out in Shengavit–in 1936-1938 under the direction of Yevgeni Bayburdian and 1958-1983 [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 2 — About five years have passed since the Russian forces left the Armenian-inhabited city of Akhalkalaki, Georgia. Georgian authorities promised to place everyone in a job, nevertheless they haven’t. During the ensuing years none of those employees of the former Russian military base was provided with a job. Hakob [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 30– The daughter of the Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee, who is essentially a governmental minister, fell in love with an Armenian guy. The girl is studying in London. The Azerbaijani newspaper Yeni Musavat reports that the event shocked even the highest levels of the Azerbaijani authorities. Azerbaijanis studying [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 23–Azerbaijan confirmed Dmitry Medvedev’s new plan to solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem, but rejected it after all. The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan Elkhan Polukhov said that the “working proposals” made by Medvedev and accepted by Armenia were completely unacceptable for Baku, because Russia, according to Polukhov, didn’t [...]

July 17–Swallows dart around the dome of the 10th century Armenian church rising from an island set amid the turquoise waters of Lake Van. Tombstones with ancient Christian inscriptions and crosses lie scattered among the weeds in the garden, where day-trippers picnic in the shade of almond trees and sunbathe after a swim. The serenity [...]

By Levon Chorbajian Rouben Galichian’s “The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Showcasing of Imagination” (Gomidas Institute/Printinfo Art Books) is a very important book that addresses a core issue facing the Armenian people 95 years after the Armenian Genocide: survival in the face of further erasures and eradications. This is an issue with many [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), June 24– Rain showers in Armenia have caused the unprecedented rise of Lake Sevan. Since the beginning of the year, the lake’s level has risen by 78 cm, reaching 1901.1 m, Vladimir Movsisian, Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Problems of Lake Sevan informed. “By 2029, Lake Sevan’s level will have reached [...]