Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan will buy the house of famous Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan, chairman of Armenian Writers’ Union Levon Ananyan told reporters on Tuesday. As he informed he had received a letter from Gyumri’s mayor in which the mayor stated that the Gyukasyan family was ready to...
Lasha Shushanashvili
Georgia is seeking the extradition of a Georgian mafia boss being held in Greece who is also wanted in Spain and by Interpol, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
“Georgia will demand extradition of (Lasha) Shushanashvili, because he was wanted by Georgian police,” Deputy Foreign...
YEREVAN. – Armenian capital Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court started Karen Arayan’s hearing. The session is closed, and, as a source from the court informed, it is likely to be adjourned.
As NEWS.am informed earlier, Armenian actress Anzhela Sargsyan’s ex-boyfriend...
Karolin Fisekci
ANKARA. – Famous Turkish writer, Noble Prize winner Orhan Pamuk warned his Armenian ex-girlfriend Karolin Fisekci through his lawyer to stop talking about him with or without any reason.
Pamuk’s lawyer stated that Fisekci is not Pamuk’s girlfriend anymore and warned the woman to...
From early morning Armenians are expressing their gratitude for the adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of genocides by putting flowers in front of the French Embassy building, says the NEWS.am correspondent.
Young people have gathered near the embassy in center of Yerevan to express their...
Ferries from the mainland ten times fuller than they would normally be at this time of year
Giglio Tourist Board said they feel uncomfortable with people visiting the island to ‘gawp’ at the vessel
Hundreds of tragedy tourists – armed with picnics and cameras – have arrived...
Wikipedia and others who participated in an unprecedented Internet blackout Wednesday have brought their sites back online with the promise to keep their battle going against the contentious Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
In a message on its website, Wikipedia thanked...
Nigel Ely
AN ex-SAS man who seized a buttock from Saddam Hussein’s statue has been told by the Iraqi government to give it back.
Nigel “Spud” Ely, 52, was guarding a camera crew in April 2003 as they filmed jubilant Iraqis pulling down the giant statue in Baghdad.
Nigel picked up a...
A man who admitted killing four people in a rampage of stabbings, carjackings and other crimes was sentenced Wednesday to 200 years in prison, and had a bizarre outburst in court that included laughing and yelling at victims’ relatives.
Maksim Gelman, born in Ukraine, pleaded guilty in...
Ulugbek Kodoriv
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — An Uzbekistan native, indicted on federal charges of threatening the life of President Barack Obama and illegally possessing weapons, including a fully automatic weapon and a grenade, plans to plead guilty in the case next month.
U.S. District Court Judge Abdul...
