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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan: Development of Science Is a Core State Policy]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Pashinyan thanked event organizers for holding the discussion and stressed the importance of regular dialogue on the development of the scientific sector.  ]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:55:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Soft Construct Showcased New Career Opportunities at Career City Fest 2K26]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Throughout the two-day event, SoftConstruct’s pavilion served as a central hub for hundreds of attendees.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:49:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Internal Affairs Delegation Visits Romania for Cooperation Talks]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[At the meeting, State Secretary Bogdan Despescu at the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, issues of expanding bilateral cooperation, exchanging best practices, as well as issues of mutual interest were discussed.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:18:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Airlines to Replenish Fleet with Two Boeing 737-800 Planes]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian Airlines (AAL) plans to replenish its fleet with two Boeing 737-800 aircraft.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Vahe Sarukhanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181074</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:04:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police Arrest Security Head of Strong Armenia Alliance]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The alliance is regarded as a top challenger to Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party in the June parliamentary election.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Grisha Balasanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181080</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:41:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[First Quarter 2026: Mobile Centre Was Largest Taxpayer in Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[According to Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC), the company paid 21.4 billion drams in taxes and duties in the first three months of 2026, an increase of 4.8 billion drams (28.8%) when compared to the same quarter of 2025.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Seda Hergnyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181075</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:56:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Catholicos Aram I Urges Armenian Government to Pursue 1915 Genocide Recognition]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Under the patronage and presidency of Catholicos Aram I and organized by the three Lebanese-Armenian political parties, the memory of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide was commemorated at the Mayravank Monastery in Antelias, on April 23.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181046</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:04:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Yerevan’s Torchlight Procession to Mark 1915 Armenian Genocide]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The annual march is organized by the ARF’s youth wing.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Narek Aleksanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181038</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:21:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenia&#039;s Foreign Affairs Ministry - Remember the Genocide, but Pursue Peace]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One and a half million men, women, children, and elderly people fell victim to the Mets Yeghern, were killed or consigned to death solely for being Armenian.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181044</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:14:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan on Genocide Anniversary: &quot;Calls for Returning Lost Homeland Threaten Republic of Armenia&quot;]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The forces that speak with the calls and logic of “returning the lost homeland, restoring historical borders and justice” are putting the Republic of Armenia on the rails of the 1878 San Stefano Conference,]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181043</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:59:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan Honors Armenian Genocide Victims]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Pashinyan placed a wreath at the memorial and presented flowers at the eternal flame, honoring the victims of the Armenian Genocide.  ]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181040</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:16:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Catholicos Karekin II Marks Genocide Anniversary:  Calls for Restoring Justice and Truth]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[April 24 is a day of committment, intertwined with the demands of our people scattered around the world, which are free from hostility and hatred, aimed at restoring justice and truth and excluding the denial of the genocide disaster.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181039</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:13:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Taxpayer Money Used to Fly Top Armenian Officials on Planes Owned by Family of Ruling Party MP]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan visited Georgia and Kazakhstan in late March. They were transported by a business class plane (business jet).]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Vahe Sarukhanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180949</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:20:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Yerevan Court Extends Archbishop Galstanyan&#039;s Pre-Trial Detention]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenia’s National Security Service took Galstyan into custody last June when headed the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Tavush Diocese.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Gayane Hovsepyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181024</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:17:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Asian Development Bank Appoints New Country Director for Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ms. Sabyrova will lead ADB’s operations in Armenia, oversee the implementation of the bank’s operational approach, strengthen client relationships, and manage a cross-functional resident mission.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181026</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[WCC Head Calls for Release of Armenians Detained in Baku]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Pillay expressed concern over the 2023 forced displacement of Armenians from Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, which led to a mass exodus from their homeland.  ]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181025</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[File on Religious Rights of Displaced Artsakh Armenians Sent to UN]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[“This is a matter of human dignity,” said Siranush Sahakyan, adding, “nothing should prevent families from burying, mourning, and honoring their loved ones with dignity in accordance with their religion. These rights must be protected.”]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181023</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[ODIHR Opens Election Observation Mission in Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The mission is led by Janez Lenarčič and consists of a core team of thirteen experts based in Yerevan. Thirty long-term observers will be deployed throughout the country from 1 May, and ODIHR will also request 250 short-term observers.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:57:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Defense Minister, Georgian PM Discuss Regional Security]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Papikyan, according to his office, presented the priorities and prospects of cooperation, highly valuing the process of bilateral cooperation in the defense sector.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/181017</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:52:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Deputy PM, EU Delegation Head Meet in Yerevan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The EU Delegation to Armenia was established in February 2012 to facilitate Armenia–European Union relations and officially represents the EU in Armenia.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180995</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:50:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian, Georgian Defense Ministers Discuss Cooperation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The defense ministers of Armenia and Georgia (Suren Papikyan, Irakli Chikovani) met today in Tbilisi and discusses defense sector cooperation and regional security matters.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180993</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:11:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[James Tufenkian Pursues Legal Remedy at ECHR Regarding Property Dispute with Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Later, Avagyan re-registered part of that area and sold it to Tufenkian’s company at a questionable price.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Kristine Aghalaryan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180978</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:50:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan, NATO Rep Discuss Cooperation Prospects]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Kevin Hamilton, NATO’s Secretary General&#039;s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, met today in Yerevan and discussed several issues related to the Armenia-NATO partnership agenda.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180976</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:23:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Deputy PM, French Ambassador Discuss Macron&#039;s May 4 Visit to Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The two, according to Khachatryan’s office, also discussed the involvement of the French side in the construction of the Sisian-Kajaran road section of the North-South road corridor and several issues concerning bilateral relations.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:57:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ruben Vardanyan Urges Armenia&#039;s Human Rights Defender to Visit Detainees in Baku]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[I urge you to consider organizing a visit to Baku with your participation, and, under appropriate conditions, with the participation of relatives of Armenian prisoners as well.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180966</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian, Belgian Foreign Ministers Discuss Steps to Expand Economic Ties]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The foreign ministers of Armenia and Belgium (Ararat Mirzoyan, Maxime Prévot) by telephone yesterday discussed the agenda items of the upcoming European Political Community and Armenia-EU summits to be held in Yerevan in May, including issues on stre]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180965</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:09:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenia&#039;s Alexandra Grigoryan Wins Silver at European Weightlifting Championships]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenia’s Alexandra Grigoryan won a silver medal in the women&#039;s 58 kg weight category today at the European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Georgia, with a combined result of 210 kg.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Nare Petrosyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180959</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:48:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan Attends Yerevan Groundbreaking of Sports Complex Honoring Former Boxer]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and other top government officials were on hand today to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Arthur Abraham Youth Sports Complex in Yerevan.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180951</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:25:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenia&#039;s Garnik Cholakyan Wins Silver at European Weightlifting Championships]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[This was Armenia’s first medal at the European Championships that began yesterday]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Nare Petrosyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180950</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:46:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Exploring Sevan’s Depths: Local Diver Says It’s Like Landing on the Moon]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Vahe Melkonyan has been exploring the depths of Armenian’s Lake Sevan for the past twenty-two years.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Saro Baghdasaryan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180915</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:11:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Capacity of AI Factory Being Built in Armenia to Double]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Firebird co-founder Alexander Yesayan, during the AI ​​Conf 2026 conference at Yerevan State University on April 18, announced that the capacity of the AI Factory now under construction in Armenia will double.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Nare Petrosyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180916</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:38:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Parliament Speaker, Patriarch Mashalyan Meet in Istanbul]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The two, according to Simonyan’s office, visited the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary and toured the grounds of the patriarchate.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180920</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:33:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Public Procurement in Armenia: The Power of Law and the Human Factor]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Public procurement should ensure the best quality at the lowest price. However, sometimes the opposite occurs: low quality at a high price.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Armen Ghazaryan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180906</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:49:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Deputy FM: Normalizing Relations with Turkey Has Stalled]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CNN Turk quotes Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan as saying that Armenia is ready, both politically and technically, to open its border with Turkey and that the ball is now in the hands of Ankara.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180901</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:53:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenia to Spend $1.3 Million to Raise Computer Literacy for Unemployed]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Armenian government wants to spend AMD 493 million (US$1.328M) to teach some 10,000 unemployed citizens a variety of basic computer skills.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Grisha Balasanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180897</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:19:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Broadcasts Calling for War, Inciting Hate Speech to be Banned in Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenia’s National Assembly today adopted, in full, the second reading of a government sponsored bill of amendments to the Law On Audiovisual Media that prohibits the dissemination of information that calls for the violent overthrow of the constituti]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Grisha Balasanyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180892</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:47:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[ECHR Obliges Azerbaijan to Provide Armenian POW Verdicts by August 31]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The ECHR has set an August 31 deadline for Azerbaijan to provide transcripts of the verdicts the Baku Military Court handed down to the Armenian POWs.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180884</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:10:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police Arrest Strong Armenia Members for Bribing Voters]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The party, led by Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, is seen as the main challenger to Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party in the election that will decide the country’s next prime minister.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180886</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:52:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[FIDE Special Tasks Director Visits Armenia to Strengthen Chess Education Cooperation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Iashvili also visited the Armenian State Pedagogical University, the institution responsible for training Armenia’s chess teachers, and the Chess Scientific Research Institute, based at the university. ]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180882</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:47:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian Parliament Speaker in Istanbul for IPU Assembly]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, the overall theme of the event is “Nurturing hope, securing peace and ensuring justice for future generations.”]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180880</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:32:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan Boasts Armenia More Prosperous and Secure Than Ever]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Pashinyan said the proposed TRIPP project will bring Armenia out of a decades-long blockade and ensure the elimination of future hostilities with neighboring Azerbaijan.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180869</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:06:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan Travels to Yazidi Village for New Year&#039;s Celebration]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and other top government official travelled to the Armavir village of Aknalitch to  attend the Yazidi community&#039;s New Year celebration.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180867</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:33:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan Says Armenia Has Political Will to Join EU]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan stressed the role of civil society to bridge the gap between government institutions and the people during his address at the eighth meeting of the Armenia-EU Civil Society Platform in Yerevan today.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180864</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:13:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Armenian FM, EU VP Meet in Brussels; Discuss Upcoming Yerevan Summit]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Kaja Kallas (Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) met in Brussels today and discussed preparations to hold the first-ever Armenia-E]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180845</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:27:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pashinyan, French European Affairs Minister Delegate Discuss Regional Developments]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and French Minister Delegate for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad met today in Yerevan and discussed strengthening multi-sectoral cooperation  and ongoing preparations to hold the European Political Community Summit in Arm]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180840</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:05:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Caucasus Nature Fund Allocates €285,000 to Armenia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[€90,000 went to the Zangezur Biosphere Complex, €75,000 to the Khosrov Forest State Reserve, €70,000 to the Dilijan National Park, and €50,000 to the Arpi Lake National Park.]]></description>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180839</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Aztag Editor Reports Beirut Is Gripped by Fear]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[“When we hear Israeli drones and military jets, we know something bad is coming. That someone’s house will be demolished, someone’s life will be taken. There is a widespread atmosphere of fear and dread. This is also a war of nerves,” says Parseghian]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Marine Martirosyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180813</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:56:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[From Pothole to Pothole: Yerevan’s Patched Streets]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Each year, as the snow melts, Yerevan enters another pothole-filled spring.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Simon Hovhannisyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180829</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:28:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Election Campaigning in Armenia Intensifies Over the Weekend]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Campaigning in the run-up to the June parliamentary election in Armenia intensified over the weekend.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Simon Hovhannisyan)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180820</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:46:00 +0400</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Catholicos Aram I Lambastes Pashinyan Government for Ignoring Diaspora]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Catholicos Aram I accused the Armenian government of “ignoring the diaspora” despite the huge investments diasporan Armenians have made in Armenia and Artsakh and portrayed Armenia-diaspora relations at an all-time low.]]></description>
                  <author>info@hetq.am (Hrant Gadarigian)</author>
                  <link>https://www.hetq.am/en/article/180823</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:27:00 +0400</pubDate>
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