In a last-minute U-turn, opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Tuesday that he is withdrawing his unexpected resignation from Armenia's parliament which has sown discord within his Heritage party.

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Raffi Hovannisian, the leader of a major Armenian opposition party, has decided to end his membership in the country's parliament, a senior party source said on Monday.

BY RAFFI K. HOVANNISIAN - Today's Turkey is the denialist bearer of the Ottoman execution of the great genocide and national dispossession of the Armenian people nearly a century ago.

  SHENZHEN, China-With the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the Armenian Community of China celebrated its first Armenian baptism on Chinese soil in recent history on July 9.  

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-The number of officially registered real estate transactions in Armenia jumped by 36 percent in June after months of rapid decline reflecting the ongoing economic crisis, the government said on Friday.