YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-The World Bank announced on Friday the release of a fresh US$40 million loan designed to finance the reconstruction and repair of some 430 kilometers of rural roads across Armenia.

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the "oligopolistic" structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows "zero tolerance" of corruption...

The longest rope-way in the world will be built in Southern Armenia connecting a 5.7km stretch from the Halidzor village deep into the mountains of the country's ancient Syunik regin to the historic Tatev Monastary...

WASHINGTON (AP)-About 5,500 years ago someone in the mountains of Armenia put his best foot forward in what is now the oldest leather shoe ever found.