What did visitors to Armenian news websites read in 2015?

To what extent did the year’s main news events interest readers?

We present the top 5 most read/watched stories of Hetq, News.am, Tert.am, 1in.am, Mediamax, Civilnet, and Azatutyun (RFE/RL’s Armenian service), as provided to us by our colleagues. [Note, in all cases, the top 5 are in Armenian; where possible, the links to the English translations are provided.]

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 Hetq

1. Yerevan Police Use Force to Disperse Electricity Rate Hike Sit-In Protest
2. Secret Account? Head of Armenian Church Shows Up in Leaked HSBC Files
3. All In the Family: Armenian Prime Minister’s Booming Business Empire-3
4. Musical Odyssey: Two Brothers from Armenia Reunite in Paris 14 Years Later
5. Tsarukyan Throws Down Gauntlet to Sargsyan: Calls for Complete Regime Change

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News.am

1. Photos of Avetisyan Family Who Was Murdered in Gyumri [AM]
2. Famous Actor Karen Janibekyan Passed Away [AM]
3. Kim Kardashian wears Armenian national costume (PHOTOS)
4. 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan dies (PHOTO)
5. Russia President addresses Armenians

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Tert.am

1. Avetisyans Buried in Gyumri [AM]
2. Gyumri: Police Release Footage From House of the Deceased [AM]
3. Famous Russian TV Host Andrey Malakhov Visited Little Seryozha [AM]
4. Protest against increase in electricity tariffs in Yerevan’s Liberty Square (updated)
5. Electric Yerevan: Peaceful protest continues in Baghramyan Avenue (livestream, updated)

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1in.am

1. Baghramyan Protests Against Rising Electricity Prices
2. Kanye West’s Live Performance in Downtown Yerevan Swan Lake
3. Kim Kardashian Arrives in Armenia
4. Sit-in on Baghramyan Avenue and Brutal Police Violence Against Protestors (Full Video) [AM, video]
5. Doctor Refuses to Provide First Aid to Female Demonstrator Subjected to Brutal Violence [AM, video]

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Mediamax

1. Ruben Vardanyan: “We should surprise and break the biases”
2. A Bit Cold, But Proud: Girls Who Accompanied [Visiting] Presidents [AM]
3. #ElectricYerevan: Vaghinak and Maksim [AM]
4. 100 years later in New York: #BeArmenian, #BeAlive
5. Lidia Leonova: “Egg as ransom, and swamp as path to freedom”

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Civilnet

1. Civilnet’s live stream page
2. Police Chief’s One Week: “Sober Up, Crazy Kids” [AM, video]
3. The series “From Your Pocket” [AM]
4. Surik Khachatryan: “The Chronicle of Robes” [AM, video]
5. Kim Kardashian, Khloe and Kanye West Visit Genocide Memorial

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Azatutyun (RFE/RL’s Armenian service)

1. Azatutyun TV (especially during #ElectricYerevan)
2. Founding Parliament Car Procession Participants Beaten Near Berdzor [AM]
3. Gagik Tsarukyan Calls for Achieving Serzh Sargsyan’s Resignation [AM]
4. Jirayr Sefilian and Argishti Kiviryan Respond to Police Chief’s Accusations [AM]
5. Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan Met [AM]

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Media.am selected the news outlets by considering their impact, audience, and content. We thank our colleagues for providing their lists of most read stories.

You can see the top 5 most read news stories of 2014 here.

Tell us your site’s top 5 most read stories in the comments section below.

Anna Barseghyan