“Aravot” asked Istanbul-based Armenian journalist, a member of the Union of Human Rights in Turkey, Hrant Gasparyan, whether stereotypes are broken in Turkey and the mindset is changed. Our interlocutor told us that especially after the assassination of Agos editor-in-chief, Hrant Dink, people were able to express what they think more freely, hold street protests …
Monthly Archives: September 2016

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

“Aravot” asked Selina Doğan, ethnic Armenian lawmaker of the Turkish parliament, representing the opposition People’s Republican (CHP) party, what Turkey he wants to inherit for her children. “Our dream is to see our children growing in an atmosphere where there is tolerance, where everyone is a master of his own identity and feels respect towards …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) mourns the loss of Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian, a long-time Assembly trustee and one of the Armenian-American community’s truly constructive and generous spirits. He was a researcher, translator, and author of several books about the Armenian Genocide. The Assembly had the great honor to work closely …

A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister congratulated the newly appointed ministers – Healthcare Minister Levon Altunyan, Economy Minister Suren Karayan, Culture Minister Armen Amiryan, Minister of Nature Protection Artsvik Minasyan, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Hrachya Rostomyan. The Head …

President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the DigiTech Expo-2016 annual technological exhibition opened at the Yerevan Expo Exhibition Complex of the Yerevan Scientific and Research Institute of Mathematical Machines, Information and Public Relations Department of the President’s Administration informs. The main goal of the Exhibition, which will be held September 30-October 2 under the title A …

Economist Ashot Yeghiazaryan considers the initiative of the possible use of single payment cards in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan hardly feasible. Note that a structure can emerge in the countries of the Eurasian Union in connection with the created of a single payment infrastructure when the national cardholders will not think whether they are …

In Georgia, despite the pre-election period, it seems that many problems were to be solved as promised by the representatives of the upper circles of the Georgian authorities, for example, personally Bidzina Ivanishvili but the problems of Javakhk Armenians, on the contrary, reach larger scopes. That is the reason why a number of the Akhalkalaki …

Italy’s Basilicata Regional Council (Consiglio Regionale della Basilicata) unanimously adopted a resolution on September 27 recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The draft resolution was introduced by a independent lawmaker Aurelio Pace at the request of the local Armenian community. As the press department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports, the resolution stresses that the Armenian Genocide …

On September 28, Edward Nalbandian, the Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia, delivered a lecture entitled “Nagorno-Karabakh: Is Solution Visible” at Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies. Professors, fellows and students of the Stanford University attended the meeting. In his opening remarks Michael McFaul, the Director of the Institute, mentioned that is a profound honour to …