Special for the Armenian Weekly What happened in Artsakh in the month of April of last year contains a historical mystery—it was not merely a limited war. If we dig deeper, we may uncover an important secret. We were proud of our army’s performance during that war and many of us justifiably said, “Long live …
Monthly Archives: June 2017
According to some media reports, police used violence against the members of the “Sassoun Tsrer” group in the building of the court of general jurisdiction of first instance of Avan and Nor Nork communities on 26.06.2017. According to some reports, several members had received some health damage. We officially state that the information spread is …
YEREVAN—Within the framework of cooperation between the Initiatives for Development of Armenia (IDeA) Foundation, the government of Artsakh and Revival of Oriental Historical Heritage Foundation, the restoration program of Gohar Agha (Upper Juma) Mosque is already underway. The restoration program of Gohar Agha (Upper Juma) Mosque in Shushi kicked off in 2015 when an IDeA …
STEPANAKERT—Israeli activist and political expert Avigdor Eskin arrived is Artsakh and was a guest of the National Assembly where he said the purpose of his visit was to become acquainted with Artsakh and its people. “I have come here to learn rather than say anything. The Armenian nation that has born a number of famed …
The initiative to express distrust towards the incumbent President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt has not been handed to the Secretariat yet. Aravot.am made a contact with the Head of PACE Armenian Delegation Arpine Hovhannisyan. Asked what disturbs to do that, Ms. Hovhannisyan informed us from Strasbourg: “It …
Lt. Colonel Kevork Voskanian, Major Hayk Hovhannisian and Armine Barkhudarian – the three Armenian doctors who departed for the Nuba Mountains in Sudan to substitute for American doctor Tom Catena – the laureate of Aurora Prize who temporarily left his post to visit Armenia for the awarding ceremony, were bestowed with the Fridtjof Nansen Gold …
During the discussion entitled “Are the lawyers’ operations hindered in the framework of “Sasna Tsrer” criminal case?”, lawyer, Ararat Khandoyan’s defender Ara Gharagyozyan announced, that he met with his defendant, who is in a bad condition. He told that he was beaten in the court of general jurisdiction of the first instance of Avan and …
The EU has expressed its support for the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), appealing for additional contributions from EU countries, after the EED presented its 2016 annual report to the EU’s Political and Security Committee. “As we are all aware, this past year has not been an easy one for democracy,” said EED’s Executive Director Jerzy …
PACE has denounced a series of methods used to exert political influence over journalists – ranging from physical threats and detention through to intimidation and harassment of editors and journalists, more “insidious” psychological pressure aimed at inducing self-censorship, or putting critical media outlets out of business. In a resolution based on a report by Stefan …
BERLIN, Germany (A.W)— Germany says that it would be inappropriate for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold a rally in front of his supporters in Germany on the sidelines of the G20 summit. In a June 29 statement released by the German Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel confirmed that Erdogan’s request for the …
