ԵՌԱԳՈՅՆ. Young Armenian saxophone player Alicia Sarksian Serrano from Melilla has won the audience award at the 1st Online Musical Interpretation Contest, organized by the MPMusic Foundation in Buñol (Valencia), Melilla Hoy reports. The young musician received a total of 508 votes. As an award she will receive a course with a renowned saxophonist during 2020-2021, a mentoring …
Monthly Archives: June 2020

EU NEIGHBOURS. The Eastern partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) will benefit from additional support to boost green investments and climate resilience. Thanks to the EU’s financial support of over €15 million, the programme ‘Finance and technology transfer centre for climate change’ (FINTECC) will help businesses in the region …

The Provision of Japanese Medical Equipment to the Republic of Armenia (Signing of Exchange of Notes between Japan and Armenia on Grant Aid “The Economic and Social Development Program” ) On June 30, 2020, H.E. Mr. Jun Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to Armenia and H.E. Mr. Atom Janjughazyan, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia …

ԵՌԱԳՈՅՆ. On June 29, 2020 Mr. Moshe Lion, the mayor of Jerusalem visited the Armenian exhibition dedicated to the Armenian ceramic art opened in the “Nature Museum” of Jerusalem, Fr. Hovnan Baghdasarian, Chancellor of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, informs. The exhibition was organized in the framework of the fourth festival of “Armenians in Jerusalem” to …

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received outgoing Head of Council of Europe Armenia Office Natalia Vutova. Highly appreciative of the cooperation with N. Vutova and the Council of Europe, the Prime Minister noted that the Council of Europe is among Armenia’s most important partners on the way to developing and strengthening democracy in our country. …

“We are keeping everyone who came into contact with a confirmed case at the center of our attention because we are all essentially a part of that group. Therefore, all of us need to pay attention and be careful,” the head of the My Step faction, Lilit Makunts, told reporters in an interview. She said …

Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group MOSCOW / PARIS / WASHINGTON, DC, 30 June 2020 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) met separately and jointly via video conference on 29-30 …

Reporters asked Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan how he knew which of the deputies was a carrier for the coronavirus. Several deputies have tested positive. Alen Simonyan responded that several deputies who came into contact with someone who had the virus took a test, which came back negative. “If it so happens …

At Extraordinary Sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs On June 30, extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan was held. The package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Constitutional Law on Constitutional Court and on …

The coronavirus pandemic may have disrupted our Diaspora Armenian compatriots’ plans to travel to Armenia, however this has not stopped the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs from offering its programs to our Diaspora youth. Due to the travel restrictions, since Armenian youth from the Diaspora cannot physically visit Armenia this year, the …