Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation to discuss the range of macroeconomic priorities for 2022. In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Pashinyan noted: “2020 was a challenging year, including in economic terms, not only because of the war, but also due to Covid-19. We must clearly state that 2021 should be a year reinstated economic …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Karine Shamiryan is from Shushi. Karine was forced to leave her native city of Shushi with her two daughters during the first days of the war unleashed by Azerbaijan on September 27th. After seeking temporary refuge in different places, the family finally reached Dilijan. “We did not take anything with us when we left because …
The Human Rights Defender of Armenia, Arman Tatoyan, told journalists during an interview that what was published about his extraordinary report was only a portion of it. “Anti-Armenian propaganda in Azerbaijan is not only not decreasing, but it is also organized institutional propaganda. There have also been new developments as it is generated by the …
Moscow-living Grigor Ketsyan held a sit-in protest in front of the Azerbaijani embassy, demanding the release of Armenian prisoners of war. In the coming days, the protest will take place in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the embassies of Armenia and Azerbaijan. A number of volunteers joined our compatriot. …
Public Radio of Armenia. Russia will welcome any initiatives of humanitarian nature coming from Azerbaijani and Armenian public figures, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told reporters today. “We would in every possible way welcome the establishment of a direct dialogue between the Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals, as well as the holding of …
At January 15 sitting, the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated in the first reading the draft law on Making Addenda on Military Service and Serviceman’s Status and the package of the enclosed draft laws authored by the RA NA deputies Andranik Kocharyan, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Arman Babajanyan. The Chair of the Standing …
The Armenian Weekly. In recent years, there have been some discussions in Diasporan circles on exactly how to help develop education in Armenia. As a mathematician, I have been involved in discussions centered on mathematical education at a university level and beyond. Based on these discussions, I believe that perhaps some of the circulated ideas might …
Istanbul, January 14, 2021 – Turkish authorities must release journalist Pınar Gayıp immediately and return all items confiscated in a recent raid on the Etkin News Agency, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Last night, police raided the Istanbul office of the Etkin News Agency, a news outlet supportive of the Socialist Party of …
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2021 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond. Candidates should …
MassisPost. Cloudburst Entertainment has announced its acquisition of the rights to the film, Songs of Solomon, slated to be released this year. Songs of Solomon depicts the life and music of Archbishop Solomon (Komitas), intertwined with a childhood friendship torn apart during the Hamidian massacres of 1881-1915. According to Deadline Hollywood, Cloudburst CEO and Executive …
