Diaspora
The paid parking stations of Yerevan cannot be said to have been privatized; they have been simply handed over to an organization responsible for services, a deputy mayor has said, adding that the initiative belongs to the city authorities. Speaking to Tert.am, Aram Sukiasyan explained that companies delivering the service will
Read MoreArmenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan is to leave for a working visit to the United States and Canada, January 28. During her visit to Glendale, California, Minister Hakobyan will take part in a function on the occasion Armenian Army Day. On January 29, she is scheduled to meet with the Head
Read MoreThe Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg will visit Georgia in early February, Georgia Online reports. Hammarberg will visit Tbilisi, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The EU Commissioner will discuss problems of release of detainees for crossing the borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Read MorePhoto journalist Diana Markosyan working for Bloomberg news agency was deported from Baku on Tuesday evening. “I am extremely surprised. We have been negotiating with the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for three weeks asking permission for my arrival. Responsible official of your Foreign Ministry asked for 10 days to settle the matter,”
Read MoreMayor of Montreal Gerald Tremblay appointed Armenian Harutyun Shitilyan head of the city council. According to the mayor, Shitilyan is the candidate, who can lead the city council. He stressed Shitilyan is the youngest head of the city council in its history, Azg newspaper reports. The City Council ratified the Montreal
Read MoreVatican will publish a compilation of documents and information on Armenian Genocide, reports Asbarez. The documents are drawn from secret archives of Vatican. “The papers make me feel ashamed that I am human. If it weren’t for faith I would see only darkness,” said Vatican Archives Officer Monsignor Sergio Pagano. Pagano made
Read MoreEurovision Song Contest will change voting rules. “During last week’s meeting of the Eurovision Song Contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, an EBU proposal to return from full-show televoting to a limited televoting window was approved.The Reference Group decided to, as from 2012, restore the opening of the televoting window after
Read MoreNagorno Karabakh today is immensely proud of its victory over Azerbaijan and confident in the face of continuing Azerbaijani threats of renewed war, says an article titled “In Karabakh, the First Post-Soviet War” published by The Washington Post. “In 1988, Karabakh’s leaders said they wanted to be joined to Armenia proper,
Read MoreOn July 5, an honorary consulate of Armenia opened in Varna, Bulgaria. According to Armenian Foreign Ministry press service, Armenian Ambassador to Armenia Arsen Skhoyan and Varna Mayor Kiril Yordanov, ambassadors and honorary consuls accredited to Bulgaria, as well as Armenian community representatives attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Consular district of honorary
Read MoreBaroness Caroline Cox led 35 Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) supporters and volunteers from around the world in a pilgrimage across Nagorno-Karabakh this July. The group weaved its way across the entire Karabakh and arrived 142 miles and 8 days later, in Gandzasar, a 13th century monastery in northern Karabakh.
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