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ARF Orange County ‘Armen Karo’ Chapter Chair Garo Kiledjian discussing Artsakh security and the flawed Madrid Principles with ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian in a Facebook Live Presentation hosted by the Orange County, California community organizations.
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A wide array of Orange County community organizations joined forces recently with the Armenian National Committee of America in hostin
The unified security system of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is more than ready to protect the security of the Armenian people in every sector of our homeland. This is what Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated during a joint session of the Security Councils of Armenia and Artsakh in Yerevan.“The use of force won’t go unanswered, and there will always be a more than adequate response to use of force at the levels of the military and politics.President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev also understands this, and, in essence, he has put himself in a deadlock. For over 15 years, he has been promising his people to solve the Karabakh issue through the military and has spent billi
The EU-funded ‘EU NEIGHBOURS east’ project has conducted the 2020 opinion poll in the six countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). The survey took place between February and March 2020 (before COVID-19 crisis) and was based upon face-to-face interviews among a representative sample of 1,000 people per country.
Other key findings in Armenia are:
86% of Armenians (up 10% on 2016) feel relations with the European Union are good – well ahead of the EaP regional av
Today we live in a society, which can not imagine life without expressing views on social media. Probably it does have certain advantages. Nevertheless, many participants of active discussions have already forgotten or do not even know about the developments, which unfolded in Armenia 5, 10 or 15 years ago.
To fill the gap Mediamax presents 5/10/15 project, which introduce developments in Armenia 5, 10 and 15 years ago.
• 15 YEARS AGO: JUNE 15-21, 2005
An order for Miller
On June 16, Armenian President Robert Kocharyan conferred the order of St. Mesrop Mashtots to head of Russian Gazprom Company, Aleksey Miller “for the significant contribution to the reinforcement and development of Armenian-Russian economic ties” in Yerevan.
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Around 17% of the surveyed connect the end of the epidemic in Armenia with creation of the vaccine.
One in 3 peo
YEREVAN, JUNE 19, ARMENPRESS. President of the Central Bank of Armenia Martin Galstyan met today with President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, the CBA told Armenpress.A number of issues of mutual interest were discussed at the meeting.The meeting specifically touched upon the role of commercial banks and other financial companies to the development of Artsakh’s economy.The sides highlighted the ongoing programs aimed at developing the partnership in the financial-banking sector. Editing and Translating by Aneta HarutyunyanRead original article here.
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Public discourse in Armenia today remains beset with problems and the behaviour of the authorities is hardly a role model. If the government does not commit to improving the quality of discourse and its own behaviour, the country may be faced with a long-term challenge affecting other areas of public life.
June 18, 2020 – Valentina Gevorgyan – Articles and Commentary</span
Eighteen months on from a reported agreement by Armenia and Azerbaijan’s foreign ministers to prepare their populations for peace, both states have in reality remained largely preoccupied with consolidating domestic power due to enduring socio-economic frustration and populations radicalized by the ‘four-day war’ back in 2016.
A rapidly evolving international context since then has been dominated by regional tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, and between the United States and Iran. And the
YEREVAN. – I am the head of the Armenian-Russian Parliamentary Friendship group. Yesterday I had a conversation with my colleague, Deputy Speaker [Yury] Vorobyov of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation; we have not discussed any such issue. Alen Simonyan, National Assembly (NA) of Armenia Vice President and member of the majority My Step faction in parliament, on Thursday said this speaking to reporters at the NA, when asked whether there were any concerns from European organizations, taking into account that the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) speaks about political persecution in the country, and raising it before the European organizations.“Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russ
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