Artsakh: Defending the Southern Border
Armenian soldiers on the frontline
Armenia’s Court of Cassation today threw out an appeal by Artak Beglaryan seeking to overturn a lower court’s decision that found in favor of the International School of Diplomacy run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Home owners residing in a half-finished building in downtown Yerevan have written to Armenian President Sargsyan to complain about the dangerous situation and filthy conditions that now exist.
Any initiative aimed at the consolidation of the Diaspora should be encouraged and cherished. We are scarce in numbers and have to struggle for each Armenian.
"The intention to open the airport in Khankendi is a negative step. Primary goal should be a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Davutoglu said.
Azerbaijan plans to allocate close to US$ 2 billion for defense expenditures in 2013, or 13 % of the national budget.
According to the Azerbaijani press reports, that country’s foreign ministry says it will strengthen efforts to stop what it calls “illegal visits to the occupied territories”.
Now the 24 year-old native of the Lori village of Darpas is fighting for his life. The entire monthly income of his family is 33,000 AMD ($81).
Catholicos Garegin II called on the Congress to continue its efforts to provide moral and material support to the Armenian community of Syria in its hour of need.
At a press conference today in Yerevan, Davit Gasparyan claimed that a book he has edited containing the heretofore unpublished works of Yeghishe Charents has been seized by the Armenian government.
Traian Hristea, the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia and Reiner Morell, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia noted that Parada is a film about tolerance, which does not offend anyone, nor impose opinions. During a press conference on 9 October, the Ambassadors asserted that those who want to watch the film should have the opportunity to do so, while those who stand against it, have the right to express their opinion.
International news agencies have reported that Turkey ordered an Armenian plane flying humanitarian aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo to land today in Erzeroum.
Yesterday, an Armenian emergency unit rescued 3 Ukrainian citizens who had lost their way on the slopes of Mt. Ara.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan today met with Armenian General Benevolent Union President Berj Setrakian and AGBU Armenia Representation Director Ashot Ghazarian in Stepanakert.
Works are also carried out for installment of drip irrigation, heating as well as alternative heating systems, which will reduce heating, irrigation and fertilizer usage costs thus increasing greenhouse effectiveness and competitiveness.
The Civilitas Foundation reports that some current and past members of its board have been requested to report to the National Security Service for questioning in the money laundering criminal investigation launched against Vardan Oskanian.