What are the perceptions of the public sphere in Armenia? What was the public sphere during the Soviet Union? Which are the priority issues of the public sphere? Who makes decisions regulating public sphere and where? Who can participate in that decision-making process and how?
French Senator Nathalie Goulet has sent Hetq the following statement regarding a December 17, 2012 news article we published entitled “Parliament will never pass law criminalizing Armenian Genocide”.
Today, former RA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan hinted that he would throw his hat in the race for the next president of Armenia as the candidate of the Azatutyun (Liberal) Party.
Currently, six MPs receive the allowance – Karineh Poghosyan and Hayk Grigoryan from the Republican Party, Grigor Grigoryan from Prosperous Armenia, Ishkhan Khachatryan and Khachik Harutyunyan from Country of Law, and independent MP Edmon Maroukyan.
There’s an article in today’s edition of YaLibnan, entitled “Lebanese Drug Trade: Multiple Ethnicities and Political Rivalries” by Ghassan Karam that mentions Armenians vis-à-vis the drug trade in Lebanon
The government of Armenia today decided to raise subsidies to families of military servicemen who have died in the line of duty.
The Armenian Ministry of Economy, the National Statistical Service, the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, the USAID Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness Project (EDMC) and the GIZ Private Sector Development in South Caucasus Program will sign a Letter of Interest on December 21st, 2012 to mark the launch of a full-year tourism survey in Armenia.