Joint Message by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day - 2013
Hranoush Kharatyan at Studio Hetq
Environmentalist and Artsakh War vet Apres Zohrabyan expressed a number of concerns today regarding rumors that the Armenian government is planning to lease grazing lands in Syunik to Iran on a long-term basis.
Two days ago the Yerevan municipality was repairing the roadway through the courtyard behind the apartment building where I live. Huge potholes ran along the pavement making both driving and walking troublesome. They also installed brand new lighting on the walls of the tunnel leading into the courtyard, making the evening stroll back there less ominous.
According to the recently published Freedom House report “Freedom in the World 2013: Democratic Breakthroughs in the Balance”, Armenia remained classified as a “Partly Free” country.
The recently formed Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) will hold a recruitment meeting on Saturday, May 4 at noon, at the Narekatsi Art Union in Yerevan.
According to Bianet.org, Turkey’s Peace and Democracy Party MP Ertuğrul Kürkçü stated during a speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe yesterday that his colleagues were determined to expose the historical realities pertaining to the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and make them public knowledge.
Armen Martirosyan at Hetq Studio
The Ministry of Emergency Affairs reports that the body of the Yeghvard Chief of Police was found in his official car parked in the vicinity of the Hrazdan cemetery.
4+ Documentary Photography Center in Armenia organized a Photojournalism for Beginners workshop on April 25-28 with the support of the Open Society Foundations. The workshop was led by photojournalist Eric Grigorian (http://www.ericgrigorian.com). During the four days of the workshop the participants got to know the basics of photojournalism, viewed a large amount of related material, and discussed many issues concerning photojournalism. The...
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