A new team has abruptly taken over programming at TVi, one of Ukraine’s few remaining independent media outlets, and journalists are crying foul.
The themes on the agenda include promoting alternatives to imprisonment, parental leave as a way to foster gender equality, and budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium 2014-2015.
A stone cross (khachkar) commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Armenian pogrom in Sumgait was officially unveiled yesterday in the courtyard of the Saint Nshan Armenian Apostolic Church in Beirut.
When asked by reporters why President Obama didn’t use the word “genocide” in his April 24th speech, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern stated that the U.S. leader used words that would “assist the reconciliation process” between Armenia and Turkey.
Organizers of this year’s 10th Annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival, to take place in Yerevan from July 7 -14, say they have invited Charles Aznavour to witness the placing of his “star” at the square that bears his name outside the Cinema Moskva.
For the past two months villagers in twelve rural communities in the Aragatzotn Province have complained that they are going without water.
The announcement of sharply increased gas prices for Armenia have sparked many questions about social and geo-political consequences. Discussions on the exact extent, the timing and the handling of the price increase are still on-going and will hopefully lead to a feasible solution. Meanwhile, it is worth looking at the large potential for helping Armenian citizens based on similar experiences made in other European countries. In this context,...
On May 23, the delegation officially unveiled two major infrastructure projects in the Martuni Region: the potable-water network of Karmir Shuka Village, and the Martuni Hospital. The construction of both projects was sponsored by Armenia Fund USA, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Eastern US affiliate.
On May 26, some 300 cyclists will take part in a contest called “Get to Know Yerevan”.
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the sentence of 13 and a half months in prison that an Istanbul magistrate’s court passed yesterday on Turkish-Armenian journalist Sevan Nişanyan for posting “insulting” comments about Mohammed in his blog.
His Cityscape #147 assemblage/collage art work will soon be on display at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London.
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