Activists began to tear down the metal partitions erected around the Afrikyan house and erase the numbers on the stones. When they had almost completely torn down the sheets, police officers appeared on the scene, demanding an explanation. The activists said they are trying to save historical and culture values that are being destroyed.
The three-day festival at the sprawling 140-hectare estate, some 10 kilometers north of the capital, featured more than 30 events and brought together more than 300 leading Ukrainian and international experts and activists.
Haghtan was once a bustling Greek-populated village of 1,000 in Armenia’s northern Lori Province.
On June 10, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Hadrut direction near Horadiz settlement.
This week, Syria’s civil war continued to escalate, as Armenian communities in Aleppo’s Nor Kyugh quarter, and across the country, became the targets of mortar attacks, shelling and bombing on an unprecedented scale.
Artsakh Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan yesterday toured hail storm damaged areas of the country and promised residents that his government would provide financial assistance.
Armenia’s State Food Security Service ordered that sales of breaded chicken fillets produced by “Haruts Chicken Ltd" be banned after spot inspections revealed unsanitary conditions at the company’s plant.
In yesterday’s mayoral election in the southern Armenian town of Goris, Vachagan Adounts came out on top with 4,732 votes (50.7%), beating out his only rival Hrayr Tsolyan who garnered 2,956 votes (38.4%)
The incumbent ruling Republican Party mayor of Bavra lost his re-election bid in this northern Armenian town near the border with Georgia.
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