Six Hungarian officials have been forbidden to travel to the United States following accusations of corruption.
Introducing Armenians to the contemporary American literary scene plus a bit of Turkish-Armenian diplomacy
Environmental groups in Armenia are in an uproar over a July 2014 government decision they say will allow a mining company to remove and replant endangered flora species and thus circumvent Armenian domestic law and the country’s international obligations to protect and preserve such plants.
Catholicos Aram I, in his remarks, noted nations live and survive based on certain holy values and that in the case of Armenians there are four such values – the church, the fatherland, culture and resoluteness in demanding justice.
In the opinion of numerous citizens and their relatives the changes to the “Temporary Maternity Assistance Law”, as envisaged by a new bill, will violate their human rights in many ways. In the bill is adopted as law, the assistance amounts received pre-birth and post birth will decrease for working moms. The protestors handed their petition to the Government.
In response to a bill introduced today by MPs Rubik Hakobyan and Tevan Poghosyan to eliminate military conscription postponements for students seeking post-graduate education, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said such a controversial measure wasn’t merely the decision of two legislators.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, acquiescing to the resignation request of Edgar Ghazaryan, today discharged him from the post of Vayots Dzor Provincial Governor.