Postanjyan also ridiculed the discussions underway, labeling them as having nothing to do with selecting Armenia’s next HRD but merely rubber stamping the Republican Party’s nominee for the post.
Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian will travel to New York to attend a February 24 ministerial meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Development Programme.
It’s a three hour round-trip to Dilijan from Vazashen, Nergin Karmir Akhbiur, Aygepar, Sarigyugh, Berkaber, Baghanis, Paravagar, Movses, Chinari, Voskevan, Koti, Barekamavan or Voskevaz. Needless to say, the trip is not short, but thanks to the “Border Village Teens to TUMO” program, 70 teens have already become TUMOians within the last several months. The program, a joint initiative between TUMO, the Hayreniqi Darpasner (Gates to the...
MP Naira Zohrabyan, who heads the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) parliamentary faction, took the podium today and said she would abstain from voting for Armenia’s next Human Rights Defender since it was a ‘done deal’ and that the institution itself was weak and basically superfluous.
Tatoyan went on to say the office of the HRD must serve as a bridge between various civic organizations and state institutions, noting that various flexible approaches to achieve this are available.
Armenian Parliament Deputy Speaker Hermineh Naghdalyan and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan today condemned a recent incident during which MP Mher Setrakyan got into a shouting match with reporters, calling them ‘a flock of sheep’.
The Lori branch of Armenia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation into the murder of a 44-year-old man whose body was discovered at 2 a.m. today on a street in the village of Vahagni.
News outlets were abuzz over the birth of triplets, three boys, on February 18 at the Vanadzor Maternity Ward.