Haroutyunyan is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Geneva and Marseille Armenian communities, as well as with local entrepreneurs, to discuss future cooperation possibilities.
Nominations open today for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an annual international humanitarian award. The Aurora Prize is seeking personal stories of individuals who have put themselves at personal risk for the sake of others. Nominations are open to the public from now until September 9, 2016 at www.auroraprize.com.
On 1 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory address on the occasion of International Children's Day.
The Artsakh Line of Contact was peaceful yesterday and last night, despite occasional small arms fire from the Azerbaijani side in the northeast, according to the NKR Ministry of Defense.
“What’s kept you here for 44 years?” I ask Yura. He chuckles, saying that he had to learn some kind of a trade, either the hair business or shoe repair. His final decision, it turns out, wasn’t accidental. “My story comes from another place,” he tells me.