OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) and Special Representative on the South Caucasus Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria) expressed regret about today’s announcement that it has not been possible to reach agreement to extend the mandate of the OSCE’s Office in Yerevan.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today sat down with top government officials, including Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, to review the performance of an anti-corruption committee he founded last December.
23-year-old Lousineh Poghosyan, a native of Arshalyus, a village in Armenia’s Armavir Province, gave birth to quintuplets yesterday.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today sent his condolences to Iranian President Hasan Rouhani regarding a mine collapse in Golestan that killed scores of people.
“Are there people who still write letters?”, I ask. “No, the letters are either from the court, or from tax services, regarding unpaid taxes, or from the police,” she replies.
Norayr Grigoryan, the mayor of Norashen in Armenia’s Ararat Province, told Hetq he has no idea who the gunmen were who shot his car yesterday evening on the way home from work.
Isabel Mota is the new president of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, replacing Artur Santos Silva.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire 40 times yesterday and last night, firing more than 460 rounds of various caliber small arms, this according to the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.