Karapetyan stressed the important work carried out bey the ADL in strengthen bonds between Armenia and the diaspora and in maintaining Armenian identity.
Hayk Markosyan, a member of a local group seeking to block construction at Lake Gosh, in Armenia’s Dilijan National Park, says the country’s environmental ministry has undervalued the damage done to the lake by a company called Vendor and the fine it’s imposed.
Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan today introduced the country’s new justice minister, Davit Harutyunyan, to the ministry’s staff.
One can frequently hear the expression akhpar in Armenia. Its usage has lately increased due to the influx of Armenians from Syria. Akhpars are those Armenians who immigrated to Soviet Armenia from around the world in the 1920s-1930s, and particularly in 1946-1949.