The report states that the Inter taken reform process, launched in 2010, is bearing fruit, noting that the total number of pending cases (i.e. cases which have yet to be fully implemented) is at its lowest level since 2006.
“There’s uncertainty in the matter and I don’t understand why Nazeni Gharibyan decided that I wasn’t legitimate,” the San Francisco born Orbelian told reporters at a press conference today in Yerevan, adding that he wanted to stay on at the job.
The Ministry of Culture argued that an International Day of Cinema (December 28) already exists and that Armenian filmmaking can be explored and appreciated in conjunction with that day.
At a government cabinet session, Pashinyan claimed the social networks in Armenia were full of people hiding behind “fake” identities who are brandishing revolutionary flags and calling for violence.
The council was established in July 2008, in the aftermath of the post-election protests in March of the same year.
The Armenian government today allocated AMD 78 million ($160,480) to the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) to help it pay its tax debts.