As protesters gathered outside the convening session of the National Assembly today, Armen Hovhannisyan, a member of the "We are Against Foreign Language Schools" initiative, reminded everyone that today was St. Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Barthev Day. On ...
Excerpts from an interview with the Minister of Education and Science The National Assembly held discussions on proposed changes to the laws on language and school education. When Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan emerged from the session, ...
The National Assembly will vote tomorrow on the proposal to make amendments to the laws on language and school education. Vahan Hovhannisyan, head of the ARF (Dashnaktsutyun) parliamentary faction informed protesters gathered outside the session of Parliament ...
Historian Hayk Ghazaryan presented his new book, The 1921 Treaties of Moscow and Kars and their Tragic Role in the Fate of the Armenian People, to reporters today. The author, who will soon turn 80, worked on this book for more than 50 years and it has now ...
His work has taken him to Artsakh and behind California prison walls. American-Armenian photographer Ara Oshagan attaches his photos to the wall and stares at them for a long time. Those that lose their interest after a few weeks for the photographer are ...
A crowd started to gather outside the National Assembly in Yerevan early this morning to await the outcome of a vote after the hearing of a draft bill that would amend the RoA "Language Law" to permit the opening of foreign language schools in the country. ...
An interview with ethnographer Mkhitar Gabrielyan What are the primary symbols in today's Armenian society? If we approach this in general terms, the dominant pan-national symbols of significance continue to be Ararat, western Armenia, the national culture, ...
The presentation of the French book 12 Capitals of Armenia (Les douze capitals d'Armenie) took place today at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences. The editors of the book are French-Armenian mathematician and historian ...
Avetik Ishkhanyan, head of Armenia’s Helsinki Committee, said today that those supporting the idea of foreign language schools in Armenia had distorted the views of himself and others who see a danger in the new educational policy and call for pupils to ...
Boris Kharatyan, President of Armenia's Confederation of Trade Unions, told Hetq that his organization had no statistics on how many workers in Armenia have lost their jobs due to the economic crisis. "We don't receive such statistics.But it surely is a ...
“The expensive cars in Yerevan are just show off” Dutch student Jochen Haalboom finds it strange that in Yerevan there are so many cranes and unfinished or empty buildings. “The first thing is when you see the city, you see all the cranes, buildings, ...
Zhora Faryan was the first fighter who entered the battered St. Ghazanchetsots Church and lit a candle after the liberation of Shushi. Many believed that the church had been mined. That's why many remained outside and lit candles on the walls.
Heritage Party faction leader, MP Stepan Safaryan stated today that he doesn’t believe that Turkey will ratify the Turkish-Armenian Protocols by April 24. "There is no time left. Turkey will not do it. The Turkish authorities have not created a favourable ...
“As a guy who had been to Afghanistan, who was experienced, Gusan was easy to get along with. The rest of us liked guys like Gusan. When you’re going into battle you just can’t give orders left and right, let alone carry them out. How can you just tell someone to, ‘go and sacrifice yourself?’ Only the government has the right to order such a thing.
Guillermo Tolosa, who heads the IMF Mission in Armenia, stated at a press conference today that the anti-crisis measures taken by the Armenian government had been quite effective. "If not the measures taken by the government, the Armenian economy would be ...
Liz Chater’s database of Armenians who have some connection with India over the last three centuries contains over 10,000 individuals and approximately 3,000 families.
“It hurts me when people say, ‘We respect her because she’s the wife of Gurgen Mahari. If I can’t be appreciated on my own, then I have no need for the name of anyone else, if I have nothing of value that commands respect,” said Antonina Mahari, the wife of noted Armenian writer and poet Gurgen Mahari.
Jirayr Sefilyan reflected today on repeated failed attempts to receive RoA citizenship and stated that former President Kocharyan refused him twice and current President Sargsyan refused him once. Mr. Sefilyan, by law, had to wait one year after his last refusal ...
“I understood that this was to become our real, actual, Tigranakert city,” joked Harout Baghiryan. The Baghiryan family has been living in Tigranakert, formerly Aghdam, for the past twelve years. After the experts excavated the place and found that ...
Hmayak Hovhannisyan, President of the Political Analysts Union, who pulled out of today’s parliamentary by-election in favour of Nikol Pashinyan, told "Hetq" that the ruling regime had taken measures to ensure that today’s voter turnout would be the lowest ...
“Football is my life, Football is my soul. I could play football all day long without getting tired,” says 16 year-old Gurgen Safaryan.
At a discussion group organized yesterday by the “Ayb” Educational Foundation, Father Mesrop Aramian, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, declared that the organization had drafted a business plan to reopen the Melkonian Education Institute in Nicosia ...
The Saint Gevorg of Mughni Armenian Church in Tbilisi had a height of some 35 meters and an attractive design, especially on the eastern exterior façade where there were depictions of the benefactors and main altar. There were only two churches with a ...
Ara Papyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Canada from 2002-2006 and the Director of the “Modus Vivendi Center” replies to questions of “Hetq”. If the parliaments of both Turkey and Armenia ratify the protocols, in your opinion, what impact and consequences ...
According to this year’s Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Program, Armenia has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.798, giving the country a rank of 84 out of 182 countries with data.This year's HDI refers to 2007. Between ...
“The preservation of Armenian identity divorced from the land is a losing battle”
“I disagree with decision of Catholicos to build Saint Anna Church in Yerevan” I was recently in Yerevan and saw the blueprint of a new church called Saint Anna to be erected next to the lovely Saint Katoghike chapel. Do you agree with the decision ...
This year the RoA Prime Minister visited your office, an individual who is at least cognizant of the issues you have raised regarding the flawed renovation of monuments and the lack of attention paid to their overall plight, etc. Did your meeting have any ...
Dear Readers: Samvel Karapetyan Responds to Your Questions Many of you have responded to our request to ask questions of Samvel Karapetyan, who heads the Yerevan branch of the Research on Armenian Architecture NGO. Due to the large number of questions ...
A demonstration, scheduled to coincide with the arrival of RoA President Serzh Sargsyan in Los Angeles on October 4, will be organized by the local Armenian community; the largest outside of Armenia proper. President Sargsyan will be attending a dinner ...
Samvel Karapetyan, Director of the RoA Branch of the Armenian Architectural Research Center, today stated that Armenians have already made a detrimental concession as evidenced that it is twenty years that Northern Artsakh has been depopulated of Armenians. ...
"I can only say one thing. The entire article is a pack of raving nonsense." This is the response of Heritage Party spokesperson Hovsep Khourshoudyan upon reading allegations made in the newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak" that he sought to bring the party down ...
Today’s "Haykakan Zhamanak" writes that a scandal within the ranks of the Heritage Party, involving Armen Martirosyan and Hovsep Khourshoudyan, is the reason behind Raffi Hovhanessian’s giving up his seat in the RoA National Assembly. "Hetq" tried ...
At a public meeting held on September 3 entitled "Not One Inch of the Homeland", organized by the "Union National Initiative", film director Tigran Khzmalyan lambasted Armenian officials who seem to be preparing to give liberated Armenian lands back to the ...
Yesterday, Alex Yenikomshian, a member of the "Union Initiative" express the view that the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed on August 31 was a document that, "neglected the 5,000 years of our history and the Genocide and signalled the transfer of our country ...
Aram Sargsyan, head of Armenia's Democratic Party, stated today that there would be no progress in Armenian-Turkish relations even if the process wasn't linked to a settlement of the Karabakh conflict. "Turkey's interest in this process has froze-up not ...
There is no substantial rain forecasted for Armenia till August 19. From August 20-23, rain will return and temps will drop as well. The last week of the month will see an absence of precipitation with temperatures hovering in the normal range as well. During ...
At a press conference held today, Karen Bekaryan, who heads the "Europe Integration" NGO, stated that Armenia can still benefit from the fact that Turkey is in reality only making it appear that it is serious about improving relations with Yerevan. "Armenia ...
“Do you see possibilities in fighting for the rights of our NGO Famtofam in this case of real corruption”,- ,” reads the letter sent to “Hetq” by “Famtofam” Dutch NGO President Hoite Spijkstra. The organization carries out charitable projects ...
During a discussion held today on the theme of "Rural Poverty and Democracy in Armenia". Richard Giragosian, who heads the Yerevan-based Armenian Center for National and International Studies, stated that there exist two Armenia’s - One is Yerevan and the ...
“I was born here. I got married here and it’s where we live. If there was work no one would leave the village. The natural surroundings of the village and its facilities are much better than those in the city. What does the city offer?” This is what ...
Hakob Simonyan – “After the first dig, we knew the discovery was important” At a recent press conference, Hakob Simonyan, who heads the Cultural Inheritance Research Center attached to the RoA Ministry of Culture reported that certain discoveries ...
At a press conference today Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary faction leader Galust Sahakyan was asked it is wasn't about time for Armenia to officially recognize the independence of Artsakh. His reply - "You recognize that which belongs to you. ...
At a press conference held today, Kiro Manoyan, who heads the ARF Political and "Hay Dat" office in Yerevan commented that ever since the independence of Georgia, successive presidents and the Georgian Church have resorted to a variety of means to change the ...
RoA Prime Minister visited the "Digi Tec Business" exhibition that opened today in Yerevan and afterwards stated that the implementation advanced technologies is one of the most productive ways to increase productivity levels, something that Armenia must seriously ...
Former RoA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, who now heads the Civilitas Foundation think-tanks talked about the "right to elect" at a forum organized by the organization yesterday. "The institution of having free and fair elections presupposes a dual road. ...
In a phone conversation with Hetq, Heghineh Bisharyan, who heads the "Orinats Party" ballot in today's election said that she has received no reports of major voting irregularities or violations. She said that at most certain technical problems have been ...
Tigran Karapetyan, President of the People's Party, told reporters that he was sure the party would garner at least 10% of the vote in the upcoming May 31 municipal elections. Mr. Karapetyan stated that those citizens tired of lies and political polarizations ...
Former RoA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan stated that Armenia's economy would witness a drop of at least 6.5 - 12%. He made the prediction at a press conference held earlier today. "The crisis has entered the 3rd stage which will bring about serious budgetary ...