By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 13 — Six people including a Georgian citizen are involved in a criminal proceeding on book theft from the National Library of the Republic of Armenia and the Library of Yerevan State University. The price of the books stolen within the 2010-2011 period amounts to several million dram. Around 150 [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 12 — The accused being charged with the murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Akos Armenian newspaper published in Istanbul, told Hrant Dink’s human rights defender that his life is under threat. At the 24th hearing in the case of Hrant Dink Yasin Hayal said, “The Turkish Government used [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 29 – On December 28 the Armenian President participated at the New Year and Christmas reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. President Sarkisian congratulated the staff of the Ministry with the upcoming holidays. “In 2012 we have been working in a regular mode, have [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 27 — Yesterday Former Foreign Minister of Armenian SSR and retired Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Anatoly Mkrtchyan passed away at the age of 80, the press office of the Republic of Armenia reports. The government of the Republic of Armenia expressed condolences to the family of the popular state figure [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 27 — “The property belonging to the Mother Cathedral Saint Ejmiatsin must be returned,” said Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian commenting on the bill passed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. According to the bill, the Armenian Apostolic Church must be exempted from taxation. “The government will gradually return [...]
By Tigran Matosyan, YEREVAN, May 3 — The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia Hovhannes Manukyan discussed issues concerning the bilateral and inter-church relations,the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports. “During the meeting they discussed issues concerning the relations between the two sister [...]
By Tigran Matosyan YEREVAN, April 26 — Armenians contributed to the elimination of the Chernobyl tragedy, the letter by the Armenian President addressed to the compatriots — the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident says. One of the greatest disasters in the global energy history took place in Ukraine, next to Chernobyl town 25 years ago. According to [...]
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