• “Let’s Speak Armenian”
    Today a joint press conference was held at the National Aesthetic Center’s Museum of Children Works presided by the head of the “Vem” Publishing House, Fr. Mesrop Aramyan and VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. At the press conference, the Armenian translation of the famous “My First Board Book” series of the Dorling Kindersley publishing company was...
    February 22, 2011 18:22
  • Tigran Sargsyan and Asad Alam trace out areas for deepening cooperation
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received today WB Regional Director for Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus Asad Alam. Discussed were issues concerning Government-World Bank cooperation. Mindful of ongoing projects’ continuity, the parties have discussed ways of furthering interaction in the framework of Country Partnership Strategy for 2009-2012 and looked at such...
    February 22, 2011 18:02
  • AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN CONDEMNED THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE IN SUMGAIT
    U.S. Congressmen condemned the Armenian massacre in the Azerbaijani town of Sumgait in 1988. Making a speech at the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Frank Pallone noted: «The Sumgait massacre is but one example in a long line of Azerbaijan’s aggression and hostility against the Armenian people. Just two yeas later, the disappearance of a 450,000 strong...
    February 22, 2011 16:50
  • AIDS epidemic is beginning to change course
    National experts from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan together with international experts from UNAIDS, WHO and other international organizations took part in the Third Monitoring AIDS Pandemic Review in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) “Functional Second Generation Surveillance System:...
    February 22, 2011 16:18
  • Lecture on Armenian economy development prospects
    Today Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a lecture for commissioned army staff in the Ministry of Defense. Concerning the key points of his lecture, Tigran Sargsyan noted in part: “I wish to speak on the social and economic problems facing us today. I think that either you are eager to be briefed on the economic situation in Armenia, including the programs carried...
    February 22, 2011 9:07
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    February 21, 2011 17:12
  • President Serzh Sargsyan will be leaving for Saint Petersburg (RF) on a working visit
    On February 25, President Serzh Sargsyan will be leaving for Saint Petersburg (RF) on a working visit. In the framework of the visit, President Sargsyan will meet with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
    February 21, 2011 13:37
  • Congratulatory Message by President Serzh Sargsyan on the occasion of Mother Tongue Day
    Dear Fellow citizens, This year, the Republic of Armenia is officially celebrating for the sixth time the Mother Tongue Day. This celebration became yet another opportunity to promote the preservation of our language and reflect on the problems of its development. Strength of any country is defined by its roots, language, faith and culture – values which are real and...
    February 21, 2011 11:10
  • Criminal case initiated on taking illegal payment by the public servant
    The State Interests’ Protection Department of the RA General Prosecutor’s Office has initiated the criminal case 61201111 on receiving illegal payment by the public servant who is not considered an official. The study of the materials has revealed that the leading specialist of the organization department of Arabkir administrative district’s staff working with the...
    February 20, 2011 6:18
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    Prime Minister attends events on feast of Saint Sargis
    On February 19, the feast of Saint Sargis the Commander is celebrated in Armenia which on the holy orders of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second is proclaimed as youth blessing day. On this occasion, Tigran Sargsyan attended a concert in the Garden of Beloved as dedicated to the feast of Saint Sargis – the all-present defender of the youth in love –...
    February 20, 2011 4:59
  • President Sargsyan attended the inauguration of the new “Urartu: The Kingdom of Van” exhibition
    Today, at Armenia’s State Museum of History President Serzh Sargsyan attended the inauguration of the new “Urartu: The Kingdom of Van” exhibition which after decades long interval presents culture, arts and history of the Kingdom of Van in IX-VI BC. The President of Armenia observed the exclusive collection of over 1000 artifacts that were excavated on the territory...
    February 19, 2011 23:29
  • President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with the Board of the Central Bank and members of the finance and credit committee
    Today, in Tsakhkadzor President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with the Board of the Central Bank and members of the finance and credit committee. Participants to the meeting discussed the peculiarities of the ongoing inflation, main factors that define the inflation, including price trends at the international commodity and raw material markets and their impact on the...
    February 19, 2011 20:16
  • Vartan Oskanian on the Coalition Statement
    The ruling coalition’s announcement highlights the authorities’ disregard of democracy, elections and the public will.  The ruling coalition has openly declared that in the upcoming parliamentary elections they are not prepared to do what political forces are fundamentally meant to do: that is, to enter into open competition. Further, the coalition, which already...
    February 18, 2011 20:15
  • MONITORING
    On February 18, in accordance with the earlier achieved agreement with the NKR authorities the OSCE mission conducted а regular monitoring of the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Hadrut direction. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office...
    February 18, 2011 13:01