• President Sargsyan met with the President of Georgia Mikhail Sahakashvili
    President Serzh Sargsyan held today a private meeting with the President of Georgia Mikhail Sahakashvili who is in Armenia on a working visit. The meeting of the two Presidents was followed by the negotiations with the participation of the delegations. The parties discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the Armenian-Georgian cooperation in different areas. It was...
    January 22, 2011 20:52
  • The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili arrived to Armenia on a working visit
    Today, the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili arrived to Armenia on a working visit. The Presidential delegation comprises the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze, the Minister of Energy Alexander Khetaguri, and other officials. Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Mikheil Saakashvili visited the scientific and production center of Synopsys Armenia company...
    January 22, 2011 19:18
  • Prime Minister’s Cup awarded to Brain Ring intellectual game winner
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended yesterday the last game of the second edition of the Prime Minister’s Cup awarded for Brain Ring intellectual contest involving the tams of different government agencies of the Republic of Armenia. The first four places were held by the teams of State Committee on Immovable Property Cadastre by the Government, State Property Management...
    January 22, 2011 19:14
  • The President of Georgia will be arriving to Armenia on a working visit
    The President of Georgia Mikhail Sahakashvili will be arriving to Armenia on a working visit on January 22. In the framework of the visit, Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Mikhail Sahakashvili will hold private talks, which will be followed by the negotiations with the participation of the official delegations.
    January 21, 2011 22:08
  • Georgi Kutoyan was appointed Assistant to the President of Armenia
    By today’s executive order of President Serzh Sargsyan, Georgi Kutoyan was appointed Assistant to the President of Armenia.
    January 21, 2011 20:08
  • Invest for the Future
    Twenty two women entrepreneurs from Armenia will participate in a regional conference January 24-26 in Istanbul, organized by the U.S. Department of State as co-chair of the Community of Democracies Working Group on Gender Equality.  This is the first of three conferences for women from Southern and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and marks the beginning of the Invest for...
    January 21, 2011 17:25
  • RA Prosecutor General had a meeting with the Commissioner for Human Rights
    On January 20, 2010 RA Prosecutor General A. Hovsepyan had a meeting with the delegation headed by Thomas Hammarberg the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly. The employees of the RA General Prosecutor’s Office and the RA Special Investigation Service as well as representatives of international organizations participated...
    January 21, 2011 17:03
  • Meeting with Russian philanthropist of Armenian origin Edgar Aramyan
    On 21 January President Bako Sahakyan received Russian philanthropist of Armenian origin Edgar Aramyan who has arrived in Artsakh the other day. The Head of the State expressed gratitude to the philanthropist for presenting service cars to the Defense Army considering it a patriotic undertaking. Bako Sahakyan expressed hope that the cooperation would be of a continuous...
    January 21, 2011 16:26
  • Structural reforms in Yerevan City Hall
    Based on the 1st part of the 30th article of the RA law «On local self-government in the city of Yerevan», the first in this year special meeting  of  the  Aldermen  Council  was  convened  on January 21. Two items were on the agenda.  The meeting was chaired by the mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan. The first item was the project of making changes and additions...
    January 21, 2011 16:21
  • Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
    Recently, Azerbaijan has intensified its attempts to cast doubt on the expediency of visiting the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) by foreign citizens. The NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs states another destructive initiative of official Baku. The Azerbaijani leadership’s attempts to interfere with the processes concerning the interests of the neighboring Nagorno Karabakh...
    January 21, 2011 16:11
  • Appointments in the City Hall of Yerevan
    In accordance with the decree of the mayor of Yerevan N K-16 dated 20.01.2011, Vahe Stepanyan was appointed Staff Secretary of the City Hall of Yerevan. In accordance with the decree of the mayor of Yerevan N K-17 of the same day, Miakael Hasratyan  was appointed Chief architect of Yerevan.
    January 21, 2011 15:09
  • Miakael Hasratyan was appointed Chief architect of Yerevan.
    In accordance with the decree of the mayor of Yerevan N K-16 dated 20.01.2011, Vahe Stepanyan was appointed Staff Secretary of the City Hall of Yerevan. In accordance with the decree of the mayor of Yerevan N K-17 of the same day, Miakael Hasratyan was appointed Chief architect of Yerevan.
    January 21, 2011 10:20
  • Istanbul mourns Hrant Dink
    Thousands of people marked the 4th anniversary of the death of Hrant Dink, the chief editor of the Agos newspaper. The commemoration was held at the editorial office of the Agos newspaper, January 19. The NEWS.am correspondent reports from Istanbul that a number of members of the Turkish Parliament, the daughter of the assassinated editor of the Milliyet newspaper, as...
    January 20, 2011 21:53
  • ACNIS HOLDS SPECIAL BRIEFING ON LESSONS FROM ONGOING UNREST IN TUNISIA
    Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) held a special briefing on January 20 entitled, “An Assessment of the Recent Revolution in Tunisia: Are there Lessons for Armenia?,” with a presentation by ACNIS Director Richard Giragosian focusing on the recent unrest in Tunisia that resulted in the overthrow of that country’s long-serving...
    January 20, 2011 20:55
  • Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia Receives the Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
    Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan received Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland Marcin Idzik. During the meeting they discussed matters on Armenian-Polish cooperation in the defence sector. The Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence of Poland highly esteemed his meetings in Armenian military-industrial...
    January 20, 2011 19:59
  • Aram Orbelyan was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
    By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decision, Nikolay Arustamyan was relieved of the office of Deputy Minister of Justice according to his application. By another decision signed by the Prime Minister, Aram Orbelyan was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
    January 20, 2011 14:47