Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh Vitaly Balasanyan has announced commencing political consultations with the purpose of running for the Artsakh presidency in the 2020 election.
Armenian sharpshooter Elmira Karapetyan has won a sivler medal at the 8th Amir’s International Shooting Grand Prix in Kuwait.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan attended the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard Topchian.
“Christian Science Monitor” international periodical has published an article about Nikol Pashinyan in the context of the domestic political developments in Armenia. ARMENPRESS reports the article headlined “From prison to Prime Minister” starts with the description of the developments of March 1, 2008. The article notes that back in 2008 Pashinyan was one of the key figures.
According to Manushak Avagyan, those who spread such information aim to dismantle Mikayel Avagyan’s statue in Bugashen village of Akhalkalaki, as well as to damage the Armenian-Georgian relations.
On February 13, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the east of Talish village of the Martakert region.
On November 28, 2018, AGBU Toronto hosted a presentation of a newly published book entitled “Grit and Grace in a World Gone Mad: Humanitarianism in Talas, Turkey 1908-1923” by Canadian writer Wendy Elliott. The book is based on the personal history of a dedicated group of American and Canadian missionaries and relief workers who saved thousands of orphans during the times of the Armenian Genocide.
