Photographer and photojournalist German Avagyan has passed away aged 59, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Arayik Harutyunyan said on social media.
The possibility of the bilateral meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham in Munich is being considered. The meeting may take place before the panel discussion on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Armenpress correspondent reports from Munich.
Defense Minister of Artsakh, Defense Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Karen Abrahamyan today held a consultation with the participation of the members of the army’s Military Council and heads of military-law enforcement bodies.
Catholicos Garegin II has sent a letter to President of Syria Bashar al-Assad on February 14 to express gratitude on behalf of the Armenian people on the occasion of the Syrian parliament’s unanimous passage of the resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin said in a news release.
Today at around 7 p.m. contractual serviceman of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Hayk Asryan (born in 1997) received a fatal firearm injury in unknown circumstances in the maintenance station of one of the military units of the Defense Army stationed in the eastern direction, as reported the news service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Artsakh.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has departed to Germany to participate in the Munich Security Conference.
The whole process of initiating a referendum, in its content and procedure, is grossly inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and the constitutional law of the “Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly”, and the political context of the issue has nothing to do with landmarks for developing a rule of law and strengthening democracy.
During debates Secretary of the Syrian Parliament Rami Saleh noted that although the parliament had previously paid homage to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims, this resolution was necessary to be adopted.
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan (97kg) has won gold at the European Championships in Italy.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the delegation led by him arrived in Berlin on a working visit, Armenpress correspondent reports from Berlin.
