The total revenues and expenditures of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia (RA) starting from 2008 are presented below in Graph #1. Numbers in USD million, and the exchange rate from AMD to USD is the planned exchange rate presented in the budget message for the given year.
Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania and current Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius recently published an interesting article entitled “Transcaucasia: the Armenian dilemma”. In his article, Kubilius touches upon the third war of Nagorno-Karabakh (hereinafter referred to as Artsakh) and the geopolitical situation created around Armenia. I personally know my colleague. We have interacted several times and exchanged views on various platforms of both Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the European People’s Party. I thank Mr. Kubilius for his concern about the fate of Armenia, and I am certain that his concern is sincere and that he is interested in the complete solutions to the issues facing Armenia.
The external and internal challenges presented these days require solidarity, respect for each other’s rights, including opinions, regardless of political or other subject matter viewpoints.
If we are to lessen the hate narratives,
we must find the stereotypes and prejudices
and begin to break them down.
Through the full use of administrative resources and with groups of people who were rather aggressive (for some unknown reason), today the “mourning” march led by Nikol Pashinyan kicked off from Republic Square, the most sacred place for the person occupying the seat of Prime Minister.
Yesterday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that on December 19, Armenia will declare three days of mourning to commemorate those who fell in the war. Nikol Pashinyan said December 19th marks the 40th day following the agreement signed on November 9th and added that this is why the mourning will be declared on December 19th.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as a result of the actions taken by the Office of Armenia’s Representative at the ECHR, has rejected the demand of the Azerbaijani government to eliminate the interim measure applied on September 29, 2020.
The United States believes that the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh risks “destabilizing” the situation in the region, according to US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s father Vova Pashinyan has died at the age of 80 from a serious and long-lasting disease, the PM’s spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan told ARMENPRESS.
Azerbaijani forces attacked a church in the city of Shushi on October 8, 2020 during the Nagorno Karabakh hostilities, in what appears to be a deliberate targeting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said.
