French Armenian community leader Mourad (Franck) Papazian and his wife were not allowed to enter Armenia last week after they arrived at the Yerevan Airport. Papazian is a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s worldwide leadership (Bureau) and the Co-President of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France.
Just last week, National Endowment for Democracy President Damon Wilson was also in Yerevan where he met with the Armenian PM. The two discussed potential cooperation between the U.S. Congress funded organization and the Armenian government.
In tweets about his southern trip, the Ambassador expressed his pleasure at visiting the region and the important work supported by the UK that will benefit the people of Armenia. “I will definitely be back!” he declared.
Human Rights Defender (HRD) Kristinne Grigoryan did something that perhaps no ombudsman in RA had ever done before.
“168.am media outlet consistently disseminates false and misleading information about the activities of the Office of the Human Rights Defender.
From now on the borrowers of Converse bank will be able to enjoy not only competitive interest rates, but they will also have the opportunity to get new real estate and accidental damage insurances.
It became known yesterday that Prime Minister NikolPashinyan is holding a press conference in the coming days, thus, it is planned to give the media an opportunity to present one question.
NDRU Head, Major General GenadiTavaratsyan, commented that he was honoured to host this course for the first time.
On June 10, 12-year-old pianist, composer Alex Gevorgyan gave a concert at Komitas Chamber Music House in Yerevan. During the concert-presentation, Alex performed his musical renditions of the works of Komitas and presented his debut album entitled Lus A, which he has dedicated to his grandmother, Zina Baghdasaryan.
Meantime, we draw the attention of human rights organizations and international media organizations to what has happened, calling on them to take active measures to stop the political persecution of Bagrat Yesayan.