The trial of former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and other ex-officials over the 2008 March 1 case resumed on May 16.

President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on 2019 summer draft and demobilization to be held in July.

The working visit of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to China is over, Armenpress correspondent reports from Beijing.

Ardshinbank was recognized as the Most Active Issuing Bank in Armenia in 2018 within the framework of the International Investment Bank (IIB) Trade Finance Support Programme, held at the 38th BACEE Conference, on May 6-7, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. This year’s conference was focused on the issues of bank guarantees.

“Mr. Bako Sahakyan has an official meeting tomorrow. He does not want to miss that meeting but since the court ruled out any other option, I think they will come together to the court”, Alumyan said.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan attended the gala concert of Conference on Asian Civilization Dialogue at Beijing National Olympic Stadium.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe – an ambitious endeavour aimed at putting an end to centuries of wars on the European continent and at establishing – to quote the resolution of The Hague Congress of Europe in May 1948 – a democratic social system to free people from all types of slavery and economic insecurity.

This is a very important and principled issue for us. We again touched upon this issue during the discussion, because what we do for our country, what we call values and build our country, the call of the Velvet revolution which relates to values, democracy, human rights, rule of law, equal social conditions, is our choice.

Converse Bank has been awarded with the “Deal of the Year 2018 – Green Trade” award from the Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD) for improving the energy efficiency of greenhouse infrastructure in Armenia. The award ceremony took place within the frames of the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum in Sarajevo on May 07, 2019.

Valentina Babor, one of the most popular and outstanding pianists, will perform with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra in Yerevan on May 16. Under the baton of conductor Sergey Smbatyan, the pianist will perform Frederick Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1. At the concert, the orchestra will also perform the Symphony No. 2 of Alexander Borodin.