STARMUS VI, an international festival of science communication founded by Garik Israelian and Brian May, will be hosting more than 50 speakers, among them Nobel laureates, astronauts, scientists, iconic artists and music stars who will gather this year in Yerevan, Armenia, to enhance and promote science communication.
What is a Community Liaison Volunteer (CLV)? A CLV, previously known as a warden, is a private U.S. citizen who volunteers to assist the American Citizen Services section in communicating with Americans in Armenia, preparing for disasters, and alerting Americans to emergency situations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the aftermath of the incident, the RoA police issued a statement according to which 34 police officers and 16 civilians were taken to various healthcare facilities. 11 protesters were forcibly taken to police departments and one criminal case was instituted .
Dominique Pradalié from France, member of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ), was elected President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 2 June 2022 at the 31st IFJ Congress in Muscat, Oman. After six years on the IFJ Executive Committee, Dominique Pradalié succeeds Younes Mjahed from Morocco.
