We give glory and thanks to God, as we welcome you, and the delegation accompanying you today, with brotherly love and prayer in this holy cathedral, where the Only-Begotten Son descended. We are deeply touched that per Our invitation You have visited Armenia, to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Pope Francis has arrived in Yerevan. President Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Garegin II welcomed the Pope in the “Zvartnots Armenia” International Airport.
Results of representative survey conducted within “Civic Engagement in Local Governance (CELoG)” Program funded by USAID served as a ground for this brief report[1]. Survey has been conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Center—Armenia (CRRC) in July 2015 in randomly selected 1443 households (HH) through the territory of Armenia[2].
’’Terrorism will spill over if you don’t speak up’’, said a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. Brussels and Paris, and now the USA became a vivid example of how dangerous threat the terrorism has become. According to US Department of State more than 13.000 terrorist attacks were recognized in 2014 with more than 30.000 fatalities.
The Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh informs that overnight June 9-10 the situation was relatively calm in Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
The President said the Armenian community in Belgium had always played an active role in supporting the Motherland, and expressed hope that such a patriotic activity will expand during the upcoming years.
Balayan said it’s a misfortune that the songwriter Bülbüloğlu, who doesn’t have relevant education, and also basic knowledge, distorts the UN’s legislations and international rights, and that during his 10 year tenure as Ambassador he did not understand the meaning of a diplomat.
Deputy Finance Minister Pavel Safaryan says the Government will present a program on cutting state spending by the end of June. Currently ministries are engaged in discussions.
The Government has approved the “Local economy and infrastructure development program” loan agreement signed on February 23 with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The lead sponsor of the bill is Sen. Gayle L. Goldin, D-Providence, who said: “When we look at what’s going on globally, the impact of war and strife, it’s important to place them in a larger historical context, so our children understand the long-term impact of genocides and the Holocaust, so we don’t repeat that history.”
