resident of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Michael Minasyan as Ambassador of Armenia to Portugal (residence in Vatican).
During the brutal Burundi civil war which claimed 300,000 lives, Marguerite Barankitse risked her own to rescue around 30,000 children from persecution, CNN reported.
If you happen to be in Yerevan in July, don’t be surprised if a stroll down the street one day results in you getting absolutely drenched in water. Celebrated 14 weeks after Easter, Vardavar is an ancient pagan Armenian water festival where unsuspecting passersby are doused with water by children and teenagers who are already soaked themselves.
1.5 year ago I raised this issue. There is one service car in Connecticut, USA, and in Armenia, if I’m not mistaken—1360 in 2014. In case, when presently 400-450 cars are enough.
Basically, the variety of local conflicts that sooner or later can trigger the 3rd World War are of 3 kinds. The first and foremost are the conflicts where one side is more or less right, while the opposite one is more or less wrong. Western Sahara, for example, that for 50 years unsuccessfully trying to become an independent state under the name of Democratic Republic of Western Sahara has every moral, historic and demographic right to separate from Morocco.
The United States, Europe, and their partners must officially recognize the Mountainous Karabagh Republic within its constitutional frontiers.
Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan has departed for Moscow to take part in the upcoming 5th International Security Conference.
Young people beaten by police. A person’s head cut off. Murders. And not just any killings—brutal massacres, including the deaths of her seven children. She’s seen it all. She has feared for her own life as she became the subject of government harassment and death threats, forcing her to flee her country with nothing but a pair of trousers.
On April 24, 2016, the Armenian community of Canada came together in Ottawa to commemorate the 101 st year of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The commemoration started with speeches at Ottawa’s Parliament Hill near the building of the Canadian Parliament, and continued to the Turkish Embassy, where speakers addressed the Embassy with their demand for recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Artsakh Republic) Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) has published a report on atrocities committed by Azerbaijani Armed Forces against the civilian population of the NKR and the servicemen of the NKR Defense Army during the period of 2-5April 2016. As 168.am was informed from the press service of NKR Ombudsman, the announcement reads as follows,,
