“We want to create a confident generation to think big and to dream big,” says Jacqueline Karaaslanian, Executive Director of the Luys Foundation. Through loans and scholarships, Luys ensures that every year 100 Armenian students receive an education from the world’s most prestigious universities, putting them on par with talented scholars from around the world and setting them up to contribute to Armenia and to the world.
“In order to strengthen immunity among these children, one additional dose is expected to use. We should not worry as it is not a new vaccine but the same vaccine which is used in the planning calendar. It is a high-quality vaccine of Belgian production which has been used over years,” Director of the Health Ministry’s National Center of Disease Control and Prevention added.
The adversary fired nearly 700 shots from different caliber weapons in the direction of Armenian border protecting units on February 23 and early in the morning of February 24.
A number of MEPs were awarded by a Presidential decree of February 16. As “Armenpress” was informed from the Information and Public Relations Department of the President’s Office, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Poland) was awarded with “Mkhitar Gosh” medal for his contribution to the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Armenia’s Economic Activity Index (EAI) in January 2016 has grown by 5.5% as compared to the same period of previous year. Information is provided by National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia published in the report of primary macroeconomic indices. Basically, it’s a good start for the year. For the interested, it’s worth stating, […]
Armenia has recorded advance in SME Policy Index according to the report of “SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2016”. “Armenpress” reports the improvement is recorded not only against 2012 report, but also compared to the other EaP countries.
The main cornerstone of Karabakh conflict settlement is Artsakh people’s right to self-determination, Vice President of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) Eduard Sharmazanov said during the NA announcements.
Parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties of Artsakh sent a letter to President Bako Sahakyan on February 23, proposing to create a special commission on constitutional reforms. As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nagorno Karakabh, the letter particularly states that meetings were conducted in various formats on February 4 in the National Assembly with the participation of parliamentary political forces, and on February 19, with the same participants and non-parliamentary party leaders.
Azerbaijan, being under some pressure from the West, now attempts to overcome the isolation through Iran. Chair of YSU Political Institutions and Processes, political scientist Garik Keryan expressed such an opinion in an interview with “Armenpress”, referring to Aliyev’s visit to Iran.
Conservatives and Reformers are competing for 290 seats in Iran’s parliamentary elections which will take place on 26 February. Overall, more than 12 thousand citizens had submitted their candidacy, but eventually only 6 thousand 200 candidacies were approved, out of which 586 are women. As noted by expert of Iranian studies Gohar Iskandaryan at a news conference in the press hall of “Armenpress”, a heated competition is expected among Armenian candidates as well. In the beginning 9 candidates were competing over 2 seats which were foreseen for Armenian candidates, but eventually one of them withdrew.
