What we are facing is not only one revolution which has the name of the velvet one which is a great achievement by our nation. I would like to emphasize nation not only individuals, although individuals like the leader of the opposition Mr. Pashinyan had his own contribution of this revolution happening in a peaceful way.
Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia Ara Babloyan had meetings with President Armen Sarkissian, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, on the eve of completion of his term in office.
Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will depart for Moscow on a working visit on December 27 where he is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Judge of Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Davit Balayan has satisfied the motion of the lawyers of MP, retired General Manvel Grigoryan, citing ARAVOT daily, he has been released on 25 million AMD bail.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker addressed a joint letter to Armenia’s caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulating on his bloc’s victory in the general election, the EU delegation reported.
The Security Council held a session led by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during which wide range of issues relating to Armenia’s security field were discussed.
Armenia is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and worldwide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference in response to a question from a reporter on “how is Russia planning to restore its policy with Armenia after the parliamentary elections”.
“The Republic of Armenia pursues its own policy and I think if not everyone, at least many see that. And Armenia will continue that policy”, the acting PM said.
The Washington Post has included Armenia in its “Three countries where democracy actually staged a comeback in 2018” article by contributing columnist Frida Ghitis.
For a man facing daily attacks for his activism and liberal vision of the world, George Soros was in a curiously buoyant mood on a sunswept afternoon in Marrakesh. He had just visited South Africa, home to his first philanthropic foray in the late 1970s, when he funded black students under apartheid. T
