With a population of only 3 million people, Armenia is one of the smallest countries in Europe. But it has a sizable place in spiritual history: most historians believe that in 301 AD, it became the first country in the world to adopt Christianity.
“Narek” seems to be a source to the extent the reader can reach it, understand its meaning and message. Due to efforts of Latvian expert on Armenian studies Valda Salmiņa, Latvian readers can read the book, interact with real literary masterpiece. It is one of the treasures of Armenian and world literature,” Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan said.
“As part of the drill, ships of the two countries practiced… exit from a naval base, joint maneuvering and communication, as well as repelling an attack of a small-sized high-speed target, an inspection operation, search for and rescue of a person in the water,” Trukhachev told reporters.
Western countries including the United States blamed Syrian government forces for the attack, which choked scores of people to death in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in a rebel-held area of northern Syria hit by government air strikes. The Syrian army has denied any role.
The German government on Wednesday approved the imposition of fines up to $ 53 million against social networks, which will not remove hate messages and fake news after customer complaints, reports BBC.
53% of respondents said Georgia’s course should be pro-western, though the country should maintain relations with Russia as well.
I think for the citizens of Armenia the priority were not Western, pro-Russian, pro-European positions, the primary requirement was developing political, economic, social issues. If there is intention to improve the situation in this field, it isn’t obligatory that the political power was Western or pro-Russian.
The Armenian Genocide themed movie ‘The Promise’ was screened at Vatican on April 4, Variety reported. It was attended by movie director Terry George, producer Eric Esrailian, stars Shohreh Aghdashloo and James Cromwell and by singer-songwriter Chris Cornell, who composed the theme song. Eric Esrailian recalled the visit of Pope Francis to Armenia last year, telling about the reaction of Armenian people when Pope Francis used the term ‘genocide’.
“I hope I will manage to clearly present Artsakh and its situation to our Diaspora Armenians, artists, with whom I communicate. I will call on them to visit Artsakh and spend time to get acquainted with this wonderful country.”
“I would really like to visit Artsakh again someday and perform and bring other artists with me if am able to. Now, the most important is to talk about Artsakh and present it to different people in different places. Everyne must know that Artsakh is a very beautiful country and the people here wait for everyone with love and smiles. I hope my solo concert in Artsakh wont’ be delayed,” he said.
