I baked my first Focaccia bread after I watched a video I on Instagram. Charismatic Ben taught me how to bake an Italian bread step by step, and when it was ready, I shouted “YASSS” with the same enthusiasm as he did. A few days ago, when it was raining in New York and sunny in Yerevan, baker Ben introduced me to the magical world of bread. We talked about my favorite Armenian Lavash and his plans to visit Armenia in near future.
I was at home, in Yerevan, then suddenly I moved to Paris. Illustrator Camille Witt introduced me to the local Parisian cafes, stylish Parisians, their humor and everything else that is hidden in the city of love.
Avetik Ishkyanyan, the Chairman of Helsinki Committee of Armenia, a human rights defense organization, has expressed his concern over Gagik Khachatryan’s case, a former minister of Finance of Armenia currently facing politically motivated charges. His statement reads:
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan (97kg) has won gold at the European Championships in Italy.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s official visit to Italy continues. Earlier today the Premier visited the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in Milan, the ISPI Brain Center and delivered a speech at the discussion, entitled “Dialogue on the Future.”
“Microbes: Biology & Application” International Conference held at the Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in Yerevan from October 9-11, 2019 was organized by the Armenian Microbiological Association (AMA) joint with the SPC “Armbiotechnology” NAS of Armenia and sponsored by FEMS (Federation of European Microbiological Societies) and VIPECO Armenia.
The Azerbaijani military has opened cross-border gunfire in the direction of civilian settlements and military positions of Armenia in the Tavush Province overnight October 29-30 and early Wednesday morning, according to Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan.
“The Audit Chamber of the Republic of Armenia has released the results of the audits conducted at Hayastan All-Armenian Fund in the period between August 29, 2018 and September 30, 2019. Zhoghovurd Armenian newspaper was informed that both the amounts and types of the detected misuses were unprecedented.
Gagik Khachatryan, the former RA Minister of Finance, and the former chairperson of the State Revenue Committee, has been in detention for a month already. He is accused of alleged abuse of official power and misuse of public funds. Khachatryan does not accept the charges against him. The following has been submitted by his team of lawyers, represented by Yerem Sargsyan.
A while ago, Sargis Ohanjanyan (born in 1991) was apprehended under the criminal case being examined in regard to disrespect towards Judge Anna Danibekyan of the first instance court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan. Narek Mutafyan (born in 1993) has been arrested within the scope of this case.
