Politics

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on July 16 received co-chair of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), editor-in-chief of Nouvelles d'Arménie journal Ara Toranian, the PM’s Office told Armenpress. The PM welcomed the guest and attached importance to the activity of the Coordination Council...

Farmers of Qaghtsrashen village in Ararat province have been holding a protest action outside the government building since early morning. They say poor irrigation infrastructure have created an acute water shortage that threatens to destroy their orchards and other crops. The village residents have been chanting “Make a step, ...

The article “Armenia…Where Europe ends or rather Starts” by Armenian Ambassador to Belgium Tatul Margaryan has been published in the 60th volume of Diplomatic World, one of the most famous European magazines, the Armenian foreign ministry told Armenpress. In his article the Ambassador briefly introduced the history of Armenia as...

July 16, 2019 - 16:06 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will travel to Washington D.C. for the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom slated for July 18. Mnatsakanyan is expected to deliver remarks at the event, which seeks to reaffirm international commitments to promote religious freedom for...

Georgian and Azerbaijani law enforcement officers held a meeting near the disputable territory of the David Gareji Monastery yesterday to discuss the incident that took place between locals and Azerbaijani border guards on July 14, Civil.ge reported. The source cites media reports saying an altercation between locals and Azerb...

Turkey on Tuesday rejected as “worthless” an initial set of sanctions approved by the European Union against Ankara, and vowed to send a new vessel to the eastern Mediterranean to reinforce its efforts to drill for hydrocarbons off the island of Cyprus, The Associated press reported. The source reminded that EU foreign ministe...

Armenian foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will depart for the United States on a working visit to take part in the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 18 in Washington D.C., the MFA told Armenpress. The Armenian FM will deliver remarks at the conference. Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan ...

Armenian Ambassador to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Tigran Mkrtchyan gave an interview to the renowned Latvian magazine The Baltic Times, titled “A common past helped Armenian and Baltic nations to get to know one another”. Armenpress presents the full text of the interview: Although Armenia may seem just too far for many to ex...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to Facebook on Monday to share the story of a meeting with a an American-Armenian family . “I received Michael Mikhani and his sister Evelin accompanied by their mother Gayane Arzumanyan. Michael’s father is an Iranian-Armenian, while mother is from Yerevan. They arrived in Armenia t...

The European Union on Monday agreed measures to punish Turkey for pursuing drilling operations off Cyprus despite repeated warnings, AFP reported. According to the news agency, the EU will halt high-level dialogue with Turkey, suspend talks over an aviation agreement and cut 145.8 million euros ($164 million) in pre-accession ...