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09.07.2013
Yerevan Mayor visited the Armenian Apostolic church in Riga
The delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan which is in the capital of Latvia with an official visit visited the Armenian Apostolic church Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Riga. The spiritual leader of the church priest Khosrov Stepanyan presented Mayor Taron Margaryan the history of the church anointed in 2011. Due to active support of the Armenian community this church built in the style of Armenian Apostolic churches is always crowded during religious ceremonies and... more →
09.07.2013
Avan and Northern district of Riga will cooperate
The head of the administrative district of Avan Manvel Javadyan who visited Riga as a member of the delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a meeting with the head of Northern district of Riga Sergey Khristolyubov. The issues related to cooperation establishment and expansion between the administrative units of the two cities and experience exchange were discussed during the meeting. Expressing gratitude for warm reception Manvel Javadyan stressed that the friendly... more →
09.07.2013
The eminent composer Raymond Pauls will participate in "Erebuni-Yerevan" celebration
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan who is in Riga with an official visit, together with the Honorary Consul of Latvia to the RA Armen Khasaboghlyan, jazzman Levon Malkhasyan and a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan Hrant Tokhatyan were hosted by famous Latvian composer Raymond Pauls. Greeting the Mayor and the members of the delegation accompanied him Raymond Pauls first of all congratulated his guests on signing the Treaty on Brotherhood between Yerevan and Riga. The prominent... more →
03.07.2013
Meeting in the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
On July 3 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan met with Erikas Petrikas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the RA. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed issues regarding the inter-parliamentary cooperation, highlighted the close work between the Parliamentary Friendship Groups. Both sides emphasized this period, when Lithuania had the chairmanship of the Council of the European Union and... more →
03.07.2013
Dear Mr. Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights, Dear Mr. Gianni Buquicchio , President of the Venice Commission, Distinguished Chairmen of Constitutional courts, Dear participants of the conference, Ladies and gentlemen, May I welcome you in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. We are very happy to host the Pan-European conference on “The European Legal Standards of Rule of Law and the Scope of Discretion of Powers in the Member... more →
02.07.2013
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received President of the European Court of Human Rights Dean Spielmann. Welcoming Mr. Spielmann’s visit to Armenia, the Premier expressed hope that it would contribute to the development of bilateral cooperation. “Many legislative changes have been made in our country based on ECHR rulings, which exposed our legislative gaps. Proceeding from this point of view, we attach great importance to bilateral cooperation,” the Prime... more →