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Message by the RA National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan on the Day of Memory to the Genocide Victims24.04.2013

Message by the RA National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan on the Day of Memory to the Genocide Victims

“Dear compatriots, Today is the 98th anniversary of the crime, genocide, perpetrated towards our compatriots. Soon the one century of that crime, still mainly not condemned will be, i.e. about 100 years justice is waiting for true perception and unbiased assessment. At the beginning of the 20th century in the Ottoman Turkey the Armenians became the innocent victims of the first policy and programme of phobia and intolerance organized by a state. Today, the Armenian Genocide... more →

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan rendered the tribute of respect to the memory of the victims of Genocide24.04.2013

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan rendered the tribute of respect to the memory of the victims of Genocide

The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and His Holiness All Armenian Catholicos Garegin B, accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and the higher authorities of the RA and the representatives of the clergy visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and rendered their tribute of respect to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The employees of the staff of the Municipality of Yerevan and of the Municipality subordinated organizations also rendered their tribute of respect to... more →

Yerevan Municipality support to the 15 residents of Yerevan survived in the Genocide24.04.2013

Yerevan Municipality support to the 15 residents of Yerevan survived in the Genocide

On the event of the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Department of Social Welfare of the staff of the Municipality of Yerevan organized visits to all the residents of Yerevan survived in the Genocide. "Today 15 citizens survived in the Genocide are living in the capital. The attention of the Mayor to them is permanent. The visits of the department paid to genocide survivors at the threshold of April 24 have become traditional. During the year they pay other visits on... more →

The monument to the former leader of the administrative district David Petrosyan has been opened in Nor Nork district23.04.2013

The monument to the former leader of the administrative district David Petrosyan has been opened in Nor Nork district

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan participated in the opening of the monument to the former leader of the administrative district of Nor Nork David Rafiki Petrosyan. Taking into account the proposals made by the residents of the district the Council of Elders of Yerevan made a decision to place the monument in the area adjacent to the art school after H. Danielyan at Guy avenue 17. David Petrosyan had his special contribution to the issue of development and construction of Nor Nork. The... more →

Another three computer classrooms have been opened23.04.2013

Another three computer classrooms have been opened

In accordance with the memorandum signed between Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and the director of UCOM company Hayk Yesayan in 2012, by the end of the year 15 schools subordinated to the Municipality of Yerevan will have classrooms equipped with computer appliances. This enduring program is one of the best examples of cooperation between the Municipality and the private sector. Deputy Mayor Vano Vardanyan, the head of the Department of General Education Gayane Soghomonyan and the... more →

Tigran Sargsyan: “Our language will bring us together to make a unified fist”22.04.2013

Tigran Sargsyan: “Our language will bring us together to make a unified fist”

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the opening of Diaspora Ministry-hosted “Armenian language is in my heart” pan-Armenian youth conference in Yerevan. Welcoming the participants on behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister said. “We attach great importance to all pan-Armenian events. This is why the Ministry of Diaspora was et up at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Armenia for the first time five years ago to unite Armenians around the world.... more →