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President Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to Brussels02.03.2012

President Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to Brussels

On March 5-7, President Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to Brussels. In the framework of the visit, the President will participate at the NATO Council+ Armenia session and will make a statement at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In Brussels, Serzh Sargsyan will also have a number of meetings. He will meet with the Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Council Herman Van Rampuy, President... more →

Head of the NA RPA Faction Meets the Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia01.03.2012

Head of the NA RPA Faction Meets the Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia

On February 15 Galust Sahakyan, Head of the RPA faction of the National Assembly, received Ivan Kukhta, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Armenia. Highly appreciating the continuous development and reinforcement of the political-economic ties, inter-parliamentary relations between Armenia and Ukraine. Both sides have recorded that the possibilities of comprehensive cooperation of the two countries much bigger, which by the implementation of different joint programmes, persistent... more →

National Assembly Ends the Work of the Four-Day Sittings01.03.2012

National Assembly Ends the Work of the Four-Day Sittings

On March 1 the RA National Assembly continued the work of the four-day sittings. On the NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan’s proposal the deputies honored the memory of the victims of tragic events, which took place in Yerevan four years ago on March 1, with a minute of silence. The NA Speaker has informed the deputies that the pupils and teachers from about three dozens of schools in Tavush Marz and Yerevan were watching the sitting of the parliament within the framework of the... more →

GENOCIDE01.03.2012

GENOCIDE

The term Genocide was coined by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, whose family was one of the victims of the Jewish Holocaust. By defining this term, Prof. Lemkin sought to describe Nazi politics of systematic murder, violence and cruelty and atrocities committed against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as well. On December 9, 1948, the United Nations approved the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Convention defines Genocide as... more →

Haikyan Awards Ceremony Was Held29.02.2012

Haikyan Awards Ceremony Was Held

Attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Haikyan Awards Ceremony was held today at the headquarters of Armenia’s Youth Foundation in Yerevan. Haikyan awards were presented to those youth and student entities having excelled in different fields of youth policy in 2011. The awards were handed out by the Prime Minister himself.”The most important goal of the contest is to encourage and promote activity and self-organization among the youth. This may raise the overall level of... more →

Republican Party of Armenia goes to elections with clear conscience, RPA MP is sure29.02.2012

Republican Party of Armenia goes to elections with clear conscience, RPA MP is sure

The regular parliamentary elections, which will determine the priorities of the upcoming 5 years, are approaching, MP of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Artak Zakaryan stated Tuesday at the National Assembly. "Our goal is to present a pre-electoral program, which will express the demands and wishes of all classes of society. Republican Party of Armenia has always been honest with society and has created an atmosphere of dialogue," said Artak Zakaryan. He noted that they... more →