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Grant Thornton named Employer of the Year by International Accounting Bulletin
  • Press release
  • 2017-10-17 13:22:41

  Grant Thornton also honoured with the Thought Leadership Initiative of the Year Award and Lifetime Achievement Award for Grant Thornton CEO Ed Nusbaum   17 October, 2017 International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) has

Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation with the participation of the heads of the regional administrations
  • Press release
  • 2017-10-10 18:56:00

On 10 October Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation with the participation of the heads of the regional administrations. A range of issues related to the development

Foreign Minister of Artsakh Received Members of California State Legislature
  • Press release
  • 2017-10-09 14:46:01

      On October 8, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilian received members of the California State Legislature․   Welcoming the visit of the Californian

Valeriy Gevorgyan from the position of the head of the Hadrout regional administration
  • Press release
  • 2017-10-06 18:19:59

On 6 October Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan approved the Government’s decision on releasing Valeriy Gevorgyan from the position of the head of the Hadrout regional administration in connection

A teacher has had a peculiar place in our society for centuries, enjoying the love and respect of the surrounding.Bako Sahakyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-10-05 12:56:03

On 5 October Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory address in connection with the Day of Teachers.  The address runs as follows: “Dear teachers, On behalf of the Artsakh Republic

John Malkovich sent a video message to the Armenian public: “I am looking forward to see you” (video)
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-30 18:34:47

    Hollywood legend John Malkovich is looking forward to his Armenian concert. He has sent a video message to the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the State Youth Orchestra

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Received Representatives of the International of Socialist Youth
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-30 15:14:32

    On September 30, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilian received representatives of international political youth organizations of the International Union of

U.S. State of Michigan Adopted a Resolution on the Recognition of Artsakh
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-30 14:49:32

On September 28, the Senate of the U.S. State of Michigan overwhelmingly voted to adopt Resolution No. 99 recognizing Artsakh. The draft resolution was introduced by Michigan State Senator

Bako Sahakyan partook at a festive event dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the formation of the “Artsiv Mahapartner” special force regiment held in the Gandzasar monastic comple
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-29 16:04:18

On 29 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan partook at a festive event dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the formation of the “Artsiv Mahapartner” special force regiment held

Bako Sahakyan partook together with members of the government at the meeting of National Assembly
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-28 16:33:42

On 28 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan partook together with members of the government at the meeting of National Assembly and responded to the questions raised by the

Artsakh welcomes Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-27 13:31:02

Comment by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh   We welcome the holding of a referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan

Declaration of Friendship Signed Between Chartar City of Artsakh and Decines-Charpieu City of France
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-25 19:46:09

    On September 25, a Declaration of Friendship was signed between Chartar city of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) and Decines-Charpieu city of France. The signing ceremony took

Bako Sahakyan signed a range of decrees
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-25 13:31:04

  On 25 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan signed a range of decrees.  The Presidential decree established the following composition of the Cabinet of Ministers:    Minister of State  Ministry of Healthcare Ministry of

The meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia with the Secretary-General of the Arab League
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-23 15:29:54

On September 22, in New York Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, had a meeting with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab League.   During the meeting

3-rd Armenian Trade Network Awards Ceremony has taken place
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-21 13:24:45

Dear Colleagues,       Armenian Trade Network (ATN) 3-rd Awards ceremony has taken place within the framework of the 6th Armenia-Diaspora Conference. Established six years ago ATN is a new platform for

Schedule of WeaponSupply ofContract Worth200 Million USD
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 20:10:23

  As it is known, the Russian-Armenian agreement on “Providing a State Export Loan to the RA Government” was signed in Yerevan on June 26, 2015, according to which Armenia

Bako Sahakyan met in Yerevan at the NKR Permanent Representation to Armenia the delegation of the Armenian Missionary Association of America
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 20:04:34

On 19 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met in Yerevan at the NKR Permanent Representation to Armenia the delegation of the Armenian Missionary Association of America headed by

Bako Sahakyan met in the city of Yerevan at the NKR Permanent Representation to Armenia with a group of US congressmen
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 19:58:22

  On 19 September  Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met in the city of Yerevan at the NKR Permanent Representation to Armenia with a group of US congressmen. Various issues related

Bako Sahakyan met in Anthony Barsamian, AAA executive director Bryan Ardouny and regional director of the organization Arpi Vardanyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 14:23:22

On 19 Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met in Yerevan at the NKR Permanent Mission to the Republic of Armenia with the co-chair of the Board of Trustees of

Bako Sahakyan sent a condolence letter to the family of writer and publicist Andrey Nuykin.
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 14:13:30

On 19 September  Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a condolence letter to the family of writer and publicist Andrey Nuykin. The letter runs as follows: “I have learnt with deep

New postage stamps dedicated to the theme “Insurance Foundation for Servicemen”
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-19 11:15:06

  On September 18th, 2017, “HayPost” CJSC has cancelled and put into circulation three postage stamps dedicated to the theme “Insurance Foundation for Servicemen”. The postage stamps have been cancelled

Bako Bako Sahakyan together with President Serzh Sargsyan partook at the opening of the “Mutual Trust, Unity and Responsibility” hosted in Yerevan 6th Armenia-Diaspora conference.
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-18 16:15:52

On 18 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan together with President Serzh Sargsyan of the Republic of Armenia partook at the opening of the “Mutual Trust, Unity and Responsibility”

Bako Sahakyan received a group of participants of the “Modern Aspects of Rehabilitation in Medicine” 8th international conference
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-14 18:21:38

On 14 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a group of participants of the “Modern Aspects of Rehabilitation in Medicine” 8th international conference.  The meeting addressed diverse issues related

Bako Sahakyan visited the Stepanakert Youth and Culture Palace
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-14 18:18:08

On 14 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Stepanakert Youth and Culture Palace and got acquainted with the final stage of capital reconstruction activities of its great

The United Nations supports the Government to assess chemical hazards at Nairit plant (Yerevan)
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-13 18:58:58

Bradley Busetto, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia, received the international experts’ team who have arrived to Armenia to assess the situation related to chemical hazards located at

Tackling Challenges for Independent Media in Eastern Partnership Countries
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-13 17:45:51

      The 2nd Eastern Partnership Media Conference, taking place in Kyiv on 13 September 2017, aims to shine a spotlight on the growing challenges facing journalists in the EU’s Eastern

Closure of the exhibition is anti-democratic and anti-constitutional
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-13 14:03:05

  On September 9 we witnessed another example of democratic principles falling in Armenia. This time an exhibition was closed by labeling "politicized". Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic

Unlocking Armenia's Potential for Duty-Free Exports to United States Using Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-13 13:12:18

On September 13, Ed Gresser, the Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics, led a discussion with Armenian officials and business leaders on how to boost

Bako Sahakyan held political consultations with the “Fatherland”, “Democracy”, “Dashnaktsoutyun”, “Movement-88” and “Renaissance” factions of the Artsakh Republic National Assembly
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-12 17:43:12

On 11 and 12 September President Bako Sahakyan held political consultations with the “Fatherland”, “Democracy”, “Dashnaktsoutyun”, “Movement-88” and “Renaissance” factions of the Artsakh Republic National Assembly.  A range of issues

Bako Sahakyan received minister of territorial administration and development of the Republic of Armenia David Lokyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-11 19:06:19

On 11 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received minister of territorial administration and development of the Republic of Armenia David Lokyan.  A range of issues related to the cooperation

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Alashan site and Talish village of the Martakert region
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-11 16:39:09

On 10 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Alashan site and Talish village of the Martakert region.   The President got acquainted with the activities being carried out in

UK-based mining law and institutional capacity expert to support in analysing Armenia’s legislative and institutional framework of mining industry to ensure compliance with the EITI standard
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-06 18:00:54

Yerevan, September 6, 2017 – British mining law expert, Mr. Christopher H. Nurse, will support Armenia in reviewing and analyzing country’s legislative and institutional framework ensuring its compliance with

Lord Darzi Joins Aurora Prize Selection Committee
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-05 11:31:10

World famous surgeon and health policy maker joins esteemed group of humanitarian leaders in Aurora Selection Committee   September 5, 2017 -  YEREVAN, ARMENIA - The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is pleased

Director of the George Marshall Center US General Keith W. Dayton visited the National Defense Research University
  • Press release
  • 2017-09-01 17:41:28

The delegation headed by Lieutenant General Keith W. Dayton (ret.), Director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, paid a visit to the National Defense Research

Bako Sahakyan received the delegation of the “Tufenkian” charitable foundation and famous Italian writer and scientist of Armenian origin Antonia Arslan
  • Press release
  • 2017-08-31 12:32:55

On 31 August Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received the delegation of the “Tufenkian” charitable foundation and famous Italian writer and scientist of Armenian origin Antonia Arslan.  The meeting addressed

PicsArt Launches iMessage App for Stickers
  • Press release
  • 2017-08-22 17:50:50

Over 2 Million Free-To-Use Stickers Are Now Available For Making Self-Expression Fun And Easy When Chatting With Friends   [Yerevan, August 22, 2017] – PicsArt, the leading image editing app and creative

Arman Movsisyan with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state border
  • Press release
  • 2017-08-14 16:30:31

On 14 August President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on awarding posthumously serviceman of NKR Defense Army's N division Arman Movsisyan with the "For Service in Battle" medal for

OSCE mission conducts regular monitoring in Askeran direction
  • Press release
  • 2017-08-09 14:44:28

On August 9, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic), the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the

Business-task – an educational model
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-31 14:28:59

In the frame of “Junior Achievements of Armenia” and VivaCell-MTS partnership for the fourth time the annual “Business task” competition has been held. The goal of a joint initiative

Jury Boards of C4F Awards’2018 Announced! There is a representative from Armenia
  • Science and Technology
  • 2017-07-28 18:02:13

  Communication professionals from different countries around the world have now confirmed their participation to join the international Jury Boards for the 9th edition of the prestigious Communication for Future

The meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia with the European Parliament officials
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-25 15:34:25

On July 24, Garen Nazarian, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, received the staffers of different departments of the European Parliament.   In the course of the meeting, reference was made to

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ashot Hovakimian met experts on Sustainable Development Goals of UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-25 11:20:28

  On July 24, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ashot Hovakimian received the UN country team on mainstreaming, acceleration and policy support for SDGs of the UNDP Bureau for Policy

Ambassador of Poland to Armenia was awarded with Medal of Honour of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-24 19:39:17

On July 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the Ambassador of Poland to Armenia Jerzy Marek Nowakowski on the occasion of completion of his diplomatic mission.   Minister Nalbandian highlighted the

25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Georgia
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-24 19:30:26

Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Mikheil Janelidze, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, exchanged messages on the occasion of 25th anniversary of establishment of

Bako Sahakyan received prelate of the Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-24 19:07:30

On 24 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received prelate of the Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan. Issues related to the state-church relations and in

Bako Sahakyan held a meeting with foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-24 19:03:17

On 23 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan held a meeting with foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan and discussed several issues related to foreign policy

Kansas National Guard medical and hazardous material experts to train firefighters in Armenia
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-21 17:09:22

A team of Kansas National Guardsmen is in the Republic of Armenia to train Armenian firefighters in first aid, life-saving techniques, and hazardous material awareness, recognition and response.   The Kansas

NA Vice-President Receives a Group Young People of Armenian Diaspora
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-20 14:53:18

July 20, vice-president of the parliament Vahram Balayan received members of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association and the Junior Union of New Julfa in the Big Hall

Bako Sahakyan partook in the celebration of the Chartar town Day held at the town’s Culture Palace
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-20 14:38:05

On 20 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan partook in the celebration of the Chartar town Day held at the town’s Culture Palace. The Head of the State considered important

New contributions in international recognition of Armenian scientist Armen Avagyan
  • Press release
  • 2017-07-13 12:54:14

    Armenian scientist, Chairman of the Public Council's Economic Development and Investment Subcommittee Armen Avagyan from USA “Marquis Who's Who” has been awarded by their highest award named their founder