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«Armenians of Constantinople are dead but not buried» . Sargis Hatspanyan(Video)
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  • 2016-02-16 20:08:54

«Armenians of Constantinople are dead but not buried»,-this is how the regional affairs expert Sargis Hatspanyan described the psychological state of Armenian community after the murder which took place

Bako Sahakyan signed a decree
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  • 2016-02-05 17:27:58

On 5 February President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on awarding posthumously private of the NKR Defense Army's N division Simon Chavrshyan with the "For Service in Battle" medal

A solar heating system has been supplemented in Berdavan community kindergarten, Tavush region
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  • 2015-12-24 11:25:14

The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets and its General Partner VivaCell-MTS summed up the outcomes of a joint project implemented in Berdavan community of Tavush

Presentation of the 'Homecoming' film took place in Stepanakert
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  • 2015-12-19 18:53:03

  In support of the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs of NKR, in connection with the 10th anniversary of the Khnus Cultural Foundation and the 11th anniversary of the

Նոր նշանակում
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  • 2015-12-18 16:22:45

Ն.Ս.Օ.Տ.Տ. Գարեգին Բ Ծայրագոյն Պատրիարք եւ Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոսի հայրապետական տնօրինութեամբ Մայր Աթոռ Ս. Էջմիածնի միաբան Հոգեշնորհ Տ. Վռամ աբեղայ Ղազարեանը, ազատուելով Գուգարաց թեմում ստանձնած պարտականութիւններից, ծառայութեան է կոչուել

Lor community ofSyunik region has been provided with 24-hourwater supply
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  • 2015-12-16 11:32:36

The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets and VivaCell-MTS have summed up the results of a joint program implemented in order to improve water supply network

Safety Questions After Azerbaijan Oil Rig Blaze
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  • 2015-12-16 09:42:33

By IWPR Caucasus A fire at a Caspian Sea oil rig that claimed at least seven lives has prompted questions about accountability as well as safety standards in  Azerbaijan.  Of the crew of

Vardan Vardanyan was posthumously awarded with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state border
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  • 2015-12-11 18:31:44

On 11 December President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which serviceman of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army's N division Vardan Vardanyan was posthumously awarded with the

Bako Sahakyan accompanied by top officials of the country visited the Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid a wreath to the monument of innocent victims of the natural disaste
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  • 2015-12-07 12:25:30

On 7 December in connection with the 27th anniversary of the Spitak Earthquake Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan accompanied by top officials of the country visited the Stepanakert Memorial

Joint Statement for the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women
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  • 2015-11-25 18:32:12

On the occasion of the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community commends members of Armenian civil society, concerned Armenian government officials, and others across

In the month of November the Hayrenaser Organization honors the memory of the freedom-fighter Tigran Sargsyan
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  • 2015-11-03 15:29:56

  In the month of November the Hayrenaser Organization honors the memory of the freedom-fighter Tigran Sargsyan.   Tigran was only 12 years old, but he already knew that one day bonfires

The development of neonatal health care system in Armenia is of high priority
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  • 2015-10-26 17:59:23

The partnership between VivaCell-MTS and BirthLink is now in its eighth year, aimed at reducing neonatal mortality and morbidity, through supporting the care of sick and premature babies in

VivaCell-MTS and Ralph Yirikian become laureates of the “Mercury” Award
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  • 2015-10-24 17:19:27

The “Mercury” Award of year has taken place. The Award is granted to companies and individuals which have made an outstanding contribution to the economy and business sphere of

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’ French affiliate begins construction of oncology center in Stepanakert
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  • 2015-10-15 12:26:34

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has begun the construction of a state-of-the-art oncology center in Stepanakert. The project is sponsored by the fund’s French affiliate, with additional financial support from

Bako Sahakyan visited the village of Dahrav in the Askeran region and met with representatives of the community
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  • 2015-10-12 11:53:46

On 11 October Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the village of Dahrav in the Askeran region and met with representatives of the community.   Issues the town faces and ways

COAF – U.S. Embassy YerevanBasketball Friendly Marks the Opening of the School Gym in Vanand Community in Armavir Marz
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  • 2015-09-28 15:07:34

On September 26, 2015, the community of Vanand, together with the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, and the USAID-funded Clean Energy and Water Program

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
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  • 2015-09-28 11:23:30

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.   “Through the strength of Your All-Holy Spirit, let this oil be: The oil of joy and garment of

VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia Build a Home in Darbas Village of Syunik Region
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  • 2015-09-28 11:11:46

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, employees of the Company and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia team participated in the construction of the half-built house of Karapetyan family from

President Bako Sahakyan partook at an opening of sculptor Toros Rasguélénian’s “Eternity” monument and a solemn ceremony of groundbreaking the “Paul Éluard’s home” Francophone center held in the French park of capital Stepanakert
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  • 2015-09-18 13:51:45

On 18 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan partook at an opening of sculptor Toros Rasguélénian’s “Eternity” monument and a solemn ceremony of groundbreaking the “Paul Éluard’s home” Francophone

RAFFI HOVANNISIAN IN LEBANON, MEETS CATHOLICOS ARAM I
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  • 2015-09-16 16:23:58

  Beirut―Armenia's first minister of foreign affairs concluded his four-day visit to Lebanon with a private reception at the residence of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House

Is it the USA Who is Guilty of Russian Loot? Tracking Bastrigin’s Statement
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  • 2015-09-09 13:41:20

Yesterday Head of the Investigation Service of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrigin gave an interview to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” newspaper in which he claimed that the Yerevan protests against electricity

Twenty-four young people from European countries this week participate in an international training course on “Organisational Management” in Aghveran.
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  • 2015-09-05 21:17:15

Twenty-four young people from European countries this week participate in an international training course on “Organisational Management” in Aghveran. The training is organised by the Austrian youth organisation “Progressum”

2 года евразийского пути (анимационный видеоматериал)
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  • 2015-09-03 18:39:04

В этот день 2013-го года Президент Серж Саргсян заявил, что Армения планирует вступить в таможенный, а затем – в Евразийский союз. Он обосновывал это экономическими интересами и обеспечением безопасности

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a condolence letter to the family of philanthropist Vahagn Hovnanian
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  • 2015-09-01 14:23:12

On 1 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a condolence letter to the family of philanthropist Vahagn Hovnanian.  The letter runs as follows:   “I have learnt with deep sorrow about

Karen Hovhannisyan with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defence of the NKR state border
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  • 2015-08-13 11:49:56

On 13 August President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree awarding posthumously private of the NKR Defense Army's N division Karen Hovhannisyan with the "For Service in Battle" medal for

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOUTH
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  • 2015-08-12 12:28:29

Emerging threats, violent extremism, shifting political conditions, economic turmoil and social transformations are combining to heighten the challenges facing the world’s young people. No one knows better than them

President Bako Sahakyan received students from the Diaspora
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  • 2015-07-23 14:15:58

  On 23 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received students from the Diaspora living and working in the Motherland within the frameworks of student summer program of the Armenian

President Bako Sahakyan received a few dozen students from the Diaspora
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  • 2015-07-18 13:17:24

On 18 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a few dozen students from the Diaspora who arrived in Artsakh from different countries of the world within the frameworks

President Bako Sahakyan received a delegation of the Armenian Assembly of America headed by chairman of its board of trustees Van Krikorian
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  • 2015-07-13 21:18:49

On 13 July Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a delegation of the Armenian Assembly of America headed by chairman of its board of trustees Van Krikorian.   The meeting addressed

From Our Children to Putin’s Friends
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  • 2015-07-06 15:33:19

Recently the Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan announced that the Government is looking for ways to subsidize the electricity tariff and reconfirmed once again that it is not

t Bako Sahakyan in connection with the Day of Perished for Motherland and Missing in Action visited Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid a wreath on the monument of missing in action freedom fighters
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  • 2015-06-29 12:32:31

On 29 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan in connection with the Day of Perished for Motherland and Missing in Action visited Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid a wreath

The annual "Painting Day" was held at Yerevan Zoo
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  • 2015-06-05 16:37:47

  The annual "Painting Day" was held at Yerevan Zoo on June 5. Huge open-air studio that gathered hundreds of young artists from Yerevan and regions was organized by the

45 bordering communities in Tavush will benefit from a community development project funded by the Russian Federation
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  • 2015-06-05 12:36:35

Over the next 5 years 45 bordering communities of Tavush region, with an overall population of 62,000, will have the opportunity to develop their own community plans, prioritizing activities

Armenia’s International Community to Honour Rights Advocates
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  • 2015-06-05 11:37:21

Yerevan, Armenia – The U.S. Embassy, Delegation of the European Union to Armenia, British Embassy, OSCE Office in Yerevan, Council of Europe Office in Yerevan and the United Nations

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan attended Artsakh “Khnotsi” festival held in the Hin Shen village of the Shoushi region
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  • 2015-06-02 17:29:24

  On 2 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan attended Artsakh “Khnotsi” festival held in the Hin Shen village of the Shoushi region.  President Sahakyan considered such events important for maintaining

Bako Sahakyan attended the town of Chartar and partook there at a solemn ceremony of opening a new kindergarten
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  • 2015-06-01 15:42:49

On 1 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan attended the town of Chartar and partook there at a solemn ceremony of opening a new kindergarten.  The Head of the State

The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute has been enriched with new valuable items
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  • 2015-06-01 15:23:14

Any testimony, letter, picture, postcard that has reached us from the years of the Armenian Genocide is of great importance for the study of that period. Over the course

President Bako Sahakyan partook at the opening of the first meeting of the 6th convocation National Assembly and delivered there a welcoming speech
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  • 2015-05-21 14:17:29

On 21 May President Bako Sahakyan partook at the opening of the first meeting of the 6th convocation National Assembly and delivered there a welcoming speech.   The President congratulated the

Artsakh Republic President partook at a solemn ceremony of opening a capitally renovated barrack in one of the Defense Army’s military units dislocated in the southern wing of the republic
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  • 2015-05-13 16:03:34

On 13 May Artsakh Republic President partook at a solemn ceremony of opening a capitally renovated barrack in one of the Defense Army’s military units dislocated in the southern

PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES DELEGATION OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT
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  • 2015-05-11 16:33:37

President Serzh Sargsyan today received the delegation of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) headed by Secretary-General Scott Teare. The delegation included the representatives of the National

Congratulatory Address of President Bako Sahakyan in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Victory, the Day of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi
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  • 2015-05-09 11:10:56

Congratulatory Address of President Bako Sahakyan  in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Victory, the Day of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi     Dear compatriots, Dear

On 8 May within the frameworks of celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day, the Day of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army and Liberation of Shoushi President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan hold in his residence a solemn cerem
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  • 2015-05-08 18:08:37

On 8 May within the frameworks of celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day, the Day of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army and Liberation of Shoushi

President Bako Sahakyan visited the town of Shoushi
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  • 2015-05-08 14:55:37

On 8 May within the frameworks of festive events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory, the Day of the NKR Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi

Bako Sahakyan signed a decree
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  • 2015-05-05 16:20:13

On 5 May President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on awarding 92 veterans of the Great Patriotic War with the “Gratitude” medal in connection with the 70th anniversary of

U.S. Ambassador Mills Marks World Intellectual Property Day at the Microsoft Innovation Center
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  • 2015-05-05 16:16:52

The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, Richard M. Mills, Jr., visited the Microsoft Innovation Center to highlight World Intellectual Property Day, a day celebrated annually to mark the founding of

President Bako Sahakyan received a group of observers
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  • 2015-05-03 10:36:40

On 2 May Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a group of observers from Israel, Hungary, Czech Republic, Belgium, Estonia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Zimbabwe, South Ossetia and Armenia

The U.S. Embassy announces with sadness that Harry J. Gilmore, the first U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, passed away last week
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  • 2015-04-29 18:38:45

The U.S. Embassy announces with sadness that Harry J. Gilmore, the first U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, passed away last week at the age of 77.  Ambassador Gilmore served in

President Bako Sahakyan was present in the Tsaghkashat village of the Askeran region at the Zhengyalov hats festival
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  • 2015-04-29 17:24:09

On 29 April Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan was present in the Tsaghkashat village of the Askeran region at the Zhengyalov hats festival. President Sahakyan expressed hope that the festival

President Serzh Sargsyan is reelected as Chairman of YSU Board of Trustees
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  • 2015-04-29 15:15:14

RA President Serzh Sargsyan, Chairman of the Yerevan State University (YSU) Board of Trustees, today visited the YSU. The President attended the opening ceremony of the Alley of Gratitude

Together we can free Gyumri from domiks a day earlier
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  • 2015-04-28 17:35:31

More than quarter century has passed after the devastating disaster of 1988, nevertheless the depressive psychology of disaster still prevails. Nowadays more than 3500 dilapidated domiks are scattered all