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Belarus and Armenia have agreed to establish an exchange of books and cooperate in translation of works by Belarusian and Armenian writers and poets into national languages, Armenian Deputy Culture Minister Artur Poghosyan told journalists on 10 February, BelTA reports. The Armenian official attended the opening ceremony of the 23rd International...
Three killed as minivan hits landmine at Ukrainian checkpoint in Donbass
Photo: Mikhail Sokolov/TASS Three people were killed when a minivan carrying civilians was blown up by a landmine at a Ukrainian checkpoint near the contact line early on Wednesday, the speaker of the Donbass special operation, Andrey Zadubinny, has said, TASS reports. “There were five people in the Volkswagen Transporter car (minivan) that...
No violation of the cease-fire regime registered during OSCE monitoring
On February 4, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the south-east direction of Kuropatkino settlement of the NKR Martuni region. From the positions of...
Ukraine Economy Minister Abromavicius resigns, citing pressure
Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius quit on Wednesday saying his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests, dealing another blow to Western hopes that the country can reform itself, Reuters reports. In his resignation statement, Abromavicius singled out a close ally of billionaire President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him...
European Court delivered 8 judgements against Armenia last year
The 2015 statistics of the European Court of Human Rights has been published. According to the report, in all countries of the Council of Europe, there were a total of 823 judgments in 2015, of which 692 (84%) found at least one violation of the convention. The States with the highest number of judgments finding at least one violation of the...
Eurovision 2016: Armenia to perform in first semi-final
Armenia has been drawn to compete in the first semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden. The first semi-final will be held on Tuesday 10 May, ahead of the grand final on Saturday 14 May. Armenia will be one of eighteen countries in Semi Final 1 fighting for ten qualifying places in the grand final....
Armenia to be guest of honor at Minsk Book Fair
Armenia will be the Guest of Honor of the Minsk International Book Fair to be held in the Belarusian capital on 10 to 14 February, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Information Ministry. In different years, the honorary title was given to Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Venezuela, and China. This year’s edition of the...
Armenian Amb. addresses UN debate, deplores Azeri violence
On 19 January Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations, Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan today delivered a statement at the Security Council Open Debate on “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict”. In his statement Ambassador Mnatsakanyan stressed, that Armenia shares the concern of the Secretary General about...
Hassan Rouhani: New chapter for Tehran as sanctions end
Iran “has opened a new chapter” in its ties with the world, President Hassan Rouhani said, hours after international nuclear sanctions were lifted, the BBC reports. The move came after the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said Iran had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons. UN, US and EU sanctions have...
Oscars 2016: ‘The Revenant’ leads with 12 nominations
Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee, John Krasinski and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs presented the 88th Annual Academy Award nominees on Thursday morning, kicking off the final sprint to the finish line for the year’s biggest contenders. The Revenant is leading the race for the 2016 Oscars with 12 nominations, with Mad Max: Fury Road...
