Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
PSAA Board adopts an appeal to OSCE Secretary General
On the eve of the Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Armenia, discussing the Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs of 17 February, 2017 on the Constitutional Referendum of 20 February, 2017 held in the Republic of Artsakh, the Board of the Political Science Association of Armenia (PSAA) adopted an Appeal to the Secretary General of...
EBRD, EU and Sweden offer support to women entrepreneurs in Armenia
Promoting inclusion as a core element of successful economies the EBRD is launching the extension of its successful Women in Business programme in Armenia to the local lenders Ameriabank and ACBA-Credit Agricole. Both banks joined the programme at the end of last year and are now ready to provide loans to women-led businesses in accordance with...
What can Armenia offer the EU besides Mkhitaryan? President talks to Euronews
The EU and Armenia have concluded negotations on a Partnership Agreement. The deal is likely to be signed in May. President Serge Sargsyan spoke to Euronews’ Brussels correspondent Andrei Beketov in an exclusive intervew. Is the Armenia-EU deal a step forward or backward as compared to the Association agreement, which Armenia called off in...
What can Armenia offer EU besides Mkhitaryan? President talks to Euronews
The EU and Armenia have concluded negotations on a Partnership Agreement. The deal is likely to be signed in May. President Serge Sargsyan spoke to Euronews’ Brussels correspondent Andrei Beketov in an exclusive intervew. Is the Armenia-EU deal a step forward or backward as compared to the Association agreement, which Armenia called off in...
Sir Alex Ferguson eyed Henrikh Mkhitaryan while Manchester United manager
Manchester United considered signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan before he joined Borussia Dortmund with Sir Alex Ferguson a fan of his ability, according to his former assistant Rene Meulensteen. Mkhitaryan is thriving under Jose Mourinho after a £27million summer move from the Bundesliga club but his arrival at Old Trafford could have happened...
Eurovision 2017 organising team quits en masse
The Eurovision Song Contest has hit a major road bump, after 21 top level staff organising the event resigned, the BBC reports. The Ukrainian Eurovision team say they were stripped of major responsibilities in December, when a new boss was appointed to the organising committee. According to their resignation letter, they were “completely blocked”...
Amnesty International urges Azerbaijani authorities to release blogger Lapshin
Amnesty International has condemned the extradition of a blogger from Belarus to Azerbaijan. “Upon transfer to Baku on 7 February, Alexander Lapshin was taken immediately into custody. In Azerbaijan, he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment as well as an unfair trial. The criminal proceedings against Alexander Lapshin should be...
Russia will continue to follow Lapshin’s fate: Maria Zakharova
Photo: TASS Russia continues to follow he fate of blogger Alexander Lapshin extradited to Azerbaijan, Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova told reporters today. “We’ll keep following the fate of the Russian citizen,” Zakaharoca said, reminding that the Foreign Ministry had earlier expressed its stance on...
Henrikh Mkhitaryan says he moved to Man United for career development, not money
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has hit back at critics who claimed that he chose to move to Manchester United for financial reasons, the Daily Mail reports. The Armenian playmaker joined United last summer in a deal worth £30m, after three years at Borussia Dortmund. But Mkhitaryan insisted that the deal was more about continuing his development as a...
Russia taking all measures to protect Alexander Lapshin’s interests: Kremlin
Russia continues to take all legal actions to protect blogger Alexander Lapshin, who was handed over to Azerbaijan by Belarus, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reports. Peskov reminded that Lapshin holds several citizenships, including that of Russia. “Therefore, we treat him as our national,” he said. “We continue to legally...
