El Festival Internacional de Cine de Dublín presentará las películas de Artavazd Peleshyan
The Dublin International Film Festival has announced select highlights from their 2023 film festival, including a double bill of films from filmmaker Artavazd Peleshyan.The festival will screen “The Seasons” and “Nature” on Saturday, March 4, followed by a Q&A hosted by Irish director Tadhg O’Sullivan.Artavazd Peleshyan produced his first film in 27 years in 2020 […]
34 años después del terremoto devastador de Spitak
December 7 marks the 34th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Spitak. The earthquake hit 40% of the territory of Armenia, a densely populated region with 1 million people.The cities of Spitak, Gyumri, Vanadzor and Stepanavan, as well as hundreds of villages, were totally or partially destroyed. 25 thousand people were killed, and 500 thousand […]
Encuentro público en París, “La diáspora hoy y mañana”
A public meeting entitled “The Diaspora today and tomorrow: its place and role in Armenia” took place in Paris on December 3, 2022, organised by the French Armenian Council. Diaspora High Commissioner Zareh Sinanyan and DIaspora organisations from France; Conseil Français-Arméniens (Eric Dadian, Levon Sakounts, Daniel Kurkdjian), DiasporArm (Hovel Chenorhokian) and Belgium (Nicolas Tavitian) were […]
Ejercicios militares turco-azeríes a lo largo de la frontera iraní
Turkey and Azerbaijan are holding joint military exercises along Azerbaijan’s border with Iran, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.The Azerbaijani Trend news agency describes the exercises “as a clear message to the Iranian regime that uses the rhetoric of threats against Azerbaijan, demonstrating yet again the might and professionalism of the two fraternal countries’ […]
Inauguración del Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2022 en Ereván
The Republic Square in Yerevan hosted the spectacular opening ceremony of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The ceremony featured champions from the previous Junior Eurovision Song Contests who have united for the 20th anniversary of the show. The 16 participants of this year’s Contest walked the red carpet and then entered the National Gallery […]
Armenia y Hungría restablecen sus lazos diplomáticos
Armenia and Hungary officially agreed on December 1 to restore their diplomatic relations frozen by Yerevan a decade ago.Armenia’s former leadership cut those ties in 2012 after the Hungarian government controversially extradited Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan; an Azerbaijani army officer who hacked to death a sleeping Armenian colleague in Budapest, in 2004. The Hungarian court […]
El índice de pobreza de Armenia en 2021 fue del 26,5%, según el organismo gubernamental
According to the government’s Statistical Committee, 26.5% of the people in Armenia lived below the national poverty level in 2021. This is a slight drop from the 27% poverty rate calculated by the Committee in 2020.In a recent report, the Statistical Committee says 1.5% of Armenian citizens were considered “extremely poor” in 2021, an increase […]
19.630 extranjeros solicitan la nacionalidad armenia, principalmente de Rusia
Armenia’s Police Department reports that 19,630 foreign citizens applied for Armenian citizenship in the first ten months of this year, and that 14,661 applicants are from Russia.According to police data, ninety-seven per cent of all applicants are of Armenian extraction.1,715 Georgian citizens applied for Armenian citizenship, followed by Lebanon; 1,045, Syria; 528, Iran; 456, the […]
Los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de Armenia y Grecia hablan de cuestiones regionales
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Greece met on December 1 on the sidelines of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Forum in Łódź, Poland, and discussed relations between their two countries and regional security matters.According to his office, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan explained Yerevan’s position regarding the settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and the situation surrounding […]