Le Festival international du film de Dublin présentera les films d'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 ans après le tremblement de terre dévastateur 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 […]
Réunion publique « La diaspora aujourd'hui et demain » à Paris
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 […]
Exercices militaires turco-azerbaïdjanais le long de la frontière iranienne
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’ […]
Ouverture du concours Eurovision de la chanson Junior 2022 à Erevan
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 […]
L'Arménie et la Hongrie rétablissent leurs relations diplomatiques
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 […]
Selon l'agence gouvernementale le taux de pauvreté en Arménie était de 26,5% en 2021
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 étrangers, principalement de Russie, demandent la citoyenneté arménienne
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 […]
Les ministres arménien et grec des Affaires étrangères discutent des questions régionales
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 […]