US President Joe Biden is about to host a record-breaking fundraiser in New York City, alongside his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The event is projected to raise over $25m (£20m) for the Democrat’s campaign – the most ever for a single political event, says his team. It adds to the $155m cash on …
Armenia is sending about 30 tons of humanitarian aid for about 1.5 million people displaced from Gaza. The aid includes canned food, dry food, medicine, medicinal solutions, antibiotics. Earlier today the Armenian government approved provision of 19 million AMD for the purpose. It was also decided to allocate additional funds to the Ministry of Defense …
Two cultural organizations from Armenia and one from Georgia are among the 114 selected in the second call for residency hosts under the Culture Moves Europe project, funded by the EU’s Creative Europe programme, EU Neighbors East reports. The total estimated grant is more than €1.8 million with individual grant per project depending on its duration (between 22 and …
Hayastan All Armenian Fund has provided regular financial support to 16 Armenian educational institutions operating in Lebanon as part of the ongoing support to the Armenian community of Lebanon. An amount of $100,000, donated by the French Affiliate (Fonds Arménien de France), will be allocated to the teaching and technical staff of the following institutions: …
The Armenian government will allocate 19 million drams to provide food and medicine to 1.5 million people displaced from Gaza. The decision was approved at the cabinet meeting today. The humanitarian cargo will include canned food, dry food, medicines, including medicinal solutions and antibiotics. Additional funds will be allocated to the Ministry of Defense to …
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Olivier Decottignies visited the construction site of the Academic City, the area adjacent to the 17th district of Yerevan. Accompanying them were Deputy Minister Artur Martirosyan, chairman of the Higher Education and Science Committee Sargis Armenian, the rector …
The delegation led by the Chairman of the Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee of Parliament of Georgia Givi Mikanadze, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex today accompanied by Narek Babayan, member of the Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport. The guests laid flowers at the Eternal Flame and paid …
The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was under water where the Baltimore bridge collapsed, the BBC reports. Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search …
The State Department said Wednesday that an upcoming high-level meeting in Brussels between Yerevan, the United States and the European Union will “purely” focus on Armenia-related issues. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on April 5. Baku has voiced concern about …
Former prime ministers, commissioners, ministers, and sitting parliamentarians have released a report calling for more Europe in Armenia; more Armenia in Europe. The Friends of Armenia Network, led by former Danish Prime Minister and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, today released a report which outlines a detailed vision for making Armenia’s Western trajectory irreversible. …
The high-level meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan scheduled for April 5 in Brussels will be dedicated to strengthening Armenia-EU-US cooperation and is not and could not be directed against any third party, Spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan …
The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has recommended that Kosovo be invited to become a member of the Council of Europe. Approving a draft Opinion during a meeting held today in Paris, based on a report by Dora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD), the committee welcomed an extensive …