Two of the 27 martyrs of the “Volunteer Movement” NGO battalion were posthumously awarded the Artsakh Combat Cross Order of the 1st Degree, the others—the Medal of Courage—for their exceptional courage and bravery in defending the Artsakh state border during the large-scale military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan on September 27, 2020, writes Aravot.am.
On Wednesday in Yerevan, these medals were handed over to their relatives by the secretary of the Artsakh Security Council, Artsakh Hero, Major General Vitaly Balasanyan.
At the end of the solemn ceremony, Balasanyan said: "Back in 1988-91, 1991-94, when the national liberation movement, the struggle was revived, we were able to bring victories. Of course, today we are sad; we have lost [the recent war]. But we will return everything—except our martyrs; rest 100% assured. I am confident that we will overcome all the difficulties—whether political, military, social, economic—in a short time.

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President Arayik Harutyunyan received Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

Issues relating to expanding the cooperation between Stepanakert and Yerevan were discussed.

The meeting was also attended by Mayor of Stepanakert Davit Sargsyan.

Melbourne's Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities have confirmed they will March for Justice on 24th April 2021, joining their Sydney compatriots in calling for Federal recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian & Greek Genocides

http://www.anc.org.au/news/Media-Releases/Melbourne-Armenian--Assyrian-and-Greek-Communities-to-Join--SpeakUpScoMo-Call-and-March-for-Justice

Recently, an Azerbaijani Mi-8/17 helicopter crashed in the occupied Karvachar district. Information about the incident and the number of victims is hidden by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Alexander Lukashenko has said that his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev made a financial proposal – through him – to Armenia at some point. According to Lukashenko, Aliyev had allegedly proposed to restore Karabakh and "raise Armenia" if Yerevan agreed to peacefully settle the conflict.

"Of course, when I am no longer president, I will tell a lot of good things about what Ilham Aliyev proposed to the Armenian people and the leaders of Armenia in order to resolve this conflict,"
"One of the proposals was when he told me: "Listen, tell the Armenians, you are on good terms with them, I am ready to restore not only Karabakh, but also raise Armenia... I won't even name the amount that I am ready to pay right away. Tell them to settle this issue peacefully”

Putin and Lukashenko discussed the situation in Artsakh by phone-the Kremlin.

“In the context of Alexander Lukashenko's recent visit to Azerbaijan, the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement was also touched upon.”

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President Armen Sarkissian refused to sign into law the bill on increasing the fines for public defamation and insults which passed parliament earlier in March.

🎨Suren Chilingaryan, Haghpat Monastery, 1969, oil on canvas.
#WorldHeritageDay #april18

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A national air carrier will arrive in Armenia in late May - early June.

Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan announced this in the parliament on Thursday.

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Artsakh Prosecutor General's Office to interrogate President Arayik Harutyunyan in the framework of a criminal case on overthrowing the constitutional order


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The official visit of the President of Armenia to Georgia has started.

At the Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport, President Armen Sarkissian was met by Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Georgia David Zalkaliani.

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Artsakh Republic Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan sent a message to the international community, on 15 April on the occasion of the World Day of Culture from Amaras Monastery.

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❗️At Thursday's Cabinet session, the government of Armenia made an amendment to the law on the state budget for 2021, by which it allocated 427.7 million drams to the Public Broadcaster's Council.
The reasoning behind this decision states that the necessity of this decision is conditioned by the fact that the state-funded Public Television of Armenia plans to set up a separate news channel for the capital Yerevan, on the basis of the current news service, and its main purpose will be to provide operative and impartial information which, at the same time, will ensure the TV viewers’ fundamental rights to receive information.

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Gyumri is the only community in Armenia that to this day keeps the traditions of urban blacksmithing.
The Armenian government intends to include the Gyumri blacksmith's craft in the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

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⚡️Russia welcomes any initiatives aimed at establishing good-neighborly relations and lasting peace between Baku and Yerevan.

This was stated on Thursday at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

According to her, the stability and sustainable economic development of the South Caucasus is in the interests of all Russia's partners in this region.

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