Armenia to Increase Defense Budget by 11% – PM
(Armradio)- Armenia intends to increase the defense budget by 11% in 2022, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the discussion of the draft State Budget for FY 2022 at the National Assembly.
He said a total of 345 billion drams will be allocated to the sphere.
“We will consistently move towards creating a professional army in Armenia, ...
For Breakthrough Innovation You Need to Think ‘Future Backwards’ – Noubar Afeyan
Innovation is the underlying driver of progress, founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering Noubar Afeyan said during a conversation with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian within the framework of the Armenian Summit of Minds.
“You can have innovative thoughts, innovative business models, innovative technologies, and I’d say that it is part ...
Erdogan says Turkey is set to banish 10 Western ambassadors
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from Western countries ‘persona non grata’ for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala, Reuters reports.
Expelling the 10 ambassadors, seven of whom represent governments from Turkey’s NATO allies, ...
Hospitals in Armenia Overwhelmed With COVID-19 Patients
A packed intensive care unit at Surp Grigor Lusavorich hospital in Yerevan.
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Armenia reported a record 2,603 coronavirus cases and hundreds of its unvaccinated citizens awaited hospitalization on Thursday as health authorities struggled to cope with a new wave of infections in the country of about 3 million.
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