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Time Magazine Names Nikol Pashinian and 3 Others ‘Crusaders of World Democracy’

 NEW YORK — Time magazine has named Armenia’s prime minister one of the modern world’s four prominent crusaders “keeping the dream of democracy alive”. The publication has spoken with all the four people about their motivation to fight ...
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Canadian PM Reaffirms His Participation In the 17th Francophone Summit In Yerevan

 Pashinyan meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Brussels, July 12, 2018.  On July 12, 2018, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a series of informal working meetings with leaders of different ...
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Pashinyan Meets Macron, EU Officials in Brussels

 Prime Minister Pashinyan Meets with French President Emanuel Macron in Brussels on Wednesday BRUSSELS—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is on his first official visit to the European Union capital, where on Wednesday he met with French President ...
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$42 million in unpaid taxes restored by authorities in just 45 days

 (Armenpress)- 20 billion 622 million drams in tax evasion damages have been restored in one and a half months alone as of July 1, PM Nikol Pashinyan said at today’s Cabinet meeting. “As you know, since the formation of the government the combat ...
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Embattled Hayastan Fund Director Resigns

 YEREVAN—A week after Ara Vardanyan, the executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenia Fund was detained and charged with misappropriation of funds, he submitted his resignation, which President Armen Sarkissian has accepted. Armenia...
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Yerevan Mayor Daron Markarian Resigns

 (Azatutyun)- Bowing to apparent pressure from Armenia’s new government, Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian stepped down on Monday. Markarian announced his resignation in a short written address to the city’s residents. He gave no reasons for the ...
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Football legend Ronaldo to join Match of Legends in Armenia

 (Panarmenian)- One of the greatest football players of all time, two-time world champion Ronaldo will take part in the Match of Legends in Yerevan on July 8, those behind the initiative have revealed. The match of the ...
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Director of Hayatsan All-Armenian Fund arrested on embezzlement charges

 (Azatutyun)- The National Security Service (NSS) has arrested the executive director of a pan-Armenian charity headquartered in Yerevan, accusing him of embezzlement. The NSS said on Tuesday that Ara Vartanian, who has managed the Hayastan All-Ar...
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US Secretary Pompeo Meets with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian

 WASHINGTON , DC — On the final day of his three-day visit to Washington, Armenian President Armenian Sarkissian held a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. President Sarkissian said at the meeting that Armenia attached ...
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Armenia Appointed Its First Woman Mayor

 (Regionalpost)- Diana Gasparyan was appointed Acting Mayor of Echmiadzin, Armenia’s 4th largest city. This is the first time a woman will be holding the office of mayor since the country declared its independence in 1991. Diana Gasparyan was born ...
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