EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has welcomed the signature of new political agreement on electoral reforms between Armenian government and opposition, consulted with the Civil Society.
“EU stands ready to assist, also financially, the implementation of this important agreement,” Commissioner Hahn said in a Twitter post.
On 14 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory address to the newly-appointed prime-minister of the Republic of Armenia Karen Karapetyan.
The address runs as follows:
“On behalf of the people and authorities of the Artsakh Republic and on my own behalf, I extend my cordial congratulations to You on being appointed to the post of Republic of Armenia’s Prime Minister.
You have rich experience and knowledge, high personal and professional abilities that will greatly favor the realization of Your activity in this responsible position.
I am confident You will continue serving selflessly to the patriotic mission of bringing prosperity and development the Motherland’s and native people’s, strengthening the Armenian statehood, securing economic progress, deepening and widening ties between Armenia and Artsakh on a consistent basis.
I wish You great success for the glory of the Republic of Armenian and the Armenia people”.
Pope Francis stands for the diplomatic settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Vladimir Fekete, Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Church in Azerbaijan said at a press conference in Baku on September 14.
Accoridng to reports in Azeri media, Fekete added that “the Catholic Church opposes war and urges to solve such conflicts peacefully.” He said the Catholic Church is not directly dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Fekete didn’t mention whether the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would be discussed during Pope’s visit to Baku.
Pope Francis will visit Baku on October 2. The Pontiff is expected to meet with Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade, the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office, as well as representatives of other religious communities, a spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Church in Baku Jamila Mammadova, said at a press conference in Baku on September 14.
The regular 11th sitting of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation is under way in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
The Armenian delegation is headed by Movses Hakobyan, Head of the Logistics Department of the Ministry of Defense.
The European Union needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, the Commission president has told MEPs in Strasbourg, the BBC reports.
Jean-Claude Juncker said the lack of a “permanent structure” resulted in money being wasted on missions.
Part of his annual state of the union address was devoted to the UK’s unexpected vote to leave the EU.
He insisted that the bloc was not at risk and urged Brexit negotiations to take place as quickly as possible.
Mr Juncker warned that the UK could not expect selective “a la carte” access to the internal market without accepting free movement of people.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan had a telephone conversation with Head of RF Government Dmitry Medvedev. The Prime Minister of Armenia congratulated and offered his best wishes on his Russian counterpart’s birthday.
Karen Karapetyan highly appreciated Dmitry Medvedev’s personal contribution to the development of friendship-fostered cooperation between Armenia and Russia. Highlighting the importance of active cooperation between the two governments, the Prime Minister of Armenia stressed the need to deepen bilateral economic and trade relationship in the best interest of our two peoples in both bilateral and multilateral formats, including within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Karen Karapetyan thanked Dmitry Medvedev for congratulating him on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.
One of Japan’s most active volcanoes is due for a major eruption within the next 30 years, say scientists who have studied a build-up of magma there, the BBC reports.
The Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Kyushu island poses a “growing threat”, researchers at the University of Bristol say.
The volcano, located 49km (30 miles) from the Sendai nuclear plant, is also close to Kagoshima, a city of 600,000.
Sakurajima’s last deadly eruption was in 1914, when 58 people died.
The Japanese archipelago, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of fire”, has more than 100 volcanoes. Sakurajima regularly spews ash and there are many small explosions there each year, with the latest eruption being in February.
Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as the new president of Uefa, European football’s governing body, the BBC reports.
Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia, polled 42 votes at Uefa’s congress in Athens, 29 more than Dutchman Michael van Praag.
The 48-year-old succeeds former France player Michel Platini, who resigned after being banned from all football activity last year.
Ceferin will take on the remainder of Platini’s term of office, until 2019.
“After Genocide: From Trauma to Rebirth, A Gendered Perspective”, a conference organized by Women in War (France) in partnership with the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Armenia, DVV International, and AGBU Armenia, will be held in Yerevan from September 17 to 19.
The conference will bring together over fifty speakers from all over the world to discuss the gendered nature of personal, political and social consequences after genocide.
Feminist thinkers and activists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and lawyers will share differing perspectives. This project was made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Institute Internationale de la Francophonie, BMZ and other partners.
The Armenian Church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Virgin Mary) in Caeserea (Kayseri), which has been used as a gym for 40 years, will turn into a library after the completion of reconstruction works carried out by the Kayseri City Hall, reports.
The library will work round the clock and will host 50 thousand books, the report says. The library will have e-books and a document section.
A café-library will also be opened adjunct to the main building. The library is expected to open its doors in fall 2017.