  Karabakh approves Russian as second official language March 25, 2021 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) on Thursday, March 25 adopted a bill designating the Russian language as the country's second official language. 27 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, two abstained, while two others did not show up. Co-author of the bill Aram Harutyunyan, who is the chairman of the standing committee on science, education, culture, youth and sports, called for refraining from manipulating the topic, stressing that only "the Armenian language is, has been, and will always be the mother tongue" in Karabakh. Amendments to the law on language will enter into force on the tenth day from the date of official publication.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
