Armenia has received roughly 10,000 citizenship applications in 2022July 6, 2022 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - About 10,000 people have applied for Armenian citizenship since the beginning of the year, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's office Taron Chakhoyan said Wednesday, July 6. "9,917 applications for Armenian citizenship were submitted in the first 6 months of 2022 alone, twice as much as in the same period in 2017 and 2018 and 3 times as much as in the first six months of post-war 2021," Chakhoyan said. The country's Migration Service revealed in late June that more than 250 foreigners, most of them from Ukraine, have applied for refugee status and asylum in Armenia since the beginning of the year. Over the past ten years, Armenia has provided a refugee status to more than 1500 asylum seekers. In the past five years, the Migration Service has been receiving an average of 220 applications for asylum per year. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |