AZNAVOUR FOUNDATION CENTRE UNVEILED BY PRESIDENTS MACRON AND SARKISSIAN

WELCOMED BY NICOLAS SON AZNAVOUR

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Erevan, 10/12/2018, 12:01 Time

USPA NEWS - French President Macron and First Lady, Brigitte Macron, visited the Aznavour Foundation Centre to inaugurate the extensions of future projects. The Armenian President Armen Sarkissian was also here to welcome his French counterpart. The Centre, founded in 2007, by Charles Aznavour French-Armenian singer who passed away, on October 1st, was the son of Armenian migrants who immigrated to France, decades ago. President Macron, expressed, very moved, his admiration to this singer who became one the most influential French singer of all time. Charles Aznavour should have been part of the delegation accompanying the President Macron for the summit of the Francophonie in Yerevan, but fate has decided otherwise ... And it is Nicolas Aznavour, the youngest son, who welcomed the president , and the First Lady, Brigitte Macron.
"He is not at the rendezvous, but he would have wanted it so much": regretted the President Macron Charles Aznavour, with emotion by the son of Charles Aznavour, who died last week. President Macron paid a new tribute Thursday to the singer in his center created in Yerevan to "strengthen Franco-Armenian ties".

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NIKOL PACHINYAN ARMENIAN PM ADDRESSES A SPEECH AT THE 47 THE ASSIZES OF UPF

INTERNATIONAL FRANCOPHONIE PRESS

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Erevan, 10/10/2018, 01:28 Time

USPA NEWS - Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia addressed a solemn speech at the opening of the 47th Assises of the International Union of Francophone Press, before the President, Secretary General of the UPF, and members of the Press, « I have the honor and the pleasure to convey to you the message of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and his great regret for not being able to attend this extremely important event. On behalf of the Head of the Armenian Government, I wish to greet you and welcome you to Armenia. Indeed, the holding of the 47th Assizes of the UPF, which takes place simultaneously with the XVII Summit of the Francophonie in Yerevan, is a great honor for our country. » PM Nikol Pachinyan stated as an introduction.

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WHY IS THE RESHUFFLE OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKES SO LONG THAN EXPECTED

SINCE RESIGNATION OF COLLOMB A WEEK AGO

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 10/09/2018, 23:16 Time

USPA NEWS - While the reshuffle is long overdue, it appears that the final list of ministers is not yet over ?
Is the reshuffle the best solution to be profoundly revised for the Philppe’s II government. Why is the reshuffle taking so longer than expected, as the opposition is getting too impatient, one week after the resignation of Interior Minister Gerard Collomb ? One of the assumptions is that the list of government members would not be complete yet, hence it is growing in magnitude at the impatience of the opposition. Reportedly, Emmanuel Macron and Edward Philipe would have faced at least five candidates who declined the offer to join the government, including the Ministries of Interior and Culture.

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DEMONSTRATION OF UNIONS & RETIREES PROTEST IN PARIS AGAINST THE REFORMS

ANGER AGAINST MACRON & GOVERNMENT

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 10/09/2018, 22:07 Time

USPA NEWS - Today Tuesday, October 9, it was a day of strike and demonstrations to defend the "social model", with several excesses that took place, especially in Paris. A large procession of the demonstration organized in Paris by the unions, has gathered 21 500 persons, according to the organizers and 21 500 according to the ministry of the interior. The goal is to protest against reforms affecting pensions, unemployment insurance or even Parcoursup, was stopped in the middle of the afternoon for several tens of minutes because of clashes between some demonstrators and the forces of order. According to BFMTV, four people were arrested.Meanwhile, President Macron was at Station F, famous FrenchTech for the 2000 entrepreneurs who came to see Station F, "incubator" start-up founded by Xavier Niel, CEO of Free.The President defended social rights and social security protection entrepreneurs who are successful in digital. The French, and especially the parlements and oppsotion become impatient about the reshuffle, since the departure of his Minister of the Interior Gerard Collomb.

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