February 28, 2014-Flowers were laid on the cross tone devoted to the innocent victims Sumgait massacre. (Photos)

 Gyumri mayor Samvel Balasanyan received the first pan-Armenian winter games participants from Gyumri, on February 21, 2014. The mayor greeted the athletes along with Katya Galstyan, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics participant and hoped that in winter pan-Armenian games Gyumri athletes will show their best results and will receive most of the medals. The athletes promised in their turn to realize the expectations and return with high results.  

 Today on February 21, Gyumri city mayor Samvel Balasanyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania Erikas Petrikas to the Republic of Armenia. The mayor welcomed the Ambassador's first visit to Gyumri hoping that it will become a promising start for Armenian-Lithuanian relations in Gyumri.
Both sides stressed the importance of developing and strengthening relationships particularly emphasizing the importance of making sister cities with Gyumri in Lithuania.

 Dear citizens
Since 2005 we celebrate Mother Language Day in Armenia which is the best opportunity to turn to the native language maintenance and development issues.
Language is the spiritual heritage of mankind's development and the most powerful tool for the survival and homeland protection. The language has been the symbol of statehood for centuries protecting the homeland and its independence.