Month: September 2013

FARE RISE ON AGENDA AGAIN

14:49 18.09.13

The issue of fare rise is again on the agenda of the Yerevan
Municipality.

Head of the Public Relations Department, Yerevan Municipality, Artur
Gevorgyan told Tert.am that the relevant commission is expected to
make proposals.

A source at the Yerevan Municipality told ArmInfo news agency that
the fare rise will be announced after September 21. Specifically,
the bus fare may reach AMD 250 (AMD 100 now), fixed-run taxi fare
AMD 200 (AMD 100 now) and trolleybus fare AMD 100 (AMD 50 now).

The source also said that protests will not produce any result this
time as the decision has been approved by President Serzh Sargsyan.

Tert.am reported earlier that Yerevan’s City Council was to hold
public hearing of the fare issue.

In its Wednesday issue the Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper addressed the
problem as well.

The No Fare Rise movement member Karen Harutyunyan told Tert.am that
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan’s decision raising the fares was expected
to be suspended and revised.

“The commission’s aim is to justify the fare rise and to think of
the ways of struggling against the people,” Harutyunyan said.

PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL CENTRE OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA

11:06, 18 September, 2013

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. The two-day conference titled
“Stroke Treatment” brought together leading specialists of the
realm from the United States and Armenia. The scientific conference
launched in the Yerevan State Medical University on September 18
targets the implementation of modern methods of cerebrovascular
diseases treatment via the studies of the international experience. As
reports “Armenpress” the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of
Armenia Derenik Dumanyan expressed his gratification for providing
the continuation of this significant activity via the scientific
conference.

Among other things the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of
Armenia Derenik Dumanyan stated that they are considering the program
of establishing a professional regional centre of cerebrovascular
diseases.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

FOREIGN TOURISTS SPEND $115 A DAY IN ARMENIA

September 18, 2013 – 13:20 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia posted a tourist inflow of 321 279 people
in January-June 2012, up 14,3% from 2012 results. In the reporting
period 343 263 left the country to travel, up 13,6% from 2012 results.

According to data provided by the hotels, the majority of tourists are
arriving from CIS, most of the from Russia (23,7%); European tourists
are second in the list, with 8,7%; 6,6%; 6,3% arriving from France,
Germany and Italy respectively. 11.8%; 6%; 3%; 1,1%; 0,7% of tourists
were travelling from the U.S., Iran, Georgia, Canada and Turkey.

Tourists who visited Armenia over the reposting period were spending
$115 a day if using the tourist agency’s services and twice as less
if traveling on their own.

ARMENIAN NATIONWIDE MARCH OF INDEPENDENCE IS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY

September 18, 2013 | 10:18

YEREVAN. – A nationwide march of independence is planned for Saturday,
September 21, that is, on the anniversary of Independence Day of
Armenia.

The march is organized through Facebook.

“I propose for us to reaffirm, on September 21, our will and
determination to have an independent country, and as a proof of this
and as a manifestation of determination, let us organize a Nationwide
March of Independence through [capital city] Yerevan.

“[Say] no to the decisions imposed from outside! Long live Independence
and Sovereignty!” the initiators of the march specifically say in
their statement.

At present, some 1,000 people have expressed willingness to participate
in the march.

LORI CHEESE: UNSAFE FOR UNITED STATES BUT SAFE IN ARMENIA?

Marine Madatyan

14:44, September 18, 2013

In August of this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked
the importation of a certain type of Lori Cheese from Armenia on
sanitary grounds.

The FDA website says the cheese in question, manufactured by the
Gyumri firm AMM LLC, is unsafe for consumption and appears to have
been contaminated.

On September 13, the FDA published alist of cheeses from imported from
various countries that based on FDA sampling and analyses appear to
contain microbiological contamination.

The list states that the Lori cheese in question appears to contain
Escherichia coli (Typical).

AMM LLC manager Astghik Hakobyan told Hetq that they started to export
the cheese to the U.S. this year.

“We know that the examination is ongoing and have received no final
results. But we have analysis results from Armenia and nothing was
found in the cheese,” Hakobyan said.

Hakobyan couldn’t say what laboratory in Armenia analyzed the cheese.

She added that the cheese had also been examined by the Ministry of
Health’s Food Safety Inspectorate.

Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate last published a report on AMM
LLC cheese in August, 2012.

That report found the cheese of 18 manufacturers out of the 59 sampled
as unsafe due to the presence of various bacteria including E. coli.

AMM LLC was one of the 18 manufacturers.

ARMENIA’S PARTICIPANT TO “JUNIOR EUROVISION – 2013” SONG CONTEST WILL BE DETERMINED SEPTEMBER 27

YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. Armenia’s participant to “Junior
Eurovision – 2013″ song contest will be determined on September 27
evening live on Public Television of Armenia (PTA), PTA said today.

The song contest is scheduled to take place November 30 in Kiev,
Ukraine.

PTA received 82 applications, 12 of which went through the qualifying
round. The winner will be determined through tele-voting and jury
selection.

Armenia joined ” Eurovision Junior ” song contest
in 2007. The children’s ensemble “Arevik” won the
second place with the song “Dream.” -0- – See more at:

OHANIAN: ARMY DECLARES WAR ON STREET WAYS

Wednesday,
September
18

>From now on, the army declares war on street ways, Armenian Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanian said at the meeting with students of Yerevan
State University today.

“Yes, we declare war. I want you jointly with us to struggle against
these customs which are often considered normal in civilian life and
are even advertised on television. It is a bad mistake because our
children also start to consider such ways normal. They try to resemble
such people, which is a serious mistake. The army and educational
institutions where children are educated are the places where the
struggle against such ways must be carried on,” the minister stated
adding that 2014 should become a turning point in this sense.

“I think that starting from 2014, we may become a driving force
capable of preventing and eliminating the negative ways in society,”
the defense minister said, noting that only by emphasizing the
positive phenomena, it would be possible to struggle against the
current negative modes of behavior.

“We should find the best farmer, best worker, best teacher, and best
businessman and inform our youths about them. Youths should not be
brought up based on examples of street ways so that they would not
instill such manners in the army,” Seyran Ohanian said.

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NKR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN: DEFENSE MINISTER

15:54, 18 September, 2013

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS: The peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic conflict is an important direction for the
Republic of Armenia. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of
the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan on September 18. As reported
by Armenpress, the Defense Minister noted that the availability of the
Artsakh Republic in the region has nothing to do with the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan.

According to Seyran Ohanyan, touching upon the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, all should understand that it is a part of our historical
motherland. “If we refer to all our historical and legal sources,
we will see that it is true”, – said the Defense Minister.

Seyran Ohanyan emphasized that the NKR conflict can be settled only
via a dialogue and noted that the first step to be made is to form an
atmosphere of trust, due to which actions could be made so that the
situation in the contact line does not harm the negotiations process.

As stated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran
Ohanyan, in the formation of the atmosphere of trust quite important
is to withdraw the snipers from the line of contact, to avoid the
subversive investigative activities, to establish connection via
hotline and establish communication on the level of the Ministers
of Defense.

TURKEY’S INTRUSION TO SYRIA WILL ENDANGER ALEPPO-ARMENIAN COMMUNITY: R. SAFRASTYAN

15:11, 18 September, 2013

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Turkey supported the armed rebels
from the very beginning of the Syrian conflict and Turkey’s intrusion
to Syria is not excluded, while there is a large number of attacking
troops on the Turkish-Syrian border. As reports “Armenpress” the
Director of Institute of Oriental Sciences of the National Academy
of the Republic of Armenia, turkologist Ruben Safrastyan stated this
at the course of Moscow-YerevanTbilisi space bridge. Also, Ruben
Safrastyan touched upon the current situation in the Near East and
Syria and underscored that Turkey’s invasion to Syria will endanger
the Armenian community of Aleppo. Among other things the Director of
Institute of Oriental Sciences of the National Academy of the Republic
of Armenia, turkologist Ruben Safrastyan emphasized: “Many people
will have to leave their homes and depart from the city. Intruding
Aleppo the Turks will try to create unbearable conditions for the
Armenian community.”

ARMENIAN BONDS COULD BE NAMED KARDASHIAN

14:55, 18 September, 2013

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Armenia has just wrapped up its road
show drumming up interest for its debut dollar denominated bond, which
is expected to hit the market this week or next, as reports Armenpress,
Serena Ruffoni and Katie Martin write in The Wall Street Journal blog.

When it lands, expect intense interest in its funding costs, especially
now that the easy money days that have helped other frontier issuers
borrow at knock-down rates are coming to an end.

Dollar bonds issued outside the US often have nicknames. Kangaroo
Bonds from Australia. Samurai Bonds from Japan.

And Armenia, among many things, is famous for it’s apricots, which
are thought to have originated there, and, Los Angeles’s finest,
the Kardashians. Apricot Bonds has a nice ring to it. But alas,
it’s unlikely to catch on. Tim Ash, an emerging markets analyst
at Standard Bank, has already coined Kardashian Bonds in notes to
clients, quipping “that wrapper has gotta be worth a few basis points,
providing something of a bottom for this credit.”

From: Baghdasarian