“Reforming these reforms cannot be called reform,” said Armen Yesoyan, a lawyer at the NGO “Advocacy of Taxpayers and Entrepreneurs”, member of the Chamber of Advocates of Artsakh. According to Yesoyan, it is not necessary to raise taxes, but to make the tax-efficient budget effective. The lawyer noted that they are for support that direct taxpayers pay taxes on time and in good faith. According to Isoyan, the amendments to the tax legislation initiated by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Investments are for direct budget expansion.
Month: February 2019
A1+: Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan starts Iran’s tournament with victory
The 27th Fajr Chess Cup with 126 chess players from 13 countries kicks off in Iran. 10 delegates from Armenia are among the participants.
Grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and young chess player Areg Shmavonyan were had victories in the first round. Grandmasters Karen Grigoryan, Arman Mikayelyan and Gevorg Harutyunyan drew levels with their components.
Today, the games of the second and third rounds will take place.
A1+: Aram Harutyunyan: Aleksanyan and Pashinyan have chocolate-relationships (video)
According to Aram Harutyunyan, leader of the National Accord party, the government has not fulfilled its promises.
“Today, the promises made in the square are not fulfilled, I mean the corruption. According to rumors circulating in the air, number one corruption maker in Armenia is Nikol Pashinyan. If at that time, money was brought to 26 Baghramyan by baggage, there is now a tax collector. The fact that Nikol Pashinyan’s relative works in the system of Samvel Aleksanyan as the head of the cadre department states that Aleksanyan and Pashinyan have chocolate-relationships. Where is Gagik Khachatryan, where is the shadow that is said? We see no serious changes.”
As for the economic revolution, Aram Harutyunyan thinks there are no reforms and there is no hope.
And Hovik Aghazaryan, a member of the “My Step” faction, responded that there is no corruption in the upper level, it does not rule out the presence of corruption in middle and low level.
The deputy said: “If an announcement is made that they pay the money, so then give also names.”
Contrary to this, Aram Harutyunyan gave the name of Gagik Khachatryan, to which Aghazaryan replied that Gagik Khachatryan will soon have to answer for his legal actions.
According to sociologist Aharon Adibekyan, it is too early to talk about the economic revolution.
“There were $ 3 billion coming from outside, and now it has dropped three times. That $ 3 billion kept our middle and small business. Take a walk around the streets of Yerevan, how many kiosks and small shops have been closed, there is no buyer.”
Learn more about the video.
Gevorg Safaryan: Court sessions that refer to rebellion cannot be held closed
Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the “Sasna Tsrer” party, complaining of the judge’s decision that the court hearing on the case of Sasna Tsrer group will be held closed, said that such court sessions that refer to rebellion cannot be held closed. “Even during Kocharyan’s and Serzh’s term there was no such thing. Remember the cases of March 1,” says Gevorg Safaryan.
Safaryan underlines that during the court session, Smbat Barseghyan’s supporters only applauded and it could not hinder the session. In his conviction, the court decision was deliberate to conceal the criminal case.
The former payers now pay to Nikol Pashinyan – Aram Harutyunyan (video)
Aram Harutyunyan, President of the National Consensus Party, is convinced that corruption has not disappeared.
“The fact that Nikol Pashinyan used to say that the money was taken to Serzh Sargsyan with the suitcases, now those who are carrying this money are free, they continue to prosper, no one goes after them.”
Aram Harutyunyan thinks that if they are not followed, so they now pay Nikol Pashinyan.
“They can now take by backpacks or deliver in some way. The system says corruption has disappeared. What does it mean? Those people who robbed, where is this money? Does it enter the state budget? It is not seen.
Turkey responds to Macron’s recent decision on Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Turkey was quick to respond to French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent announcement on France declaring April 24th to be a National Day of Armenian Genocide Commemoration.
Being committed to the infamous denial policy, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin labeled Macron’s statement about the Armenian Genocide as “a political lie” and “strongly condemned.”
He even accused Macron in “trying to rescue himself by using historical events as political fodder”.
Ambassador highlights the role of Armenian MPs at Lebanese parliament
Panorama, Armenia
Feb 7 2019
The Speaker of the Armenian parliament Ararat Mirzoyan received on Thursday of the Ambassador of Lebanon to Armenia Maya Dagher. As the parliament press service reports, highly assessing the current level of the two countries’ friendly relations, Ararat Mirzoyan underlined the important role of Lebanon’s Armenian community in the political, public life of the country, as well as in deepening of bilateral relations. The Speaker noted that the Parliamentary Friendship Group is formed in the newly elected legislative body and most of the newly elected deputies are concerned over the strengthening of the relations with Lebanon.
Maya Dagher, in turn, attached importance to the role of the Armenian community and the six Armenian MPs in the Lebanese Parliament and two ministers. Maya Dagher also emphasized the two peoples’ centuries-old and firm friendship and expressed readiness for promoting the steps to be taken in enlivening of the activity of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups and the expansion of the two countries’ cooperation.
The sides touched upon the development of democracy, the protection of human rights and freedoms, the improvement of the legislative field and other issues of bilateral interest, the release said.
Why . հայ (.hay) domain is not popular in Armenia
ARKA, Armenia
Feb 7 2019
YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. The .Հայ (.hay) domain, an Internet country code top-level domain, provided to Armenia by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), designated for two-letter country code AM, and intended for domain names in the Armenian language, active since 2016, is not progressing because of the way the full stop punctuation mark is used in the Armenian language, vice-president of the Internet Society (ISOC) public organization Grigory Saghiyan told reporters on Thursday.
He said after the Armenian transcription of the full stop was introduced (in Armenian, full stop punctuation mark looks like a Russian or English colon, while one dot means a colon), electronic systems recognized it. However, now the systems do not recognize the full stop as such, perceiving it as a colon.
According to him, as a result the sites are not recognized by the servers. The system does not go to the domain, but sends the user to a search engine. He said the Armenian IT community plans to hold public discussions to look into the expediency of replacing these symbols.
According to Saghiyan, the use of Armenian-language domain names provides owners with a number of advantages, including marketing ones, since regional domain names are first of all issued in search engines.
Liana Galstyan, head of external relations of the Internet Society, noted that at the moment 300 sites are registered in the new domain zone, including commercial organizations and government agencies, but not all of them actively use their sites, mainly doing it to redirect to their sites with Latin names. She said the domain is free for schools.
The Latin domain .am is the official domain of Armenia, which appeared in August 1994. –0–
«VivaStart» helps young armenians unlock their talents
ARKA, Armenia
Feb 7 2019
YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator VivaCell-MTS said today it keeps on supporting students in specializing in the disciplines they have chosen for their future careers.
“VivaStart” educational program, which was launched in 2015, is a good starting point for program participants to discover own potential and to define perspectives of professional development. The program gives the students from various universities of Armenia opportunity to learn business ethics and to develop practical professional skills in real-time working environment at the Company’s service centers. Besides, the students also learn how to pass job interviews and prepare resumes and CVs.
The purpose of this is to help them enter the job market with more professional confidence.
At the event organized at the Company’s headquarters VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian handed certificates to the last group of students of “VivaStart” 2018. The group included 38 students from various regions and universities. In two-month period the young people mastered efficient communication with subscribers, learned the specifics of the services and offers of the Company, and developed their marketing skills. Three of the best performing students got Samsung J6+ smartphones. “VivaStart” in 2018 involved 110 students. Ten of them have been accepted to work at various service centers of VivaCell-MTS.
“‘VivaStart’ is an important starting point to develop professionally in a working environment, to understand the interaction between employers, employees, and third parties, and to master skills in finding agile solutions. I am sure before your participation in the program your understanding and approaches were different from the vision you have about work now. It is crucial that you apply the knowledge you gained, in practice, and that you value the civilized model of communication. Congratulations on your successful completion of the program! I hope you will do the best in whatever you choose to do in future,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.
The overall number of students involved in the program since 2015 is 294. 43 of the best performing students have joined VivaCell-MTS staff since 2015.
VivaCell-MTS has been operating in the Armenian market since 2005. Some 80% of the company’s shares are owned by Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and the remaining 20% belong to the Lebanese Fattouch Group. –0–
Writing in Armenian letters in internet becomes trendy
ARKA, Armenia
Feb 7 2019
YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. February 7 is marked in Armenia as the Day of Using Armenian Letters on the Internet. It was first held in 2012, when a blogger Zohrab Yeghanyan asked Internet users to use Armenian letters instead of transliterating Armenian words in Latin and Cyrillic letters. Since then, along with the development of technology, more and more users are switching to the Armenian alphabet.
“In fact, writing in Armenian letters has become trendy, especially given the availability of Armenian keyboards on smartphones, tablets and other gadgets” Liana Galstyan from Internet Society public organization, told reporters on Thursday.
“Armenian users began to write more often in the Armenian language on the Internet, moreover, a reverse tendency has appeared when Russian and English words are also written in Armenian transliteration,” Galstyan said.
She said the use of Latin or Cyrillic letters when writing Armenian words caused certain difficulties due to some linguistic nuances and the impossibility of transcribing some Armenian letters in other languages.
Switching to the Armenian alphabet allowed registering unprecedented advances in the technology market; in particular, the Armenian keyboard layout and applications in Armenian appeared not only on computers, but also smartphones, in the Android operating system, in Windows, and also in Apple gadgets.
Armenians began using Latin letters in the mid-90s of the 20th century, when the first mobile phones appeared in the country without Armenian keyboards. –0—