12:53, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Armenia will convene an extraordinary session on September 4 at the initiative of the government.
The agenda of the session is not available yet.
The session will begin at 11:00.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
13:11, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Ambassador to France Hasmik Tolmajyan and French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte paid a tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims at the statue of Komitas which was desecrated on August 31, the Armenian Embassy in France said on Facebook.
The Armenian and French Ambassadors were accompanied by Co-chairs of the Coordination Council of the Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) Ara Toranyan and Murad Papazyan.
On August 31 the Embassy of Armenia in France strongly condemned the desecration of the statue of Komitas in Paris, calling it a manifestation of denialism.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
12:46, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to the Republic of Artsakh, the Parliament said today.
Speaker Mirzoyan will be in Artsakh from September 1 to 2.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
13:27, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. At least two people have died after a fire broke out at the branch of Proshyan Brandy Factory in the village of Armavir, Armenian healthcare minister’s spokesperson Alina Nikoghosyan said on Facebook.
Four citizens have been hospitalized with various degree burns. The citizens are currently in intensive care unit and will be transported to the National Burn Center once their condition stabilizes.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
14:08, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Igor Matovič on Slovakia’s national holiday, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.
“On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and on my own behalf, I warmly congratulate you and the friendly people of Slovakia on your country’s national holiday – Constitution Day. I wish you progress and prosperity on this occasion.
Armenia highly values the furtherance of cooperation with friendly Slovakia in all areas of mutual interest. I am hopeful that through joint efforts we will supplement the bilateral agenda with multifaceted programs and will boast ever new achievements to the benefit of our peoples,” the congratulatory message reads.
14:13, 1 September, 2020
STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh Republic Human Rights Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan received on August 31 Arthur Ghazaryan, coordinator of the “Armenian Refugees Platform” initiative group, the Ombudsman’s Office told Armenpress.
Artak Beglaryan emphasized the importance of public initiatives and platforms in the protection of the rights of Azerbaijani-Armenians and NKR internally displaced persons, noting that joint and consistent efforts can provide significant results in this direction. The Ombudsman stressed that this issue is under his attention and expressed readiness to assist the group’s activities within his powers.
Arthur Ghazaryan introduced the main directions and goals of the “Armenian Refugees Platform.” He pointed up that the aim of the initiative is to unite the efforts of different groups aimed at protecting the rights and interests of the Armenian refugees, highlighting Artsakh as one of the main directions of their activities.
The meeting was also attended by Tevan Poghosyan, Chairman of the “International Center for Human Development.”
13:32, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Independence Day, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.
“Dear Shavkat Miromonovich,
Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Since declaring its independence, Uzbekistan has made significant progress in the political and socio-economic spheres, as well as in terms of enhancing its international standing.
I am convinced that as underpinned by mutual trust, the friendly relations between our two nations will lead to enhanced efficiency in interstate cooperation to the benefit of our countries and peoples.
Dear Shavkat Miromonovich,
I wish you robust health and wellbeing, as well as peace and prosperity – to the friendly people of Uzbekistan,” the congratulatory message reads.
Bill Rode Sunlight’s Stream
He stood unbound, brilliant booming pitch
Daring fame’s too short a lease to tire
An overworked Queen and a burst poet’s appendix orphaned
Crazy uncles, old world advice, newspaper boy in Café’s
Circulating telegraph messages on windy roads
While genocide visited the Armenian Night
He discovered San Francisco and New York
Flustered wasps, street walkers, huddled denizens
Gamblers, dancers, poor and burning Arabs, American foundation
All the way up and down the Malaga vines
He made Paris and Fresno come and go speaking brittle reflection
Rivers of lust and untaxed piping pride, stories in starring flight
He hung his hat tipped to the East
Witty wicked waste, soaked in passionate delight
Vye, Vye, Vye, he would intone, smiling like an onion’s scrape
By a mortal bite of life foretold to insipid academigaudy scorn
I once heard him confess Shaw was his inspiration, not the rest
Hello out there! He said to whomever I myself will inspire
While Miller, Kerouac and Albee tool their queues
To burst through the gates and wound the engenues
He was Saroyan to the end. A farmer’s boy,
A poet’s son, an observant crier of Our Town
Highlands and merchants pranced in his glare
Striking a portable typewriter, a machine gunner’s flare
Channeling Whitman, funneling impressionist colors
Like butterflies captured on a punctured canvas
The daring young man, endless cartwheels in the sand
(Happy 100th Birthday William Saroyan:
Thanks for the chiseled world of words
that keep singing in my ears)
Bedros Afeyan
8-9-2008
San Diego, CA
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14:40, 1 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan addressed a congratulatory message on the Knowledge and Schooling Day, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.
“Dear pupils and students,
Dear teachers and parents,
I congratulate you on the occasion of the Knowledge and Schooling Day.
The situation in the Republic caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic doesn’t enable to visit school on this memorable day. Unfortunately, the first graders as well have to spend their September 1st without entering to an educational facility.
Nevertheless, after analyzing the development course of the pandemic, we decided to open the schools after several days and ensure the study process with the maintenance of the anti-coronavirus rules.
At the same time, I am happy that universities are partially starting their activity from September 1st, and the freshmen are entering into a new stage of life to fill and enrich the concrete professional knowledge.
At the same time I want to thank all teachers for conducting the remote learning at the highest level.
Dear pupils and students,
As I said above, during this academic year we should strictly follow the anti-coronavirus rules aimed at preventing the possibility of schools becoming a center for the spread of the virus, in order to be able to conduct the study process in a normal way. I am sure that we will jointly overcome also this difficulty with consistent steps”, the Armenian PM said, urging the students and pupils to confidently move on the new way of life for their benefit and for the benefit of their parents, the people and the state.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan