Armenian soldier injured by Azerbaijani fire dies in hospital
20:12, 3 October, 2019
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS. A contractual soldier injured by Azerbaijani firing in Tavush Province on October 1 has died in hospital, ARMENPRESS reports ”Lurer” news outlet of the Public TV of Armenia (1lurer.am) informs.
According to the operations reports of Police of Armenia, 80 cases of crime were detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from September 26 to September 27, 5 of which were earlier committed crimes.
In particular, 13 cases of fraud, 12 cases of infliction of bodily harm, 11 cases of personal theft, 10 cases of burglary and squandering or embezzlement were among the most common crimes detected.
2 wanted persons have been detected, 1 missing person has been allocated, 5cases of voluntary surrender of arms and ammunition have been registered, the source said.
Over the past day, 16 accidents have been registered in the country: 20 people received bodily injuries of different levels of severity.
The plane chartered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his delegation to the United States in order to participate in the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations (the cost of which was about 165 million drams) has become a topic for some websites. I am very happy that such a decision was made, now I will tell you why.
RA Prime Minister wrote about this on his Facebook page Nikol Pashinyan former adviser Arsen Kharatyan, to which the former president of RA opposed Serzh Sargsyan former press spokesman, former deputy of the National Assembly Samvel Farmanyan:
“Bort number 1” currently serving the head of Armenia was purchased in 2008 with credit funds. The Airbus 319 cannot fly over the ocean, so an aircraft with this capability is needed to reach the US in one piece.
Now the question will arise, what was Serzh Sargsyan doing, for example? I will answer. he solved the issue through several Armenian businessmen with private jets in the world, which obviously put the head of the state in debt, and the constraint from this free “love” should surely be compensated at the expense of the state and its interest.
For me, the security of the head of state is the number one priority, especially abroad, but it is no less important to give up so-called free favors. Therefore, as long as our state does not have “борт номер 1″ that has the ability to serve the first person of RA in any corner of the world, then yes, it is better to solve the problem by renting the necessary aircraft at the expense of our budget, because I am sure that the free affections will cost us and our state much more later…”, he said in his post.
Former NA deputy Samvel Farmanyan responded to him in the form of a comment under the same post, stating that Kharatyan’s information is wrong and that Serzh Sargsyan always traveled to the USA with state budget funds and non-charter flights.
“I’m just amazed to hear such a thought from you, yesterday’s high-ranking official. As a former spokesman for the president, I can confirm that during all transatlantic business trips, I repeat, all, the delegation, including the president, went to Paris on plane number 1, and from there on Air France or other airlines to New York, Washington, Los Angeles, etc.
And this can be verified in a matter of minutes. Do you know from whom and how (for example, from Zorik (Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Foreign Minister) or from Varuzhan, who were part of those delegations dozens of times). I have no doubt that your post is the result of misinformation,” said Farmanyan’s post, who was Serzh Sargsyan’s press spokesman for a long time.
Pashinyan thanks Armenian community of LA for warm welcome
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in the United States on a working visit, met with the executives of the Armenian community’s structures of California.
The meeting was attended by nearly 70 people, Armenia’s Honorary Consuls in Fresno and Las Vegas, as well as spiritual representatives of the Armenian community.
The Armenian PM delivered welcoming remarks at the meeting.
“Dear colleagues,
Heads of structures of the Armenian community in California,
Spiritual fathers,
I am very happy for our today’s meeting. This is really an important meeting which was planned since last year, and I can state that from the first moment of getting out of the airport I feel the environment that is formed these days by the Armenian community of Los Angeles, and I want to thank first of all for this atmosphere and readiness. It turned so that today I will have many occasions to talk, and I would like to be more in the role of a listener or a respondent at today’s meeting because I am going to deliver a thorough speech during today’s public rally. At this moment I want to say that I am very happy for this occasion, of course, we met with most of you at different occasions, but today we are meeting with such an extended format for the first time. I hope we will have another occasions to meet to discuss more concrete and practical issues. I would like to listen to you, and if you have questions, I will answer all of them with pleasure”, the PM said.
The meeting participants welcomed the Armenian PM in Los Angeles and stated that they are excited with Pashinyan’s visit, with the possibility to meet with him and discuss issues related to the Motherland, the Armenia-Diaspora ties.
In response to the questions, the PM introduced the vision on implementing the pan-Armenian agenda and the idea of pan-Armenianism, talked about the figures of Armenia’s economic development and the positive trends, the economic activity rates, tourism, touched upon the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the ongoing structural reforms in judiciary, public administration system, etc.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
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Giorgio Petrosyan grew up in war-torn Armenia, pushing through each and every day with his family just to survive. That is what has turned “The Doctor” into one of the best kickboxers in the world today.
Petrosyan takes on Samy Sana in the finals of the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix at ONE: Century Part 2 on Sunday, Oct. 13, 3019 from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The bout is on part two of the doubleheader.
The 33-year-old Petrosyan has over 100 professional kickboxing matches on his resume, but his drive to compete and become the best started back as a young child in Yerevan, Armenia.
“I was just a kid then and I remember doing chores around the house with my mother,” Petrosyan said. “We had no electricity and we would get just one hour of electricity a day. My brother would go out and get bread at six in the morning since there was a family that had some. We needed gas for heating, so we had no heat because we did not have any gas.
“Times were hard, but I have to say that my parents always provided for me and I think it was much harder on them because I was just a little boy. It felt normal for me, but my parents had it tough, and Armenia as a whole, because those were difficult times.”
Petrosyan and his family fled Armenia just as the war was coming to an end. He would make his kickboxing debut in 2003, winning his first nine bouts before a draw. In 2018, Petrosyan stepped inside the ONE ring for the first time, earning a decision over Jo Nattawut at ONE: Heroes of Honor. He has picked up three more wins under the ONE Championship banner.
“I pull out all the stops and I train so hard so that I will be able to do what I know best when I get in the ring,” he said. “I am very relaxed when I step into the ring because I know what I am supposed to do. I love (competing) and I love showing off what I am capable of.”
ONE: Century features Aung La N Sang defending his ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship against Brandon Vera, along with Bibiano Fernandes putting his ONE Bantamweight World Championship on the line against Kevin Belingon — notable matchups among a series of compelling showdowns.
ONE Championship: Century takes place on Sunday, October 13, 2019, live from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Follow along with FanSided MMA who will be cage-side for all your live results and highlights from the night.
Number of registered employees rises above 600 thousand for 1st time – Pashinyan
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced at the National Assembly that the number of registered employees in Armenia rose above 600 thousand for the 1st time, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan announced, answering MP Tigran Urikhanyan’s question.
”For the 1st time in the history of Armenia the number of registered employees rose above 600 thousand, and according to the recent data that number reached 604 thousand on July 31. Since May of the last year the number of officially registered employees rose by 63 thousand’’, Pashinyan said, adding that these are the numbers submitted by the employers to the State Revenue Committee.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
ArmInfo.The improper performance of Sanitek’s services is the result of non-payment by the Municipality of Yerevan of the funds stipulated by the contract. This is stated in the statement of the “Sanitek” company distributed on Monday, September 2.
To note, earlier Sanitek issued a regular statement, warning about the deterioration of garbage collection. After that, the Yerevan Municipality reported that for several days Sanitek, without a written warning and an indication of the reasons, has been refusing to fulfill its duties of garbage removal from the capital.
”As of today, Yerevan Mayor’s Office has refused to pay a total of more than 330 million drams under two agreements, violating the payment deadlines. It is noteworthy that part of the indicated amount consists of fines stubbornly applied by the mayor’s office (which we dispute in court), while the other part is not paid without any justification and in violation of the contract”, the company’s director Nicholas Tawil said in a letter.
The inability to fulfill its obligations are the result of non-payments and will continue until the Yerevan Municipality fully fulfills its payment obligations, the company threatens, recommending the Yerevan administration to fully fulfill its payment obligations established by the contract.
In turn, the press secretary of Yerevan Mayor Hakob Karapetyan, commenting on the Sanitek statement, said that there is nothing new in the words of Nicholas Tawil, and the fines written to the operator were consistent with the contract and were written for non-performed or incomplete work. “The evidence, to put it mildly, of the inferior work of the Sanitek company in recent months, is visible at every step, in the streets and yards of Yerevan,” Karapetyan said.
On August 21, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan had a telephone conversation with EAU Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, during which the parties discussed issues related to the bilateral agenda. This was reported by the press service of the MFA.
The foreign ministers of the two countries emphasized the role of political dialogue activation, mutual high-level visits and regular consultations between foreign political departments in the context of the development of bilateral relations.
The interlocutors noted with satisfaction that there is effective cooperation between the two countries on both bilateral and multilateral platforms. The RA Foreign Minister reaffirmed Armenia’s support to Egypt regarding the negotiations on the EAEU-Egypt Free Trade Agreement.