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Number of beggar and street children up in Armenia

April 21, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

Panorama, Armenia

Society 11:40 20/04/2019 Armenia

4 beggar and homeless children were registered in Armenian as of the end of 2018, up by 2 from the previous year’s numbers, according to the report of the Armenian Police.

The figures released by the National Statistical Service (NSS) of Armenia show that the three street children are 14-15 years old and the forth is 16-18 years old. Two of them are registered in capital Yerevan, while the other two are found to be residents of Kotayk and Lori regions.

The number of child beggars and street children has sharply declined to compare with the findings of previous years, when 13 such children were registered in Armenia in 2016 and 8 children – in 2015.

Il caso-Armenia nelle scuole di Pordenone

April 11, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

Il Friuli, Italia

11 aprile 2019

L’associazione “via Montereale” di Pordenone, che quest’anno celebra la sua ventennale attività di sensibilizzazione alla diversità attraverso progetti soprattutto sulle culture lontane, ha promosso quest’anno, in accordo con il Comune di Pordenone, un progetto sull’Armenia, diviso fra scuola e teatro.

Il primo evento è previsto per la mattina martedì 16 alle 12 all’Itsse Mattiussi di Pordenone, dove si parlerà per la prima volta del genocidio armeno, iniziato con l’affacciarsi della Prima Guerra Mondiale e ritenuto il primo genocidio del Novecento e dove persero la vita oltre un milione e mezzo di armeni.

A raccontare la Storia dell’Armenia e del genocidio sarà Ludovica Cantarutti, mentre Chiara Quarin, responsabile del settore “Danze d’oltremare” del sodalizio pordenonese, insegnerà agli allievi alcune danze popolari armene con il supporto tecnico di Laura Giusti.

Il secondo evento riguarda inveceil teatro. Giovedì 18 alle 21, nel Ridotto del Teatro Verdi di Pordenone, si svolgerà, ad ingresso libero, la rappresentazione dell’Atto Unico “Non colpevole”, scritto, diretto ed interpretato da Adriano Marcolini con il supporto di Manuel Bendoni e Silvia Scarabello.

Il progetto è sostenuto anche dalla Fondazione Friuli, dalla BCC Pordenonese, dall’associazione Zizernak di Udine e da Nautilus di Vicenza, sotto la cui egida si sono svolte tutte le rappresentazioni dell’opera in Italia, compresa Pordenone ed Udine.

E’ prevista anche la presenza a Pordenone di una delegazione dello Stato armeno guidata dal Vice Primo Ministro, che incontrerà il Sindaco e le autorità pordenonesi. La scelta del mese di aprile per gli eventi ha un particolare significato, quello di una riflessione a ridosso del 24 aprile, data che segna l’inizio del genocidio.

Increasing tourism flow between Armenia and Russia: Joint Action Plan signed in Moscow

April 9, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

Increasing tourism flow between Armenia and Russia: Joint Action Plan signed in Moscow

10:53, 8 April, 2019

YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Tourism Committee and the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia on April 4 signed the 2019-2021 joint action plan within the framework of the session of the Armenian-Russian inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation held in Moscow, Armenia’s ministry of economic development and investments told Armenpress.

The document has been signed by deputy minister of economic development and investments of Armenia Albert Babayan and Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism Alexey Konyushkov.

The action plan aims at strengthening the friendly ties between the peoples of the two states and contributing to the economic development and tourism potential growth between the two countries.

One of the goals of the action plan is to increase the tourism flows between Armenia and Russia, facilitate the procedures linked with tourist visits and establish ties between the Armenian and Russian tour companies.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

168: US state of Colorado proclaims April 2019 as Genocide Awareness Month

April 7, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

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Armenia wants to move to five-year gas price agreement with Gazprom

April 6, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

ITAR-TASS, Russia

Thursday 5:52 PM GMT

Armenia wants to move to five-year gas price agreement with Gazprom

YEREVAN April 4

Armenian Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources considers it expedient to switch to a five-year agreement on the price of gas with Gazprom instead of the practice of setting the price of gas annually, said the head of the ministry’s foreign relations department Tigran Melkonyan at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and Armenia on Wednesday.

YEREVAN, April 4. / TASS /. Armenian Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources considers it expedient to switch to a five-year agreement on the price of gas with Gazprom instead of the practice of setting the price of gas annually, said the head of the ministry’s foreign relations department Tigran Melkonyan at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and Armenia on Wednesday.

“It is extremely important to work on agreeing and signing an agreement on the pricing procedure for supplying natural gas to Armenia for at least five years, which will make it possible to have certainty in the tariff policy when setting gas prices,” Melkonyan said.

Gazprom is the only supplier of gas to Armenian consumers. On January 1, 2019, the price of Russian gas for Armenia increased from $ 150 to $ 165 per thousand cubic meters. Then, the Armenian authorities have repeatedly said earlier that they were negotiating a gas price reduction with the Russian side. In 2018, Armenia received gas on the border with Russia at the price of $150 per 1,000 cubic meters, which had been lowered to that level from $165 per 1,000 in 2016. Meanwhile, the fuel price for consumers was $290.

Russian gas deliveries to the country stood at 1.87 billion cubic meters in 2016 and at 2 billion cubic meters in 2017.

Gazprom Armenia, a subsidiary of the Russian holding. The contract for supply of up to 2.5 bln cubic meters of natural gas is effective until the end of 2019.

USC Institute of Armenian Studies Announces Chitjian Researcher Archivist

April 2, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

For Immediate Release
 
April 1, 2019
 
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Syuzanna Petrosyan, Associate Director
[email protected] | 213.821.3943
USC Institute of Armenian Studies Announces Chitjian Researcher Archivist 
 
Los Angeles, Calif. –The USC Institute of Armenian Studies has named Gegham 
Mughnetsyan as the Institute’s Chitjian Researcher Archivist. The naming is in 
honor of long-time Institute donor, philanthropist and distinguished community 
member Sara Chitjian. 
She was one of the Institute’s first donors and supporters. Miss Chitjian 
believes in the value of education and scholarship to achieve fairness and 
justice. She taught that as a teacher, she supports that as a philanthropist.
Sara Chitjian was born in Mexico City in the family of Ovsanna and Hampartzoum 
Chitjians who were survivors of the genocide. The family relocated to East Los 
Angeles in 1935. Miss Chitjian graduated from UCLA in 1956 and began a teaching 
career at the Los Angeles Unified School District which lasted for 34 years. 
 
In retirement Miss Chitjian has dedicated her time to the archiving of the 
Armenian Genocide, specifically through the documentation of a rich and complex 
family history. Her father Hampartzoum was a great storyteller and one of those 
who told his family story countless times to various scholars, journalists, 
photographers and filmmakers. He was also a regular in Miss Chitjian’s 
elementary school classes where he helped children from a variety of 
backgrounds begin to understand genocide. It helped that Mr. Chitjian was a 
child survivor and his memories were those of a child, making his stories very 
relatable to children and young people. 
 
Gegham Mughnetsyan, Institute research associate since 2016, received his 
undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley in Peace and 
Conflict studies where his focus was on US foreign policy toward Nagorno 
Karabakh. Mr. Mughnetsyan went on to complete his graduate degree at the 
American University, in Washington DC, where he studied International Affairs. 
 
At USC, Mr. Mughnetsyan works with post-genocide diasporan archival materials. 
The work entails documentation, translation and collection building.  
 
Since February of 2018, Mr. Mughnetsyan has been leading an oral history 
initiative tasked with recording, translating, transcribing the stories, and 
digitizing archival documents about the community of Armenian displaced persons 
who, in the course of World War II, were uprooted from their homes in the 
Nazi-occupied regions of the Soviet Union, ended up in a refugee camp in 
Germany and, after the war, found refuge in the United States. 
 
These are just two of the more-than-dozen programs at the USC Institute of 
Armenian Studies.
 
“The current work of the researcher archivist at the Institute reflects the 
spirit of Sara Chitjian’s life-long dedication to Armenian archives – 
especially as they relate to genocide and the post-genocide period -- and the 
naming of the position is a fitting tribute to her legacy,” said Institute 
Director Salpi Ghazarian whose relationship with Miss Chitjian goes back 
decades. “Miss Chitjian was my 6th grade math teacher; her father was one of 
the first to tell his life story first to J. Michael Hagopian, then to me as a 
student in Professor Richard Hovannisian’s UCLA class, later again to our team 
at the Zoryan Institute. Each of these interviews was more extensive than the 
last. Miss Chitjian’s mother’s journey, too, is invaluable.  Recognizing the 
importance of remembering that generation and their stories, Miss Chitjian has 
dedicated her life to helping others remember. We are indebted to her.”   
 
About the Institute
 
Established in 2005, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies supports 
multidisciplinary scholarship to re-define, explore and study the complex 
issues that make up the contemporary Armenian experience—from post-genocide to 
the developing Republic of Armenia to the evolving diaspora. The institute 
encourages research, publications and public service, and promotes links among 
the global academic and Armenian communities.
 
For inquiries, write to [email protected] or call 213.821.3943

Sports: The clubs of Armenian Basketball League A: Artik

March 29, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

MediaMax, Armenia

The clubs of Armenian Basketball League A: Artik

The first finalist of the Armenian Basketball League A has emerged: Aragats beat Artik in the semi-finals.

For this edition of our column on the league, we talked with Artik BC President Levon Vahradyan and head coach Ogi Moljevic about the season and the prospects of the club.

Artik BC President Levon Vahradyan

Photo: Mediamax

Shaping a professional squad

We formed a team quite spontaneously last season, started playing in League A, and we won games. After that we decided to bring in foreign players, and then we became champions of Armenia.

This year we laid a very professional foundation for our work. We have Armenian players, foreign players, and players from EAEU member states. We have shaped a capable squad, which is why we have reached the semi-finals this year.

The growth of League A

Photo: Mediamax

This season the league has advanced. All clubs came in stronger, all clubs are growing progressively more professional.

I think next year there will be more clubs in League A and the tournament will be better organized. The stronger the teams become, the more entertaining competition we get.

Photo: Mediamax

The Serbian coach and the basketball town

This season our Serbian coach Ogi Moljevic became the head coach of the club. He is a man with top professional and personal qualities. Ogi works well with the team and consults our experts from Artik too, and they progress in their work.

Photo: Mediamax

Artik has always been a basketball town. Now that we have a professional club, the public interest towards the sport has grown. Children come to watch the training sessions, and although they just want to pass the ball to the players, they are also growing fond of basketball. They want to try it and be successful too.

Devoted fans

Everyone in Artik knows the boys. When one of our foreign players went to a grocery shop for the first time, the seller gave him warm bread and didn’t charge, because they recognized him. He returned to the hotel and soon went out again, and when the staff asked where he was going, he said: “For a chat with good people.”

Photo: Mediamax

The new court

We didn’t have home games last year, because we didn’t have appropriate conditions and the boys trained in a different court. Thanks to donors, we replaced the old floor in our court, and the new one is of top quality. The renovation will kick off when the weather gets warmer. We want to build stands too.

Head coach Ogi Moljevic

Photo: Mediamax

On performance this season

We have to classify the performances this season “before the New Year” and “after the New Year”. We were going strong and played well before the New Year, but afterwards we slipped. Still, we kept fighting and reached semi-finals.

In general, League A was more entertaining before the New Year. In January, Aragats brought in many new players, so did Urartu, and it made them much stronger. Those clubs spent more than we did.

The lack of local players

League A needs local players. Armenia has to develop basketball with local players, which requires a development program at youth level. I worked in Serbia and six other countries and they were all investing in infrastructure, youth teams, new programs and exchange of experience with other countries. Armenia has to do that too to actually develop basketball here.

Photo: Mediamax

The future

I can’t give a definite answer now. My position at Artik depends on the board and the funds.

Previously, Mediamax Sport reported about Urartu, Artsakh and FIMA.

Gohar Nalbandyan
Photos: Emin Aristakesyan

Pashinyan holds unofficial meeting with Georgian counterpart in Armenian town

March 25, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

Pashinyan holds unofficial meeting with Georgian counterpart in Armenian town

15:03,

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS. On March 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze had an unofficial meeting in Yenokavan, a community in Armenia’s Tavush province, the PM’s Office reported.

Addressing various issues of Armenian-Georgian relations, the sides touched upon other topics of mutual interest.

Stressing the importance of Armenian-Georgian relations, Nikol Pashinyan and Mamuka Bakhtadze expressed confidence that enhancing cooperation will promote multifaceted exchanges between the two neighboring and friendly states in a number of areas. In this context, the parties emphasized the importance of frequent informal meetings.

Pashinyan and Bakhtadze had another informal meeting as early as in January in Bolnisi, Georgia.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

PM claims multi-million dollar smear campaign is underway against government, but domestic political situation is stable as never before

March 20, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

PM claims multi-million dollar smear campaign is underway against government, but domestic political situation is stable as never before

13:50,

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS. The domestic political situation in Armenia has never been as stable as today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a news conference today, noting that this stability isn’t a repressive one, but a democratic stability. He said that the government’s report on its action plan’s performance gives an in-depth description on the changes that took place in this period.

“I don’t think I have to speak much about these changes, but I would like to say one thing. There’s talk about polls, there was this same talk in the summer, autumn of 2018, before and after elections. This isn’t the case when the prime minister isn’t in control of the situation, I am very often in direct contact with people. They write as if the country is in a period of instability, that once again the cycle will begin, a heated spring, a heated summer, look what’s gonna happen. Nothing is going to happen. People must understand their [ship has sailed] long ago, they wouldn’t catch up with it even on a Ferrari if they wanted to, their chapter is closed. They have one way, stand before the people, repent and ask for forgiveness. But let me say, we will guarantee all their desires on being engaged in public and political activities,” Pashinyan said. He expressed certainty that if today elections were to be held, his My Step Alliance would once again win, this time even bigger. In the December 2018 election, My Step won a landslide victory with over 70%.

He claimed that millions of dollars are being spent on a smear campaign against his government, but the government is not taking any actions against this. Pashinyan did not specify who the propagandists are.

The PM stressed that the freedom of speech is an absolute value for the incumbent government.

“These circles must understand they cannot have this kind of business in Armenia, they cannot garner support among the Armenian people,” he said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

Sports: U22 European Boxing Championships: Armenia’s Anush Grigoryan wins gold

March 18, 2019March 12, 2026 Antonian Lara

News.am, Armenia

Anush Grigoryan (Armenia) on Sunday became a gold medalist at the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships which are concluding in Vladikavkaz, Russia.

In the final of the Girls’ 51kg competition, Grigoryan defeated Gelusa Gulieva (Russia) on a unanimous decision by the judges.

Armenia’s Hrayr Shahverdyan (60kg), Vakhtang Harutyunyan (75kg), and super heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan on Saturday had won bronze medals in their weight categories on the boys’ competitions.