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Sports: Armenian athletes grab gold, silver and bronze at World Sambo Championships

Arpi Talalian
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 13 2017
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The Armenian sambo team has conquered two gold, one solver and two bronze medals at the 2017 World Sambo Championships held in Sochi, Russia.

According to the National Olympic Committee’s website, Armenian sambo athlete Grigor Mkhitaryan (w/c 52kg) won the gold after defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Muhammad Ali Ergeshov in the final round.

Vachik Vardanyan (w/c 68kg) claimed the world vice champion’s title after losing his fight to Russian Daniil Voevodin in the final round.

Earlier, Tigran Kirakosyan, competing in the 52 weight class, won a gold medal in the sport sambo tournament. Maxim Manukyan (57kg) and Arsen Khanjyan (100kg) grabbed bronze medals.

Sports: Jamie Carragher slams Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s performance in Man United’s 1-0 loss to Chelsea

Arpi Talalian
The Sport Review. UK
Nov 5 2017

By The Sport Review staff

The Armenia international made a brilliant start to the Premier League season following an impressive return of five assists in his first three top-flight games.

Mkhitaryan has struggled since Paul Pogba’s injury setback but Jose Mourinho has persisted with the attacking midfielder in his starting line-up despite using the £30m signing sparingly last term.

The 29-year-old hasn’t scored a goal or made an assist since his strike in a 4-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the Champions League in Russia on 29 September.

Mkhitaryan struggled to have an impact on the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon as reigning PFA player of the year N’Golo Kante marshalled the Manchester United playmaker closely.

The Armenian midfielder touched the ball a mere 29 times in his 62 minutes on the pitch before Mourinho opted to withdraw the former Borussia Dortmund man to bring on Anthony Martial.

Former Liverpool defender Carragher criticised Mkhitaryan’s subdued performance at the defending Premier League champions.

“I thought Manchester United may as well have played with 10 men, with Mkhitaryan in that midfield,” Carragher told Sky Sports.

“There was so much space for Chelsea.”

Manchester United are eight points behind leaders Manchester City following their second Premier League defeat of the 2017-18 season.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan takes part in the new record set

Arpi Talalian
  • 13:07 | November 1,2017 | Sports
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In the 4th round of the UEFA Champion League group tournament, Manchester United won the Portuguese Benfica with a score of 2: 0.

This was the 4th consecutive victory in the current tournament of Jose Mourinho’s team players.

At the same time Manchester Unitedset a club record. The point is that the Red Devils held their 38th unbeaten match at their pitch in all tournaments, and surpassed the previous record.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, midfielder of the Armenian National team, entered the game during the 46th minute, when the score was 1-0.

Historic Armenian houses in Turkey turn into hotels

Arpi Talalian
  • 16:25 | October 31,2017 | Politics
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Historic Armenian houses of Gaziantep (Ayntap) turned into hotels.

The Turkish news website Haber writes that Armenian houses with old history, which have storms that are warm in the winter and cold in summer, are of great interest to tourists visiting the city today.

According to the source, these houses are 200-300 years old. Director of one of the guest houses Zeynel Özkarman said that these houses, which have historical monuments, are left from the Armenians. There is even an Armenian inscription on one of the houses. Özkarman noted that there is a great demand for the guesthouse and  there is always no free room at the end of the week.

Guests, who have a double room overnight, including a lunch, pay 150-200 lira (about 20000 AMD).

OSCE Co-Chairs Must Condemn Baku, Says ARF’s Rustamyan

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ARF Bureau member Armen Rustamyan (Photo: Armenpress)

YEREVAN (Combined Sources) – According to Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau member and head of the party’s political affairs Armen Rustamyan, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs must make a statement condemning Azerbaijan and the country’s abnormal behavior.

Rustamyan responded on the matter when commenting on Azerbaijan’s recent ceasefire violations following the Geneva meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents where the presidents agreed to take additional measures to reduce tension at the line of contact.

“Experience has shown that during meetings, Azerbaijan demonstrates deceitful normal behavior, but following meetings it returns to its starting point,” said Rustamyan.

When one of the reporters claimed that “Armenia leaves a naïve impression by participating in meetings several days before the Azerbaijani president has accused Armenia of being unconstructive,” the ARF Bureau member said, “I can’t accept the approach where if one side is unable to negotiate, the other as well must act against the international community and adopt the same behavior. We should not avoid meetings. The meetings are necessary since the alternative is war.”

He added that currently, there are no negotiations for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict since all Artsakh does not play a role and has no participating in negotiations.

Rustamyan also explained that the conflict should be settled without any concessions from the Armenian side.

“It is very clear cut – we either negotiate or fight,” Rustamyan told reporters. “Azerbaijan tries to combine both, which is impossible. Our response should be very clear as well because we must work in both directions and be ready for both.”

“We agreed to take measures to ease tension to avoid losses in the frontline”- Serzh Sargsyan

Arpi Talalian
| 18:04 | October 16 2017
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At the initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents was held at the residence of the Swiss permanent representative in the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva on October 16, press service of the President’s Office reported.

The meeting was attended by Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France), Andrew Schofer (USA) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

The meeting was followed by a private meeting of Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev.

The opportunities to move forward the negotiation process over the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were discussed. As a result of negotiations the Presidents agreed to take measures to intensify the negotiation process and take additional steps to reduce tension in the line of contact.

The Co-Chairs expressed their satisfaction with these direct talks, which took place after a long interval. They remain ready to work with the sides on mediating a peacefully negotiated settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued a joint statement based on the negotiation results.

On October 16, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan also had a meeting with the Armenian community representatives in the Armenian Embassy in Switzerland. During the meeting the President presented the results of talks with the Azerbaijani President.

“A few minutes ago the meeting with the Azerbaijani President ended: we have no concrete, the so-called, agreement on the ways of settling the conflict. But we agreed to take measures to ease tension to avoid losses in the frontline. I want to state that both the Azerbaijani President and I are deeply interested in this.

God willing, he thinks this way always. He as well understands very well the complexity of the issue, of course, me too, but the problem is such that there will never be an easy solution. But I want you all to be confident on one issue – there is no settlement for us which can somehow undermine Karabakh’s security. The only settlement for us is that Karabakh be out of Azerbaijan. No Armenian leader can ever make such a decision and implement it, and we will do everything for that at the same time developing Armenia and strengthening our country economically”, the President said.

Azerbaijani Press: Russia’s loan aims at arming Armenia: MP

Arpi Talalian
Trend, Azerbaijan
Oct 14 2017

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 14

By Ilhama Isabalayeva – Trend:

Russia’s providing a loan to Armenia for a period of 20 years for the purchase of modern weapons aims to arm this country, Azerbaijani MP Aydin Mirzazade has told Trend.

In late 2015, Russia and Armenia agreed on allocation of a $ 200 million loan to Armenia for the purchase of modern weapons. The Armenian government approved the first $100 million loan package Oct. 12, 2017.

Under the agreement, a $100-million loan will be extended to Armenia for 20 years.

“Today Armenia has a very poor economy, and it is difficult for the country to replenish the budget. The purpose of giving a loan for a period of 20 years is to arm Armenia. I believe that taking this decision prior to the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents is not the right step,” Mirzazade said.

He believes that $100 million is a rather small amount for the country at war.

“The reality is that Armenia is still dependent on foreign countries. Armenia’s policy cannot bring it any strength, influence or capital,” he said.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s independent foreign policy is aimed at its strengthening as a state and its becoming a participant of the project important for the region, Mirzazade added.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

Armenian gymnasts were not succeed at the World Gymnastics Championship

Arpi Talalian
  • 14:28 | October 9,2017 | Sports
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Arthur Davtyan, Harutyun Merdinyan and Vahagn Davtyan presented Armenia at the World Gymnastics Championship on October 2-8 in Montreal, Canada.

Harutyun Merdinyan, a member of the Armenian gymnastics team, took the fifth place (14.700 points) in pommel horse, Arthur Davtyan’s 13th in the all-round (83.332 points) and Vahagn Davtyan could not overcome the qualification round,RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs reports.

HRD speaks about the case hindering the journalist’s activities

Arpi Talalian
  • 16:05 | October 9,2017 | Official
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The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia considered it unacceptable to block journalistic activities of ArmDay.am news website journalist Paylak Fahradyan. Any person who has committed such offense must be brought to justice.

The reporter said that Zoya Martirosyan, director of the Shatin community medical center in Vayots Dzor region, did not like his questions, and Zoya Martirosyan, her sister and son-in-law, Arthur Stepanyan, Karagluhkh community head, tried to seize the journalist’s camera and locked him in the room, requiring to delete the contents of the carrier. The journalist reported the police about the crime.

On the basis of information on obstruction of the journalist’s activities, the Defender’s Office initiated a discussion procedure on its own initiative to obtain information on the course and outcome of the measures taken by the law enforcement agencies. The RA Human Rights Defender Office reports.

Human Rights Defender speaks about violence against journalist

Arpi Talalian
  • 21:05 | September 29,2017 | Official
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The RA Human Rights Defender considers unacceptable the hindrance of journalistic activities of Narine Avetisyan, Editor-in-Chief of Lori TV. Any person who has committed such offense is subjected to liability.

According tothe reporters information, a group of people attacked her during the shooting near Vanadzor’s Surb Astvatsatsin church, using violence threw to the ground and took away the phone.

On the basis of information on obstruction of the journalist’s activities, the defender’s staff initiated a discussion procedure on their own initiative.