Armenian President Armen Sarkissian took part today in the celebrations marking the Day of Constitution and State Symbols of the Republic of Armenia held at the Constitutional Court.
Mr. Sarkissian observed the exhibition dedicated to the Constitution and state symbols, participated at the solemn reception and cut the festive cake, the presidential office said.
The center of Yerevan has been deprived of electricity for about five hours. The Electricity Information Department informs that a serious accident has occurred.
The work of the “A1 +” TV company has been also stopped, which has no opportunity to present the videos and reports of the day.
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According to the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Vahagn Harutyunyan has been relieved from the position of chief of staff of the State Property Management Department.
The PM’s respective decision is posted on e-gov.am.
Prince William greeting Armenian religious leaders in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM—On June 28, His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, where he met with leaders of Jerusalem’s three Christian communities. His Eminence Archbishop Sevan Gharibian represented the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and gifted an Armenian cross to His Highness.
Prince William with the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem and other religious leaders outside the church.
During the prince’s visit to the Armenian Chapel inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a welcoming speech was delivered by the Armenian Superior of the Holy Sepulchre Church The Rev. Fr. Samvel Aghoyan. After the speech, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem presented the cross to the prince.
Prince William with the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem and other religious leaders inside the church.
An inscription on the cross reads: “A present of an Armenian Cross from the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem presented to His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, during His visit to the Holy Sepulchre Church on .”
The body of a minor girl has been found hanged in the province of Syunik in Armenia, police said.
Police said the local medical center notified officers that the body of the 15 year old girl has been transported to them.
Police said the girl was found hanged in her home’s basement by a family member.
An autopsy is underway. Police are investigating the death and did not mention in the statement whether or not foul play is suspected.
15 June, 2018, Yerevan, Armenia
Fuller
Center for Housing Armenia is celebrating its 10th Anniversary
This year the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia marks the 10th anniversary of its operation; years of providing the families in
housing need with simple, decent and affordable homes. Over the years, the organization has
supported more than 650 families in all the regions of Armenia, as well as in
the Republic of Artsakh.
The 10th aniversary ceremony took place on June 15,
2018 at Best Western Congress Hotel Yerevan Hotel, which is the exclusive
sponsor of the event.
Fuller Center for Housing Inc. President David Snell, VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian, representatives from International Committee of
Red Cross (ICRC), USAID representatives, ARDA Charitable Foundation Director Hrahat
Stepanyan, Armenia Marriott Hotel Yerevan General Manager Catalina Susan, other
honorable guests, partners, international and local volunteers attended the
event.
During the 5th Anniversary event certificate awarding
ceremony took place.
“I am grateful for this certificate. This is
not just a document: it is an appreciation that comes from a partner
organization and the families, which have long strived and have eventually
reached their dreams. Years ago, when we started our work in Armenia and chose
corporate responsibility, we translated a message to various organizations and
the society in general. It sounded like a call not to be indifferent, a call
for action. I am glad to say that our partner, the “Fuller Center for Housing”,
shares our system of values. I am proud to be partners with you,” VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.
“We have seen
many tears of joy, but it has not become a habit for us. Our support, in fact,
is just an incentive for a family to believe in their own strength, become
optimistic and be filled with faith in the future. We thank all our partners
for being part of our mission over these years and sharing our success,” said Ashot
Yeghiazaryan, Fuller Center for Housing Armenia President.
Over the past ten
years, more than 3,500 lives have been changed for the better irreversibly getting
them out of the poverty chain.
In addition to
the housing program, the organization has also implemented various small and
large scale projects aiming to increase rural employment by tackling
constraints to rural economic development in select rural communities of
Syunik, Vayots Dzor, Lori and Tavoush regions of Armenia in the framwork of
ARDI program funded by USAID.
“The Fuller Center for Housing is an international coalition of local partners all dedicated to the vision of eliminating poverty housing. Nowhere, though, has this vision seen greater success than in Armenia. As we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Fuller Center Armenia we are pleased to report that, under the direction of an outstanding leadership team and with support from local sponsors and generous friends in the Armenian diaspora community, over 650 Armenian families now have a decent place to call home. Together we can make the dream of no more domiks a reality,” said David Snell, the president of Fuller Center for Housing, Inc.
NSS examines two problems in the Ministry of Emergency Situations:
The National Security Service has also begun to inquire into the Ministry of Emergency Situations. “There are two questions that are already in the National Security Service. The preliminary investigation will find all the circumstances, “said Minister of Emergency Situations Hrachya Rostomyan at a briefing with journalists in the National Assembly.
“We have received certain data on budget expenditures, a criminal case has been filed, an investigation is underway, I cannot report the process and other details,” added Arthur Vannetsyan, NSS chief.
Hrachya Rostomyan is pleased with his legacy from the previous minister. “The main problems are anti-hail stations: all seismic stations, hydrometers, their modernization, modernization of Crisis Management Center, and digitalization are the problems that we have to solve.”
“We are not inclined to repressive acts.”
The fight against corruption, according to the head of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan, starts from their own system. “Even in our sphere, if there is a corrupt man who even has been part of a corrupt chain, he will be immediately punished by the strictest law.”
Artur Vanesyan has a clear answer to the question why no arrests take place when large-scale checks were carried out and many violations were detected in the Yerevan City supermarket chain. “We are not inclined to initiate some repressive acts and arrest people. We are inclined to return the money stolen from the state in this or that way to the state budget. “
If damage to the state is restored, according to Artur Vanetsyan, the criminal case will be discontinued.
Architects, filmmakers, musicians. archeologists, painters and dance instructors presented issues starting from the protection of historical monuments, until half empty concert halls and change of the blazon.
The desire of some art figures was to praise the newly appointed Prime Minister, who met with cultural figures today.
“Our meeting should be practical, the topic of discussion is to ensure the cultural life of our citizens. Just as everybody knows today that one cannot live without washing, culture should become part of people’s everyday life. Culture should be a way of life rather than compulsion. Women who are benting in buses while coming back from work are among our cultural issues,” PM Pashinyan said.
Will the issue of cultural revolution be resolved? The Prime Minister replied that that revolution was a cultural revolution. The writer should find his reader, the theater, his audience, and quoted Vahram Papazyan: “Every black thing is not Othello and everything on the stage is not an art.”
There are many accumulated problems, there are urgent issues, but for this reason there is also a new Minister of Culture, and besides criticisms, remember that there is a culture in Armenia that creates values. The important thing is to educate an educated generation and a society free of corruption.
The Seimas of Lithuania ratified the RA-EU Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement in the 2nd reading. Armen Ashotyan, chairman of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
“Actually, 3 out of 27 already. We are waiting for other EU countries and will continue to work in this direction with the full potential of parliamentary diplomacy,” he wrote.
It should be noted that on April 11, the National Assembly unanimously ratified the “Comprehensive and extended partnership agreement between the Republic of Armenia, on the one hand, and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states, on the other hand.” It expresses the depth of RA-EU bilateral relations and regulates political and economic relations.
The agreement also has a special reference to the peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the Karabakh conflict and emphasizes the need to support the efforts and approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, based on the norms and principles of international law, in particular the non-application of the principle of force, the equality of rights and self-determination and territorial integrity of peoples.
Today, Vice President of Armenian National Consumers’ Union Ruben Haytayan said at the news conference that the violations in Armenia’s bakery market are continuing.
Ruben Haytayan states that even though the national food safety service says that the field is settled, it does not correspond to the reality.
“Only the price tag is mentioned on the bread. Despite the requirements of the law, the flour type and many other details are not mentioned.”
Ruben Haytayan announced that there are also violations in the dairy sector.
“The same thing is in the butter’s case. There are also violations here when the manufacturer does not specify the presence of vegetable oils in it. This is also an example of fraud. It is roughly the same as selling copper instead of gold. It is necessary to bring to responsibility and punish,” said Ruben Haytayan.