Author: Edgar Tavakalian

Azerbaijan threw hysteria, this time the cause was the Voluntary National Review of Artsakh, submitted to the UN

Edgar Tavakalian
Arminfo, Armenia
Aug 22 2019
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan threw hysteria, this time the occasion was the Voluntary National Review of the Artsakh Republic, submitted to the UN.

Thus, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Leyla Abdullayeva, responding  to the report on the presentation of the report, assured that  Armenia, having “abused” the right of membership in the UN, as a  supplement to the letter of its representative in this organization  addressed to the Secretary General, distributed papers and Artsakh.  “It is appropriate to recall that Armenia uses the practice of  distributing securities of the illegal separatist regime within the  UN and the OSCE, but this in no way reflects the position of these  organizations.”

However, she informed that in response to this, a letter of protest  was sent to the UN Secretary General by the Permanent Mission of the  Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN, which will be published the other  day as an official document of the General Assembly and the UN  Security Council.

Today, the Artsakh Foreign Ministry reported that the Voluntary  National Review on the implementation of the Sustainable Development  Goals in Artsakh outlined in the was circulated to the United Nations  as an official document. 

Newspaper: Births decrease but deaths increase in Armenia

Edgar Tavakalian
News.am, Armenia
Aug 6 2019
Newspaper: Births decrease but deaths increase in Armenia Newspaper: Births decrease but deaths increase in Armenia

11:25, 06.08.2019
                  

YEREVAN. – The permanent population in the Republic of Armenia (RA) has decreased by 3,700 over the course of six months, Zhoghovurd (People) newspaper wrote.

“According to the data released by the RA statistical committee, as of July 1 of this year, the number of the permanent population of Armenia made 2 million 961 thousand 600 people; this figure has dropped by 8,200, as compared to the same period last year. The number of permanent population [in the] has primarily declined in provincial towns and in villages.

“The number of births has also decreased. If the number of births in Armenia made 16 thousand 111 in the first half of this year, in the same period of last year—16 thousand 261.

“Also, the number of deaths has increased [in Armenia]. As of July 1 of this year, the number of deaths has increased by 572, as compared to the same period last year,” Zhoghovurd wrote.

Political scientist: Armenian judge is being politically persecuted

Edgar Tavakalian
News.am, Armenia
Aug 2 2019
Political scientist: Armenian judge is being politically persecuted Political scientist: Armenian judge is being politically persecuted

17:11, 02.08.2019
                  

Judge Davit Grigoryan, who rendered the decision to release second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan from detention, is being politically persecuted. This is what head of the Media Defender initiative Aghasi Yenokyan told journalists today.

According to him, this implies that since judges have a heavy workload, Davit Grigoryan didn’t manage to examine the case and issued a document stating that case examination is being postponed. “It’s surprising to see a crime here because there has to be a benefit in a crime.”

According to the political scientist, this was the next step to make the judiciary submissive to the authorities. He emphasized that the charge filed against Davit Grigoryan is completely phony and that the phoniness may be shown in the first instance court.

On July 27, the Supreme Judicial Council upheld the motions of the Prosecutor General’s Office and gave consent to the institution of criminal prosecution against Davit Grigoryan. Upon the decision of the Council, the judge’s powers have been terminated.

Davit Grigoryan was the judge in the case of second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and, on May 18, rendered a decision to release Kocharyan, accepting as a basis the personal pledge of the incumbent and former presidents of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).

Conscript found dead in one of military units of Armenia’s DM

Edgar Tavakalian
Aysor, Armenia

A conscript has been found dead in the evening of July 20 in one of the military units of the Armenian Armed Forces.

Spokesperson of the Armenian Defense Ministry Arstrun Hovhannissyan reported that the body of Hamik Vardanyan (born in 2000) was found in one of the military posts.

“The circumstances are being studied. We express our condolences to the members of his family, relatives and friends,” Hovhannisyan wrote.

Newspaper: Why is Armenia Parliament speaker heading to US?

Edgar Tavakalian
News.am, Armenia
Newspaper: Why is Armenia Parliament speaker heading to US? Newspaper: Why is Armenia Parliament speaker heading to US?

10:47, 13.07.2019
                  

YEREVAN. – A delegation from Armenia, and led by National Assembly speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, on Sunday will head for the United States, Zhamanak (Time) newspaper reported.

“During the visit a meeting is planned with the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues. A meeting is planned [also] with Senate Republican [Party] Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

“Mirzoyan may say that this is an extremely important visit, and after the visit, speak about its usefulness and productiveness. But from the outset it is clear that such visits are rather touristic and have no operational significance for Armenia,” Zhamanak wrote.

French specialists to assist Armenian State Revenue Committee in struggle against shady dealings

Edgar Tavakalian
ARKA, Armenia

YEREVAN, July 10. /ARKA/. The State Revenue Committee of Armenia and Expertise France, the French international technical cooperation agency, signed an agreement on Tuesday on consulting services, the press office of the committee reports.  

In accordance with the agreement, the French agency will assist the Armenian authorities in their efforts to lessen shady dealings and to ensure a stable growth to tax revenue. 

The signing ceremony was attended by French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacote. 

Special emphasis in this 18-month project is put on the measures to be taken to lessen shadow economy. 

The French party will attract international specialists with rich experience for working out effective proposals for the State Revenuer Committee. 

The program to be launched in September will be implemented as part of the financing agreement between the Armenian government and the French Development Agency. -0–

Sports: Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan crowned champion of European Games

Edgar Tavakalian
Public Radio of Armenia
Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan crowned champion of European Games

2019-06-30 16:30:49 

                           

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan has won a gold medal at the Second Europea games under way in Minsk, Belarus.

 

The Armenian beat Alexander Grabovik of Belarus 5-0 in the final round in the 97 kg weight category.


Sports: Minsk 2019: Armenia’s Lilit Poghosyan wins second badminton match

Edgar Tavakalian
Panorama, Armenia
Sport 11:01 26/06/2019 Armenia

Badminton player Lilit Poghosyan was among the Armenian athletes to perform on the fifth day of the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus on Tuesday.

In the second game of Group A Poghosyan competed with Moldova’s Vlada Ginga and defeated her opponent 2-0, the National Olympic Committee reported.

Lilit Poghosyan had lost the first match to Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova.

The Armenian athlete will face Denmark’s Line Kjaersfeldty in the third match on Wednesday. 

Armenian woman arrested in Houlton, turned over to ICE

Edgar Tavakalian
NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ


Border Patrol agents said she had entered the country as a tourist in 2001 and never left.
Author: Liam Nee
                                        

HOULTON, Maine — A woman from the Asian country of Armenia was arrested Friday in Houlton.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that its agents recently followed up on information regarding a woman living illegally in the U.S. Their investigation, it said, showed that a woman near Foxcroft Road who had entered the country as a tourist in 2001 never left as required by law.

Agents later conducted an interview with and a search of the Armenian citizen at the Houlton Border Patrol Station, and she was found to be in the U.S. illegally and in possession of fraudulent identification documents, CBP said.

The woman was turned over to the Removal Operations sector of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, for removal proceedings.

CBP said the fraudulent documents may have been used to gain employment and ease her ability to remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law.

“Overstaying a lawful visa entry is a violation of U.S. immigration law,” said Jason Owens, Maine’s chief Border Patrol agent. “The possession and use of fraudulent documents can be charged as a felony under U.S. law making it a serious criminal violation.”

Armenia is located in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe, bordered by Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Maine’s CBP patrols 611 miles of the U.S.-Canada border and about 3,500 miles of coastline. Reports can be made at (800) 851-8727.



Sports: Armenian weightlifter Mel Daluzyan stabbed in Amsterdam

Edgar Tavakalian
Public Radio of Armenia
Armenian weightlifter Mel Daluzyan stabbed in Amsterdam

2019-05-31 13:29:09 

                           

Armenian weightlifter Mel Daluzyan has been stabbed in Amsterdam, when trying to help the cashier during an armed attack on a supermarket.

“Two robbers armed with a knife attacked a cashier in an Albert Heijn supermarket in the center of Amsterdam. My friend Mel was shopping at that moment,” his friend Arthur Minasyan said in a Facebook post.

Mel rushed to help the cashier and stop the robbers. He succeeded, and after a while, the police arrived and arrested the robbers.

Before the police would arrive, one of the robbers managed to stab him with a knife.  Mel is in hospital now, he is stable. Dutch newspapers have called his step “heroic.”

Mel Daluzyan is two-time European weightlifting champion and record holder, two-time world silver medalist. The transgender athlete has been living in the Netherlands for three years.