Armenian boxers, led by Garik Baghdasaryan, continue to train in Mexico.
Rudolf Garboyan (51 kg), Ruben Garboyan (54 kg), Jirayr Sargsyan (57 kg), Jorzhik Marutyan (60 kg) and Samvel Aydinyan (60 kg), Hrayr Matevosyan (63,5 kg), Hamlet Mnatsakanyan (63,5 kg), Armen Mashakaryan (67 kg), Arsen Poghosyan (71 kg), Tigran Melkonyan (71 kg) and Vahe Abetyan (75 kg) have left for Mexico.
On 20 March the Armenian boxers will hold fights.
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YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The opinions that there’s a risk of a new war are unfounded and aimed at causing panic, the National Security Service (NSS) Deputy Director Tigran Harutyunyan told reporters.
“These are unfounded and panic-spreading reports, at this moment we have no such information,” Harutyunyan said, referring to opinions in the press and social media that there is a risk of a new war.
Harutyunyan however added that war is always possible but right now there is nothing to indicate that a war will start soon.
03/12/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish court recently acquitted three people who danced upon the gate of an Armenian church in July 2021. The three men were filmed dancing on the Armenian church in Istanbul surrounded by a large crowd protesting COVID-19 regulations.
They were released 48 hours later and two were placed on probation. Their actions sparked outrage among the Armenian community and activists who claimed they dishonored Surp Takavor Church and was part of a long string of vandalism at minority Christian sites, including looters at historic buildings.
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YEREVAN, MARCH 10, ARMENPRESS. Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Ali at the Turkish Presidential Palace, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Turkish president’s office.
Details on the issues discussed during the meeting between the presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan have not been announced yet.
Ilham Aliyev is in Turkey on a one-day visit.
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YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The US-based CNN television channel stops broadcasting in Russia, according to tweets citing a CNN spokesperson, reports TASS.
“CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward”, the spokesperson said as quoted by TASS.
Reuters reports news organizations including the BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corp have also suspended reporting from Russia following the passing of the law on criminal liability for false information about the Russian Armed Forces.
Biden to discuss Ukraine situation with US allies on February 28
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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, ARMENPRESS. US President Joe Biden will hold a call with US allies on Monday morning to discuss the situation in Ukraine and their coordinated response, CNN reports citing the White House.
The call will take place at 20:15 Yerevan local time in a closed format.
The White House didn’t clarify who will take part in the talk.
The Turkish and American flags fly in the Bowling Green Park area on Wall Street, New York, U.S., Oct. 31, 2021. (AA File Photo)
The Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) slammed the popular video-streaming platform YouTube for restricting live broadcasts after it released a series of videos about the Khojaly Massacre, denouncing the decision as unacceptable.
TASC TV Editor-in-Chief Gökhan Doğan noted that their broadcast and uploads were restricted after they published videos about the massacre and events of 1915.
“We’d previously faced similar attempts and we believe that the Armenian lobby and elements of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) are behind this,” Doğan said.
He noted that YouTube did not specify when the restriction would be lifted, adding that they will try their best to go live again.
Armenian forces took over the town of Khojaly after battering it with heavy artillery, tanks and infantry forces on Feb. 26, 1992.
Some 613 Azerbaijani citizens, including 106 women, 63 children and 70 elderly people, were killed and 487 others were seriously injured, according to Azerbaijani figures.
Some 150 of the 1,275 Azerbaijanis captured by the Armenians remain missing. In the massacre, eight families were completely wiped out, while 130 children lost one parent and 25 children lost both.
While the horrors of the Khojaly Massacre continue to haunt the Azerbaijani community, Armenian authorities are far from acknowledging responsibility despite all the evidence of the incident. On the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, Azerbaijani officials and survivors of the attack reiterated their call for justice and that those responsible be punished.
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YEREVAN, 28 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. , ARMENPRESS reports, Mikhail Podolyak, Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine, wrote about this on his Twitter microblog.
“Negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations continue. The third round will start in a few minutes,” he wrote.
Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have started in the Gomel region of Belarus. The Russian side arrived in Belarus on February 27. The Ukrainian delegation arrived by military helicopters two hours before the start of the talks.
PanARMENIAN.Net – Lawmakers from the ruling Civil Contract party will not endorse a bill drafted by the opposition Armenia bloc, condemning the Shushi Declaration signed by Turkey and Azerbaijan in Shushi, the Nagorno-Karabakh city that went under Azerbaijan’s control during the war in fall 2020, Pastinfo reports.
The parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations on Monday, February 21 discussed the draft, with opposition MP Andranik Tevanyan maintaining that the Shushi Declaraion is evidence of the “ambitious goals of the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem” which “is a threat to the existence of Armenia and Artsakh.”
Gurgen Arsenyan from Civil Contract said, however, that his party will not join the initiative, arguing that the government has already unveiled its position. According to him, the Foreign Ministry and the National Assembly “pursue a common foreign policy.”
“A key point in the Armenian Government’s program is the establishment of a lasting peace in the region, in order to achieve this goal, as well as in order not to hinder the process, the Armenian authorities pursue a foreign policy that takes into account all risks and opportunities,” Arsenyan said.
No sport sees a match end in gruesome ways quite like mixed martial arts. One fight at UFC Vegas 49 on Saturday kept that tradition going and then some.
A lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez was called in the second round after Tsarukyan landed a hard elbow to Alvarez’s face near the end of the first while the two grappled on the floor of the Octagon. The impact was so audible it drew a reaction from the announcers, but Alvarez continued to fight without any noticeable effects. That is, until the Spanish fighter’s head started getting covered with blood.
Despite the gnarly cuts on Alvarez’s face, the fight was allowed to continue into the second round. That’s when Tsarukyan proceeded to once again gain top position on Alvarez and rain down blows on his opponent until the referee stepped in, giving Tsarukyan the TKO win.
The win improves Tsarukyan’s record to 18-2, with five straight wins. His lone UFC loss came against Saturday’s main card victor, Islam Makhachev. The Georgian currently ranks 13th in the UFC’s lightweight rankings, and Saturday’s win figures to only help the 25-year-old move up the rankings.
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“I like to surprise every one of my [opponents],” Tsarukyan said afterward. “I wanted to show how I improve my striking, wrestling, I can do everything. It was my game plan to make him tired to choke him or a TKO. I did it and I’m very happy. I think I deserve a top 10 and get fights with a top fighter. I’m getting better everyday.”
Tsarukyan also called for a rematch against Makhachev, though the Russian fighter probably has bigger things on his mind at the moment.
Alvarez falls to 19-3 with the loss, snapping a four-fight win streak.