Author: Emil Lazarian

 11:00, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. Extraordinary session launched in the Parliament of Armenia.

The session has been convened at the initiative of the ruling Civil Contract faction.

The draft decisions on removing Vice Speaker of Parliament Ishkhan Saghatelyan, representing the opposition Hayastan faction, from the position, as well as terminating the powers of the same faction MP Vahe Hakobyan as the chairman of the standing committee on economic affairs are on the agenda of the session.

 17:07, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, 1 JULY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 1 July, USD exchange rate up by 0.74 drams to 407.95 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 2.81 drams to 426.35 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.29 drams to 7.46 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.99 drams to 491.82 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price up by 33.41 drams to 23831.58 drams. Silver price down by 6.85 drams to 267.76 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

 19:14, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze considers German investments in Armenia as possible if a number of legal prerequisites are met, many of which the government of Armenia is committed to today. Germany intends and will be happy to assist in creating these prerequisites, Schulze said in a joint press conference with Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan, answering the question of ARMENPRESS about what investment opportunities she sees in Armenia for German businessman and if Armenia has a favorable environment for German investments.

The German Minister considered the presence of high-quality specialists to be a very important prerequisite. "Secondly, the legal prerequisites to which the Armenian government is committed to today, the fight against corruption, reforms of the justice system, stable democracy, are the guarantees under which German investments are possible. The German side intends and will be happy to support the Armenian government to create these prerequisites," said Schulze.

The German official is in Armenia on a two-day visit. As part of the visit, on July 1, she had a meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan.

 19:37, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. Special representatives of the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, Ruben Rubinyan, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, and Ambassador Serdar Kılıç held the fourth meeting in Vienna on July 1.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from MFA Armenia, the sides agreed to enable the crossing of the land border between Armenia and Turkey by third-country citizens visiting Armenia and Turkey respectively at the earliest date possible and decided to initiate the necessary process to that end.

They also agreed on commencing direct air cargo trade between Armenia and Turkey at the earliest possible date and decided to initiate the necessary process to that effect.

Furthermore, they discussed other possible concrete steps that can be undertaken towards achieving the ultimate goal of full normalization between their respective countries.

Finally, they reemphasized their agreement to continue the normalization process without preconditions.

In the difficult period, the State Protection Service fulfilled its task, deserving appreciation. Nikol Pashinyan

 20:43, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan attended the ceremonial session dedicated to the establishment day of the State Protection Service of the National Security Service, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan, Director of the National Security Service Armen Abazyan, Head of the State Protection Service Sargis Hovhannisyan and other officials were also present at the event.

The Prime Minister congratulated the representatives of the State Protection Service on the occasion of the holiday and noted that the State Protection Service performs special functions that are extremely important for the normal functioning of the state.

"I must emphasize that we have survived and are still surviving a rather difficult period, and during this period the State Protection Service properly fulfilled its task and performed its function. This deserves appreciation. However, like any public administration body, starting from ministries, departments, we should never be satisfied with the quality of our work and should try to improve it every day, especially since work is a phenomenon that always has room for improvement”, the Prime Minister said.

According to Nikol Pashinyan, the State Protection Service is entering a new stage of institutional development. The Prime Minister reminded that according to the Government's Action Plan and the adopted political decision, the State Protection Service will function as a body under the Prime Minister in the near future, following the legislative changes. In this regard, Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the development of the institutional capacities of the State Protection Service.

“I am talking about increasing the quality of the personnel’s work and technical equipment. In this direction, of course, we must be consistent and solve the the tasks set before us.

Once again I want to thank all of you for the work done, the service and wish all of us success in solving the tasks set before us, because indeed our Motherland is going through very difficult times, and the overcoming of these difficult times must be carried out at a proper level, so that as a result of all this we have a safe, developing, developed country, where every citizen of the Republic of Armenia will feel confident and will look to the future with more confident eyes and feelings”, the Prime Minister said.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan awarded a group of employees of the State Protection Service of the National Security Service of Armenia with the Medal for Combat Service, the Prime Minister's Commemorative Medal and the Prime Minister's Letter of Appreciation for their dedication and bravery while performing their duties.

NSS director Armen Abazyan also presented awards to the head of the State Protection Service Sargis Hovhannisyan and a group of representatives of the Service.

 17:49,

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. Fly Arna, Armenia’s national airline and a joint venture company between the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia Group, announced the signing of a service agreement with Cross Technics company to provide all the necessary line maintenance services to Fly Arna’s aircrafts at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Fly Arna said in a statement.

Cross Technics LLC is an Armenian-based Part-145 line maintenance organization, aimed to provide a high quality maintenance services to the airlines in Yerevan.

As part of the partnership between Fly Arna and Cross Technics, the maintenance organization has been able to hire an additional 18 highly qualified engineers and staff to support Fly Arna’s growing fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft.

Following Fly Arna’s launch, flights are now open for sale and customers can book their flights by visiting Fly Arna’s website (), calling the call center (+374 41 38 00 83) or through travel agencies.

Inaugural flights will take off from Zvartnots International Airport to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt starting from July 3, 2022. Fly Arna team is continuously working on expanding its network and will soon announce the new destinations the airline will operate to.

About Fly Arna

Fly Arna is Armenia’s national airline and a joint venture company between the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia Group. Based in Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) in Yerevan, Fly Arna follows the successful low-cost business model operated by Air Arabia that focuses on offering comfort, reliability, and value-for-money air travel.

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 21:18,

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Mnatsakan Safaryan received the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Benin to the Republic of Armenia Andre Akambi Okunlola-Biau (residence in Moscow) on the occasion of presenting the copy of his credentials.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, the Deputy Minister congratulated Ambassador Okunlola-Biau on assuming the post, wishing him fruitful work in the responsible mission in favor of the development and strengthening of relations between Armenia and Benin.

The interlocutors stressed the need to take steps to develop and expand cooperation in a number of areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised the positive experience of cooperation between Armenia and Benin in various international platforms, including within the framework of the International Organization of La Francophonie.