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Government will use all its levers to expose circumstances of Kutoyan’s death – Pashinyan

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 George Mamian

18:42,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan guarantees that the Government will use all possible levers to expose all the circumstances of the death of former Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Georgi Kutoyan, ARMENPRESS reports Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during Cabinet-parliament Q&A session.

“It is a very sad incident. A criminal case has been filed at the Investigative Committee for inciting suicide. This means that the main version under investigation at the moment is inciting suicide. I think that the family of Mr. Kutoyan should be most interested in revealing the case and they should fully cooperate with the investigators in order to completely expose the truth. I guarantee that the Government will use all the possible levers in order to reveal this and the remaining cases until the final detail”, Pashinyan said.

Former National Security Service Director Georgy Kutoyan was found shot dead in a Yerevan apartment on Paruyr Sevak Street on January 17. The investigators are treating it as a possible suicide, but do not rule out other circumstances.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan

Asbarez: HyeCount Census2020 Seeks Organizers

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 George Mamian

Campaign organizers wanted for HyeCount Census2020 campaign

HyeCount is hiring full-time campaign organizers for its 2020 Census campaign.

The Constitutionally-mandated census carries significant political, economic, and social repercussions, from deciding the number of seats for each state in the U.S. House of Representatives to allocating close to $700 billion in federal funds for housing, education, healthcare, and more to state and local governments, as well as providing grants to community-based organizations.

In order to secure this crucial funding for our community programs, schools, and centers, the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region has partnered with Census2020 to ensure a complete count of the Armenian-American community through a public education campaign urging community members to identify themselves as Armenian in the Census.

Campaign organizers will be tasked with educating members of the Armenian-American community on the importance of identifying as ‘Armenian’ in the Census so as to maximize the collective voice of our community.

These positions will report to two project coordinators. Campaign organizers will be required to work six days a week (and are free to choose which day they take off), and six-hour days.

Organizer responsibilities will include:

Canvassing Armenian households across Los Angeles County to educate families on the Census process, its importance, and how to identify as Armenian;
Running regular information sessions at community centers, schools, and other facilities;
Regularly manning booths at community events;
Preparing daily reports on canvassing;
Calling Armenian-American households across Los Angeles County to educate and inform about Census process;
Collecting responses from canvassed families;
Conducting follow-up calls to ensure a maximum capture rate of Armenian-Americans;
Mobilizing and organizing volunteers to assist in canvassing.

Organizer qualifications include:

Fluency in Armenian and English;
Confident communicator;
Possess valid U.S. work authorization;
Experience in canvassing or phone-banking strongly preferred.

The ANCA-WR offers competitive hourly rates.

To apply, please send your cover letter and resume by email to [email protected] or fill out the application form.

Music: The Iranian Armenian is the first to receive a star on the Walk of Fame

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 George Mamian

The Media HQ

Jan 18 2020

By James Mumaw

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – “Stand by me” in Farsi, with Bon Jovi?

This is just one of many creative collaborations in which Andy Madadian was able to share his culture with an American audience. Known for peace and determination, he is the first Iranian-Armenian American to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“I came to America when there was a revolution in Iran. I came here to become an American rock star. And fate brought millions of Iranians and Armenians to this beautiful country called America, and I had the opportunity to record in Armenian and Iranian. And thank God they were hits and I became an Iranian Armenian singer, ”he said.

Madadian’s energetic music sparked a collaboration with Latoya Jackson, where the artist sang in Persian in her hit “Tehran”. But Tehran itself didn’t exactly greet Madadian.

The religious regime found its content too liberal and prohibited sales in Iran.

“My music was banned in Iran, so the source of income and the source of the royalties were never there. We basically made music for love. And we never had financial support from Iran, the main source of our fans base,” said Madadian.

“But hey, I’m not complaining, I’ve always had music. I had a great family, a great life in America, so life was fantastic, it was difficult, but I’m here and I think this is just the beginning . “

The beginning of a new era. Madadian releases new English music, especially a new song called “The Good Fight”.

His hope is to continue to share a spirit of peace and unity through his art.

“I think all of these war talks are nonsense. The people of Iran and America love each other. Governments should ease off and hopefully nothing drastic will happen,” said Madadian. “My greatest wish is that Iran and America be friends so that we can all come and go and live in both countries.”

To this day, Madadian and the many Persians who live in LA continue to worry about their loved ones who are still in Iran.

“I have many, many good friends I grew up with. They are in Iran. And we are always worried about them. And we always pray that someday the situation will be peaceful for people, and hopefully, Iran and America will live in peace, “he said. “Because both cultures value each other and we should put our differences aside and continue with life.”

His Hollywood Walk of Fame star, who uses the power of music to keep his communities both joyful and connected, is just a step forward in a peaceful direction.

Newspaper: Surprise expected in criminal case of Armenia ex-President Kocharyan

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 George Mamian

News.am, Armenia

Jan 16 2020

09:36, 16.01.2020

YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes: Our source says that a surprise is expected in [second President Robert] Kocharyan's [criminal] case in the near future. Remember: The Constitutional Court has applied to the Venice Commission and the ECHR [for advisory opinion] on the issue of [presidential] immunity and Article 300.1 [of Armenia’s Criminal Code].

The opinion of both institutions has no legal force. What “surprise” is this about? “Yes, they are advisory, but no state body, the court will make a decision even against the advisory opinion. They are such prestigious organizations that they will not go against them. After receiving the opinions, the Constitutional Court must decide whether or not the law (indictment) complies with the RA Constitution. If it decides that it does not comply, the charge should be dropped.”

Junior Eurovision: The video of Armenian song at Junior Eurovision released

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 George Mamian

Panorama, Armenia

Nov 2 2019

Culture 16:58 02/11/2019 Armenia

Armenia’s representative of Junior Eurovision Song 2019 Karina Ignatyan released the video of the “Colours Of Your Dream” that will be performed at the annual song contest this year. “Colours Of Your Dream” is written by Avet Barseghyan, Margarita Doroshevich and composed by Demchuk Taras.

Karina is 13 years old and was born and raised in Kaluga. She is currently enrolled at the 24th Gymnasium. Karina has participated in numerous international music competitions and festivals, including The Voice Kids Russia, New Wave Junior, Pokolenie Next, Miss Ethno 2019.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will take place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland.
Armenia is one of the most successful countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The country has never finished outside the top ten and has finished in the top three on seven occasions. Armenia first participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Vladimir Arzumanyan won the contest in 2010 with the song Mama.

Verelq: Հայ դիրքապահների ուղղությամբ արձակվել է շուրջ 1500 կրակոց. շաբաթն առաջնագծում

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 George Mamian

26.10.2019

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WB on Armenia tertiary education: Universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 George Mamian

News.am, Armenia

Oct 26 2019

WB on Armenia tertiary education: Universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain WB on Armenia tertiary education: Universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain

19:12, 26.10.2019

Armenia’s tertiary education system today is presented with an enormous opportunity to reform, said in a World Bank SABER report on Armenian tertiary education.

According to the report, “the Velvet Revolution has opened new avenues to change the higher education system and make it more effective. New boards of trustees in public universities have been formed, and there is hope that they will act as independent and competent authorities. There is a clear need to develop a strategic approach to tertiary education, adopt a new law on higher education, and improve the governance of the system.”

At the same time, as noted, universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain as a result of the decrease in student population during the last two years, and some private universities may not survive in this situation.

The authors of the report made some recommendations to improve the quality of education in Armenia:

– There is an urgent need to have a strategy for higher education and a new law on higher education in order to set the course toward a joint vision for the sector and the country as “the current law is outdated, since it was adopted in 2004 even before Armenia joined the Bologna Process.”

– The governance system needs to provide a level playing field between public, private, and cross-border institutions in terms of basic regulation.

- To improve financial transparency, government should require all public universities to publicly report their financial data and should introduce performance-based funding, which could improve the overall quality of universities if performance were connected to relevant indicators, such as student graduation rates, student retention, postgraduate employment rates, and other criteria related to the college’s mission.

– While some financial aid programs are currently available for students, there is a need to make these policies more targeted and to expand need-based financial aid to cover living expenses.

– There is also a need to develop a student internal mobility system and to make learning paths more flexible.

Sports: Disabled athletes take part in the national bench press competition

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 George Mamian

Panorama, Armenia

Oct 19 2019

Sport 16:30 19/10/2019 Armenia

National bench press competition kicked off in Yerevan on Saturday organized by the Powerlifting Federation of Armenia and Armenian National Federation of Disability Sport. The competition started with performances of disabled athletes. Later, professional athletes will take the floor.

Ahead of the official opening ceremony of the competition, the President of Powerlifting Federation of Armenia Levon Kocharyan talked to reporters, saying activities are underway to bring Armenian athletes to international arena.

“Athletes with best results in the Armenian championship will have the opportunity to perform abroad,” Kocharyan said, pointing to the recent success on international arena by Samvel Ghazaryan who took bronze at Arnold Classic 2019 open championship held in Barcelona in September.

Master of Sports in international powerlifting Sergey Asaturov, in turn, pointed to the growing number of disabled athletes and women participating in the tournament. In Asaturov’s words, 50 disabled athletes and 30 women applied this year to participate in the competition with figures doubled to compare with the previous years.

“Athletes with disability who received injuries while protecting the motherland demonstrate not only their spiritual but also physical strength. They also prove that disability may not be an obstacle for their future life, quite the opposite, may open up new opportunities for them. With their example they encourage and motivate others and us,” Asaturov said.

Russian expert speaks about possible collapse at Armenian Railways

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 George Mamian

ARKA, Armenia

Sept 30 2019

YEREVAN, September 30. /ARKA/. The Russian Railways and Russia's transport ministry are "in the process of boiling", Pavel Ivankin, Chairman of the Expert Council, Railway Transport Research Institute, said in an interview with ARKA News Agency. On September 20, RTVI reported that Russian Railways, a Russian fully state-owned railway company, was going to denounce its agreement with the Armenian authorities, since they were hobbling the work of its subsidiary – the South Caucasus Railway, which runs the Armenian Railways.

The relations between the Russian Railways and the Armenian authorities have become tense because of searches and the criminal cases opened against the South Caucasus Railway. "Today the South Caucasus Railway's office is paralyzed, some papers are seized and they are not given bank," Ivankin said. "The key claim of the Armenian side is non-purpose use of financial means. But everything is still not confirmed by evidence."

He said no official changes had been brought so far, but pressing from the Armenian side was increasingly being intensified and the claimed amount was growing – everything started from a ridiculous sum, but it has grown to USD 60 million.

In his words, terms of the concession contract are quite transparent, and if there are claims, it is possible to look through it.
"Taking into account the fact that the administration of the South Caucasus Railway has been changed trice by Russia, I guess there could be some management mistakes, but this all is mostly connected with clams of the managing company, i.e. the Russian Railways toward the South Caucasus Railway, but there never were faults in complying with requirements from the Armenian side," Ivanking said.

Before the arrival of the new Armenian government, he said, all problems were considered at an international level and "everybody was happy about that".

Ivanking said that it is impossible to operate under such a pressure and that the matter will be solved this or other way before the beginning of the next year.

"Taking into consideration how things are developing now, I can say that this will not last for years, and it is necessary to understand that one year has already passed since the moment when this began, and later Russia may receive real claims from Armenia for breaching the concession terms, and if so, considerable fines may be imposed," he said. "And therefore, the Russian side want to race against time not to give grounds to Armenia to place on record any failure of fulfillment of concession terms."

If the situation develops to absurd, he said, and concession contract terminates, then Armenia will be left with two options – to take trains back on leasing with a right of repurchase or without it, or to purchase them elsewhere.

Any case, he said, these are quite significant additional expenses for Armenia, and to prevent that it would be reasonable to go back to retain the contract and continue cooperating. But if everything is driven to absurd, then a certain collapse will happen in three to six months.

South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs Armenian Railway, which was handed over to the South Caucasus Railway on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to prolong the management term for other 10 years. –0—

Dead body of child, 1, found in Armenia’s Vayk town

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 George Mamian

News.am, Armenia

Sept 28 2019

Dead body of child, 1, found in Armenia’s Vayk town Dead body of child, 1, found in Armenia’s Vayk town

22:18, 28.09.2019