The guest of the Hayeli Club is David Shahnazaryan, candidate of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).
The speaker mentioned that he would speak exclusively about the internal political issues, though he had also planned to address the foreign policy and the Karabakh issue.
Armenia finished second with 10 points in Group 4 of League D.
We were placed in League D, which means our level is low enough to get us into the same group as Gibraltar, with all due respect. We need to determine the current state of Armenian football in order to build a proper system and try to find solutions.
We are in need of top-class players to make the team more competitive. Yura Movsisyan doesn’t get sleep for two days because he’s traveling from the United States. We are negotiating with Diego Rossi Marachlian now, and if he joins the team, it will be a huge boost.
In general, we are unhappy with our results in the Nations League, but some outcomes – in away games with Macedonia and Gibraltar – were good.
We had 70% possession in the games against Lichtenstein and Gibraltar, but we conceded goals. If you keep throwing everything you’ve got at the rival team’s goal, they get the opportunity to counter-attack successfully. Our defense wasn’t on point: Kamo Hovhannisyan, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan and Gagik Daghbashyan joined the attack too often and others had to cover to help the team defend.
We scored 12 goals in the last 4 games and conceded 5. The boys made some major mistakes that let to conceding goals, so we need to work on that individually to reduce mistakes to a minimum in the future.
Several new players were involved in those games, but playing young footballers shouldn’t be a goal on itself. Young players have to mature and be prepared to join the team.
We can talk about our next opportunities after the Euro 2020 qualifying draw on December 2. If we are placed in a group of 6 members in total, we won’t have games in March, and if it’s a group of 5, we might even get two matches.
PanARMENIAN.Net – New Armenian banknotes will be put into circulation on November 22, the Central Bank has revealed.
The current banknotes will not be taken out of circulation though.
By the decision of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), new hybrid paper currency will be introduced Armenia. The CBA unveiled the sketches of the new banknotes a year ago.
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Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has applied to President Armen Sarkissian to award leading weightlifters Simon Martirosyan with the 2nd Degree Order for Services to the Motherland, and Gor Minasyan with the Medal of Gratitude, the government said on Telegram.
Simon Martirosyan, a European champion and Olympic silver medallist, was crowned world champion after lifting a combined total of 435kg, setting several world records, while heavyweight Gor Minasyan, an Olympic silver medallist, grabbed the silver with the result of 450kg in the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan several days ago.
Finance minister of the Republic of Artsakh Artur Harutyunyan announced during the working consultation convened by the President of Artsakh that the state budget revenues will exceed the expenditures for the first time in Artsakh.
“We have introduced the 2019 state budget draft to the President, according to which the money in terms of revenues will comprise 112 billion 300 million AMD, and that of the expenditures – nearly 111 billion AMD”, the minister said.
He added that the budget proficit (surpass of revenues over expenditures) comprised 1.3 billion AMD which is unprecedented for the Artsakh Republic.
“We have an increase of expenditures mainly in capital investments – nearly 1.6 billion AMD, healthcare sector – about 770 million AMD and social protection field – 480 million AMD. The expenditures on capital investments will be mainly directed for the economic development, as well as for the implementation of construction programs of several objects with social significance. The increase of expenditures in the healthcare sector is mainly linked with the nearly 15% increase of salaries of the medical staff, as well as with the implementation of several programs. The increase of expenditures in the social sector is conditioned with the introduction of the accumulative pension system in Artsakh from January 1, 2019, connected with the additional revenues paid by the state”, the minister noted.
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian-American politician Danny Tarkanian who had the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump lost the race for House District 3 to Democrat Susie Lee.
Tarkanian — who had won three previous GOP primaries, but lost five general elections — lost to Rosen in 2016 by fewer than 4,000 votes in the 3rd District, which covers much of suburban Las Vegas.
As reported earlier, Democratic state Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, an American politician with Armenian roots, declared victory over Republican incumbent Claudia Tenney on Tuesday, November 6 night in the fiercely contested race for the 22nd U.S. Congressional District seat. Democrats Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier, both of Armenian descent, are also projected to win the polls.
Millions of voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to render their first national verdict on the Donald Trump presidency, and the results gave Democrats a House majority while Republicans retained their control of the Senate.
According to preliminary information, the greenhouses owned by the families of former PM Hovik Abrahamyan and his brother Henrik Abrahamyan have been irrigated through illegally installed water pipes for nearly 15 years, State Oversight Service director Davit Sanasaryan said on Facebook.
“We are coherent and we await the law enforcement agencies’ work,” he added.
Caretaker PM Nikol Pashinyan has tasked the State Oversight Service to investigate the Artashat Water User Company. Inspectors have discovered 100mm 50-70literes/second capacity pipe connections at the facility which has been installed to irrigate the nearby vineyards. But the pumping station doesn’t have the right to supply irrigation water and the connections are illegal.
The Artashat Vincom LLC and the greenhouses are owned by former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan’s family.
Proceedings are being prepared in the Artashat Police Department of Ararat Province, according to Sanasaryan.
Armenian Constitution should be changed, said the EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Switalski on Monday.
The EU believed that a parliamentary system of government would be more suitable for Armenia, said Switalski adding that current Armenian Constitution should be changed.
According to him, now the Constitution gives all powers to the Prime Minister. However, the EU ambassador drew attention to the fact that the diaspora has no rights.
The problem of the Diaspora is an open question, and in the conditions of the new Armenia, it is necessary to discuss such issues, he concluded.
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. A concert dedicated to Charles Aznavour, the legendary French-Armenian crooner who died on October 1 at the age of 94, will take place 19:30 October 29 and October 30 at the Yerevan Opera Theater. The concert is titled For You, Aznavour.
Armenian singers and musicians will perform Aznavour’s songs, the culture ministry told ARMENPRESS.
Jérémie Delvert from the French military choir will be the concert’s guest performer.
Delvert was part of the French Guard of Honor at the state funeral of Aznavour in Paris. He performed the Armenian Waltz song in Armenian during the funeral.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Prosperous Armenia party committed to political agreement reached with acting PM Pashinyan – MP
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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Prosperous Armenia party is committed to the political agreement reached with acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to which the party will not nominate a candidate for prime minister, Tsarukyan faction MP Naira Zohrabyan told reporters at a briefing, reports Armenpress.
“We are committed to our agreement. The parliament will be dissolved in two weeks in accordance with the law. With what scenario that self-dissolution will take place, I think it will be as supposed by our agreement. Prosperous Armenia party will not nominate a candidate for prime minister”, she said.
She stated that one thing is clear, there will be a new political situation in Armenia in two weeks.
Asked whether the party will participate in the upcoming early parliamentary elections with or without an alliance, Zohrabyan said they haven’t discussed it yet, but assured that there will be a discussion in coming days and they will inform everyone about their participation format.
Nikol Pashinyan resigned as Prime Minister of Armenia on October 16. Before his resignation Pashinyan signed a memorandum with Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan according to which the party should support holding early parliamentary elections in December, as well as should not nominate candidate for PM in case of Pashinyan’s resignation.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan