London’s Arsenal club, where Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan plays, will play its first match today at the Singapore international tournament with Madrid’s Athletico club.
Unfortunately, Henrikh Mkhitaryan has not been included in the top 11 Arsenal players for this game.
Arsenal – Atletico match will start at 15:30, Yerevan time. Football fans can watch the game on our website, too.
Nikol Pashinyan addresses protesters during Armenia’s Velvet Revolution this spring
Time Magazine on Thursday listed Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as one of its four “Crusaders Who Are Keeping the Dream of Democracy Alive.”
“Around the world today, one in three people lives under an authoritarian regime, while many others are experiencing a decline in their democratic freedoms. But the slide towards autocracy has pushed millions to stand up and demand a say in how their lives are governed,” said Time in its introduction.
The magazine spoke to Pashinyan, as well as Togo opposition leader, blogger Farida Nabourema; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ouided Bouchamaoui; and leader of Nicaragua’s protest movement, Enrieth Martínez, who round out the list.
Read the Time profile of the “4 Crusaders Who Are Keeping the Dream of Democracy Alive.”
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the issue of expanding the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and its impact on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
Maria Zakharova said as a result of the summits directed for the settlement of the NK conflict, in particular, the Vienna and St. Petersburg 2016 summits, the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents discussed issues aimed at stabilization of the situation in the line of contact and creation of an atmosphere contributing to the peace process.
“For that purpose they agreed, in particular, to increase the number of international observers in the line of contact. This topic has been discussed during the next meetings of the sides, including at the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Krakow in early 2018, as a result of which they have reached a principled imagination on the number, deployment of additional observers and other issues relating to it”, she said.
However, Zakharova stated that there is no final decision yet on this matter.
“The first meetings of the ministers will take place soon, thereafter, we hope that meetings will be held during which the sides will be able to discuss a wide range of issues relating to the NK conflict settlement, including the topic of observers”, Maria Zakharova said.
The National Security Service (NSS) has detained Vachagan Ghazaryan, the former first deputy chief of the state protection service, NSS confirmed to ARMENPRESS.
“That’s true, I confirm the information. We will issue a statement later,” NSS Press Center director Samson Galstyan told ARMENPRESS.
Vachagan Ghazaryan held a top position in the security detail of third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
The healthcare ministry is investigating the likelihood of human infection of tuberculosis from animals in Yerevan Zoo after the zoo said an outbreak occurred in early 2018.
Healthcare minister Arsen Torosyan told reporters that no tuberculosis case has been detected in the zoo after January-February.
“The study into the threat of human infection is in the final phase. The zoo employees have already been examined,” the minister said.
Earlier on June 15, the healthcare ministry issued a statement urging visitors of the zoo to refrain from feeding the animals and to maintain precautions.
The “Restart” initiative of Yerevan State University has reached Komitas State Conservatory.
Students at the university organized their first debate, during which they raised their concerns.
The private discussion was also closed to journalists. Students also did not want to give an interview, stressing that they did not want the public to know their complaints.
The students did not speak, but instead the rector answered the questions of the journalists.
“We need to restart the whole country and, in particular, our musical art performance, with small steps,” said the Rector Shahen Shahinyan, welcoming the initiative.
In general, the rector is proud of the students’ civic activism.
“What our students did can be written in the Guinness Book of Records, this is the restart.”
The rector agrees that the tuition fees are high and maybe that is the reason for the protest. The annual fee for study at Yerevan State Conservatory amounts to 800,000 for Vocal Art and 700,000 drams for other majors.
The state allocates 60 places per year to study at Komitas Conservatory’s free education system, and the number of students entering the university varies from 200 to 250.