Armenia to play vs. Estonia in Yerevan

The Armenian national football team will hold a friendly match with the Estonian national team on March 24, in Yerevan, the Football Federation of Armenia reports.

As we have already informed, the Armenian national team will hold a friendly match with the Lithuanian team on March 27. That match will also take place in Yerevan.

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OSCE chairing Italy supports Minsk Group efforts in NK conflict settlement (video)

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Politics
Region

Italy is supporting the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement issue, foreign minister Angelino Alfano, the new OSCE chairperson in office said in the OSCE Permanent Council, presenting the priorities and program of his chairmanship.

“We support the work of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in the Nagorno Karabakh issue, for finding a final agreed solution for this conflict”, he said.

Alfano stressed that their attitude for protracted conflicts will remain the same and that during Italy’s term in the OSCE they will always focus of these issues.

Mushegh Khudaverdyan: Iran is not Syria; it is hard to make a revolution there

Today Mushegh Khudaverdyan, Turkologist, Regional Expert, announced that Iran is not Syria; it was hard to make a revolution there. “Iranians, establishing the Islamic Conservative regime in the country, voted for the unity of the nation. This way, we can say that Iranians’ sense of unity is quite high, and it is difficult to make a revolution for special services to Western countries,” said the Turkologist.

At the same time, he added that the Islamic Conservative bills cause discontent as Iranians tend to develop in a modern way, rather than in a conservative way; they tend to liberalize the country’s laws. “The latest sanctions against Iran also raised the discontent of the citizens towards Islamists.’

Mushegh Khudaverdyan noted that the demonstrations would have their influence on Armenia as well. “Any kind of displeasure in Iran has its influence on Armenia’s security. In particular, it leads to an aggravation of the conflict in the regional conflict and to the emergence of new conflict centers. It can also refer to the Karabakh conflict, when using the background of destabilization in the region, Azerbaijan can unleash a war in Nagorno-Karabakh. “

MP: Karabakh and Azerbaijan have equal rights to independence

News.am, Armenia
Jan 4 2017
MP: Karabakh and Azerbaijan have equal rights to independence MP: Karabakh and Azerbaijan have equal rights to independence

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YEREVAN. – Several steps must be taken in order to achieve a breakthrough in the Karabakh settlement, Deputy Speaker of the Armenian parliament Eduard Sharmazanov told Armenian News- NEWS.am.

According to him, Azerbaijan primarily should be inclined to a peaceful settlement.

“There should be no hints at a military solution to this conflict. The Azerbaijani leadership must respect Karabakh people’s right to self-determination,” said Sharmazanov.

The Deputy Speaker identified three principles: the principle of territorial integrity, the principle of non-use of force and the right of peoples to self-determination.

Eduard Sharmazanov noted that no one can decide on the fate of Karabakh without its leadership and without taking into account Karabakh people’s opinion, since Karabakh withdrew from the USSR on the background of the same legislative norms as Armenia and Azerbaijan.

 According to Eduard Sharmazanov, without recognizing the legitimacy of Karabakh’s withdrawal from the USSR, Azerbaijan calls into question the legitimacy of its own independence.

Putin praises Russian military’s operations in Syria

Panorama, Armenia
Dec 22 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin has assessed the operations of the Russian troops in Syria as excellent.

Putin noted the Russian military successfully repelled the well-organized and armed terrorist forces posing a threat to Russia and the whole world, Gazeta.ru reported.

He urged never to forget those servicemen who fell while defensing their homeland and nation.

To remind, Putin visited the Hemeimeem Russian air base in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia on 11 December and ordered the country’s Defense Ministry to start withdrawing the Russian group of troops from Syria. He announced that Russia’s armed forces and the Syrian Army have defeated the most battle-hardened groups of terrorists in Syria.

Council of Elders makes decisions on renaming streets

On November 29, Yerevan Council of Elders held a meeting, moderated by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, where members of the council of elders approved the draft decision on renaming the section of the city of Dzorapi, Yerevan, from Paronyan Street to the Uruguay Square, as India St.

By another decree, the members of the Council of Elders have approved the project to name the street adjacent to S. Parajanov Museum after S. Parajanov. The council members also discussed and approved the draft decision on naming the road linking Isakov Avenue to Leningradyan Street after Monte Melkonian.

By decision of the Yerevan Council of Elders, the street from Saralanj St. to Ler Kamsar St., of the Kentron administrative district, will be renamed after Leonid Azgaldyan.

The next session of the Council of Elders will be held on December 26.

‘The Last Inhabitant’ Wins ‘Best Feature’ at Scandinavian Film Festival

Jivan Avetisyan on the left holding the award for “Best Feature” while actor Aleksandr Khachatryan on the right holding the award for “Best Actor” (Photo: “The Last Inhabitant” Facebook page)

HELSINKI, Finland (Combined Sources) – Over the weekend, Jivan Avetistan’s “The Last Inhabitant” won “Best Feature” at the Scandinavian International Film Festival. Film actor Actor Aleksandr Khachatryan also won “Best Actor.”

“The Last Inhabitant” was named the best among 10 movies and was the only film to win in two categories.

The Scandinavian Film Festival launched last Wednesday, October 25 in Helsinki, Finlad. “The Last Inhabitant” was screened at the closing of the festival on October 28.

A co-production of five countries, the movie is based on Tsovinar Khachatryan’s short story “Gyurjevan’s Last Inhabitant.” With the script co-written by Masis Baghdasaryan, the music, performed by Hover Chamber Choir and the National Philharmonic Orchestra was written by Serj Tankian. The movie was filmed in Khachmach village, Artsakh.

The film cast features renowned actors from Iran, Lithuania, Greece, USA, Russia, and Armenia.

The “The Last Inhabitant’s” international promotion started with a screening at the Venice Production Bridge of the Venice International Film Festival in Italy. The Armenian premiere took place in the scope of the 13th edition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF).

In the last several months, the film was screened in Lebanon, the US, Russia, Iran, Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Additional screenings have been scheduled.

1 trillion 307 billion AMD revenue to be ensured under 2018 state budget

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

It is expected to ensure 1 trillion 307 billion AMD revenue under the 2018 state budget draft of Armenia, first deputy finance minister Atom Janjughazyan said during the discussion of the 2018 state budget draft in the Parliament.

“Moreover, majority of the revenues, about 97%, will be ensured by domestic resources and only the 3% in the form of grants”, he said.

The first deputy minister also clarified that the grants are divided into two groups. The first group includes budget support grants, and the next one are grants for targeted programs.

Artik and FIMA have the first victory in A basketball league

Meetings of the second round of A basketball league were held on weekends.

As reported by the official website of the Armenian National Olympic Committee, at its own pitch Artik had the first victory over Grand Sportwith a score of 87:69. Artsakh won Engineer in the home match (82:63).

In the last match of the tour, FIMAdefeated Shirak with a score of 76:75.