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76-year-old Vanadzor man kills wife, cuts body into pieces

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 14:20,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS. A 76-year-old man from the town of Vanadzor is suspected in murdering his wife and mutilating her body.

Police officers responded to a 911 call Wednesday morning saying there’s been a murder at 5/1-1 Tigranyan Street in Vanadzor. Officers found the mutilated body of 70-year-old Alvard K., the homeowner’s wife, in the bathroom. The woman’s severed legs were found outside the house.

Police said in a statement that they’ve obtained information that the murder was committed by the victim’s 76-year-old husband, who used cutting tools to kill her and then dismember the body.

“The 76-year-old man was taken into custody and placed under arrest at the Taron Police Department. An investigation is underway,” police said.

Security Council Secretary, German Ambassador highlight NK conflict’s settlement within OSCE MG Co-Chairmanship

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YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan met on January 26 with Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Viktor Richter, the Office of the Secretary of the Security Council said.

Issues relating to the Armenian-German mutual partnership, as well as the Armenia-EU current cooperation were discussed. Both sides emphasized the importance of the long-term political settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.

The officials also exchanged views about issues relating to the border delimitation and demarcation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the request of the German Ambassador, the Secretary of the Security Council presented the process of unblocking the regional transportation routes.

Tatoyan: Expired drugs found in mental health centers in Armenia

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Armenia – Jan 22 2022
15:01, 22.01.2022

The storage and use of medicines in mental health centers in Armenia is a concern, Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan said at a press conference on Saturday, speaking about the state of mental health centers in the republic.

“Expired drugs were found in the centers of Sevan and Vardenis, their expiration date was 4 months ago, the same thing happened in the Lori regional psycho-neurological dispensary. Facts were also recorded when medical supplies, instruments, even for a period of two years, were overdue for quite a long time,” Tatoyan said.

According to him, most centers use mixed drugs without clarifying their compatibility. In addition, therapy sessions with psychiatrists are not conducted properly.

The Ombudsman welcomed the opening of a juvenile department at the Avan Mental Health Center, which can treat 12 people.

“It is a matter of concern that there are no such centers for minors living in the regions and having problems. And the children are forced to be transported to Yerevan, but even here the relatives face serious difficulties,” he concluded.

Armenian Robin the Robot raises $2M in seed financing

Maghakian Mike
Public Radio of Armenia
Jan 21 2022
, 11:01

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Expper Technologies has announce tit has raised $2M in seed financing co-led by Starta VC with its co-investing platform Liqvest and Formula VC. The new co-investors include Healthcare Equity Angels, AiSprouts VC, AngelsDeck, as well as existing investors SmartGateVC and other angel investors.

Founded back in 2019, Expper Technologies is committed to creating a state-of-the-art innovation called Robin the Robot. We aim to solve the problem of the growing shortage of over 7.8M care providers in the U.S, resulting in glaring issues in the healthcare industry, such as increased costs, reduced quality of care, and caregiver burnout.

Robin the Robot is an Autonomous Care Assistant that augments front-line clinicians across a multitude of settings by supporting caregiving functions and extending care services using emotional AI and autonomous technology advances. Robin has integrated functionalities to provide emotional support and virtual care. Robin the Robot is a technology intended to provide patients and staff members with a warm and human-life interactive experience.

Robin’s current technology is able to provide social support/telepresence and patient monitoring. The proceeds from our financing will be used to advance Robin’s technology for pediatric patients. Moreover, we will expand the team and integrate exceptional team members passionate about the fields of healthcare and robotics.

“Raising the seed round has been an important milestone for our company, and we’re happy to welcome our investors in sharing this exciting journey with us. The funds will allow us to continue delivering our mission to make quality caregiving accessible to everyone and bring new generation caregiver robots to the market,” said Karen Khachikyan, CEO & Co-Founder at Expper Technologies.

Pro-government MPs refuse to debate opposition bill to support large Armenian families

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Armenia – Jan 17 2022

MPs from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party voted against the proposal to put an opposition-drafted bill on large families on the agenda of the four-day parliament session, which opened on Monday.

The measure called for increasing and long-term financial support to large families in Armenia.

MP Tadevos Avetisyan from the main opposition Hayastan (Armenia) faction underlined that the ruling force had introduced no bill to support large families since 2018, thus failing to deliver on their election promises.

“Why don’t you submit a good package and discuss it? We have drafted a bill based on a study of international experience. The bill has been discussed with numerous NGOs defending the interests of large families. It is an amended measure proposing long-lasting support to large families,” he stated.

Former Police Chief Lt. General Vladimir Gasparyan charged in 2,1 billion-dram money laundering case

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YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Former national police chief Lt. General Vladimir Gasparyan faces multiple criminal charges in a corruption case. The Anti-Corruption Committee released the indictment on January 12.

Gasparyan is accused in laundering more than 2 billion drams over the course of 18 years.

From 1997 to 2010, Gasparyan was the Chief of Military Police. He then served as Deputy Minister of Defense for a year. From 2011 to 2018 he was Chief of Police.

According to the indictment, Lt. General Gasparyan awarded no-show jobs to his wife and daughter at the Military Police and Police in between 2000-2018, with damages totaling more than 45,000,000 drams.

Lt. General Gasparyan is accused in abuse of power, falsifications and other corruption-related crimes, which led him to illicitly obtaining “expensive homes and cars” the value of which significantly exceed his family’s legal income. He then laundered the assets through accomplices. The investigation revealed that Gasparyan laundered a total of 2,116,040,804 drams of assets.

The indictment was sent to the Supervising Prosecutor for approval and forwarding to court.

Latest Azeri attack on Armenia: OSCE calls to "refrain from the use of force"

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YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from the use of force and engage in a meaningful dialogue to settle the dispute around Nagorno Karabakh, the Polish OSCE Chairmanship told ARMENPRESS, when asked to present its assessment of the January 11 deadly Azerbaijani attack on Armenian military positions.

“We are closely monitoring the situation in the South Caucasus. We call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from the use of force and engage in a meaningful dialogue to settle the dispute around Nagorno Karabakh. Poland as OSCE Chair is committed to working with partners to renew and strengthen our efforts aimed at establishing lasting peace and promoting sustainable development in the region. We will support the effort of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in this regard”, the Polish OSCE Chairmanship said.




Armenpress: Armenia joins CSTO allies in deploying peacekeepers to Kazakhstan

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Armenia joins CSTO allies in deploying peacekeepers to Kazakhstan

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 13:11, 6 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 6, ARMENPRESS. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) deployed its peacekeeping forces to its member-state Kazakhstan to “stabilize and settle the situation” as the country is facing threats to its national security and sovereignty.

The decision on deploying the peacekeepers was made on January 6 by the CSTO Collective Security Council.

Military units from CSTO-members Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are involved in the mission.

The main mission of the peacekeepers in Kazakhstan will be “the protection of significant state and military facilities and supporting the Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies in stabilizing the situation and bringing it to a framework of law,” the CSTO said in a statement.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is now the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, announced earlier that the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev invoked Article 4 of the treaty amid “threats to Kazakhstan’s national security and sovereignty which appeared including as a result of foreign interference.”

Armenia’s Authorities Block Opposition Mayor’s Inauguration

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by Asbarez Staff

 

 January 4, 2022

 

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu

Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a telephone conversation with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed, among other issues, the process of normalization of relations with Armenia.

Blinken and Cavusoglu “….. discussed issues related to the Horn of Africa, Turkey’s appointment of a Special Envoy to discuss the process of normalization with Armenia, and opportunities to deepen cooperation bilaterally and as NATO Allies to address areas of mutual concern,” a State Department said in a readout.

Meanwhile, according to Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar Turkey and the United States are scheduled to discuss the situation around the F-35 fighter jet program during a meeting in Washington in early 2022, Sputnik reported.

“Regarding the F-35 issue, a US delegation came to Turkey in October on account of that issue. Our delegation will discuss this matter again early in the year. This meeting is likely to take place in Washington. We have clearly stated our position to the American side; we are waiting for the results,” Akar told the Hurriyet Daily News.

As Armenia and Turkey are preparing to begin discussions on normalization of relations, which will be carried out by special envoys appointed by Yerevan and Ankara,

Turkish airline Pegasus has applied to the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia to obtain permission to operate flights to and from Istanbul and Yerevan, Sona Harutyunyan, a spokesperson for Armenia’s Territorial Development Ministry confirmed to Public Radio of Armenia.

“Pegasus has submitted an application to operate two flights a week from February,” Harutyunyan said, adding that the Civil Aviation Committee has begun reviewing the application and will make a decision within a reasonable time frame.

Last week, the Armenian airline FlyOne Armenia received permission from the local aviation authorities to carry out charter flights to and from Yerevan and Istanbul and is awaiting a similar decision from the Turkey.

France will continue to act in favor of strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the EU

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 20:24, 3 January, 2022

YEREVAN, 3 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. France, which has recently taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will continue to act in favor of peace in the region, establishment of stability, as well as strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the European Union, ARMENPRESS reports, the Embassy of France said.  

“The French Ambassador and the whole personnel of the Embassy wish peace, happiness, prosperity for the Armenian people in 2022. France, which has recently taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will continue to act in favor of peace in the region, establishment of stability, as well as strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the European Union”, reads the statement.