Category: 2017

The man who caused a deadly gunshot wound to a 48-year-old man in Noragavit, was found and detained.

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On October 8, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilian received members of the California State Legislature․

Welcoming the visit of the Californian MPs to Artsakh, the Foreign Minister stressed the importance of the resolution adopted jointly by the California State Assembly and State Senate in support of the independence of Artsakh, as well as expressed confidence that the international recognition of the NKR independence would become an important contribution to strengthening peace and security in the region.

Masis Mayilian noted that in recent years Artsakh and California have created solid basis for developing relations in different spheres, and it is time to put the cooperation on a practical track. In this context, the sides discussed the perspective areas for cooperation.

Touching upon the current situation in the process of peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, the Foreign Minister of Artsakh noted the need to create appropriate conditions for moving forward the peace process and to ensure its irreversibility.

Brazilian midfielder Marcos Pizzelli expressed his dissatisfaction with the team’s game and called the names of the guilty in an interview with “Vivaro News” after the game against Kazakhstan. “It is very bad. We cannot lie anymore. The Head of the Federation, Sukiasyan, who started the circle, are guilty. It should not be said that Mkhitaryan and the coach are guilty, because we all are to be blamed.”

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With the support of the Armenian Development Fund, five jewelry companies have received of export orders costing $ 1.2 million at the autumn JUNWEX Moscow international exhibition.

During the exhibition days, Armenian companies signed five extra-budgetary contracts with Russian wholesale buyers, and another 16 are in the negotiating phase, which will essentially add the total volume of export contracts signed during the “JUNWEX Moscow-2017”. Armenian jewelry has also been аццептед by non-specialized visitors who have earned jewelry costing $ 34,000.

“The Arab market is our target as well, so we aim at taking part in a joint Armenian pavilion at Dubai’s Vincenzaoro exhibition for which we have already met and negotiated with the organizers in Moscow, to provide better conditions for our producers,” said Markus Azadyan, head of the Armenia Fund for Developing Measures.

The ADR team also met with Gagik Gevorgyan, President of the Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA), who expressed readiness to support the promotion of jewelry products in the international market, Armenian Development Fund Press Service reports.

On October 9-10, Levon Mkrtchyan, the RA Minister of Education and Science, visited Brussels at the invitation of Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of programs under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility in Armenia within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the European Commission on Participation in the European Union Horizon 2020.

Note that the European Union’s Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 has been implemented since 2014 and will continue until 2020. Armenia’s participation in the Horizon 2020 Program can contribute to the integration into the European area of research of scientific groups operating in scientific organizations and universities of the Republic of Armenia,  direct participation in world-class scientific research, as well as their active role in the research and development of modern social challenges, the Ministry of Education and Science reports.

Arthur Davtyan, Harutyun Merdinyan and Vahagn Davtyan presented Armenia at the World Gymnastics Championship on October 2-8 in Montreal, Canada.

Harutyun Merdinyan, a member of the Armenian gymnastics team, took the fifth place (14.700 points) in pommel horse, Arthur Davtyan’s 13th in the all-round (83.332 points) and Vahagn Davtyan could not overcome the qualification round,RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs reports.

On October 8, the Kyokushin Karate World Championship was held in Thailand, where Armenian representative Hovhannes Sargsyan competing in five duels, took the 2nd place.

Before the start of the tournament, Japanese masters held seminars and trainings, which were attended by Andranik Hakobyan, the President of the Armenian Kyokush Karate Federation, RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs reports.

The draft law on Prevention of Domestic Violence was discussed at the “Tesaket” Press Club today. What dangers does it represent? Why has the big noise raised over the bill?

Speakers of the debate are Gagik Ginosyan, head of the artists of the “Karin” traditional song and dance ensemble, ethnographer Svetlana Poghosyan, Sedrak Mamulyan, Chairman of the Armenian Culinary Traditions Development and Preservation NGO, and singer and composer David Amalyan.

Svetlana Poghosyan said that European societies had a serious problem, we might be careful. “By copying European projects, we will make a very serious mistakes.”

“They ruined the educational system, destroyed the culture, they accepted it with pain that when a child is brought up, then you should enter sacred sanctuary,- said Gagik Ginosyan.- From this point of view, their actions are logical. There is no difference, I beat my child at home or outside.”

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“Be patient. We do not have time to tell who Prime Minister will be in April,” Vahram Baghdasaryan, leader of the RPA faction, stated today at the NA briefing.

Vahram Baghdasaryan is skipping the issue on maybe in the Republican taboo is put on discussions about the candidate for the Prime Minister. He says that they were discussing many issues at the Executive Body sessions, except that one. “We do not need it. When the time comes, we will not need to ask questions. Serzh Sargsyan will speak about it by himself.”

In response to a journalist’s question whether it was possible for Serzh Sargsyan to remain in safety, Vahram Baghdasaryan mentioned that he would not exclude anything in politics, but reminded that being the leader of the political majority, Serzh Sargsyan would remain in the political arena and would be one of the country’s most prominent politicians.

At today’s NA briefings, Nikol Pashinyan, Head of the Yelk (Way out) faction, first mentioned that the National Assembly was revealed in a new way. “Our faction has put into circulation the bill on creation of the NA temporary Committee on Ethics, which will refer to Artashes Geghamyan in order to examine the ethical behavior of the MP and to make a conclusion.

The RPA tries to show tolerance and does not give clear estimations to what has happened, it makes us say that there is a more serious political content in the events, which is the _expression_ of the systematic loser’s behavior in the debate. The RPA also records that future debates will have the same destiny, so they are looking for a solution to this problem.

We want to say that they are on the wrong path, it will have certain consequences, and if this is not evaluated we should all be psychologically ready for such new manifestations in the political life, both on a large and small scales. The Yelk faction accepts the challenge.”

In this incident, Nikol Pashinyan did not consider him a victim and would not appeal to law enforcement agencies. “This is a relationship of attacker and the person who sets discipline, and these relationships are not connected with the criminal-law relations, but these are political relations. Geghamyan, not promising figure, the Republican Party of Armenia  prepared and sent the first line, and, as a result of internal provocation, he appeared to be in such an incident. We will call things not only by their names, but also surnames.”
Mane Tandilian, a member of the Yelk parliamentary faction, noted that this NA should not continue the old traditions of the previous convocation. “And this question should be examined, up to the issue of the mandate.”