According to police reports, 11 cases of bodily injury have been revealed from October 4 to October 5.
5 cases of drug detection were recorded. Also, 5 cases of robbery, 1 vehicle seizing and intentionally property destroying cases were revealed.
From the previous crimes 2 cases of bodily injury and theft were revealed.
16 traffic accidents were registered in the republic over the past day, as a result of which one person was killed and 20 received injuries of different degrees.
More than one hundred young people participate in the four-day program called 21st Century Leaders Forum. Young people share ideas, knowledge and experience during this forum. It is important to have critical thinking and ability to evaluate and compare realities in order to participate in this forum.
Among the topics for young people to discuss are “East or West: civilized or political elections? “Nation and Army: security guarantee or challenge?” The head of the forum, Gayane Sargsyan, reveals the purpose of the program.
“We have witnessed quite active processes in recent years. We used to call them “Golden 100” of activists. But we want the number of those activists to be doubled and tripled. We want to see more young people attempting to raise the problems that they see in their lives. The primarily objective is to give these young people the opportunity to talk about those issues.”
Soon, the draft law “On Prevention of Domestic Violence and Victims of Domestic Violence” will appear on the government agenda. Davit Harutyunyan states, “The road that we are following is extremely important. 120 countries have already passed that path. Thus, we are going to organize a public discussion about the above stated in Matenadaran on Monday.”
To those who are against the law and consider that it contradicts our national mentality, Davit Harutyunyan says, “If you think that beating a woman or a child is a national tradition, let me disagree with you and say that it is a deviation from national traditions.”
On average, about 600 cases of domestic violence are registered in Armenia every year. Davit Harutyunyan added that the draft law was notput into circulation as it was being revised.
Thursday, October 5, 2017 Armenian Parliament Ratifies New Defense Accord With Russia . Ruzanna Stepanian Armenia - Russian Air Force officers and a combat helicopter at the Erebuni airbase in Yerevan, 12Mar2016. The National Assembly overwhelmingly ratified on Thursday a Russia-Armenian agreement on a joint military force that was first formed in Armenia more than a decade ago. Under the agreement signed late last year, "the united group of troops" is tasked with "ensuring military security in the region" and thwarting or repelling possible foreign aggressions against Armenia or Russia. The joint contingent comprises troops from the Russian military base in Armenia and an Armenian army corps. It has been led by Armenian army generals since its creation in 2001. The Armenian parliament backed the treaty, ratified by Russia's parliament this summer, by 87 votes to 7. All of those seven deputies represent the opposition Yelk alliance. Yelk's representatives said during Wednesday's parliamentary debate on the issue that the accord will limit Armenia's sovereignty and put its armed forces under Russian control. Leaders of the pro-government majority in the parliament dismissed those claims. Eduard Sharmazanov, a deputy parliament speaker and the spokesman for the ruling Republican Party (HHK), insisted on Thursday that the Russian-Armenian military force will boost Armenia's security. He said it will defend the country in case of a military attack by Turkey or Azerbaijan. Armenia -- Eduard Sharmazanov, the spokesman for the ruling Repubican Party of Armenia. "If a tense situation erupts on Armenia's borders and if Armenia appeals to its allies -- Russia and the [Collective Security Treaty Organization] -- they will be obliged, under the CSTO statutes, to intervene and defend Armenia," Sharmazanov told RFE/RL's Armenian service (Azatutyun.am). "The same will be true for that military force, if necessary." Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakarian confirmed during the parliament debate that the mandate of the Russian-Armenian unit covers only Armenia's internationally recognized territory, meaning that it will not be required to intervene in possible hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. Sharmazanov dismissed statements by pro-Western opposition figures that Russia cannot be trusted because it has sold billions of dollars worth of offensive weapons to Azerbaijan in the past decade. He insisted that there is still no alternative to Armenia's close military ties with Russia. "If we don't create this united military force, what can we create in its place?" he said. Armenian Lawmakers `Brawl' After Bitter Debate . Astghik Bedevian Armenia -- Parliament deputies Nikol Pashinian (L) and Artashes Geghamian. Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition lawmaker, claimed to have been physically assaulted by a pro-government colleague in the Armenian parliament on Thursday after publicly deriding his pro-Russian views. Pashinian said that Artashes Geghamian attacked and punched him in a corridor of the parliament building in Yerevan. "I successfully defended myself," he wrote on Facebook. "And I shined my shoes with him a couple of times." Geghamian, who represents the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), denied attacking Pashinian. "If I punch someone, rest assured that they will be taken to hospital because I had practiced boxing for three and a half years," he told reporters. Asked about red spots on Pashinian's face, Geghamian said: "He probably blushed with shame seeing as he makes ludicrous statements." Earlier in the day, the two men bitterly argued during a parliament debate on Armenia's military cooperation with Russia. Pashinian, 42, mockingly reminded Geghamian of his Communist past as he deplored the 67-year-old's strong support for close ties with Moscow. "You had better speak of Marxism and Leninism," he said. "Watch your mouth," shot back Geghamian. Pashinian challenged the ruling HHK to react to "this hooligan act" when he addressed the National Assembly later in the day. He linked the alleged incident with a recent statement by the HHK's parliamentary leader, Vahram Baghdasarian, seemingly threatening opposition figures with violence. "This is a very serious issue, and we intend to pursue it till the end so that we can draw conclusions regarding the mode of our further work here," added one of the leaders of the opposition Yelk alliance. Geghamian is a former opposition leader who was one of the main candidates in Armenia's 2003 presidential election. He subsequently pledged allegiance to President Serzh Sarkisian, whom he had for years harshly criticized. Geghamian was reelected to the parliament on the HHK ticket in April. Government Formalizes Delay In Highway Upgrades . Sargis Harutyunyan Armenia - The Yerevan-Ararat highway is upgraded as part of the North-South transport project, 2Feb2014. The Armenian government formally acknowledged on Thursday a two-year delay in the reconstruction of two major national highways as part of an ambitious project to upgrade the country's transport infrastructure. Work on the two highways stretching almost 100 kilometers from Ashtarak, a town 22 kilometers west of Yerevan, to Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri was due to be completed this year in line with the government's agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Manila-based bank is financing it with two loans worth over $250 million. Officials in Yerevan admitted earlier this year that these roadworks have fallen behind schedule. Some of them blamed Spanish and Chinese construction firms that were contracted to carry out them. The government formalized this delay by extending its deadlines for expanding and refurbishing the two roads to September 2019. Transport and Communications Minister Vahan Martirosian gave no reasons for the decision when he spoke at a cabinet meeting in Yerevan on Thursday. The roadworks stem from the government's North-South transport project aimed at upgrading Armenia's main highways stretching over 550 kilometers to Georgia and Iran. Only two highways connecting Yerevan to the towns of Ararat and Ashtarak have been completed to date, costing $60 million in ADB funding. Their total length of is just over 30 kilometers. Martirosian insisted on September 26 that the government is committed to rebuilding the remaining road sections mainly passing through the mountainous Vayots Dzor and Syunik provinces in the country's southeast. He estimated that this will require as much as $1.5 billion in funding, a figure equivalent to roughly half of the Armenian state budget. Martirosian said the government hopes to attract the investments from private firms, rather than seek more loans from the ADB or other international lenders. That would lead to the creation of Armenia's first-ever toll roads, he said. The minister gave no possible dates for the project's completion. Silva Adamian, who coordinates a team of civic groups monitoring the project's implementation, was highly skeptical on that score. "We will not have that [reconstructed] road in full," she told RFE/RL's Armenian service (Azatutyun.am). "We may get parts of it, but that won't happen anytime soon. If we have something by 2025, it will be very good." Press Review "Zhamanak" reaffirms its strong opposition to a new bilateral agreement on a joint Russian-Armenian military force in a commentary on Wednesday's parliamentary debate in Yerevan on its ratification. The paper claims that Yerevan's continuing heavy reliance on Moscow for defense and security is based on wrong geopolitical calculations. "Aravot" maintains that in 2013 Armenia could have signed an Association Agreement with the European Union and thus avoided joining the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). At the same time, the paper questions the wisdom and timing of the opposition Yelk bloc's calls for Armenia's exit from the EEU, saying that neither the authorities nor most ordinary citizens support this idea. "We must also take into account the fact that relations between the West and Russia have further deteriorated in the last four years. Do we really need to get willy-nilly involved in that tussle?" it says. While calling Armenia's membership in the EEU an "unpleasant reality," the paper says that it is not the root cause of the country's problems. "Zhoghovurd" quotes Agriculture Minister Ignati Arakelian as saying that a sharp increase in the prices of meat in Armenia is only temporary. "There will be a [price] decrease later on," he says. "Everything changes. The prices cannot remain unchanged." The paper dismisses this explanation as "inadequate." "Hayots Ashkhar" looks at suggestions that with their strong push for the holding of a meeting of Armenia's and Azerbaijan's presidents later this year the U.S., Russian and French co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are indicating that they have "prepared something for the parties" which has to do with their "fundamental interests." "It is evident that the Karabakh conflict is the only conflict in the region where major differences between the countries leading the OSCE Minsk Group do not impede discussions on the Madrid Principles drawn up by them before," writes the paper. (Tigran Avetisian) Reprinted on ANN/Armenian News with permission from RFE/RL Copyright (c) 2017 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc. 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org
Armenia’s government has approved an interstate agreement with Iran on cooperation in veterinary medicine at today’s meeting.
The agreement is designed to help develop bilateral cooperation in the prevention, control and monitoring of animal diseases, the government press service said.
It said the document provides for stimulating interaction on data exchange between research and scientific centers of the two countries in the field of preventing and eliminating animal diseases, as well as for exchange of information on legislation and procedures for control of import, export and transit of veterinary cargo, ARKA reported.
YEREVAN, October 5. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today a set of changes to the loan agreements with the Asian Development Bank on prolongation of the completion of the construction of the second and third sections of the North-South highway.
According to the government’s decision, the construction of the second section of the road stretching from Ashtarak to Talin was extended by 27 months (from June 30, 2017 to September 14, 2019), and the construction of the third section running from Talin to Gyumri was prolonged by 21 months (from December 31, 2017 to September 14 2019).
In late September communications and information technology Vahan Martirosyan said the total cost of building the North-South highway stretching from Armenia’s south to the north may exceed $2 billion.
The goal of 556 km-long North-South Transport Corridor project is to upgrade Armenia’s main corridor road as part of a broader thrust to improve connectivity, and boost trade, growth and livelihood opportunities in the Caucasus and Central Asia sub-regions. The first two sections of the North-South transport corridor opened in December 2015. The first section that stretches from Yerevan to Artashat has become a six-lane road, while the second section which is from Yerevan to Ashtarak has become four-lane road.
The transport corridor will stretch from the southern Armenian town of Meghri, on the border with Iran, to Bavra in the north on the border with Georgia. The North-South transport corridor will enable Armenia to mitigate the effects of the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan and Turkey. -0-
Writer Dogan Akhanli has said in an interview with EUobserver that the Turkish regime had embraced violence as a means of rule.
He is currently stuck in Madrid after Spanish police arrested him while he was on holiday on the basis of a Turkish Interpol request.
Akhnali was born in Turkey but fled to Germany in 1991 after being persecuted for his views on the Armenian Genocide and on Turkey’s repression of its Kurdish minority.
He said violence lay at the root of its denial of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and of its killings of Kurdish separatists.
He also said the regime’s nationalist ideology created a dangerous environment.
“Under the Erdogan government, the history of violence is not just a story. It is not passive. It is killing people before our very eyes,” he said, referring to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He said Erdogan’s mass arrests of people accused of sympathising with last year’s failed coup, such as Ahmet Sik, another journalist, were part of the same pattern.
Yerevan Show 2017 International Jewelry & Watch Exhibition has kicked off today in Yerevan, Armenia, bringing together prominent jewelry companies, professionals, individual entrepreneurs and representatives of the commercial networks.
70 jewelry companies from six states – Armenia, Belarus, Switzerland, U.S., Turkey and Russia present their works at the exhibition hosted by the Meridian Expo Centre located at the free economic zone area.
Professionals from Iran, UAE, Poland and the EAEU members states have been invited to take part in the event which showcases jewelry made from gold and diamonds, religious jewelry, watches and other expensive works.
The expo will run until 8 October. For the eight year already Yerevan Show 2017 International Jewelry & Watch Exhibition is organized by the Armenian Jewellers Association. The event is organized jointly with the Russian Restek company for two years already.
In the framework of the Yerevan Show jewelry exhibition, the opening of the Yerevan Fashion Week’s third season will be held at Meridian Expo Centre.
Sofia, Bulgaria –
A monument was built in the town of Bansko to commemorate the liberation of the town from Ottoman rule on October 5, 1912. The town is celebrating the 105th anniversary of its freedom.
The site was created with the help of the Armenian community of Bulgaria. It’s called “Hachkar”, which means “Stone Cross” in Armenian. The memorial has the following quote from the famous Bulgarian poet and freedom fighter Peyo Yavorov: “Brothers, throw down your fezes. From today, you are free Bulgarians.”
The people of Armenia and Bulgaria are both Orthodox Christians and both suffered during the Ottoman rule. Dubbed “The Turkish Slavery,” Ottoman subjugation cost the lives of countless Orthodox Christians, including 1.5 million Armenians during the genocide of 1915 to 1917 and 15,000 to 30,000 Bulgarians during the month of the April Uprising.
Bulgaria has a sizable Armenian population that financed multiple similar memorials, many of which include quotes from Yavorov, who was a strong supporter both of the Bulgarian Armenians and the liberation of their country from Ottoman rule.
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On 5 October Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory address in connection with the Teachers’ Day.
The address runs as follows:
“Dear teachers,
On behalf of the Artsakh Republic authorities and myself personally I extend my cordial congratulations on your professional holiday – the Day of Teachers.
Along with congratulations I express my deep gratitude for your extremely responsible and hard work, mission that has always been highly appreciated by our people. A teacher has had a peculiar place in our society for centuries, enjoying the love and respect of the surrounding.
Today too you have a substantial contribution to the development of our country educating a patriotic generation that keeps abreast with the times and is armed with extensive knowledge, young people who are worthy descendants of their fathers and grandfathers, successors of their sacred work, creators of our future day.
Dear friends,
Your work, problems existing in the field have always been in the spotlight of the authorities. Various programs aimed at development of education and science, improvement of your working and social conditions are being implemented in our country. These activities will be of a continuous nature.
I once again congratulate all the teachers of Artsakh on this memorable holiday and wish peace, robust health, success and all the best.”