Category: 2017

Women’s chess champion Maria Gevorgyan took the 5th place at the Women’s International Chess Tournament in Sharjah.

Our chess player scored 7 points out of 9 and shared the 3rd-5th places with Karina Shepkovsya and Anna Zozulia. She was finally recognized as the 5th with extra indices. The winner of the tournament was Polish GM Monica Sochko, who earned a half-point more.

Our other participant Armine Babayan took the 8th place with 6.5 points. Susanna Gaboyan, the third Armenian player, scored 5.5 points and took the 23rd place.

Let’s add that Maria Gevorgyan and Armine Babayan were awarded with $ 500 and $ 200 respectively.

On January 11-23, 2018, at Chess House after Tigran Petrosyan, Yerevan, the 78th (for men) and the 73rd (for women) Armenian Chess Championship will be held, the official website of the Armenian Chess Federation reports.

The solemn opening ceremonies will be held on January 11, at 15:00. The games of the first round will kick off on January 12, at 15:00. The competitions will be held in the regional round. According to the Charter, the best chess players of the tournament will be included in the national teams of Armenia.

Chief referee of the men’s championship is the international referee Ashot Vardapetyan, , and women’s referee is the international referee Julieta Nahatakyan.

In the Media Center the discussion on “The ban on the import of cars with right-hand drive: the motives of changes and possible consequences.”

Speakers are:

Arthur Khachatryan – member and coordinator of the initiative “The Right steering wheel”

Artak Khachatryan – advocate

Tigran Keyan – President of “Driver’s Friend”

Ara Asoyan, chief epidemiologist of the Republic of Armenia, says that this year the number of acute respiratory diseases is decreasing.

“No doctor can give exact numbers, as not all patients are registered. The real and registered number of patients are very different. We can only present the average comparison of those numbers. If compared with previous years, the picture of the illness is 2-3 times less this year, ” says Ara Asoyan.

This image the epidemiologist connects with a relatively warm winter. He also notes that the flu usually comes from Russia.

“After we hear that there is a flu, then in two or three weeks there is the same picture in Armenia. Acute respiratory illnesses in the regions are less common, as these diseases usually occur in densely populated cities, ” says the epidemiologist.

“Acute respiratory diseases are the most common in schools and since vacations are already coming, there will be no acute outbreaks in the next 2-3 weeks,” says Ara Asoyan.

Ara Asoyan adds that the Ministry of Health has brought a significant amount of vaccine against the flu and all the health care workers are vaccinated. Other Armenian citizens may also voluntarily be vaccinated against the flu.

RA Minister of Culture Armen Amiryan will summarize the programs implemented this year.

Shortly before the murder occurred in Yerevan. At 11.50 am, a citizen was taken to “St. Grigor Lusavorich” medical center. The latter was stabbed in Yerevan City, Nor Nork administrative district.

As photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan reports from the scene, the latter received the injury on the neck and died on the way to the hospital.

At the moment, an operative group of the Yerevan City Police Department, led by the head of the department, the police Colonel Sargis Martirosyan, the deputy head of the operational department, police Colonel Artak Pogosyan and the head of the criminal investigation department, police Colonel Garik Ghukasyan arrived to the scene.

Details are available here

Ara Asoyan, chief epidemiologist of the Republic of Armenia, does not consider it a bit acceptable to vaccinate against papillomavirus at the age of 13. “I think if we vaccinated girls at the age of 15-16 we would not be late.”

Ara Asoyan says that this vaccine is being used in 72 countries for the past 10 years. There has not been any negative result reported during these years.

Asked why vaccination in Armenia is at the age of 13 and 30 free examinations, Ara Asoyan answers. “Only a risk can be borne by the virus at the age of 13. But usually cervical cancer is observed after age 35. Due to this, free checks are being carried out in Armenia for that age group.

He says, however, that vaccinations are necessary, since the illnesses caused by the virus is life-threatening.

“As far as I know, over 200 cases of cervical cancer were found in Armenia last year, and the loss of so many women is a serious loss for a small country like Armenia,” adds Ara Asoyan.

The Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies of Armenia informs that on December 22, at 14:30, there was dense fog on the roads of Artashavan, Ashtarak, Masis and Artashat regions, the visibility was 20-40 meters.

All the interstate roads and roads of republican importance are open.

The road department of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Georgia informs the RA Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies that Stepantsminda – Lars highway is open only for passenger cars on December 22, at 15:00.

Due to heavy snowfall, the highway has been closed for trucks.