Category: 2018

Chief of Police Valeri Osipyan has to explain why yesterday the police detained two street musicians who were from Ukraine. According to Osipyan, the musicians were not sober, they argued with each other, the passers-by were watching, so they had to intervene. The musicians were released after making the corresponding protocol.

For several days now, street music has been the subject of intense discussions on social networks. The opinions are different. The same image is in our surveys. The passers-by mostly like it, and the residents do not.

At the same time, many people, especially tourists, consider the street musicians as part of the North Avenue.

“Musicians are a good people, they give a unique color to the city and its streets. There will not be interesting without them,” they say.

Citizens offer their own solutions by bringing examples from other countries. There should be a law, according to which, musicians will be allowed to play only one and a half hours in the area.

However, the Chief of Police commend the musicians to sing and play lower and only until 23:00.

Merchants selling children’s toys, balloons and other small items at Republic Square and North Avenue also are in the attention of the police. They are not allowed to sell their goods.

Merchants are ready to even pay taxes in order just to work, as they have no other source of money.

“I have a disability, I do not want to go and steal, they wither should allow me to sell or provide me with job,” says the seller of the balloons.

Toy sellers insist that they will continue to complain untill the issue is resolved.

Konstantin Orbelyan has good relationships with opera singer Hasmik Papyan and the rumors that Mrs. Papyan does not express positively about his work, are unclear and unpleasant for him.

“The Opera, of course, has problems which are primarily based on financial difficulties. 85 million drams have been cut from the budget, “says Orbelyan. For the new performances, for example, the art director has provided his own money. Wages are not high, they have instruments problem, they need to repair the roof. There are a lot of problems and each and every one of them needs an urgent solution. They must be able to fix the conditions, which is not easy.

“Like Swan Lake, which is the brand of the Great Theater, Aram Khachaturian’s Gayane ballet is the brand of our opera. Even the Director General of Moscow’s Great Theater mentioned it. If it were a weak show, Grand Theater would not allow it even to come close at its doors,” says Armen Grigoryan, Honored Art Worker of Armenia and adds, “How can one speak about the ‘failed’ performance based on only the Kommersant newspaper? The newspaper, whose source is Azerbaijan.”

To the question about getting back the position of principal conductor, and the issue of separating artistic director and director positions, Mr. Orbelyan replied that if the artistic director is also a conductor, then the position of the principal conductor is meaningless.

According to Mr. Orbelyan, the agreement of invitation to work in the Opera was like this, so it will work like this. And then, if they want, they can change.

3 written and multiple oral suggestions. As a result of the voting, the Board of Trustees of Shirak State University decided that the rector may be a citizen who has a scientific degree, at least 7 years of experience in public administration or at least 5 years of experience in administrative work in the higher education system during the last 15 years.

The mother of two teenage children asked the Human Rights Defender’s assistance in meeting her children.

The applicant informed the Defender that before the court would determine the place of residence of the child, the custody and guardianship body decided to allow her to meet the children two days a week, but the husband does not allow.

In the framework of the proceedings initiated by the Defender’s Office, writings have been sent to relevant authorities, referring to the legislative regulations.

As a result, the issue has been resolved. The applicant also informed the Ombudsman that she could visit the children without any resistant.

During 10 years in the Republic of Armenia, in 2009-2018, 198.091 foreigners were considered undesirable and their entry into Armenia was banned.

During the same period, data of 221,688 individuals were dropped from a database of foreigners who were considered undesirable in Armenia. The largest number was recorded in 2018. In the current year, data of 78,789 individuals have been removed from the database of foreigners who are considered undesirable in Armenia.

We know about the aforementioned due to Head of the staff of the National Security Service of Armenia M. Khachatryan’s report on August 9, 2018, in response to a request by Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA) Vanadzor.

It should be noted that the HCA Vanadzor office requested information about the number of people who were involved in the database of foreigners considered undesirable in the territory of Armenia since 2000, as well as the grounds for the conclusion.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Tarō Kōno will pay an official visit to Armenia September 2-4 at the invitation of Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the foreign ministry reported.

Meetings with President Sarkissian and Prime Minister Pashinyan are on the agenda of the visit.

On September 3, the Armenian and Japanese FMs will hold talks and then deliver a joint press conference.

Minister Kōno will also visit the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan where a wreath laying ceremony is expected.

Today, on August 31, a car accident took place in Yerevan at Mazmanyan Street, known as “Qvartal Crossroads.” Mercedes Benz and Gazel passenger carrier collided, as a result of which 9 people were taken to different hospitals in Yerevan with bodily injuries, Shamshyan.com reports.