Category: 2018

One more homeless family in Gyumri get a home.

After watching a video prepared by Shirak Center about this family, Herman Khndrian, a longtime sponsor of a number of charity programs of the “Trchunyan Home” orphanage and Shirak Center, donated a newly built and furnished apartment to this family.

More details are in the video.

Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia Ara Babloyan on August 29 had a meeting with Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan.

During the meeting Speaker Babloyan told the Ombudsman that during his recent meetings with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Armen Sarkissian the sides attached importance to the imperative of the role of the Constitution and stated that all actions aimed at solving the issues should be made in accordance with democratic standards, in an atmosphere of dialogue, negotiations and discussion.

In his turn Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan introduced his positions on the issues raised by the Speaker:

• Any process in the country should be based on the rule of law. Any initiative should be based on the human rights.
• The freedom of speech is one of main indicators for the country’s democratic development: the protection of this high value is the duty of all of us. The promotion of pluralism is directly linked with this as Armenia really needs this now.
• As for the possible formation of transitional justice bodies, the Human Rights Defender plans to completely study the international experience and standards. It will be summed up by taking into account the concrete proposals of the government. One thing is clear: the activity of any new body should be in line with Armenia’s international commitments and based on the Constitution and laws.
• Coming to courts, it should be noted that the state power is being carried out based on the separation and balance of legislative, executive and judicial powers. This in its turn supposes independence of judiciary from both the legislative and executive, and from any other body or individual. The issues in the judicial system should be solved by consistent, also tough, but exclusively legal means.
• It is necessary to ensure constant development of the system of protection of rights ruling out regressive achievements. The Ombudsman will continue making maximum efforts on this direction, as well as will support the government’s initiatives directed for that purpose.
• Any issues should be discussed and solved in the conditions of solidarity and dialogue.

The first two games of the 6th round of the championship of Armenian national football team ended in a draw.

Gyumri’s Shirak team measured competed with the country’s champion Yerevan’s Alashkert. The game ended in a draw without a goal (0:0). It is worth mentioning that the Alashkert residents were nearer to success.

Thus, Shirak ended the game in a drew for the fifth time and occupy the 7th place with 5 points. Alashkert is now on the 4th place with 7 points.

The newcomer of the championship,  Artsakh national football team , drew levels with Gandzasar-Kapan with the score of 2:2. Artsakh have scored 5 points in 5 games and now occupy the 5th place. Gandzasar-Kapan team have ended in a drew for the third time and occupy the last place in the tournament table with 3 points.

According to a preliminary agreement, the Georgian railroad will apply a discount system for wheat imported to Armenia.

By decision of the Georgian government, from September 15, Armenia will be prohibited to import wheat and some grain crops on a land route. Transportation should be carried out by water, then by rail. This decision is aimed at all countries involved in this kind of transportation through Georgia.

Negotiations between leaders of the South Caucasian and Georgian Railways are in progress in order to prevent the increase of the tariffs for transportation of these crops to Armenia.

According to preliminary agreement, Georgian Railways will apply a discount system for our passengers, as a result of which the cost of transportation will not increase.

Press Service of RA Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies:

October, 1968. Yerevan celebrates its 2750th anniversary. Mark Aryan would be in the festive events. His name was Harutyun, with Armenian smithy caps, big glasses, born in 1936 under the French sky, in Armenian family. What did Mark Aryan sing about? He was singing about love, about coming and passing spring, about his love towards the homeland.

During the one-month tour of the Soviet Union, Mark Aryan gave many concerts, but the concert that was supposed to take place in Yerevan was perhaps the most important one for him. He prepared specially for concert in Yerevan. He brought with him the most up-to-date sound equipment and wrote songs that had to be performed for the first time. He should sing not only at the concert hall, but also over 30,000 spectators at Dynamo Stadium, which for the first time in her history, hosted a singer.

Perch Turabyan’s family was repatriated to Armenia from Egypt in 1965. He recalls that at that time Yerevan was much more francophone; the generation were listening Aznavour, Rosy Armen, Adamo and Silvi Vartan. Mark Aryan was also a favorite singer. Perch Turabyan remembers the moments of his youth, frustrations and love spent under the songs of Mark Aryan.

“After Yerevan concerts, Mark Aryan released a CD of Armenian songs. My generation recalls that his songs were constantly being heard on the radio,” says Mr. Turabyan. “Why did the singer become forgotten in Armenia? There were different stories about him about falling in love, accepting Islam, and going to live in Turkey. How could the singer, who was singing in Armenian “Biblical Homeland” song, become a Muslim? They also say that he was punished by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun for “Istambul, Istambul” song.

Fifty years have passed since then. Yerevan will celebrate its 2800th anniversary this October. And maybe on that festive days, Mark Aryan’s “Yerevan” song will sound next to hundreds of songs about our beloved city. Maybe! Certainly, there are still fans of Mark Aryan who are searching for his songs on the Internet, telling about his youth, his best moments of love.

The last two rounds of the 6th round of championships of Armenia’s top football teams took place.

Pyunik, the leader of the tournament, lost to Banants with the score of 2:4. This is the first defeat of Pyunik in the current championship.

Vanadzor’s FC Lori won Ararat team with the score of 1:0. It scored 10 points and went ahead of Pyunik. Banants is in the 3rd place with 7 points.

Next, the 7th round of the championship will take place on September 1.