Category: 2018

Sasun Khachatryan, Head of the Special Investigation Service, did not comment whether former RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan was questioned on March 1 case:”It’s a pre-examinational secret,” he said.

And to the question whether Hovik Abrahamyan has not been charged at this time, he replied: “No, no charges have been brought. In general, if we someone is charged, we will report it.”

Hovik Abrahamyan’s brother, who was arrested yesterday, brother is in the status of a suspect and is charged with illegal possession of weapons.

Also, there is information that weapons discovered at Abrahamyan’s factory by the search operations can have links with the weapons used during the 2008 March 1 events.

On August 15, Armenia’s M-21 team will play their first friendly match headed by Armen Gyulbudaghyants. Our team will compete with Moldovan team in Kishinev. In order to prepare for the match, the Armenian team will play a FF Technical Center at the Football Academy on August 12.

The head coach of the Armenian team M-21 Armen Gyulbudaghyants invited 20 football players to the team.

Goalkeepers:

Sevak Aslanyan “Pyunik”

Nikolaos Melikyan “Ararat-Armenia”

 

Defenders:

Narek Petrosyan “Banants”

Alexander Hovhannisyan “Banants”

Edmon Movsisyan “Pyunik”

Hovhannes Nazaryan “Artsakh”

David Terteryan “Gandzasar”

Robert Hakobyan “Pyunik”

Zhirayr Margaryan “Shirak”

 

Midfielders:

Artur Nadaryan “Pyunik”

David Nalbandian “Ararat-Armenia”

Razmik Hakobyan “Alashkert”

Karen Melkonian  “Banants”

Emil Yeghiazaryan “Artsakh”

Hakob Hakobyan “Banants”

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, “Zemplin Michalovce,” Slovakia

Ovanes Poghosyan “Artsakh”

Hovhannes Iljangiozyan “Pyunik”

 

Forwards:

Grigor Aghekyan “Artsakh”

Eric Petrosyan “Banants”

Today, Director of the Puppet Theater Ruben Babayan said at a press conference that Yerevan Mayor should not be elected by the council, but by the residents of Yerevan. Referring to Hayk Marutyan, the candidate nominated by the Civil Contract party, he said:

“There is a positive side in his nomination: he will no longer be filmed in the movies. This is positive. And there is no other blocking, it does not matter what kind of a profession he is. He can be an actor, architect, and sculptor.”

According to him, it is important to form a management system and to collect a good team to manage the city.

Artist Haghtanak Shahumyan also added that the old system should be changed and if the new authorities come and try to adapt to the old system, they will fail.

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The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov,  has condemned as “unacceptable” new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian double agent.

The State Department on Wednesday announced that the Trump administration was imposing mandatory new sanctions on Russia for violating a U.S. law prohibiting chemical and biological weapons. In March former Russian spy Sergey Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned with a Soviet-designed nerve agent known as Novichok. The poison was smeared onto the front door of Skripal’s home in Salisbury, England, and U.K. authorities have blamed the assassination attempt on the Kremlin.

The new U.S. sanctions ban the export of any national security-sensitive goods or technology to Russia and will affect such products as gas turbine engines, electronic devices and equipment, circuits and calibration equipment. A senior State Department official estimated the sanctions could affect hundreds of millions of dollars in trade with Russia

On August 9, RA NA Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov met with a group of Russian-Armenian and Berlin’s Humboldt University students on the initiative of the Russian-Armenian University’s Head of Institute for Law and Policy Larisa Alaverdyan.

At the recommendation of RA NA Deputy Speaker, the meeting was held in the questionnaire format. The issues were mainly related to the domestic and foreign policy of our country.

In connection with the Armenian-German parliamentary relations Eduard Sharmazanov attached importance to their development and deepening, noting that Armenia is already a parliamentary state and the German experience can be significant in the governance of our country.

At the request of the students, the NA Vice President touched upon the Artsakh issue. In this regard Eduard Sharmazanov noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict should be settled exclusively in a peaceful way within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

“Artsakh is an independent state, and fair and pro-Armenian solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is our top priority,” said RA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov.

The first sitting of the Board of Trustees of Shirak State University took place with 14 presents and 10 absents. The agenda included issues related to the election of the president, secretary, approval of the work of the trustees, determination of the salary of the rector.

There was quorum, so the session was held. The candidacy of Levon Barseghyan and Seyran Martirosyan was nominated for the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The latter withdrew his candidacy. Levon Barseghyan was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State University of Economics. Karen Avagyan was nominated for the position of secretary, and the members of the council voted for it.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the members of Republican Union of Employers of Armenia, headed by Gagik Makaryan.

The official website of the Prime Minister of Armenia reports, the PM noted that he highlights the dialogue between the government and the unions and NGOs representing the different interest groups and added that it will give an opportunity to regularly discuss the existing problems and listen to opinions aimed at solving them.

During the meeting issues referring to the improvement of business environment, fostering FDIs, legislative reforms and other issues were discussed. The sides also touched upon the reforms in tax administration, development opportunities of public procurement system, construction and civil aviation.

Highlighting the necessity of holding such meetings regularly, Nikol Pashinyan tasked the Cabinet members to continue meetings with the members of Republican Union of Employers of Armenia for discussing the proposals aimed at solving the issues in the mentioned spheres.

“Sedvi Energo” LLC has not given up the idea of building a hydroelectric power plant on the Sedvi River in area of Hagvi in Odzun community.

The company has not succeeded in building a hydroelectric power as a result of residents of Hagvi.

The representatives of “Sedvi Energo” LLC did not appear at the appointed time.