On July 30, at 11:02, an alarm call was received by the service “911”, according to which, a stack of grass was burning near the station of the military gathering of the Nerkin Charbakh quarter; there was a victim.
Three military calculations from the fire and rescue units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia left for the scene.
The fire was isolated at 11:31.
The corpse of G.T. (Born in 2012) was found.
Additional information will be provided.
On July 30, at 11:47, the National Center for Crisis Management of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Measures of the Republic of Armenia received information that on July 30, at 05:40 (Moscow time), as a result of a fire on Prosveshenie Str. 81 of the Adler district of the city Sochi (2-storey, 300 sq. M.) 8 citizenes died and 11 were injured. According to preliminary information, there is a citizen of Armenia among the victims.
At 12:04, information was received that one of the dead was citizen of the RA Nirvard Stepanovich Harutyunyan (born in 1950), Ministry of Emergency Situations of RA reports.
According to political scientist Stepan Grigoryan, Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers throw mud at the people:
“I do not see anything more vile, they condemn the velvet revolution. Where is the 37th year? When did you see the officials write the statement and quit? During Rob’s presidency? ”
Stepan Grigoryan considers those who assess the arrest of the second president as political persecution, far from reality:
“Was the persecution during Kocharyan’s presidency or is it now? Where does he get this wealth from, where are these businesses? Where can vendetta be seen?”
According to Stepan Grigoryan, Kocharyan’s arrest cannot have a negative impact on Armenia’s international rating:
“His lawyers, throwing mud at the public, are trying to get the support of the international community, it will cost them dear.”
The political scientist also refers to the accusation against CSTO Secretary Yuri Khachaturov, saying that this is only Armenia’s problem, and Russia cannot interfere. Stepan Grigoryan proposes the investigative body to inspect Khachaturov also on the April events of 2016:
“I propose to check his accounts and accounts of his relatives, we are not stupid, they do not rent out territories for free.”
On July 30, Interpol in the United Arab Emirates reported to the Interpol of the RA Police that on the same day at the airport in Dubai Aram Vardanyan(born in 1971) wanted on the international level on the grounds of Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Part 2 of Article 131 of the RA Criminal Code, was found and arrested.
Appropriate measures are being taken towards organizing the extradition of the latter.
“Today, the composition of the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is mainly formed only on the basis of party affiliation or those who walked with Nikol, regardless of professional level,” member of the Way Out faction Anahit Bakhshyan wrote on her Facebook page.
“The writer Nikol Pashinyan in the chapter “The Death of a Revolutionary”of his book “The Other Side of the State” cites the formula of a true revolutionary: “for the leader of the revolution, the supreme goal, the super-goal should never be the one against which the revolution fights”. And also he assures: “a real revolutionary must be like Divine anger, which comes unexpectedly and leaves unexpectedly.”
“Under the leadership of Nikol Pashinyan and his teammates, our people fought against partisanship in the system of power, but today the composition of the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is formed only on the principle of party affiliation or from those who walked with Nikol, regardless of their professional level. There is an intolerant attitude toward any criticism, which is unacceptable and reminds of its predecessors,” she wrote.
President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella arrived in Armenia on the invitation of the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sargsyan on a two-day state visit to the Republic of Armenia.
In the delegation led by Mattarella, are the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and other officials.
By the decree of the Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, Minas Minasyan was dismissed from the post of Secretary General of the Social Welfare Service.
“By the 1st part of Article 16 and Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Article 37 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On Civil Service”, to release Minas Minasyan from the post of Secretary General of the Social Welfare Service,” the text of the resolution says.
Armenia will participate in the upcoming Noble Partner 2018 multinational military exercises of NATO with a 4-man group, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
The exercises will be held August 1-15 in Georgia.
“Armenia will participate in the military exercises. Four officers of the Armenian Armed Forces will depart for Georgia,” he said.
NATO member and partner states will take part in the drills.
On July 22-28, 25th International Competition in Mathematics (International Mathematics Competition) was held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, with participation of 70 University teams (351 participants). Armenia was represented by Yerevan State University team at the competition. Four participants represented the Yerevan State University; three of them – Arsen Hambardzumyan, Gevorg Mnatsakanyan and Albert Gevorgyan – were awarded with gold medals, and Vahagn Altunyan won a silver medal.
The Olympiad was held individually and team-based. Arsen Hambardzumyan shared the 12th-13th places in the personal account. The team of the Yerevan State University took the 4th place in the team championship. This is an unprecedented result for the YSU team. while the team’s best result was in the 7th place.
The YSU Student team was headed by YSU and AUA lecturer Karen Keryan. YSU team was trained by Vardan Voskanyan and Karen Keryan.
It should be noted that the team of St. Petersburg State University took the first place in the International Student Olympiad in Mathematics, and the second and third places were occupied by the teams of Israel’s National School and Pisa High School. The IMC Student International Olympiad in Mathematics was for the first time held in 1994.
Candidate for mayor from the Civil Contract Party is Hayk Marutyan. The decision on this was taken at a meeting of the party’s board.
Residents of Yerevan accept it ambiguously.
“Even Charlie Chaplin probably does not have the right to become mayor,” said one of the citizens.
Meanwhile, another citizen of Yerevan wants Hayk Marutyan to be the mayor.
“We want to see the city clean, to see people cheerful, we want to develop not only the center. I am sure that he will develop not only the center, but first of all he will develop the suburbs. ”
The acting career of the candidate does not inspire confidence in residents of Yerevan. Hayk Marutyan, after yesterday’s meeting, addressed this issue.
“Since 2012, acting takes only 20% of my life,” said the latter.
“My approaches and approaches of the Civil Contract party will be the same,”Hayk Marutyan assured. He presented his ideas about a mayor.
“Of course, he should not be an official. He must be one of you, one of us. If we win this election, I will be one of you.”
Among the candidates for mayor are the names of the MP from the PAP Naira Zohrabyan and the member of the Yerkir Tsirani Party Zaruhi Postanjyan.
Despite the fact that the candidate for mayor of the Ciliv Contract Party is already known, it is not known in which format the Yelk alliance will take part in the elections of the Council of Elders of Yerevan. The Republic and Bright Armenia parties will announce their decision in the near future.