Category: 2018

Armenian army generals afraid of scrutiny – media

Frangulian Shushan
ARKA, Armenia

YEREVAN, July 17. /ARKA/. Things have become tense in the Armenian defense ministry – generals are concerned the intense scrutiny launched in the army, Hraparak reports. 

The media resource, referring to a high-ranking official at the defense ministry, said that “everyone is considered as criminal”.

He is unhappy about inspections in the army. He said that the army has become a target. 

In his words, one general is wanted now, another is detained and the third is summoned as witness. 

In this unnamed officer’s opinion, this is a show and urges the authorities to disturb nobody. –0—-

“The end is nigh”: Noah’s ark discovered in the mountains of Armenia

Ani Basmajian
The Koz Telegram
 
 
“The end is nigh”: Noah’s ark discovered in the mountains of Armenia
 
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The humanity waits for the flood and judgment day, confident Explorer of the Bible.
 
Scientist have warned people of the impending danger. The fact that people were in a situation of a possible Apocalypse. The harbinger of this was the discovery of a historian-Amateur in the mountains near the village of Hinda, when I came across a huge rock in the shape of a giant ship, the outlines of which resemble Noah’s ark. This fact does not give rest to researchers of the Bible, which unanimously declare that the end is near. For example, on July 17, according to biblical legend, to the top of the Ararat mountains landed the survivors from the flood on Noah’s Ark. This fact is even depicted on the flag of Armenia confirms the fact that mount Ararat had brought life on Earth.
 
But due to recent events, climate change, global warming, industrial development and attack a UFO, it seems more plausible version of the beginning of the Apocalypse. People do not cease to fight against each other and will continue to behave in a similar way, mankind is doomed for another flood and a huge test, said the researcher. Because of this, historians see the danger in that Noah’s ark discovered in the mountains of Armenia. At the moment, the situation seems crazy and unlikely.
 
But the fact remains. The researchers do not see great prospects for a bright future. In the ancient world, scholars and skeptics have raised this issue for consideration. Josephus in the first century ad wrote: “One part of the ship can be detected even today in Armenia. There people collect resin for the manufacture of amulets. The Armenians call this place “the pier”, where the ark lay forever, and show still preserved its parts”. Marco Polo also wrote: “In the country of Armenia on the top of a high mountain rests Noah’s Ark, covered with eternal snows.” It is now an opportunity to find the lost ship due to the melting of glaciers in the highest mountains of the world.

Pashinyan, Terzyan discuss further activity of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund

Emil Lazarian
ARKA, Armenia

YEREVAN, July 17. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Monday Petros Terzyan, acting executive director of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, the press office of the prime minister reports. 

“I am happy to see you, though I think that the event that has prompted today’s meeting is not so joyful, and it is connected with the events going on in Hayastan,” Pashinyan said. “Of course, it is very painful to us that the fund director has committed an unacceptable action, but I want also to stress that we couldn’t act otherwise when web received this information.”

On July 2, the then director Ara Vardanyan was taken to police in suspicion of embezzlement and abuse of powers. 

Vardanyan confessed that he has used the fund’s credit card with 25 million drams (around $51,800) for his personal needs – he bet money in casinos.      

At his meeting with Petros Terzyan, Pashinyan said that the rule of law in Armenia should be undisputable. 

“In recent years, the fund was surrounded with certain distrust atmosphere,” the prime minister said. 

“Maybe that was connected with political things inside the country and so on. But I hope that thanks of these processes we will clarify our views on the future activity of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund and will fix new approaches in relations between the Diaspora and Armenia, and of course the fund.”

Noting that it would be very interesting in this situation to hear the opinion of Petros Terzyan, one of the fund representatives who enjoy confidence, the premier thanked him for assuming the fund administration duty amid such complicated and unfavorable circumstances. 

Terzyan, on his side, said that he was shocked as he heard this story, since nothing like that had ever been in the fund’s record. 

”We are convinced that this is a clean organization,” he said. “Large programs have been implemented over the last 26 years and tremendous efforts have been made to ensure a clean activity, though it was very difficult. I though we have accomplished in doing that until this case is revealed.”

Terzyan assured Pashinyan that he will do whatever is possible to pass on donors’ money to targets. 
He said that the fund has plenty to do. 

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was established in 1992 by the president’s decree as a unique organization whose mission was to unite Armenians all over the world and those who were ready to contribute to development of Armenia and Artsakh. 

The fund raises financial resources from annual telethons and other events, such as charity dinners, concerts and exhibitions. -0—

Armenian designer Talar Nina unveils A/W 2018 collection in Dubai

Eduard Nalbandian
PanArmenian, Armenia
– 11:25 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Talar Nina Autumn/Winter 2018 Collection speaks to the latest on-trend smart causal wear. The collection proudly channels the “street-glam” mood, emphasizing on attention to detail and quality designs that are functional and interchangeable.

Talar Nina’s Armenian roots spoke louder for this season’s inspiration, from the intricate woodwork of secular doors to urban aesthetics and utilitarian monuments, transported to textured jerseys and neoprene, as well as, silk crepes and metallic crepes.

The designer drew inspiration not only from solid structures but also from the lively Armenian people such as Cher and Charles Aznavour.

“I feel that Cher and Mr. Charles Aznavour are the perfect references for my vision for this collection; charismatic, very stylish, with an extreme self-awareness and individual fashion sense,” comments Talar Nina. “These are traits that I want my brand associated with.”

The collection has clear balance between relaxed and slim silhouetted pieces of pants, jackets, blazers, skirts, tops and dresses, complimented by clean cuts, remaining true to the designer’s aesthetic of accessible, wearable fashion.

Aside from Talar Nina maintaining an exclusive colour palette of warm solids with burgundy, olive, off-white, and black, the new line introduces a range of metallic burgundy and black for a more daring look.

“My collection is ideal to wear all through the day into the night, giving harmony to a woman’s schedule – both her professional and private agenda alike. It also offers urban, sporty aesthetics with my signature pieces, the embroidered bomber jackets and tracksuit pants. These styles will definitely appeal to the contemporary fashionista on the go”, concludes Talar Nina.

Talar Nina was established in 2016 and caters to female and male customers who attach great importance to design and comfort with a versatility to be worn at any time of day or night, for any occasion, following closely Talar Nina’s philosophy of “street-glam”.

Talar Nina is of Armenian decent born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She moved to London to pursue her education in the arts to then relocate to Dubai, graduate from Esmod School of Fashion and launch her brand.

Tensions Escalate In South Caucasus As Armenian Recon Soldier Is Captured By Azerbaijan

Maral Chavushian
Caspian News

By Mushvig Mehdiyev

“If the Armenian soldier does not want to die, let him get out of the lands of Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev / Mod.Gov.Az

      A 34-year old member of the Armenian army, working on a reconnaissance mission, was apprehended by Azerbaijan’s armed forces in Azerbaijan’s western Gazakh district on Sunday.

    Self-identified as Karen Kazaryan, the soldier was attempting to cross the border into a frontline military unit of the Azerbaijani army along with others, according to the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan. The ministry announced that the suppression of what was a sudden reconnaissance and sabotage attempt by the Armenian armed forces resulted in a retreat and a loss of manpower. No casualties have been reported on the Azerbaijani side.

    Karen Kazaryan, 34, the captivated soldier of the Armenian army’s reconnaissance-sabotage group / Mod.Gov.Az

    The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan goes back to the late 1980s and early 1990s when the two neighboring nations had their relations soured over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but was partially populated by ethnic Armenians alongside indigenous Azerbaijanis. During the twilight of the USSR – of which Armenia and Azerbaijan were once part – Armenia put forward ethnopolitical claims to the region, which in 1991 had turned into a full-scale war. In 1994, the war halted in a ceasefire.

    More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and one million displaced during those years, and Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, along with seven surrounding districts, were captured by Armenia. These amounted to about 20 percent of the country’s landmass, and have been occupied by Armenia ever since. Four United Nations Security Council resolutions dating to the 1990s call for the full withdrawal of Armenian forces from the territories, but all go unfulfilled to this day.

    Even the slightest overture or statement can cause the regional conflict to flare up, if not militarily then politically.

    On July 9, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan saw his son, a conscript in the Armenian armed forces, off to do his military service in one of the units located in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Pashinyan said his son, Ashot, deliberately sought to do his mandatory service in the region, and that as a father he was “proud of him.”

    Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry slammed Pashinyan’s words, calling them a “political show to protect their image and political influence” in Armenia. The ministry’s spokesperson, Hikmat Hajiyev, said fulfilling military service by citizens of Armenia in what is a territory of Azerbaijan contributes to occupation, and “these acts are not serving peace in the region.”

    When the news first broke in May that Pashinyan’s son would be serving in Nagorno-Karabakh, Viktor Baranets, a Russian military journalist and colonel in the reserves, said the situation is a real source of concern, and could push Azerbaijan into a provocation.

    “It will be a very dangerous, very ignorant and untimely step. Such a statement would only have a negative impact on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict,” Baranets told Ordu.az on June 1.

    Baku’s official position has always been that for peace to resume in the region, Armenia must end its occupation and stop sending its soldiers to Nagorno-Karabakh.

    “We have not occupied the territory of Armenia,” Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev is reported to have said during a meeting with the country’s Security Council on April 2 in 2016. “We fight in our own lands. If the Armenian soldier does not want to die, let him get out of the lands of Azerbaijan.”