Category: 2018

A regular meeting of the parliamentary working group set up with the aim of reforming the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia started in the National Assembly.

The working group includes four parliamentary forces, each with three representatives. It should be reminded that in addition to this working group, in his turn, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan decides to sign the creation of the electoral reform commission under the RA Prime Minister, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan.

On , the community Council of Elders submitted a statement on the resignation of the head of Arzni community Veniamin Veniaminov. The community Council of Elders fixed the resignation and appealed to the Governor in the order established by law.

In accordance with the established procedure, according to Articles 26 and 27 of the Law of the Local Self-Government Body, the Governor will appoint the acting head of the community until the extraordinary elections of the head of the community, regional administration of Kotayk region informs.

The participants of the April war were in front of the Government today. They were demanded justice to be restored and it to be written in their military papers that they were involved in the four-day war in April. Samvel Manukyan said that it was only mentioned that they performed combat duty.

“The difference is that they do not participate in the war. We demand to restore justice to towards all our guys, since those who have gone through a great deal of experience have a great potential,” Samvel Manukyan said.

They noted that even money had been demanded from the soldiers to record the fact. And the protest was not only for mentioning the participation in the war in the military paper, but also the experience of war to be taken into account.

The Prime Minister’s assistant Nairi Sargsyan and Serzh Siseryan, head of the Vice-Premier Tigran Avinyan’s office, left the administrative building to listen to the protesting youth. They went upstairs to the Government building to discuss the issue.

After the discussion, representatives of the government promised to present the problem to the Prime Minister, to discuss with the specialists and the Prime Minister and to solve the problem.

Despite the rumors circulating, the unions of writers and artists have nothing to do with corruption and the state budget. Today at the meeting with journalists noted this the chairman of the Writers’ Union Edward Militonyan and the chairman of the Union of Artists Karen Aghamyan. Edward Militonyan said that for the union had problems when the program to help the publication of modern writers was reduced by approximately 90%.

“The Writers’ Union has a publishing problem, which is also presented to the current Minister of Culture. Over the past 2.5 years, all programs with the word “writing” were either closed or moved,” the Chairman of the Writers’ Union said, claiming that the Book and Publishing Center was also dissolved without discussion.

“These are centers for not only publishing books, but also organizing exhibitions, establishing international relations, festivals and implementing other programs. All this was not discussed, and with one motion turned to zero. ”

The Chairman of the Union of Artists Karen Aghamyan, who headed the union for 20 years, said that he did nothing wrong, did not violate any law. Despite this, there are internal problems, but the protesting artists do not specify them, demanding only the resignation of the Chairman of the union.

“Even 5 years ago I decided not to put forward my candidacy on the forum, but there was gossip against my personality, and I decided to move forward, having received 80% of the votes.”

The next forum of the Union of Artists is scheduled for autumn. Karen Aghamyan did not mention anything specific about the nomination of his candidacy, noting that he still had time for thinking over it.

Just two years ago on July 17, members of the armed group “Sasna Tsrer” captured and kept the territory of the police patrol service regiment for two weeks.

There was also a civil activist Vardan Geravetyan, who has been in custody for the fifth day after paying AMD 1 million pledge. The preventive measure against him was changed. Vardan Geravetyan struggled for 11 years for his home in Teryan 23, which was recognized as a dominant public interest and subject to demolition. The activist joined “Sasna Tsrer” after all means of struggle were exhausted and problems were resolved.

“The robbery regime that existed was anti-national, and now what we see does not surprise me, there was no elementary behavior. The slander reached its peak,” Vardan Geravetyan mentioned in an interview with” A1 +”.

Three policemen were killed during the operation of “Sasna Tsrer”. Vardan Geravetyan was then ready for self-sacrifice. “From the very beginning, we have always been warned that we have no problems with you, no one will shoot you, nobody will harm you, do not resist, you are the bludgeon of this government. You do not want to live well, because you are Serzh Sargsyan’s legs and hands, many have perceived that if not it would be more bloodthirsty.

“To tell the truth, I did not think about the victims, I was ready to sacrifice my life. We were all guilty gfor the  things happening in our country. “

The International Weightlifting Federation imposed restrictions on the federations of those countries whose athletes repeatedly were caught using doping after the 2008 Olympic Games.

According to the Polish PSz website, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Armenia in the Olympic Games of 2020 can declare only two weightlifters (one man and one woman), as the participants of these countries have been caught 20 times on the use of doping control in the last 10 years.

And those countries that violated the anti-doping rules 10-19 times, in Tokyo-2020 can submit to 4 athletes (2 men, 2 women). These countries are Ukraine, Turkey, Moldova, Iran, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, India and Uzbekistan.

According to the source, if the above-mentioned weightlifters  are caught three times in the use of doping before the Olympic Games 2020, they will automatically be deprived of the right to participate in the games.

The plant in Yeghvard, which will manufacture lubricants and bitumen, will be safe for the environment and residents. This is noted today, at the meeting with journalists, by the director of the company “Armoil” Alfred Abedi and the representative of the “Multi Group” Arayik Kesoyan.

“We have repeatedly stated: we will have green production. The word oil refining is wrong, there will be the production of lubricating oils. We do not have any rubbish or emissions. And the available emissions burn at high temperatures,” Arayik Kesoyan said.

A few days ago, residents of the Yerevan’s Nati district of Yerevan blocked the Yerevan-Yeghvard highway, demanding that construction work cease as there are no guarantees of its safety. However, Alfred Abedi argues that very few of those who block the highway, know the reason why they why block it.

“I already do not understand anything. When Nairit is closed, people complain, demanding to open it. When it is open they demand to close it,” Alfred Abedi said .

Alfred Abedi is dissatisfied that there are no relevant specialists who will carry out expertise in the field of oil products processing.

Alfred Abedi added that if everything goes as planned, then within 40-45 days the plant will be launched.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian discussed the problems of modern physics and prospects of development with scientists Ruben Mkrtchyan, Ruben Manvelyan and Albert Sirunyan – all members of the Alikhanyan National Scientific Laboratory aka the Yerevan Physics Institute.

The meeting also focused on the ongoing projects of the institution, Sarkissian’s office said.

The president also discussed the significance of development of physics for the country in a meeting with Roland Avagyan – dean of the faculty of physics at the Yerevan State University, Samvel Harutyunyan – president of the science committee under the ministry of education and science, and Ashot Hovsepyan – Associate Professor of the Chair of Theoretical Physics at the Yerevan State University.

President Sarkissian expressed readiness for maximal support to cooperation between international scientific centers and Armenian scientists.

During Sero Khanzadyan’s lifetime, his home in Goris, which he built himself, famous adults were gathering often there, talking, organizing literary evenings. After his death, the house was sold, was later bought by the state, and became known as a house-museum. It was renovated for several times, and  was opened officially in the framework of the “Goris CIS Cultural Capital” event several days ago.

Khachik Harutyunyan from Goris remembers Sero Khanzadyan since his childhood. He had been there many times with his father. He remembers how they were working, but they were talking with each other much more.

“Many things have disappeared from Khanzadyan’s personal belongings, very few things have been saved from the house, then his son brought some things, his sister donated things. But the manuscripts are almost absent, he had a wonderful library of 24,000 pieces of books that do not exist today,” says Khachik Harutyunyan regretfully. According to him, there are many unfinished works to do.

“He was a man of extremes, but he was a great Armenian and not only a great Armenian, but also a too Armenian. Armenia began from Adam and Eva for Sero Khanzadyan,” Khachik Harutyunyan recalls.