Category: 2019

On September 15, Day of Exaltation of the Cross (Khachverats), a ceremony of baptism of the children, sisters and brothers of the heroes who fell in the Four-Day Artsakh War and the relatives bearing the names of the heroes will be held at Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Church in Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. This is what spiritual pastor of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Church in Shushi, Priest Andreas Tavadyan said in an interview with Artsakhpress.

According to him, the godfathers will be the friends-in-combat of the deceased heroes and the veterans of the military operations that took place in April 2016. “The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. The baptism ceremony will be conducted with the blessing of leader of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan. The ceremony of sacrifice will be held after the baptism,” he added.

Sheikha of Kuwait, Director General of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) (Museum of Islamic Antiques), co-owner of the Al-Sabah collection Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is in Armenia at the invitation of Mrs. Nouneh Sarkissian, wife of the President of Armenia, as reported the Department of Public Relations of the Staff of the President of Armenia.

During her cognitive visit, Sheikha Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will go sightseeing and visit cultural institutions, including the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Cafesjian Center for the Arts, the National Gallery of Armenia and the History Museum of Armenia and will be introduced to the historical and cultural heritage of the Armenian people. The possibility of showcasing the samples of the famous Al-Sabah collection in Yerevan will also be considered.

The Al-Sabah collection features more than 30,000 valuable samples of art that represent the culture and arts of various countries and pertain to various geographical regions and chronological eras.

Sheikha Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah delivers lectures devoted to Islamic culture and arts at universities and cultural institutions in the Middle East, Europe and the US and is actively involved in the preservation of architectural monuments.

Non-governmental organizations and Nikol Pashinyan met and discussed several issues, but they agreed that the discussion has to be closed. This is what political scientist Stepan Danielyan wrote on his Facebook page.

“Non-governmental organizations and Nikol Pashinyan met and discussed several issues, but they agreed that the discussion had to be closed and that their promises must not be made public.

They certainly didn’t discuss military secrets.

This sparks many questions.

Questions for Nikol:

-What are you hiding from the proud citizens of Armenia?

-What happened to direct democracy?

-Is the principle of public oversight no longer applicable?

Question for NGOs:

-Why were you complaining about closed discussions in the past and doing the same now? Do you feel you are part of the government and want to distinguish yourselves from others?

Question for proud citizens:

-What happened to your pride when people secretly discuss issues concerning you and look at you as mentally retarded people whom they can’t trust to solve public issues?” he noted.

The decline of agriculture in Armenia this year is due to poor management. This is what President of the Agrarian-Rural Union of Armenia NGO Hrach Berberyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am when asked why Armenia has seen a decline in agriculture this year.

“The first mistake was the conglomeration of the Ministries of Economy and Agriculture. Today, Armenia doesn’t have a ministry to coordinate the agriculture sector. In addition, there are no good specialists since they have left the country or have been laid off. There are new people such as a person who used to work as a taxi driver in the United States. Unfortunately, taxi drivers or cameramen from Russia can’t help Armenia’s agriculture grow. Only a person who knows about agriculture in Armenia can help agriculture grow, and for that, one needs knowledge and experience, but unfortunately, they don’t have knowledge and experience,” he said.

Berberyan noted that this will lead to decrease in the amount of sowing areas for wheat and barley and the increase of import of grains.

“There are fewer sowing areas for potatoes as well. The Ministry of Agriculture isn’t leading a policy to promote potato farmer. I believe Pashinyan needs to make serious personnel changes,” he said.

This year, Armenia saw a decline in the agriculture sector. Based on the data provided by the Statistical Committee of Armenia, the amounts of the gross agriculture product dropped by 7.4% in January-June compared to the same period of the previous year, comprising AMD 247,951,000,000.