Category: 2019

Sanitek accuses Yerevan municipality of failure to pay 330 million drams

Hovik Karapetian
ARKA, Armenia
Sept 2 2019

YEREVAN, September 2. /ARKA/. Sanitek Armenia, a  branch of Sanitek International Group –a multinational waste management company headquartered in Lebanon, accused the Yerevan Municipality of failing  to pay it 330 million drams. In a letter to Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan the company says  more than 300 million drams (about $630,000) were withheld from the amounts that were to be paid to the company in return for its services.

The company quotes the mayor as saying previously that  the municipality  is only responsible for making timely payments for garbage removal. The company says that a new company  created by the municipality  collects garbage with a gross violation of the law.

For several months, residents of Yerevan have been complaining over the failure of Sanitek’s Armenian division to collect garbage throughout the city.

Earlier, Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan publicly expressed displeasure at the work of the Sanitek company, stressing that Yerevan residents will no longer tolerate its ineffective work.

In the spring of this year, Sanitek was twice fined for failing to fulfill its contractual obligations in the amount of 13 million drams (more than $26,800) and 26 million drams ($54,100).

Sanitek Armenia, the branch of Sanitek International Group –a multinational waste management company headquartered in Lebanon, was chosen by the Yerevan Municipality to handle sanitary cleaning and waste recycling of the capital city and until recently it was a monopolist in this business. -($1 – 476.17 drams)

Spanish company desires to invest in Armenian health sector

Parkev Tvankchian
ARKA, Armenia
Sept 2 2019

YEREVAN, September 2. /ARKA/. The heads of Spanish company Sphera Global Healthcare Rafael Gotsens and Carlos Malet had a meeting today with Health Minister  Arsen Torosyan  and expressed desire to invest in Armenian healthcare sector, the  press service of the ministry reported.

It said they also expressed a desire to cooperate with the ministry and get acquainted with the medical institutions of Armenia.

The minister was said to have welcomed this idea and invited company representatives to visit local  hospitals and then develop joint projects. -0-

Expert: New approaches have appeared in the Artsakh settlement

Christine Harutyunian
Arminfo, Armenia
Sept 2 2019
David Stepanyan

ArmInfo.New approaches appeared in the Artsakh settlement, around which discussions are already underway and work is underway. Head of the International  Center for Human Development Tevan Poghosyan  expressed a similar  opinion to ArmInfo.

“However, until the return of Artsakh to the negotiation process, the  main problems will not be discussed.  For the most part, the results  of the meetings of the foreign ministers and the heads of Armenia and  Azerbaijan, discussion of various issues come down to just such a  conclusion. Before this return, we can discuss issues related to  managing the situation in Armenia -Azerbaijani border, regional  security problems, actions and measures in the direction of  increasing confidence, “he said.

In this light, Poghosyan assesses the upcoming meeting of the Foreign  Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar  Mammadyarov, as “yet another “. According to his forecasts, this is  exactly what the processes, statements and speeches made in Armenia  over the past month lead to. 

On September 29, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told  reporters about his upcoming meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart  Mmmadyarov. According to him, the meeting is planned to be held in  the near future, although there are no specific dates yet.

Not excluding the possibility of the ministers discussing the  aforementioned new approaches to the settlement, the expert believes  that the main line and the substantive part of the discussions will  be a continuation of Vienna, St. Petersburg, Geneva, Bishkek and all  the other meetings between the foreign ministers and the two states.

Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group, represented by the co-chairs from  Russia, the USA and France, has been engaged in the settlement of the  Karabakh conflict. Currently, the settlement process is nominally  taking place on the basis of the Madrid Principles put forward by the  OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in 2007 and updated in 2009.

Sanitek: Improper performance of the company`s services is the result of non-payment of funds provided by the contract with the municipality

Antonian Lara
Arminfo, Armenia
Sept 2 2019
Asya Balayan

ArmInfo.The improper performance of Sanitek’s services is the result of non-payment by the Municipality of Yerevan of the funds stipulated by the contract. This  is stated in the statement of the “Sanitek” company distributed on  Monday, September 2.

To note, earlier Sanitek issued a regular statement, warning about  the deterioration of garbage collection.  After that, the Yerevan  Municipality reported that for several days Sanitek, without a  written warning and an indication of the reasons, has been refusing  to fulfill its duties of garbage removal from the capital.

”As of today, Yerevan Mayor’s Office has refused to pay a total of  more than 330 million drams under two agreements, violating the  payment deadlines. It is noteworthy that part of the indicated amount  consists of fines stubbornly applied by the mayor’s office (which we  dispute in court), while the other part is not paid without any  justification and in violation of the contract”, the company’s  director Nicholas Tawil said in a letter.

The inability to fulfill its obligations are the result of  non-payments and will continue until the Yerevan Municipality fully  fulfills its payment obligations, the company threatens, recommending  the Yerevan administration to fully fulfill its payment obligations  established by the contract.

In turn, the press secretary of Yerevan Mayor Hakob Karapetyan,  commenting on the Sanitek statement, said that there is nothing new  in the words of Nicholas Tawil, and the fines written to the operator  were consistent with the contract and were written for non-performed  or incomplete work. “The evidence, to put it mildly, of the inferior  work of the Sanitek company in recent months, is visible at every  step, in the streets and yards of Yerevan,” Karapetyan said. 

Court of Appeals recognizes the violation of rights of ex-President Kocharyan and his son

Hagop Kamalian
Panorama, Armenia
Sept 2 2019
Law 17:57 02/09/2019 Armenia

The Armenian Criminal Court of Appeals under presiding under Judge Mnatsakanyan rejected on Monday the appeal by Prosecutor’s General’s Office against the ruling of a first instance court over the violation of presumption of innocence of Robert Kocharyan.

As the ex-president’s defense team reported, earlier the Chairman of Armenia’s Special Investigative Service Sasun Khachatryan announced the charges to Kocharyan about overthrowing the constitutional order of the country as a proved fact. The Yerevan Court of first instance recognized that Kocharyan’s right for presumption of innocence was violated that was later appealed by the Prosecutor Generals’ office.

With another ruling, the Court of Appeals recognized the violation of the rights of ex-president Kocharyan’s son – Sedrak Kocharyan. The case referred to the press statement released by the National Security Service that reported about the alleged “crimes committed by Kocharyan and his son.”

Armenpress: 46 citizens hospitalized due to mass poisoning in Gyumri restaurant

Emil Lazarian

46 citizens hospitalized due to mass poisoning in Gyumri restaurant

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11:16,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. 46 citizens (9 under 18) were hospitalized on August 31 following an event organized in one of the restaurants of the Armenian city of Gyumri, Healthcare minister’s spokesperson Alina Nikoghosyan said.

43 of them were discharged after receiving relevant medical aid.

“Currently three citizens are hospitalized. No new patients were taken to hospital. The situation is under control”, she said.

Earlier the ministry of emergency situations was reported that the participants of an event in Gyumri’s Dvin restaurant suddenly started feel bad, help is needed. According to the data of the ministry, 47 citizens were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




3 out of 13 Armenian citizens hospitalized after Georgia passenger van crash in critical condition

Badalian Vardan

3 out of 13 Armenian citizens hospitalized after Georgia passenger van crash in critical condition

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11:24,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s healthcare ministry provides information about the crash of a passenger van traveling from Yerevan to Georgia’s Batumi.

According to preliminary reports, 15 of the injured are citizens of Armenia, 2 of them have died.

13 passengers were hospitalized. 3 of them are in critical condition, 4 are in moderate condition and 6 were discharged after receiving relevant medical aid.

“The healthcare ministry is in touch with the Georgian partners regarding the transportation of the citizens to Armenia and organization of the medical aid”, the ministry said in a statement.

A passenger van traveling from Armenia’s capital of Yerevan to Georgia’s Batumi crashed on August 31 near Georgian capital city of Tbilisi at around 02:00-03:00.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Over 130 flights cancelled or delayed in Moscow airports

Markos Nalchajian

Over 130 flights cancelled or delayed in Moscow airports

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11:35,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. 122 flights were delayed and 10 more were cancelled in Moscow’s airports due to fog, RIA Novosti reported.

25 flights were delayed in Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, 52 in Sheremetyevo and 45 in Domodedovo.

Fog is reported in Moscow at the moment.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Armenian defense minister visits Artsakh’s Defense Army

Jalatian Sonya

Armenian defense minister visits Artsakh’s Defense Army

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11:41,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan on August 30 visited the Defense Army of Artsakh on a working visit, the Artsakh defense ministry told Armenpress.

Accompanied by his Artsakh counterpart, Major-General Karen Abrahamyan, minister Tonoyan visited the northern and eastern directions of the frontline, got acquainted with the combat situation and the works carried out so far aimed at strengthening the military positions.

During the tour the two defense ministers discussed various topics related to the agenda of military cooperation between Armenia and Artsakh.

The defense ministers also met with the commanding staff.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Armenian President congratulates Kyrgyz counterpart on Independence Day

Emil Lazarian

Armenian President congratulates Kyrgyz counterpart on Independence Day

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12:14,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov on Independence Day, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

In the letter President Sarkissian expressed confidence that the traditional friendly relations between Armenia and Kyrgyzstan will contribute to deepening the mutually beneficial cooperation in the future as well for the benefit of the peoples of the two states.

President Sarkissian wished his Kyrgyz counterpart good health, all the best, and peace and prosperity to the good people of Kyrgyzstan.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan