Category: 2020

 11:10,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Parliament debated today a loan agreement signed between Armenia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development according to which it is planned to attract 17 million Euros additional funding.

The agreement has been signed on April 21, 2020.

Deputy minister of territorial administration and infrastructures Vache Terteryan introduced the bill on ratifying the agreement to the lawmakers.

The deputy minister said the agreement proposes to continue the two previous projects implemented by the Territorial development fund aimed at developing social infrastructures in communities.

“With the proposed agreement we are expecting to receive additional funding which will comprise nearly 17 million Euros. We are assessing this project as effective”, he added.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:13,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. 1600 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 80,410, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

652 more patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 51,814.

3397 tests were conducted in the past one day.

26 more patients have died, raising the death toll to 1222.

The number of active cases is 27,027.

The number of patients who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 347 (8 new such cases).

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:24,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. At around 10:00-10:15 this morning, Azerbaijan once again violated the ceasefire and used drones (one of which has crashed within the Republic of Armenia borders) to shell border guard guiding posts of the Republic of Armenia at its southern border with Iran, the Armenian Unified Infocenter said.

Noting this latest violation of the ceasefire and the shelling of the state border of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense declares that it is forced to strike retaliatory blows at the Azerbaijani forces.

 13:46,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. IDBank together with “Universal payment technologies” (“UPT” LLC) announces the launch of IDpay initiative.

IDpay is a mobile application which allows to attach cards of any Russian bank of VISA, Mastercard, MIR systems and make instant replenishments of IDBank clients’ cards/accounts via phone number. At this moment transfers are made with rubles.

“To make instant money transfers to an IDBank client via IDpay mobile application it is necessary to choose from contacts or enter by hand the phone number of the recipient which is attached to IDBank card or account. Transfer is made in a few seconds: faster than you could call the recipient”, said Tatevik Hovhannisyan, the head of Marketing unit of IDBank.

As Tatevik Vardevanyan, the head of Communication unit of IDBank said, IDpay is one the most profitable options for transfers from Russia to Armenia. “Taking into consideration the martial law announced in Armenia and Artsakh and the special demand for the transfers from Russia with minimal commission fees, an agreement has been reached with the partners that in the frames of a special campaign, by the end of 2020, the transfers via IDpay application will be made with 0.5% commission.This makes the product not only very easy and convenient, but also beneficial”, mentioned Tatevik Vardevanyan.

“We are happy to provide the most technological and convenient means for our clients to receive money from Russia, with minimal commission. By receiving money directly on card or account, the client can manage is funds flexibly, including wide opportunities of IDBanking.am online platform and Idram application.Funds will be credited to the account in appropriate currency with automatic exchange, in accordance with the current exchange rate of the digital platform of the Bank, which is one of the most profitable in the banking system of Armenia”, commented Sergey Arakelyan, the director of Digital banking of IDBank. He also added that to receive money via phone number, IDBank clients can attach or change the card or account attached to their phone number any time, from “Accounts” department on IDBanking.am website.

“For now, in IDpay application only RF citizens can pass identification and consequently, make transfers, but soon the service will become available for RA citizens too. Besides developments mentioned, we are also working to expand the functionality of the app”, mentioned Felix Khachatryan, the chief operating officer of “Universal payment technologies” (“UPT” LLC).

The representatives of the companies also told that in the frames of the cooperation, transfers from RA to RF also will become available soon.

IDpay operates on the platform of “.

THE BANK IS CONTROLLED BY CBA

 14:45,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The man shown in a video posted online where he was seen speaking fluent Armenian and presented to be an Azerbaijani is actually a citizen of Armenia and hasn’t had any participation in the military actions, according to the Committee of Investigations of Armenia.

“Perhaps this is the result of a false presentation. There are numerous factual data that substantiate that this person is a citizen of Armenia and doesn’t have a POW status. This is disinformation,” Vardanyan said.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 15:05,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The Commander of the Iranian Army Major-General Abdolrahim Mousavi has vowed “strict punishment” to the “takfir-terrorists” near Iranian borders, local news media reported.

Mousavi made the comments after visiting the Iranian air defense troops and inspecting the readiness level of the units at the north-western borders.

Mousavi stressed the need to ensure the safety of residents in the border towns.

He said the air defense units are on high alert in the north-western part of Iran and the units will be increased is required.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 15:13,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The data on the consequences of Azerbaijani crimes committed against the peaceful population of Artsakh since September 27 have been updated based on the results of the fact-finding mission carried out by the Office of the Ombudsman of Artsakh.

The Ombudsman’s Office said that as of October 26, a total of 39 Artsakh civilians – 1 little girl, 7 women and 31 men, have been killed from the Azerbaijani attacks. A total of 122 people were wounded, of which 102 received serious injuries. 83 of them are male and 19 are female citizens.

150 settlements in Artsakh suffered great material damage.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan