Category: 2020

 13:14,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. On July 23, at 00:12, the official vehicle of the Armenian Embassy in Germany was set on fire, the Embassy said in a statement.

“The German Federal Foreign Office, the Berlin Police and respective police agencies have been officially notified about the incident. At the moment the police and experts conduct investigation, observing the possibility of arson”, the statement said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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 14:11,

Considering the efficiency of the partnership between IDBank and Idram, the companies announce the expansion of strategic partnership and offer joint digital new services to a wide range of users.

During today’s online presentation, the companies have presented “Rocket Line”, the innovative digital product.

“Today, with great pleasure, we present the new fruit of cooperation, Rocket Line. It is a digital tool in non-touch and online shopping field, which is a novelty in the Armenian market”, said Karen Nalbandyan, IDBank Business development director. According to him, Rocket Line can be called a revolutionary digital loan but more convenient and complete than we could imagine previously.

Grigori Yolyan, Idram Commercial director mentioned, that Rocket Line offers full payment freedom to the clients. “If the loan we all know restricts the list of stores where we could buy goods with credit, Rocket Line provides a wide choice: it works everywhere, where payment through Idram is possible: when using more than 300 services, paying via QR and NFC in more than 3000 points of sale and more than 300 online shops where payment through Idram is integrated.

At the presentation Rocket Line advantages were introduced:

• Pre-established limit for the clients of both the Bank and Idram with possibility of increasing the limit,
• There is no mandatory repayment schedule: the client gets a flexible tool for managing his financial means: it can be repaid when convenient, during 3 or 6 months as chosen,
• We can pay with Rocket Line for everyday shopping, for such goods that could never be bought by credit before: paying the utilities, closing the bill at the café or shopping at supermarket.
• Works both on application and web version,
• The process is fast, doesn’t require additional documents from buyer or seller: everything is online and fast,
• Easy to use: to pay through Idram or web version you just need to choose “pay after 3 months” or “pay after 6 months”.

While introducing product features, Tatevik Hovhannisyan, the head of Marketing department of the Bank mentioned, that Rocket Line gives an opportunity to Idram and IDBank customers to have personal limit (reserve amount) from IDBank in Idram application and on IDBanking.am online platform without any effort. “The minimal pre-established limit is AMD 10.000, at the Bank they call it a welcome limit and it is automatically given to the clients who have premium plus status of Idram. Personal limit can be used starting from AMD 3000 for shopping and payments, fully or partially”.

If you are not a client of IDBank, you can use the limit just by passing remote identification in Idram mobile app and becoming a Bank customer. There is also an opportunity to raise the limit: with a few steps in Idram app or on IDBanking.am platform, you can just press the button, apply to the Bank and in a few seconds get a personal limit of up to AMD 10 million, in accordance with your credit history and credibility.

Presentation participants mentioned that you can get the personal limit of Rocket Line with a few simple steps, the amount given to the user and the used amount will be visible in Idram app and on IDBanking.am platform, the repayment is as simple as getting the limit: everything is online, fast and convenient.

At the end of the presentation, the employees of the Bank and Idram tested the product.

You can read more about Rocket Line .

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 12:57,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government nominated Vahram Avetisyan’s candidacy for the position of judge of the Constitutional Court.

The respective decision was adopted today at the Cabinet meeting.

During the session Vahram Avetisyan presented his approaches and plans in case of elected as CC judge.

Vahram Avetisyan is a Doctor of Law, Professor and Chair of the YSU Civil Law department.

On July 22 Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan signed the law, adopted by the Parliament on June 3, on making changes and amendments to the Law on the Constitutional Court.

On June 30 the Parliament adopted the bill submitted by the ruling My Step faction which sets a pension for the judges of the Constitutional Court whose powers have been suspended based on the recent changes. After the adoption of the bill President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian announced that he would not sign it.

On June 22 the Parliament adopted the bill on the Constitutional amendments submitted by a group of the ruling My Step faction MPs, which proposes to replace the Constitutional Court President and those judges of the Court which have served no less than 12 years. The Constitutional amendments have entered into force. Hrays Tovmasyan is no longer the President of the Constitutional Court, and the powers of three judges of the Court – Felix Tokhyan, Hrant Nazaryan and Alvina Gyulumyan have been suspended. The three new judges of the Court must be elected within two months.

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 14:53,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. Member of Parliament Sergey Bagratyan has submitted a notice to the Speaker of Parliament on leaving the Prosperous Armenia faction, the Parliament said.

The MP informed the Speaker that he is leaving the faction.

Sergey Bagratyan is serving as Member of Parliament since 2017. He has been member of the Tsarukyan faction in 2017-2019.

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 13:10,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government allocated 25 million drams to the Governorate of Tavush taking into account the recent tense situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

During today’s Cabinet meeting Minister of territorial administration and infrastructures Suren Papikyan said after the calculations they revealed that nearly 150 million AMD damage was caused to the bordering communities of Tavush province.

In turn Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that at this stage they are just providing preliminary money for quick launch of the works. He informed that during the previous closed-door Cabinet session they came to the conclusion that the policy run in the bordering communities needs a conceptual change. “We need to change the logic, and the bordering villages must not only be restored, but also we need to have a concrete development strategy for these communities. We should record that Armenia is starting from the bordering villages, rather than ends there”, he said.

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 15:04,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. Soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces Artur Muradyan (born in 2001), who has been severely wounded recently by the Azerbaijani shooting, has died on July 23 in the central military hospital, the ministry told Armenpress.

The soldier has been in critical condition since hospitalization.

The defense ministry extends its condolences to the family, relatives and co-servicemen of the soldier.

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 15:58,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the National Day, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.

The letter says:

“I warmly congratulate you on the national day of Egypt – the Revolution Day.

The task of constantly expanding and enriching in content terms the Armenian-Egyptian bilateral and multilateral cooperation agenda is always under the spotlight of Armenia. We are confident that a huge potential exists for that, the effective utilization of which will reveal new opportunities for making our friendly countries closer, as well as for the development of the mutually beneficial cooperation.

I wish you good health and new achievements, and to the good people of Egypt – peace, welfare and speedy overcoming of the challenges caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic”.

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 15:15,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. Spanish Senator Vicenc Vidal has addressed questions to the Senate over the recent aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan on the Armenia border with the help of Turkey, the Armenian Embassy in Spain said.

“What information does the Spanish diplomacy have about the aggression launched by Azerbaijan on the borders of Armenia with the support of Turkey and violation of the international agreements”, the Senator asked.

He said on Twitter that he is concerned by the Azerbaijani aggression, adding that Artsakh is Armenia.

“I am very concerned by the Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. Artsakh is Armenia”, the Senator said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan