MP Tony Zappia joins Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks in calling for Australian recognition of genocides

Public Radio of Armenia
July 3 2020

EU, Sweden, Lithuania and Armenia partner for Enhancing Civil Protection in Armenia

Public Radio of Armenia
July 3 2020

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the EU Delegation to Armenia, the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Embassy of Sweden to Armenia and the Embassy of Lithuania to Armenia within the framework of the Twinning project “Enhancing Civil Protection in Armenia” with €1 million budget.

The objectives of the project are strengthening of the disaster risk management on institutional level including through supporting clear distribution and coordination of the roles of relevant structures and organisations; as well as institutional and administrative capacity for carrying out the roles; ongoing expansion of international cooperation, supporting the revision and design of national laws, regulations and quality standards to those of international best practice in line with EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), as well as improving Disaster Risk Reduction awareness system and its application.

During the signing ceremony with participation of EU Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin, Minister of Emergency Situations Feliks Tsolakyan, Ambassador of Lithuania Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė, Charge d’ affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Sweden Birger Karlsson, the EU Ambassador emphasized the momentum of this project, as health security, disaster risk management, civil protection areas are highly interlinked.

Gagik Tsarukyan: Artificial aggravation of anti-Russian sentiments takes place in Armenia

Arminfo, Armenia
July 3 2020

ArmInfo. Recently, there has been an  artificial aggravation of anti- Russian sentiments in Armenia, which  is actively developing by the efforts of various political forces.  The ultimate goal of these forces is the breaking of friendly  relations between the peoples of the two countries.  Head of the  Prosperous Armenia party, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, published this on  his Facebook page.  Tsarukyan cites as an example the fact that the  thesis on the need to revise the military agreement with Russia is  being introduced into Armenian society, which, ultimately, should  lead to the withdrawal of the Russian 102nd military base from  Armenia.

According to him, this is not only the dream of Turkey and  Azerbaijan, which constantly threaten the country with war and  destruction, but also creates fertile ground for the explosion of an  already fragile peace in the entire region.

“I would like to state unequivocally that I, as the leader of the  largest opposition political force in the Republic of Armenia, the  leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, as a politician, as a  citizen, will do my best to prevent provocations aimed at creating  anti-Russian sentiments in our country “, said Gagik Tsarukyan. He  expressed conviction that for the development of Armenia and  strengthening the security and independence of the country, it is  necessary to develop and strengthen relations with the Russian  Federation on the basis of mutual respect and fraternal centuries-old  relations. The development of these relations, according to the  businessman, must be carried out both on a bilateral basis and at the  level of the CIS, EAEU, CSTO and other political, economic and  military platforms that will be mutually beneficial for the two  peoples.

To recall, searches were conducted in the house of the PAP head Ganik  Tsarukyan in the morning of June 14, after which he was summoned to  the NSS for questioning. On the same day, the NSS reported three  criminal cases involving the name of a politician and businessman who  is considered the richest man in the country.

Torosyan explained disappearance from the morgue of a corpse of a woman who had died from coronavirus

Arminfo, Armenia
July 3 2020

ArmInfo. RA Minister of Health Arsen  Torosyan explained the reasons for the disappearance of an elderly  woman who died from a coronavirus from a morgue.

To recall, earlier it became known that in one of the capital’s  morgues the body of an 82-year-old resident of Gyumri disappeared. An  elderly woman was treated for coronavirus in Yerevan, but after the  death her corpse was lost. Relatives of the deceased turned for  assistance to the lawmaker from “Prosperous Armenia” Naira Zohrabyan,  who raised the problem. The body was found after only two days of  searching.  As it turned out, a woman was buried in the community of  Nor Hachn of the Kotayk region instead of another deceased.

As Torosyan told reporters on July 3, an error occurred while  identifying another died woman by relatives.  According to him, they  have already apologized for this incident.

The police explained why Judge Hrant Nazaryan was not allowed into the building of the Constitutional Court

Arminfo, Armenia
July 3 2020

ArmInfo. Armenian police issued a  statement explaining the incident that occurred today at the building  of the Constitutional Court with Hrant Nazaryan. This was reported by  the police press service.

It should be noted that today Hrant Nazaryan was not allowed into the  building of the Constitutional Court of Armenia.

The police statement, in particular, notes that according to the  amendments to the Constitution of Armenia adopted by the parliament  on June 22, which entered into force on June 26, the powers of the  judges of the Constitutional Court, who have been in office for more  than 12 years, are terminated.

, the police statement  underlines. It should be noted that according to the amendments to  the Constitution, the powers of the three judges of the  Constitutional Court – Hrant Nazaryan, Felix Tokhyan and Alvina  Gyulumyan are terminated. Since June 26, the powers of Hrayr  Tovmasyan as chairman of the Constitutional Court have also been  terminated.

Opposition politician: Internal problems of Armenia are continuation of its foreign policy

Arminfo, Armenia
July 3 2020

ArmInfo.  The internal affairs and  problems of Armenia, like in many other similar countries, are a  continuation of their foreign policy, Chairman of the European Party  of Armenia Tigran Khzmalyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

“In this particular case, we are talking about the third stage in the  weakening of Russia in the last 100 years – this time Putin’s Russia.  The process of collapse of the management system is underway, and  it’s quite fast. It’s clear that Moscow is trying to defend its  position through special services and the internal network operating  in Armenia. People have been nurtured in Armenian political parties,  special services, and other bodies for years, who are going to be  very useful to Russia today. And without considering this fact, it’s  impossible to understand what is happening in Armenia today, “he  emphasized.

According to the politician, today Russia is losing ground not only  in Armenia, but also around the world.  In other words, what happened  with the USSR 30 years ago is happening with the Russian Federation  today. In this light, he noted the significant economic problems of  Russia, caused by another sharp drop in energy prices. At the same  time, like the late Soviet Union, Russia was drawn into wars in  distant countries, this time in Syria and Libya. In addition, Moscow  is trying to wage and unleash hybrid wars – in Ukraine and other  post-Soviet countries, including Armenia.

In this light, Khzmalyan considers the memoranda of some Armenian  parties with United Russia, as well as the statements of their  leaders, only the tip of the iceberg. A much bigger problem, in his  opinion, is the illusion according to which there are many political  parties in Armenia. In reality, according to the estimates of the  politician, there are only 3-4 national, democratic parties in the  country. The rest just represent the interests of Russian special  services.

On July 2, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, Gagik  Tsarukyan, expressed concern about the “artificial aggravation of  anti-Russian sentiment in Armenia,” blaming the anti-Armenian,  anti-state forces for this, trying to break the friendly ties between  the two peoples. “As the chairman of the country’s largest opposition  political force, as a citizen, I will do everything possible to  suppress provocations aimed at forming anti-Russian sentiments in our  country,” Tsarukyan said.

“Let’s call a spade a spade. The former presidents in reality were  residents and were engaged in nothing more than trading in  sovereignty. In return, they got the opportunity to remain at power.  This is a short formula of what happened before 2018. And,  unfortunately, the authorities that succeeded them failed to change  these sad realities. The process is underway, but I assess it as  somewhat late. Over the past three decades, Armenia has stagnated,  serving the interests of Russia, while neighboring countries are  developing political and economic relations with the civilized world,  ” Khzmalyan concluded. 

Armenia Nuclear Power Plant suspended for regular repair

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 10:36, 2 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Nuclear Power Plant have been suspended on July 1 for regular preventive repair, Rosatom Eastern Europe company in Armenia told Armenpress.

The works on the second energy unity of the Armenian NPP will last 65 days.

These measures are being taken within the frames of extending and upgrading the operation term of the second energy unit aimed at raising the efficiency and reliability of the plant.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

COVID-19: Armenia reports 593 new cases, 473 recoveries in one day

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 11:09, 2 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. 593 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 26,658, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

473 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 15,036.

6 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 459.

The number of active cases stands at 11,010.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 153 (4 new such cases).

So far, 115,765 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

6 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Artsakh

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 11:23, 2 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. 6 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Artsakh in the past one day, bringing the total number of cases to 125, the Artsakh ministry of healthcare reported.

The total number of recovered patients has reached 101.

The number of active cases is 24.

70 citizens are quarantined.

So far, a total of 1,982 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Artsakh.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan