Category: 2021

 16:41,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory letter to the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman on the occasion of the national day – the Statehood Day, the Armenian President’s Office said.

“Armenia highlights the consistent development and deepening of the friendly relations with the Czech Republic, based on common values, both at the bilateral and multilateral formats, as well as within the European Union.

I am sure that with joint efforts we will give a new impetus to the partnership of our countries, by recording achievements in different areas”, the Armenian President said in his letter.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 17:33,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. On October 28, at around 10:00, four servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces sustained minor injuries due to careless handling of ammunition in a military position located in the eastern direction, the defense ministry of Armenia said in a statement.

The wounded servicemen have been immediately provided with first aid.

Investigation is underway to reveal the circumstances of the incident.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 17:44,

YEREVAN, 28 OCTOBER, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 28 October, USD exchange rate up by 0.48 drams to 477.79 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 0.55 drams to 553.90 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.01 drams to 6.79 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 1.67 drams to 657.30 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price up by 176.56 drams to 27577.38 drams. Silver price down by 5.15 drams to 367.98 drams. Platinum price down by 398.55 drams to 15714.61 drams.

 17:46,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Converse Bank is one of the leaders in Armenia with its mortgage lending, including energy efficient lending portfolio, offering long-term financing at competitive interest rates. You may select from the bank’s mortgage lending products at https://www.conversebank.am/en/house/

If you are interested to explore various types of construction materials, below we have summarized the rating of the construction materials according to their degree of energy efficiency.

Thus:

5. Reinforced concrete – Specialists prefer this building material due to its strength and durability. It is known for its high thermal conductivity of 1.7 W/m.K, which suggests that buildings constructed by using reinforced concrete should be covered with energy-efficient materials to achieve efficient heating and maintain the temperature.
6. Brick – Recently a growing interest in brick houses has been observed. Brick is fireproof and moisture-resistant, however it has a fairly high level of thermal conductivity – 015-0.67 W/m.K. For the sake of justice, it should be noted that this building material will require significantly less resources to provide high level of energy efficiency of buildings than in the case of reinforced concrete.
7. Claydite concrete – Although this is an excellent, soundproof building material with high moisture- resistant properties, it is rarely used in the construction of the carrying walls of multi-apartment buildings, as it does not have high durability. Instead, this building material is widely used for construction of interior partition walls or exterior walls of individual houses. The thermal conductivity is 0.19-0.27 W/m.K.
8. Wood – It is one of the most energy efficient materials – 0.15-0.4 W/m.K. It takes a maximum of 3 hours to heat a house to 220C. For comparison, it can take up to 8 hours to maintain the same temperature in a brick house. It should also be noted that wood also has the capacity to regulate interior air humidity and provide oxygen saturation. One of the disadvantages of this material that it is not fireproof and can decompose fast, in the absence of proper care.
9. Expanded polystyrene – is one of the most energy efficient and affordable construction materials. Energy loss is minimal – 0.025-04.4 W/m.K, therefore this is an excellent energy efficient building material. In this regard, 15 cm of polystyrene is equivalent to 5.33 m of reinforced concrete. According to the statistical data of European Association Pour la promotion du PSE dans la construction show that 8 out of 10 houses in Europe are built from this building material.

Note that W/m.K. is the thermal conductivity measurement unit, which is calculated by the following formula Watt/(meter*temperature).

The oversight of the bank is exercised by the Central Bank.

 17:55,

YEREVAN, 28 OCTOBER, ARMENPRESS. Head of “Civil Contract” party’s parliamentary faction Hayk Konjoryan on October 28 met with the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin, ARMENPRESS was informed from the National Assembly of Armenia.

Hayk Konjoryan referred to the issue of immediate return of Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, which is envisaged in the November 9, 2020 declaration.  

Issues of further Armenian-Russian interparliamentary ties both at bilateral and multilateral platforms
were discussed.

The works implemented in the framework of cooperation of the National Assembly of Armenia and the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation were highlighted.

 17:58,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador of China to Armenia Fan Yong is very much satisfied with the development pace of the Armenian-Chinese relations, the Chinese Ambassador told ARMENPRESS at the solemn opening ceremony of Confucius classroom at the Armenian-Russian University.

“I can say that at the moment it’s not enough to say that I am satisfied with the level of development of those relations, but I am very satisfied,” the Chinese Ambassador to Armenia said.

Recalling that the relations between Armenia and China have a history of several thousand years, dating back to the time of the ancient Silk Road, Ambassador Fan Yong added that in the modern times the relations between the two countries are developing steadily.

“We are very happy to see that many young people in Armenia today are interested in China, Chinese culture and language. I came to Armenia last year, I can say that since then I see that the number of students and pupils studying Chinese is increasing, their level of language skills is improving. Every year, our embassy organizes an event that financially encourages students, pupils, and lecturers. And I have already found that there are students among them who are very good”, Fan Yong said, reminding that the Chinese Embassy also cooperates with ARMENPRESS news agency.

According to the Ambassador, they have come up with a very good plan, thanks to which more Chinese tourists will visit Armenia to see the nature here and the beautiful places.

“I hope that as a result of our further cooperation, the flow of Chinese tourists to Armenia will increase even more, we will be able to see an increase in the number of tourists,” said the Chinese Ambassador.

 11:10,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Armenia is debating the candidacy of Artak Manukyan for the position of member of the Board of the Central Bank.

Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan said that the parliamentary standing committee on financial-credit and budgetary affairs is proposing Artak Manukyan’s candidacy. He has been nominated by the ruling Civil Contract party.

“I think I didn’t have any point in my biography which would deter me from applying to this position, taking account the experience I have. I think I can bring certain additional value to the structure like the Central Bank”, Manukyan said in his remarks and thanked the ruling party for nomination.

Manukyan says that he could contribute to the works on developing the CBA strategy if elected.

Previously Artak Manukyan has served as vice-chair of the standing committee on financial-credit and budgetary affairs of the 7th convocation parliament.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:16,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Lawmakers observed a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the 1999 October 27 parliament shooting.

Vice Speaker Ruben Rubinyan proposed lawmakers during the session to hold the moment of silence.

The five perpetrators, which include Hunanyan’s younger brother and uncle, were sentenced to life in prison in 2003.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 11:30,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. 2074 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 300,143, the ministry of healthcare reports.

13,696 COVID-19 tests were conducted on October 26.

714 patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 263,716.

The death toll has risen to 6151 (39 death cases have been registered in the past one day).

The number of active cases is 29,007.

The number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 but died from other disease has reached 1269 (6 new such cases).

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:33,

STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. 37 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Artsakh in the past 24 hours, the ministry of health said today.

169 COVID-19 tests were conducted on October 26.

At the moment, the number of people hospitalized is 145, 18 are in critical condition, 70 in serious condition. The other confirmed cases receive treatment at home.

A 68-year-old patient has died from the disease.

The ministry again urged the citizens to get vaccinated, to follow all the rules to prevent the spread of the virus.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan