Category: 2022

 11:33,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Minister of Artsakh Davit Babayan reacted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent remarks on Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh.

Aliyev said on August 12 that “Armenians living in Karabakh will have no status, no independence and no special priviledges.”

“Well, what can be said here,” Babayan said in a statement. “There is no sense in going into details. I can only say the following. First of all I’d like to thank Aliyev for his sincerity. Indeed, neither Azerbaijan nor its leadership have never concealed their plans regarding Artsakh. Second, indeed Karabakh will not have anything as part of Azerbaijan because Karabakh itself will not exist. Besides, any status within Azerbaijan is unacceptable for Artsakh. How could the Jews have any kind of administrative-territorial status in Nazi Germany?” Babayan concluded in a statement on social media.

 11:54,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Retired Armenian army general, former MP Seyran Saroyan has died, the Public TV’s newswire reported.

Saroyan, 54, began his military career in the late 1980s, serving in the military during the First Nagorno Karabakh war.

He was elected Member of Parliament in 2007 and again in 2012 and 2017.

Saroyan’s awards and decorations include the Courage Medal (1994), Combat Cross Class II (1996, 2002 (NKR), Marshal Baghramyan Medal (1997), For Services to the Fatherland Medal Class I (2006), Andranik Ozanyan Medal (2004) and others.

The cause of death wasn’t immediately reported.

 12:13,

GYUMRI, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Tattoo art is becoming more and more popular in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city.

Local tattoo artists say that the attitude of the once conservative Gyumri is changing towards the art. For some it is a form of self-_expression_, a symbol and meaning, while others do it just for the cool looks.

Tattoos are mainly popular among young people, and in Gyumri getting a tattoo is becoming increasingly popular mostly among women. 

According to tattoo artists working in the city, most of their men customers prefer big images while women like mini tattoos.

Meline, an 18-year-old woman from Gyumri, says tattoos have deep meaning and symbolism for her. She says she got her first tattoo “out of revenge” – an image of a snake, and then a bigger one on her back. Now she has tattoos on her arms also. However, Meline admits that now she wants to remove the first one. “I wanted to get tattoos since I was a kid. This isn’t all, I want more on my beck and legs. I have many friends who have tattoos,” Meline said, adding that she wants to become a tattoo artist.

Unlike the heavily tattooed Meline, 22-year-old Gayane has two little tattoos on her arms. “The angel wings are in memory of my late mother”, Gayane said. “She is an angel for me. And the little star is the symbol of my future children. If I have a daughter I will name her Astghik [Star], and Areg [Sun] if it is a boy.”

Asked about how her family reacted to her tattoos, Gayane said even her grandfather responded normally. “Even my granddad normally accepted this, especially knowing what this means for me. It seems like after getting the tattoo something changed inside of me, the longing somehow alleviated. Believe me, I overcame some serious mental obstacle and the inner pain left me,” Gayane said.

Men mostly prefer tattoos on their arms, while women like tattoos on legs and near the ribs.

Lena Martirosyan is a tattoo artist working in Gyumri. She says she has customers from all across the country, and even abroad. Now, she says that locals are also increasingly beginning to get tattoos. “Not only young women, but also women above the age of 50 are coming here. Many women want their tattoo to be done by a woman artist,” Martirosyan said, adding that in most cases the tattoo which people get is the current state of mind they are in.

Martirosyan herself doesn’t have any tattoos though. "Perhaps I see it all the time that's why I don't want to get it myself."

Armenuhi Mkhoyan

 14:20,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ministry of Defense is denying the Azerbaijani accusations on opening fire at the border as “disinformation”.

“The statement issued by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense claiming that the detachments of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani positions is another disinformation. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is relatively stable and under the full control of the Armenian Armed Forces,” the ministry said.

 14:33,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Temperature will rise by 5-7 degrees starting Saturday, bringing up to +40-42 degrees Celsius amid an incoming heat wave from Iraq, the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center said.

From August 13 to 17 temperature will reach up to 42 degrees Celsius in the Ararat Valley, in Aragatsotn and Vayots Dzor provinces, as well as in Yerevan city.

Meteorologists advise to avoid direct sunlight at afternoon hours from August 13 to 17 due to intense UV levels.

Two more ships depart from Ukraine – Turkey's defence ministry

 15:10,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Two more ships left from Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Saturday, bringing the total number of ships to depart the country under a U.N.-brokered deal to 16, Reuters reports citing the Turkish Defense Ministry.

The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port, carrying 12,000 tonnes of corn to Turkey's southern Iskenderun province, it said. The Marshall Island-flagged Thoe departed from the same port and headed to Turkey's Tekirdag, carrying 3,000 tonnes of sunflower seeds.

The statement added that another ship would depart from Turkey on Saturday to Ukraine to buy grains.

Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on Saturday that 16 ships carrying 450,000 tonnes of agriculture products had departed from Ukrainian sea ports since early August under the deal which ensured safe passage for vessels.

Artsakh denies Azeri accusations on ceasefire breach

 15:20,

STEPANAKERT, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s accusations on Defense Army units violating the ceasefire is false, the Artsakh Defense Army said in a statement.

The Artsakh military said the Azeri ministry’s statement is another disinformation.