Category: 2022

 13:07, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani armed forces fired irregular shots at Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities of Artsakh, the Interior Ministry of Artsakh said.

“The Martuni police department was notified that at around 11:45 Azerbaijanis fired intensively from various firearms in the direction of Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities for about 20 minutes.

There are no casualties.

At the moment, the law enforcement agencies together with the Russian peacekeeping troops are conducting checks”, the ministry said.

 13:15, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. The 2030 Education Development Program bill envisages internationally-acceptable unified, licensing and accreditation standards in accordance to infrastructure, total area, management and other criteria, the Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Artur Martirosyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“It is planned to create an equal competitive arena for the universities, namely to develop a unified organizational-legal form for universities, and create the same management system. Special attention will be paid to curriculum, based on the demands of the job market,” he added.

Institutional mechanisms of mid-term and long-term planning for state-order (government-funded education) will be introduced.

It is expected that every graduate will have internationally-recognized professional qualification in line with the job market demands.

“In the process of fundamental reforms the consolidation of state universities with scientific-research institutes must be pointed out, which is done for higher research quality and competitiveness. Five to eight universities with 100 percent state funding [tuition-free] will be created, at the same time not ruling out the possibility of paid education. Through targeted government support, a concrete number of universities in Armenia will be given the chance to significantly improve our positions in conditions of international competition. As a result, by 2030, four Armenian universities will be included in the list of top 500 universities worldwide,” Martirosyan said.

 15:20, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh issued new details from the latest Azerbaijani ceasefire violation.

“On July 27 and 28, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire and opened fire from various caliber small arms in the direction of Artsakh Defense Army military positions located respectively in the section of Tonashen and Karmir Shuka, Taghavard. There are no casualties from the Armenian side. The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the Republic of Artsakh was notified about the incident,” the Artsakh Ministry of Defense said.

 15:25, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Peru José Pedro Castillo Terrones on the occasion of Independence Day, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a press release.

The message reads as follows,

"Your Excellency,

On behalf of the people of Armenia and myself, I warmly congratulate you and the friendly people of Peru on Independence Day.

Armenia attaches importance to the development and strengthening of friendly relations with Peru in both bilateral and multilateral formats. I believe that due to joint efforts, we can develop a more ambitious and substantive agenda for the benefit of our countries and peoples.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration”.

 17:09, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Major-General Edward Asryan visited a military base in the south-eastern direction on July 27, the Ministry of Defense said.

Major-General Asryan inspected the implementation of planned activities, maintenance of armaments and military equipment and visited military outposts.

The commander of the base presented the tactical situation in the area and briefed on the engineering and reinforcement works.

The Chief of the General Staff issued directives to the commanders of units and met with conscripts.

 15:47, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from various caliber firearms around 12:00, July 28 in the direction of Armenian military positions deployed in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said.

The Azeri fire was suppressed with countermeasures.

There are no casualties on the Armenian side.

 17:12, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. Sisian town of Armenia’s Syunik province will host an Armenian-Iranian Cultural Culinary Festival titled “Navasard” on August 10-11, the Armenian Tourism Federation said.

The festival will be held for two days.

On the first day, the Armenian and Iranian teams will prepare various dishes and present the history of their cuisine. There will be music, dance, art works during the festival.

On August 11 a visit is scheduled to Zorats Karer site for stargazing.

The festival is organized by the Armenian Tourism Federation and the Preservation and Development of Armenian Culinary Traditions NGO with the support of the Tourism Committee, in partnership with the Governorate of Syunik, the Sisian municipality, the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, the Embassy of Iran in Armenia and its Cultural Center.

 17:24, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, 28 JULY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 28 July, USD exchange rate down by 1.16 drams to 406.69 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.03 drams to 412.14 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.07 drams to 6.72 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 0.84 drams to 492.79 drams.

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

Gold price down by 142.61 drams to 22411.86 drams. Silver price up by 2.25 drams to 245.36 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

 17:32, 28 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. The aggressive behavior of the Azerbaijani side aims to disrupt the normal life in the communities of Artsakh and terrorize the civilian population, Ombudsman of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan said in a statement released over today’s shots fired by the Azerbaijani armed forces at Artsakh’s Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities.

“On July 28, at around 11:45, the Azerbaijani side fired in the direction of Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities of the Martuni region of the Republic of Artsakh.

The shootings lasted for about 20 minutes, as a result of which bullets fell in the residential areas of the communities. According to the information obtained at the moment, the window of the house belonging to one of the residents of the Karmin Shuka community was broken, and 8 bullets of a rifle weapon were found in the yard of the same house. There were no casualties among the civilian population.

The aggressive behavior of the Azerbaijani side aims to disrupt the normal life in the communities of Artsakh and terrorize the civilian population. This behavior shows that the Azerbaijani leadership continues to pursue a policy of hatred against the people of Artsakh, the use of psychological and physical violence, and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh.

Even short-term pauses in actions leading to deliberate violations of the rights of the people of Artsakh and false pacifism are a tactical part of the ՛performance՛ presented by Azerbaijan and a purposeful behavior to mislead the international community.

The real goals and aspirations of the Azerbaijani side should be more than clear for mediators, international organizations, and peacekeepers deployed in Artsakh. Accordingly, any Azerbaijani action to blow dust in the eyes of the international community should receive a real assessment and opposition.

The criminal behavior of the Azerbaijani authorities, both before and today, has not undergone any change and continues to pursue the same Armenophobic and genocidal goals”, the statement says.