Category: 2022

PUBLISHED 10:12 AM PT Jul. 25, 2022

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EU countries seek deal on weakened plan to cut winter gas use

 09:41,

YEREVAN, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS. European Union countries are set to approve a weakened emergency EU proposal to curb their gas demand on Tuesday, with opt-outs allowing them to follow different national paths to prepare for Russian supply cuts, Reuters reports.

Europe faces a further gas squeeze this week, after Russian’s Gazprom said it would again slash flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. With a dozen EU countries already facing reduced Russian supplies, Brussels has warned that a full cut-off is likely – and is urging countries to prepare by saving gas and storing it for winter.

The European Commission last week proposed emergency rules requiring each country to cut its gas use by 15% from August to March. The target would be voluntary, but the Commission could make it binding in a supply emergency.

However, the plan has faced resistance from a range of governments and countries have redrafted it to include exemptions for numerous countries and industries.

 10:38,

YEREVAN, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Ministry of High Technological Industry announces accepting applications for participation in the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in the French capital of Paris on September 18-22, the ministry said.

Space for All exhibition is a part of the Congress. High-tech companies could also participate in the exhibition.

The Armenian ministry plans to be represented at the exhibition in a single pavilion, by presenting Armenian solutions in space and high-tech fields.

Those interested should submit their applications with the following link.

The deadline is August 5.

Details are available here.

The ministry covers only the costs of pavilion rent, construction and access to the exhibition.

 10:45,

YEREVAN, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS. For exactly three weeks, employees of various departments of mobile network of the Ucom’s Technical Directorate once again shared their professional skills, knowledge and know-hows in telecommunications field with ten students from the Faculty of Information and Telecommunication Technologies and Electronics of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA).

The internship was held in 8 departments, including those of Radio Network Planning and Optimization, Radio Network Operation (BSS: Basic Service Set), Service Quality Control (AQP: Advanced Quality Planning) and Transmission Department. The students took part in the works on the localization of the new station, defined the main parameters, integrated them, and operated the station software. Future radio engineers monitored how mobile network management systems were maintained, analyzed station statistics, ensured connectivity between all stations and the mobile core network, as well as international connectivity.

With the help of specific software packages, “I conduct a drive-test, through which I study the quality and coverage of the network”, said student Nune Baghdasaryan.

“During the internship period at Ucom, we studied the operations of all departments: we were in the radio one, we were engaged in planning, installed stations, visited AQP, answered subscribers’ questions, we opened tickets, redirected them to the relevant departments, which could give solutions on a more serious level. I liked Radio Department and BSS because those seem more interesting, and you have a deeper understanding of what profession you are studying and how you will subsequently work in this role. We have 5 female students on the course, both girls and boys study equally, but mostly it is girls who want to work at Ucom,” said Tamara Poghosyan, 4th year student of the Faculty of Telecommunications and Signal Processing of NPUA.

Both Liliya Husikyan, the Head of the Polytechnic University students’ internship and Senior radio network engineer at Ucom, and Armen Ayvazyan, Head of the Mobile Department, strictly ensured that future colleagues also learn to monitor the operation of stations through a 24/7 system, notice problems, analyze the alarms and offer solutions.

“We attach great importance to cooperation with the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. This year, 10 students completed an internship with us, during which they got acquainted with a number of technical professions and realized how to pave their career path in our company, saw our technical team, understood how much they can learn from us. They've spent their internship both in the office and on the streets of the capital city, conducting drive tests; as well as in the regions, visiting base stations; they figured out how they could apply their theoretical knowledge in practice and what practical skills they would need to develop in order to really start working. I believe that this is a model of mutually beneficial cooperation, because it is these students who have shown high involvement and the best results that are our primary candidates for replenishing entry-level technical vacancies,” said Viktorya Baghdasaryan, Director of Human Resources Management and Organizational Development at Ucom.

At the end of the internship, with the support of the Ucom Stations’ Operation and Maintenance Department staff, the students once again visited one of the regions of the country to understand how stations are maintained and how the failed equipment is being replaced, namely, the antennas, modules, cables, generators and batteries.

 11:34,

YEREVAN, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS. The Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine is the top corporate taxpayer in Armenia in January-June of 2022, according to a list of the 1000 largest taxpayers published by the State Revenue Committee.

The 1000 largest taxpayers paid more than 722 billion 325 million drams in taxes in the reporting period, of which more than 109 billion 253 million drams are customs payments.

The top 10 taxpayers are:

1) Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine – more than 104 billion drams

2) Gazprom Armenia – more than 33 billion drams

3) Grand Tobacco – more than 20 billion drams

4) International Massis Tabak – more than 10,8 billion drams

5) Teghut – more than 8,9 billion drams

6) MTS Armenia – more than 8,2 billion drams

7) Agarak Copper Molybdenum Combine – more than 7,7 billion drams

8) Flash – more than 7,6 billion drams

9) Philip Morris Armenia – more than 7,5 billion drams

10) Mountain Metallurgy Institute – more than 7,2 billion drams

 12:24,

YEREVAN, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS. Negotiations are being held to organize a meeting between the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, according to a senior lawmaker.

“Recently rather active work is done in the diplomatic sector, including in the context of the parliament, parliamentary diplomacy,” the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Aghajanyan told reporters when asked whether or not meetings between the Armenian and Azeri leaders or foreign ministers are expected. “And meetings are rather often, in various formats. And as far as I know there are also negotiations that sometime later a meeting must take place between the leaders of the countries.”

Aghajanyan did not mention possible timeframes.