Category: 2022

FLYONE Armenia expands geography of flights: Tehran, Beirut under consideration

 13:42, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian airline FLYONE Armenia is expanding the geography of its flights, Chairman of the Board of FLYONE Armenia Aram Ananyan told a press conference in Armenpress, adding that they consider several important destinations of the Middle East.

“We plan to include Tehran and Beirut this year, and if possible, we will expand the geography in other directions. Our goal is to increase the passenger flow to and outside Armenia. The demand for aviation services is increasing globally. Research shows that the current demand for aviation services passes the pre-pandemic figures. As an airline, we should do everything to meet this demand by responding to the international trends”, Aram Ananyan said.

The airline has recently enlarged its aviation park with a new aircraft. The third aircraft – Airbus A319 with 144 seats, has already arrived in Armenia. It allows to expand the geography of flights, add new directions, increase the frequency of flights and provide aviation services in better quality.

“You know that problems emerged with the possibility of transit through Turkey’s airspace. I would like to note that the problems were resolved also with the active support of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia”, Aram Ananyan said.

Starting June 17, the airline is resuming the regular direct flights from Yerevan to Lyon and Paris. The Chairman of the Board said that the possibility of operating charter flights in summer to popular vacation sites for Armenians is also being considered.

 16:23, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. It is expected to build a smart center in Armenia’s Kapan town, which will offer an informal education, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan said at the joint session of parliamentary standing committees.

Talking about the Kapan program, the deputy minister said that the government examined the number of beneficiary children in 31 rural settlements, the distance of the settlements, their location and the condition of buildings. “And as a result of these studies, it has been planned to organize education in 13 educational facilities, which will be a place for implementation of pre-school, school and additional educational programs”, she said.

Zhanna Andreasyan said there is a chance to increase the component of informal education. “Within the framework of the EU programs, the possibility of building a smart center by COAF, the Children of Armenia Fund, in Kapan enlarged community is also being discussed”, she said.

A similar center is operating in Debed community in Lori province, which the deputy minister calls a very good environment of informal education. It offers different course to around 2000 children from 27 communities. “We will have a similar center in Kapan enlarged community. And our formal education program, by joining this atmosphere of informal education, will form an entire ecosystem and will enable to have a high-quality education”, the deputy minister said, adding that this is one of the programs that is being discussed with the EU’s support.

 16:39, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received Ambassador of the United States to Armenia Lynne Tracy, the government’s press service said.

During the meeting the sides discussed issues relating to the Armenian-American bilateral cooperation.

Views were exchanged on the main directions of the Police reforms, including the activity of the patrol service and the creation of the ministry of interior.

The ongoing works on unblocking the regional transportation communications were also touched upon.

 16:50, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Uruguayan movie director Federico Lemos’s film “We Are Our Mountains” about the Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) conflict, has been screened in the National Auditorium of Sodre Dr. Adela Reta of Uruguay, Diario Armenia reports.

Among around 2000 attendees there were also representatives of culture, art, media of Uruguay, officials and members of the Armenian community.

The movie tells the story of the Artsakh conflict from the viewpoints of four Armenians living in the region.

The Armenian Sardarapat journal of Argentina reports that Lemos said that shooting this film has been a real challenge for him. He said that after looking at the activity of the Armenian community of Uruguay, how they try to preserve their own roots and traditions, all these made him go further into the topic.

The film has already been sent to more than 60 international movie festivals.

“We Are Our Mountains” was filmed in Stepanakert, Goris, Oshakan, Sevan, Gyumri, Yerevan, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, San Paolo and Los Angeles.

 17:20, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, 7 JUNE, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 7 June, USD exchange rate down by 3.75 drams to 433.87 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 6.28 drams to 463.11 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.08 drams to 7.11 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 7.27 drams to 542.03 drams.

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

Gold price down by 190.35 drams to 25767.04 drams. Silver price up by 6.39 drams to 310.44 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

 17:21, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the parents and relatives of the Armenian prisoners of war who are still illegally held in Azerbaijan, the ministry said.

Minister Mirzoyan touched upon the works aimed at presenting the issue of the release of the POWs and other persons held to international high-ranking officials, parliamentarians, human rights organizations and then answered to the questions of the meeting participants.

Ararat Mirzoyan reaffirmed that the Foreign Ministry makes all possible efforts for the quick release and repatriation of the POWs.

 18:12, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. The regular sitting of the interdepartmental commission on evaluation of subsidy applications for the development of economic and social infrastructure of the communities of Armenia, in addition to the subsidies envisaged by the annual state budgets of the Republic of Armenia took place today, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Hambardzum Matevosyan, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

91 applications for subsidies programs received from 37 communities of 10 Provinces of Armenia were discussed with the leadership and representatives of the concerned state bodies, which mainly referred to asphalting works, construction and renovation of kindergartens, improvement of backyards, gas supply, construction of water supply network, installation of lighting systems, etc.

 19:52, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he is ready for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, ARMENPRESS reports TASS said, citing Zelensky’s statement.

“I am determined to hold direct talks with President Putin if we are ready to seriously discuss ending this war,” Zelensky told the Financial Times.

 20:35, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Russia has lifted coronavirus restrictions on transport communication with Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, ARMENPRESS reports, citing TASS, the relevant decision, was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.

Earlier, the Russian government decided to compile a list of countries from which temporary restrictions on Russian transport communication should be lifted. The list includes 9 countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Ukraine. The decision of May 22 was amended, the names of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan were added.

Ambassador Mkrtchyan presents credentials to the President of Albania

 21:01, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Albania Tigran Mkrtchyan (residence in Athens) presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Albania Ilir Meta on June 7.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Facebook page of the Armenian Embassy in Greece, during the meeting following the official ceremony the President of Albania congratulated and wished success to the Armenian Ambassador, expressing confidence that he will contribute to the development of bilateral relations.

Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan noted that the two countries have a great potential for cooperation in areas of mutual interest, expressing hope that in the near future the agenda of Armenian-Albanian cooperation will be further expanded, the foundations of a bilateral legal field will be laid.  At the same time, the Ambassador noted that the focus of his activities will be not only the deepening of political and economic relations, but also the application of the existing potential in the cultural, scientific and educational spheres. In this context, the Ambassador stressed that the activities of the Tumo Tirana Creative Technology Center in the Albanian capital have a unique role in the cooperation between the two countries in the field of science and technology, as well as in strengthening the ties between the youth and future generations of the two countries.

The interlocutors noted with satisfaction the mutual support in the multilateral dimension.

President Ilir Meta wished success to Ambassador Mkrtchyan in carrying out his diplomatic mission in Albania and expressed his support for that mission. The President of Albania also emphasized the role of the Armenian community in Albania in strengthening the friendly ties between the two countries.