Category: 2022

Sports: Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates Roma’s victory with Armenian flag

Arbi Tashjian
PanARMENIAN
Armenia –
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PanARMENIAN.Net – Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrated Roma’s victory in the Confederation Cup with the Armenian flag.

The player, who captained the Armenian national teams for many years, published photos from the match and captioned them: “For you all.”

However, Mkhitaryan lasted only 15 minutes for Roma before suffering a relapse of his thigh injury, Football Italia reports.

The Armenia international had been out of action with a thigh injury since April 28 and tried everything to be ready for the big match against Feyenoord this evening.

He seemed to make a full recovery and looked good in the warm-up, despite having just one training session with his Giallorossi teammates in over three weeks.

However, just 15 minutes into the Conference League Final in Tirana, Mkhitaryan fell to the ground and sadly shook his head.

It was clear he would not be able to continue and had suffered a relapse of that thigh injury.

Sky Sport Italia report from Roma medics on the touchline in Tirana that it is the exact same spot where he had the first injury, the right flexor, which was a Grade II lesion.

Armoteca: HayPost launches new platform for promotion and export of Armenian goods

Emil Lazarian
Public Radio of Armenia
Armenia –

Armenia’s post operator HayPost has launched the new Armoteca online platform, aimed at popularizing the best Armenian products and organizing their delivery to about 190 countries. Armenian wines, herbal teas, dried fruit, spices and other Armenian flavors and tastes — all will be available to customers.

It is possible to order the Armenian wines, sweets, honey, fruit jams, canned food both in Armenia and beyond its borders through Armoteca online platform. The scope of products will keep increasing every day.

HayPost CEO Hayk Karapetyan said: “Armoteca is a platform not only for Armenians living abroad, but also for everyone who appreciates the good wine, organic herbal teas, pure canned products from natural fruit. Thanks to Armoteca platform that we are launching, we create an opportunity for Armenian businessmen to present and sell their production all over the world, while we are going to deliver it in shortest period of time. We invite our producers of really high-quality products to present their goods on our platform.”

Within the framework of Armoteca online platform, HayPost will give the Armenian producers the possibility to ensure the availability of Armenian goods in about 190 countries.

Armenia on path to become full member of COST

Aram Torosian
| Network Updates | Update from COST Association
These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network
By Communication from COST

On 17 May 2022, the National Academy of Science of Armenia (NAS RA), in cooperation with the Scientific and Innovation Partnership Assistance Center (SIPAC), organised an EURAXESS Armenia Mobility Day in Yerevan, Armenia.

The session was chaired by Mr. Tigran Arzumanyan, Head of International Grants Support Department, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. The focus of the mobility day is to provide various mobility opportunities to researchers and innovators as well as the latest information about Horizon Europe and the association process.

Under the flagship of the “EU programs supporting researchers’ mobility and career development”, COST was invited to present the COST Programme supporting the creation of research networks.

“Internationalisation of science can start with COST”

Mr. Hrant Matevosyan, Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Mr. Hrant Matevosyan, Vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia with participants attending the meeting.

Armenia joined EURAXESS as the 41st Member and is setting the path to become the 41st COST Full Member. Since 2016, the Republic of Armenia currently participates as a Near Neighbour Country whose researchers and innovators are actively using the COST Actions for engaging with their peers from Europe and beyond.

In her presentation, Mrs Katalin Alföldi, Policy Officer and Global Networking Task Leader at the COST Association gave a detailed overview of the COST Programme, emphasised the benefits of joining a COST Action and the ways to participate in COST activities.

Mrs Katalin Alföldi, COST Association

Cooperation between NNCs and the European Union is of strategic importance for both the COST Actions and the research communities of the neighbouring countries.

This cooperation gained even more importance following November 2021, when the European Commission and Armenia signed the agreement granting the Republic of Armenia associated status to Horizon Europe, the EU’s research, and innovation framework programme (2021-2027). This means that Armenian researchers, innovators, and research entities can participate under the same conditions as entities from the EU Members States.

In the case of the COST Programme, this brings those Armenian researchers are eligible for reimbursement if they would like to participate in or organise a Training School, Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM), conference, or another networking activity in the context of a COST Action. They can also access COST’s Inclusive Target Country (ITC) tools, such as ITC conference grants.

Last year, among the 40 new successful proposals, 73% of the networks have attracted participants from COST International Partner Countries and Near Neighbour Countries.

Lavrov claims US has biolabs in Armenia, Kazakhstan

Kanayan Tamar
TeleTrader



Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed in an interview with RT Arabic published on Thursday that biological laboratories funded by the United States exist in Armenia, as well as several Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan.

“There are such [biological] laboratories in Armenia, Kazakhstan and in the countries of Central Asia,” Lavrov stated and added Russia is looking to conclude “memorandums of cooperation on biological safety, involving mutual informing about how biological programs” with these countries. “Transparency is important to ensure that these programs do not have a military dimension, as this is prohibited by the Convention [on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons]. These memorandums involve mutual visits and familiarization with the activities of laboratories. In addition, it is written that biological each of our parties should not have military representatives of any third party,” he added.

Earlier, Moscow accused the US of operating biological laboratories in Ukraine, which Washington denied.

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Sports: Mkhitaryan celebrates Conference League triumph with Armenian tricolor

Alex Jidarian
Panorama
Armenia –

SPORT 11:56 26/05/2022 WORLD

Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrated Roma’s triumph in the Conference League with an Armenian tricolor.

Roma won their first major European trophy after beating Feyenoord 1-0 in the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana on Wednesday.

The Armenia international lasted only 15 minutes for Roma before suffering a relapse of his thigh injury, Football Italia reported.

He had been out of action with a thigh injury since April 28 and tried everything to be ready for the big match against Feyenoord.

Parents of fallen soldiers enter SJC building in Yerevan

Emma Jilavian
Panorama
Armenia –

SOCIETY 14:20 26/05/2022 ARMENIA

The parents of Armenian soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Artsakh entered the building of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a state body overseeing Armenian courts, for a meeting with its chair, Gagik Jhangiryan.

About 60 parents, led by Karin Tonoyan, gathered near the state agency in central Yerevan on Thursday morning to protest against a court decision to bar them from attending hearings on an appeal against the refusal to bring treason charges against PM Nikol Pashinyan.

They demanded a meeting with the SJC chief, who eventually agreed to receive 30 parents.

Aram Vardevanyan, an MP from the opposition Hayastan alliance, said reporters were not let in, adding the parents would raise the issue at the meeting.

The Armenian opposition leaders and supporters marched to the SJC earlier on Thursday to support the protesting parents.

Varuzhan Geghamyan: The one who cedes lands will never be able to conquer the space

Ani Kharatian
Panorama
Armenia –

Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan reacted to Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that Armenia’s first space satellite was launched into the Earth’s orbit on a SpaceX spacecraft.

“There is and should be only one agenda for discussions in Armenia: the ouster of the pro-Turkish authorities to have a chance to save Artsakh, Syunik and the Armenian statehood. Everything else, from Eurovision to the satellite, is a fictitious agenda that has nothing to do with Armenia, much less with Armenia’s urgent problems,” he wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

“Do not succumb to the propaganda of the capitulant!” Geghamyan said, urging people to join the opposition rally to be held in France Square on Thursday evening.

“The one who cedes lands will never be able to conquer the space,” he added.

Bashar al-Assad, Aram I discuss challenges facing Armenian community in Syria

Toneyan Mark
ARMINFO
Armenia –
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo.Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I  met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

As Aram I himself informs, the President of Syria welcomed the visit  of His Holiness and the delegation accompanying him to the SAR.  During the conversation, Assad recalled the Armenian Genocide  committed by the Ottoman state and stressed that history continues in  Syria. He noted the contribution of Armenia to the development and  progress of Syria and stressed that the Armenian community is an  integral part of the Syrian society.

Aram I, in turn, highly appreciated the support of the Syrian state  for the restoration of the Armenian community. His Holiness assured  that the Armenians of Syria will support the restoration and  prosperity of Syria at any cost.  The meeting provided an opportunity  to discuss the concerns  and problems of the region. Assad was then  briefed on the difficulties faced by the Armenians in Syria. As part  of his visit to Syria, Aram I also met with Syrian  Minister of Awqaf  (Religious Endowments) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, Prime  Minister Hussein Arnus and head of the Assyrian Orthodox Church  Aphrem II  Patriarch (Meetings with the leaders of the Greek Orthodox  and Catholic Churches did not take place due to the absence of the  latter in the country).

Russian Ambassador informs Syunik Governor and Kapan Mayor about Russia`s efforts to ensure regional security

Emil Lazarian
ARMINFO
Armenia –
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the working visit of the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin to Syunik region, the head of the diplomatic mission met  with governor of the region  Robert Ghukasyan and mayor of Kapan  Gevorg Parsyan.

According to the press service of the Russian Embassy in the Republic  of Armenia, noting the long- standing and strong ties of the  inhabitants of the region with Russia the governor of the region  presented the current socio-economic situation to the ambassador,  stressed the importance of the assistance of the Russian side in the  implementation of relevant programs, including through UN bodies, and  also expressed gratitude to Russia for its role in ensuring security  in the region.

For his part, Kopirkin emphasized the enduring relevance of  Russian-Armenian allied relations, close cooperation between  countries in a wide range of areas, as well as the centuries-old  friendship of our peoples. He noted that Russia is providing and will  continue to provide the necessary assistance to the residents of  Syunik.

Kopyrkin stressed that the Russian side is making active mediation  efforts both in resolving the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border, including delimitation, and in the process of normalizing  relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a whole in order to  create prerequisites for the peaceful development of the region.

Rally of parents of servicemen killed in 44-day war is being held near Supreme Judicial Council

Ekmekjian Janet
ARMINFO
Armenia –
Alina Hovhannisyan

ArmInfo.A rally of the parents of servicemen killed in the 44-day war is being held near the Supreme Judicial Council

The protesters demand a meeting with the head of the body, Gagik  Jhangiryan, and holding open court hearings on their case in order to  also take part in them.  The protesters demand a meeting with head of  the body Gagik Jhangiryan and that the court hearings on their case  be held in an open format so that they also can participate in them.

Members of the opposition movement approached the building of the  Supreme Judicial Council to support the parents of the dead  servicemen.