Category: 2022

 10:38, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. A commemoration event dedicated to the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held on April 26 during the plenary session of the Senate of Mexico, the Armenian Embassy in Mexico reported.

During the session Senator Alejandra León delivered remarks touching upon the massacres of the Armenian population perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire, and urging the Mexican Senate and government to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

At the proposal of the Senate President, the attendees honored the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims with a moment of silence.

During a press conference following the session Ambassador of Armenia to Mexico Armella Shakaryan said the recognition and commemoration of the genocides of the past are vital for preventing the repetition of such crime in any part of the world. The Ambassador said the impunity of the Armenian Genocide today inspires those who are planning new international crimes. She said that the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh in 2020, which was accompanied by crimes and ethnic cleansing, showed that the impunity of the crimes carried out in the past could have irreversible consequences.

 11:25, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. 17 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 422,855, the Armenian Ministry of Healthcare said.

No new deaths were recorded and the death toll stood at 8,622.

10 people recovered (total recoveries: 410,598).

2,774 tests were administered (total tests: 3,042,708).

As of April 27 the number of active cases stood at 1,952.

 11:33, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan participated in the Raisina Dialogue international conference in New Delhi at the invitation of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) operating within the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian ministry of labor and social affairs said in a news release.

The discussion organized by ORF was attended by top officials of different countries, including prime ministers, ministers, heads of international organizations, etc.

In his remarks Minister Narek Mkrtchyan touched upon the changes connected with the development of digital era, the challenges and opportunities of the technological future, presenting the existing problems and expected reforms in Armenia’s labor and social protection sector. As a first step to solve problems, the minister highlighted the necessity for legislative amendments which, he said, will allow to clarify the working relationships and the nature of the work in a digital platform, to define the rights and duties of employees in that field.

He also mentioned the agreements reached with his Indian counterpart over the existing problems, stating that India is among those few countries that has already introduced a number of systems directed for the regulation of the field.

Mr. Mkrtchyan emphasized the importance of using the opportunity of the digital era and taking necessary actions to ensure dignified working conditions.

 11:53, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. The report of the Human Rights Defender of the Artsakh Republic “On the Violations of the Rights of Artsakh People by Azerbaijan in February – March 2022” was disseminated as an official document in the United Nations Organization (UN), the Office of the Ombudsman of Artsakh said.

The report is available at the following link: https://www.undocs.org/en/A/76/802

 12:06, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Azerbaijan in actions that inflame the situation with regard to Nagorno Karabakh.

In his remarks at the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee session, Secretary Blinken said the United States supports a long-term political settlement with regard to Nagorno Karabakh.

“I have been very actively in directly engaged with leadership in both Armenia and Azerbaijan including just as recently as a week ago phone calls with Prime Minister Pashinyan and with President Aliyev, as well as their foreign ministers, trying to help advance prospects for a long-term political settlement with regard to Nagorno Karabakh”, Blinken said. “We have been developing and promoting various confidence-building measures. We have been trying to push back on any unilateral actions particularly by Azerbaijan that would only inflame the situation and we have a number of programs in place that are part of the budget to try to help advance more peaceful prospects”.

 13:26, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Gazprom has fully suspended gas supplies to the Bulgarian company Bulgargaz and the Polish PGNiG due to their failure to pay in rubles in due time, TASS reports citing the statement of the Russian holding.

“Gazprom Export has notified Bulgargaz and PGNiG of the suspension of gas supplies from April 27 until the payments are made according to the procedure outlined in the Decree”, Gazprom said. Gazprom Export has not yet received from those companies payments for the gas supplied in April, which were to be made in rubles as prescribed by the Russian President’s Decree dated March 31, 2022, as of the end of the working day on April 26, the Russian gas company added.

Bulgaria and Poland are transit states, Gazprom noted. “In case of unauthorized offtake of Russian gas from the volumes intended for transit into third countries, the transited supplies will be reduced by the volume that was offtaken,” the statement said.

The price of gas in Europe gained 21% following the statement, surpassing $1,370 per 1,000 cubic meters at some point.

President Vladimir Putin ordered on March 23 that unfriendly states must pay for Russian gas in rubles, saying that Moscow would refuse to accept payments under gas contracts with those states in “compromised” currencies, particularly meaning dollars and euros.

 13:35, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. A passerby who saved a 2-year-old child from drowning in the Debed River is hailed a hero for his selfless actions.

Road construction worker Zhirayr Poghosyan from the small town of Alaverdi was awarded with a medal by the Minister of Emergency Situation Armen Pambukchyan on April 27 in Yerevan.

“It is very meaningful to award and say thank you to Zhirayr Poghosyan at this ceremony,” Minister Pambukhchyan said at the official diploma awarding ceremony of the Crisis Management Academy graduates.

“Today in attendance we have students of the academy who are graduating and who may choose to become rescuers. This is a bright example of a rescuer, of a man’s consciousness in order to act that way.”

An emotional Poghosyan then spoke about the day he saved the child. “I got in to save the child. The only thing that was on my mind was to save her. When she was already in my arms I was shaking, I don’t even know how I managed to drive the car. It was my duty, and I fulfilled it. Now I am waiting for good news from the hospital, I will definitely visit the child today or tomorrow,” Poghosyan said.

Pambukhchyan said that he’s been briefed that the child is recovering at the Holy Mother of God Medical Center and that she is in a non-life threatening condition.

Pambukhchyan awarded the Cooperation for Rescue Medal to Poghosyan for “bravely and courageously fulfilling his civic duty while risking his own life.” Poghosyan also received a financial reward.

Meanwhile, the child’s 31-year old mother, who is suspected in intentionally throwing the child into the river, is under arrest on charges of attempted pre-meditated murder.

 14:32, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government will offer support in choosing profession and employment to young men after completing mandatory military service.

The Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ruben Sargsyan told ARMENPRESS that conscripts will be offered to head to the unified social services office of their regions after being discharged from service. “The purpose is to prevent unemployment, and also to help them to understand what they themselves want to do,” he said.

Meanwhile, over 100 specialists who will provide the consultations are undergoing training.

The training program is aimed at familiarizing the experts with the tools that will allow to support the discharged conscripts in the process of education and training, employment and competitiveness in the job market. The specialists will work to re-integrate and economically activate the discharged conscripts after need assessment.

 14:36, 27 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Police said they’ve detained 18 protesters in Yerevan for blocking several streets in the latest opposition demonstrations.

11 people were detained at the Republic Square while 7 others were detained in Tumanyan Street for failure to comply with the police order.

 15:31, 27 April, 2022

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament of Artsakh Artur Tovmasyan received today the delegation of students of the Diplomatic School of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, led by school director, Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan, the Parliament’s press service said.

During the meeting the Artsakh Speaker of Parliament touched upon the options of the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, and the existing realities.

He also talked about the inter-parliamentary ties, the involvement of Artsakh into the negotiation process and the regional challenges.