Category: 2022

 11:41,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. Officials from law enforcement agencies and the ministry of emergency situations are discussing options that would enable businesses of the Petak Trade Center to resume working, the Ministry of Emergency Situations spokesperson Hayk Kostanyan said in a statement.

Petak Trade Center was shut down indefinitely on August 14 when the adjacent Surmalu shopping center explosion took place.

“The businesses at the Petak Trade Center are demanding to know a concrete day when they can return to work. As soon as a decision is made the announcement will be made,” Kostanyan said.

 11:54,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. Breast cancer continues to claim many lives all over the world. The biggest problem is that women often visit a doctor when the disease is already at the final stage. In order to prevent the disease, every woman should regularly be examined.

In an interview to ARMENPRESS, oncologist-surgeon Artur Avetisyan, the deputy director of the National Center of Oncology named after Fanarjyan, said that the breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and could lead to very serious consequences because of not detecting it on time.

“Unfortunately, many people in Armenia see the breast cancer at the stage when it becomes visible or palpable. Even if it is very small, we could already assume that it could have been detected earlier thanks to the regular screenings”, he said.

Talking about the causes of the breast cancer, Artur Avetisyan said that they are many and the meeting of these various causes in one place could cause the disease. Among the causes he mentions a hereditary factor, obesity, passive lifestyle and abuse of different types of hormone substitutes or drugs containing female hormones, etc.

“The breast cancer is spread globally, but in developed countries the number of deaths associated with this disease is declining. This is thanks to early detection and quality treatment”, he added.

The oncologist-surgeon notes that in order to avoid the disease, it is necessary to follow the weight, run a healthy lifestyle, avoid using hormone substitutes for a long time and regularly undergo medical examination.

As for the screening programs, the doctor said that it aims at examining everyone in a concrete age or risky group which will allow to detect early the disease and fully prevent its further complications.

 

Interview by Gayane Gaboyan

Photos by Hayk Manukyan

 12:10,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. 1913 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Armenia in the past one week, the ministry of healthcare said.

6523 tests were conducted on August 15-21.

The total number of confirmed cases has reached 432,274.

The death toll has risen to 8648 as 5 death cases were registered in a week.

1663 patients recovered in the past week. The total number of recoveries comprises 419,528.

The current number of active cases is 2417.

 12:12,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. The Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Rustam Badasyan held a meeting with Jennifer Sweeder, the regional director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States of America.

During the meeting Badasyan and Sweeder were pleased to note the current level of cooperation and addressed the future steps and actions of jointly implemented programs.

The course of the DEA-supported infrastructure development program at the SRC K9 center was discussed. The sides expressed hope that the construction will be completed within 2022 and that it will provide new opportunities for the SRC anti-smuggling division to more effectively fight against drug trafficking.

Badasyan highlighted the continuous technical support provided by partners aimed at the training of customs officers and research of the best practice.

On the occasion of Sweeder completing her mission in the region, the SRC chief thanked her for cooperation and wished success in her new capacity.

Badasyan also congratulated Sweeder’s successor Imeda Tsitsiashvili and expressed readiness for cooperation.

 12:43,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. A person who allegedly plotted to blow himself up to kill a senior Indian politician was intercepted during transit through Russia, RT reports citing the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia.

The would-be suicide bomber was recruited in Turkey by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), the statement said. The man was radicalized on social media and met a representative of IS in Istanbul to record a pledge of allegiance before going on a mission to India, the FSB said. Russia served as a transit nation for the trip, the agency said.

Russian law enforcement described the intended target of the terrorist attack as a “member of the ruling circles of India.”

The FSB said the man was a citizen of a Central Asian nation, who was “staying in the Turkish Republic between April and June 2022.”

10th Pan-Armenian Educational Conference to contribute to strengthening Armenia-Diaspora ties

 12:54,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. The 10th Pan-Armenian Educational Conference, organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, was held in Aghveran on August 16-21, attended by representatives of Armenian educational facilities from 21 countries, as well as around 100 representatives of education sector of Armenia and Artsakh, the ministry said in a press release.

Deputy Minister of Education Artur Martirosyan attended the closing ceremony of the Conference. Addressing the participants, he highly valued their efforts and dedication to the preservation of Armenian identity in the Diaspora.

“This Conference is the platform enabling to voice about the problems of organizing and implementing education sector in the Diaspora, to determine the cooperation directions with the Ministry of Education. Continue your dedicated work of educating Armenian children in the Diaspora as fighters for preserving our identity”, he said.

The participants assessed the Conference results as positive, calling it a good opportunity to exchange experience, expand the cooperation, address the problems and launch a new partnership for solving them.

The Conference is organized with the support of the Armenian government.

 12:55,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. Two Azerbaijani servicemen suffered various-degree injuries in the Lachin district in a landmine explosion, according to Azerbaijani media reports.

The Azerbaijani military prosecution is investigating the incident.

 13:37,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. The unidentified body recovered at the Surmalu trade center blast area belonged to citizen Gagik Karapetyan, the man who was one of the two presumed missing persons in the explosion, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Hayk Kostanyan said in a statement. 

All 16 bodies recovered from the blast area are now identified.

Another person is still presumed missing in the blast.

Pan-Armenian Forum of Journalists expected to take place in spring 2023

 14:24,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. The Coordination Council of Pan-Armenian Forum of Journalists held a meeting on August 19 in Yerevan in the Union of Journalists of Armenia.

The session was attended by President of the Union of Journalists of Armenia, editor-in-chief of 168 Hours Satik Seyranyan, former and current directors of ARMENPRESS state news agency Aram Ananyan and Narine Nazaryan, President of All Armenian Media Association and Noyan Tapan news agency director Tigran Harutyunyan, Azdag and Zartonk director- editors-in-chief Shahan Gantaharian and Sevag Hagopian. Editor-in-chief of the Czech Orer daily Hakob Asatryan joined the meeting online.

Among many issues discussed at the meeting, the Coordination Council also decided to hold the upcoming Forum in spring 2023. Details associated with the upcoming Forum will soon be discussed at the next session of the Coordination Council scheduled in November 2022.

 14:31,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spouse Anna Hakobyan arrived in the Aragatsotn Province on August 22 on a two-day trip.  

In the provincial capital of Ashtarak, Hakobyan was welcomed by Aragatsotn Governor Sergey Movsisyan and his spouse and the Mayor of Ashtarak Tovmas Shahverdyan, who accompanied her to the Perj Proshyan House-Museum.

The museum director Marine Tumanyan presented the history of the House-Museum to Mrs. Hakobyan.

The museum was founded in 1948 on the foundation of the writer’s paternal house. It was renovated in 2008. Today, the Perj Proshyan House-Museum has more than 2000 items on display presenting the activities of the renowned writer.  Perj Proshyan greatly focused on women’s education, and he was the founder of the Galanian Girls’ School in Tbilisi.

Anna Hakobyan then visited the Karmravor Church of Holy Mother of God in Ashtarak. The church priest Manuk Zeynalyan greeted Mrs. Hakobyan and presented the history of the church. The church was built by Priests Grigor and Manas in the 7th century and served as a Convent where the remains of the nuns and priests are laid to rest.

Governor Sergey Movsisyan and his spouse presented to her an oil painting depicting the Karmravor Church.