Machar 44 is a new restaurant located in the center of Yerevan, on Isahakyan street. This eatery is special in the sense that the majority of its workers are from Artsakh.
When entering, the smell of baklava and gata in the Artsakhian style fills the restaurant.
The opposition Homeland Salvation Movement has made the following announcement:
“Let’s all gather near the building of the National Assembly on February 3 at 10 a.m.
The My Step faction of the National Assembly continues to carry out anti-national and anti-state activities under the leadership of the government and its treacherous leader.
On February 3, at the initiative of the government, the National Assembly will hold a special session, and anti-state bills are among the items on the agenda.
We call on our citizens to gather near the building of the National Assembly on February 3 at 10 a.m. to protest against the activities of the anti-national authorities.”
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev called President Vladimir Putin’s efforts on normalization of situation in Nagorno-Karabakh ‘precision work’ on Monday, TASS reported.
Speaking in an interview for the media, he reminded about the 2016 escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, adding that "a roadmap was prepared at the time, but, unfortunately, the two countries did not use it the," which "led to a new conflict, a prolonged one, with many victims."
"It is very good that, thanks to the efforts of the Russian President – and this was precision work, I watched Vladimir Vladimirovich work once, he engaged in hours-long discussions with all participants of this conflict –without this work, this conflict could have continued right now," Medvedev underscored.
He added that "it is a huge work that both Armenia and Azerbaijan should be very grateful for to the Russian president."
Medvedev said that after the "hot phase" of the conflict ended in November 2020, "the situation has mostly settled, and this is the most important thing, people don’t die, and there are opportunities for development."
The Yerevan court of general jurisdiction today granted the motion of an investigator of the National Security Service of Armenia to choose arrest as a pre-trial measure against former deputy of the National Assembly of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), freedom fighter Vahan Badasyan, as reported Badasyan’s attorney Arayik Papikyan.
Yesterday the National Security Service detained Vahan Badasyan for the statements he made during a conversation with reporters at Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan.
Badasyan had declared that Nikol Pashinyan needs to be removed from power, and if he doesn’t leave, he must be physically destroyed. “There are various paths to take to remove him, even physically destroying him. This implies destruction of the enemy, perhaps through weapons. Yes, I am consciously threatening, let the National Security Service detain me,” he said.
Badasyan is charged with making public calls for seizure of power, violation of territorial integrity of forceful overthrow of constitutional order.
16:14,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Minister of emergency situations Andranik Piloyan received newly-appointed Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Alexander Konyuk, the ministry told Armenpress.
Minister Piloyan congratulated the Ambassador on appointment, expressing hope that they will manage to contribute to the development and strengthening of ties between the partner structures of the two states with joint efforts. The sides exchanged views on the capacities and structural peculiarities of the Armenian and Belarusian ministries of emergency situations.
The Ambassador stated that he will do everything for the Armenian-Belarusian relations to be put on a new level.
In turn the Armenian minister expressed readiness for close cooperation.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
Pashinyan offers parliamentary opposition to hold discussions on the terms of snap elections
19:18,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan offered the parliamentary opposition to hold discussions on the terms of snap elections, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan said during the parliament-Cabinet Q&A session.
‘’If you think we have exhausted ourselves, let's go, hold parliamentary elections and see who has exhausted. Let’s sit down and together decide the terms so that you do not say later that the government decided the terms itself’’, Pashinyan said.
Russian Foreign Ministry informs US, French Ambassadors about Putin-Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting
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YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko received Ambassadors of the USA and France to Russia John Sullivan and Pierre Levy and presented information about the results of the January 11 negotiations over Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS reports the Russian MFA informed.
''The Ambassadors were informed about the results of the January 11 negotiations of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. A comprehensive exchange of views on the future joint efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries took place'', reads the statement.