14:44,
YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS. The Sports (Competitive) Programming Federation of Armenia was formally established.
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Vahram Dumanyan is the president of the federation.
The federation seeks to develop and promote sports programming in Armenia.
11:37,
YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS. Armenia is planning to open a diplomatic office in Cyprus, Ambassador of Armenia to Cyprus Tigran Mkrtchyan said during the meeting with Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) Michalis P. Michael.
The Ambassador of Armenia arrived in Cyprus on a first official visit.
Tigran Mkrtchyan said that the upcoming diplomatic office will be represented by an Armenian diplomat and expressed hope that Cyprus will also open a diplomatic office in Armenia.
Ambassador Mkrtchyan said that long-term close relations exist between Armenia and Cyprus. He expressed hoped that there will be an opportunity in the near future to mutually open diplomatic representations in Yerevan and Nicosia.
The Armenian Ambassador also touched upon the Cyprus-Armenia-Greece cooperation, stating that a number of meetings have taken place within the frames of this partnership, particularly in military, political and Diaspora fields, expressing hope for the further expansion of this collaboration.
He expressed gratitude to Cyprus for the support provided to Armenia.
In his turn Michalis P. Michael stated that efforts will be made to further expand and deepen the cooperation with Armenia, including the partnership in the fields of news and information, adding that CyBC is broadcasting daily radio programs specially for Cypriot-Armenians.
In the return match of the first qualifying round of the Conference League Alashkert met with the club Hamrun Spartans in Malta and suffered a defeat 1-4.
In the 48th minute, 32-year-old defender Artak Yedigaryan scored for Alashkert.
In the first game, Alashkert won 1-0.
Conference League, First Qualifying Round, second leg
Hamrun Spartans (Malta) vs Alashkert (Armenia) – 4-1 (first match – 0-1)
Roko Prsa, 55, Ognjen Bjelicic, 62, Jonny, 72, Ailton Soares, 75 – Artak Yedigaryan, 48
JUL. 12, 2022
8:10 A.M.
PHOTO – ARMENIAN FEST Armenian Dance Company of Chicago
With a 3,000-year history, Armenia is one of the world’s longest surviving cultures and its traditions are kept alive by Armenian communities around the world. In Milwaukee, Armenian Fest has long been the local community’s gateway event. The annual festival returns this Sunday, July 17.
Food is one of the festival’s attractions. Although similar in some respects to the cooking of Greece and other Eastern Mediterranean nations, Armenian cuisine includes many unique dishes and often draws from a different array of spices and ingredients than its neighbors. At Armenian Fest, the menu items are homemade from old family recipes and includes chicken and beef kabobs, bureks, lahmajoon (a pizza-like dish served on thin tortilla dough), sarma and an array of baklava and other desserts. And in this inflationary time, prices remain reasonable.
Along with food, there will be dance performances, cultural displays, church tours and live traditional music by Racine’s Mid-East Beat.
Armenian Fest takes place 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, July 17 at St. John the Baptist Armenian Orthodox Church, 7825 W. Layton Ave. Parking and admission are free.
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/shish-kabob-music-and-more-at-armenian-fest/
13:10, 9 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 9, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan visited Armavir province today.
“I visited Armavir province. The first station was in Ptghunk where I got acquainted with the construction process of the local secondary school”, the PM said on social media.
The project is implemented within the framework of the Program of Improving Seismic Safety with the funds of the state budget and the Asian Development Bank.
The construction of the school will end this October.
The PM asked the responsible officials about the equipment of the school, and in response they said that a tender has been announced for this purpose, they are working also with the Ministry of Education and will submit a proposal based on the results for receiving funding from the state budget.
The PM stated that the opening of the school must not be delayed because of equipment.
10:41, 8 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 8, ARMENPRESS. Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, is in grave condition after being shot on Friday during a campaign for a parliamentary election, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, reports Reuters.
Fumio Kishida condemned the shooting in the western city of Nara during the campaign for Sunday's upper house election as an unacceptable attack on the foundation of Japan's democracy.
Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind.
Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting in the western city of Nara had been arrested.
Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when airlifted to hospital, after having initially been conscious and responsive.
TBS Television reported that Abe had been shot on the left side of his chest and apparently also in the neck.
Vice President of Serbian meets with representatives of Armenian community, discusses development of relations
18:22, 7 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS. Stefan Krkobabic, Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia, hosted Biljana Obradovic-Shahrimanyan and Darko Obradovic, representatives of the Armenian community of Serbia. ARMENPRESS reports the official website of the National Assembly of Serbia informs that the activities of the Armenian community, opportunities for deepening sports, cultural and general cooperation between Serbia and Armenia were discussed at the meeting.
"Our historical ties date back to the times of Saint Sava, who visited Armenia. Armenian artists and builders contributed to the construction of our medieval churches and monasteries. Our cultural and historical ties are strong," said the Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia. He emphasized that the bilateral cooperation between Serbia and Armenia has a growing trend. He expressed hope that Armenia will open an embassy in Serbia and expects to cooperate with the Armenian community, which has done a lot since 2019 to promote Armenian culture in Serbia, as well as Serbian culture in Armenia.
"I am sure that with joint efforts we will contribute to the further development of general relations between Serbia and Armenia," he added.
Biljana Obradovic-Shahrimanyan, for her part, said: "The Armenian community of Serbia expresses satisfaction that Serbia preserves multi-ethnic harmony and cultural diversity. Serbia is our country, where we live, create and die. Today's meeting confirms that Serbia listens to its minorities, which are actually its wealth, because diversity unite us."
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Turkey and Armenia made significant progress to normalise bilateral ties and agreed to open their respective land borders to third-country citizens visiting either country as soon as possible, the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Both countries also agreed to commence direct air cargo flights at the earliest possible date.
The statement came after the fourth meeting between Turkish and Armenian special representatives in Vienna to normalise ties between the two countries.
Special envoys Serdar Kilic, a former Turkish ambassador to the US, and Armenia's deputy parliamentary speaker, Ruben Rubinyan, have been working on a roadmap to normalise ties since January.
Armenia and Turkey signed a landmark peace accord in 2009 to restore ties and open their shared border after decades, but the deal was never ratified and ties have remained tense.
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Ankara supported Azerbaijan and accused Yerevan of occupying Azeri territories.
Before the war, Azerbaijan had been blocking Turkish attempts to open the border with Armenia, saying Yerevan must first withdraw from its occupied territories. However, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said last year that their stance on the issue had changed.
One of the points of contention between Turkey and Armenia has always been the latter's claims on Turkish territory. Turkish officials, however, believe the provisions in the Armenian declaration of independence and the constitution on a "Western Armenia" on Turkish lands are up to interpretation and pose no genuine threat.
Turkish officials believe normalisation between Turkey and Armenia will serve broader security and stability in the region.
Turkish officials also mention that the reconciliation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues to be an important step in maintaining Turkish-Armenian talks.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-armenia-open-land-borders-third-country-citizens
ASVEL Lyon defeated Monaco 84-82 in the last game of the French Basketball Championship final series.
Armenian national team player Chris Jones won the French championship with ASVEL Lyon, the official website of the FBA reported.
Jones will join the Armenian national team in Malta, which will participate in the European Small Countries Championship. The tournament will be held from 28 June to 3 July.
President Joe Biden has again waived Section 907 restrictions on U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Section 907, enacted in 1992, establishes statutory restrictions on US assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan “until the President determines, and so reports to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.” Congress included a Section 907 waiver in the FY2002 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. US presidents – Republican and Democrat – have waived Section 907 annually ever since.
During his run for office, on October 14, 2020, then-candidate Biden stated that the United States must “fully implement and not waive requirements under Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act to stop the flow of military equipment to Azerbaijan.”
In a public post on Facebook on Friday, political analyst Suren Sargsyan claimed after the 2020 war in Artsakh there was a “real opportunity” to stop the process.
“Then presidential candidate Biden urged Trump to end U.S. aid to Azerbaijan and no longer waive Section 907. The Armenian community and lobbyists did everything possible to make use of this window of opportunity. In this regard, they do not receive any assistance from the Armenian authorities. They are fighting alone in Washington against Turkish-Azerbaijani lobbying, embassies and petrodollars,” he wrote.