Iran News November 28, 2017 Tuesday Distributor censures illegal screening of Iranian films by Armenian club TEHRAN – The director of Iranian Independents, a company marketing Iranian independent feature and documentary films, has criticized the unauthorized screening of four Iranian movies at the AFG Film Club in Yerevan, Armenia. "Breath" directed by Narges Abyar, "Lanruri" by Reza Dormishian, "Born in 1987" by Majid Tavakoli, and "Life + 1 Day" by Saeid Rustai have been screened at the AFG Film Club during Contemporary Iranian Cinema – New Voices, a program that began on February 7, Mohammad Atebbai told the Persian service of ISNA on Sunday. "The organizers had the permission of the movies' owners for screening," noted Atebbai who is the international distributor of "Breath" and "Lanturi". Dreamlab in Paris is the distributor of "Born in 1987" and "Life + 1 Day". The program, which was proposed and presented by Armenian director Serge Melik-Hovsepian, will come to an end tomorrow. "The organizers have apologized for the issue and have stated that no tickets were sold for the program and that screenings were held only for a small, select audience," Atebbai said. The organizers said they obtained the movies from a representative of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, who had bought the movies on DVDs in Tehran. Atebbai said that the explanation is unacceptable "because the films have been screened with English subtitles while the films prepared for Iran's home video markets do not have any subtitles." Atebbai guessed that the films were leaked from the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. Still, he said that he would pursue the matter in order to determine that how the movies were leaked to the AFG Film Club.
Author: Antranik Varosian
Sports: Rio Ferdinand pinpoints the exact reason why Jose Mourinho is dropping Henrikh Mkhitaryan
The Mirror, UK Wednesday 7:47 PM GMT Rio Ferdinand pinpoints the exact reason why Jose Mourinho is dropping Henrikh Mkhitaryan The Armenian was left out of Jose Mourinho's matchday squad to face Basel despite flying out to Switzerland with the squad, and supporters can only see one outcome By Mark Jones Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand feels the performances of Paul Pogba mean that Jose Mourinho has no choice but to dropHenrikh Mkhitaryan. Eyebrows were raised on Wednesday night when the Armenian was left out of the squad to face Basel in the Champions League, despite flying over to Switzerland with the rest of the players the day before. Mkhitaryan was also left out of the weekend win over Newcastle, throwing his future at United into doubt after a poor few weeks. And United legend Rio Ferdinand pinpointed exactly why he's being left out before his former club took on Basel. Speaking on BT Sport, he said: "I think earlier in the season Mkhitaryan was providing assists. "But importantly when Paul Pogba was out, Jose Mourinho wanted someone to be a creator, and to go out and take games by the scruff of the neck, but he didn't produce in that sense. He was left wanting. "Pogba's such a huge player in terms of creativity. Romelu Lukaku needed someone to create for him, Pogba was doing it but Mkhitaryan wasn't. "Jose doesn't mess about, he makes a decision and he sticks by it. He's calculated in what he does." On Twitter, United fans felt that the midfielder's absence pointed towards one thing. Could he be on the move soon? Does Henrikh Mkhitaryan need to leave Manchester United?
AmCham Convenes its Annual General Meeting
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On 17 November 2017, American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia (AmCham) held its consecutive Annual General Meeting at Opera Suite Hotel. The meeting was chaired by the AmCham President, Ara Hovsepyan.
Among the presented and discussed issues were the achievements, development prospects of the organization, and its financial reports.
Prior to the start of elections, the nominated candidates for the AmCham Board delivered short speeches on how they could contribute to the promotion of AmCham goals.
The General Meeting reelected Mr. Ara Hovsepyan, the General Manager of ContourGlobal Hydro Cascade CJSC, in the office of AmCham President. Ms. Elina Markaryan, Public Affairs and Communication Director of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia, and Mr. Aharon Levonyan, the Chief Financial Officer of SI Holding, were elected to serve as the First and Second Vice Presidents, respectively. The General Meeting elected the new Directors as follows: Mr. Hayk Aloyan of Lydian Armenia CJSC, Ms. Irina Dumanyan of Mentor Graphics a Siemens Business, Mr. Paul Edgar of HSBC Bank Armenia, Mr. Karen Garaseferyan of Japan Tobacco International (JTI Armenia), Mr. Tigran Gasparyan of KPMG Armenia CJSC, Mr. Ashot Ghazaryan of the American University of Armenia, Mr. Gagik Gyulbudaghyan of Grant Thornton CJSC, Mr. Arthur Hovanesian of Synergy International Systems Inc., and Mr. David Sargsyan of Ameria Group of Companies.
In 2018, AmCham will continue its efforts towards the protection of Intellectual Property Rights and the promotion of best business practices in Armenia, in particular Corporate Social Responsibility projects in the scope of AmCham’s Responsible Business Network. AmCham will also launch the establishment of impartial and unbiased Arbitration Court under the Am goal of Cham umbrella. Another AmCham goal for 2018 is to expand its cooperation with other AmChams in region and Europe.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia is an independent business association operating in Armenia since 2000. AmCham represents interests of more than 120 member-companies from almost all sectors of Armenian economy.
In pursuit of better business environment and promotion of the best business practices, AmCham partners with the U.S. Embassy in Armenia and closely cooperates with the Armenian Government, international organizations, and wider business community.
AmCham is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and European Council of American
Russian FM Lavrov, Armenia’s Nalbandian to discuss NK conflict settlement in Yerevan
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Russian minister of foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov, who will be in Yerevan on an official visit November 20-21, will discuss prospects of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with Armenia’s minister of foreign affairs Edward Nalbandian, Russian FM spokesperson Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing.
She said that in addition to the meeting with Nalbandian, Lavrov will meet with President Serzh Sargsyan.
“Lavrov’s visit is being carried out in the year of 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Russia, and the 20th anniversary of the Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Aid Treaty. The ministers of the two countries will participate in the opening of the “Russia and Armenia – Friendship Through Centuries” exhibition, as well as a stamp cancellation ceremony dedicated to these significant historic events”, Zakharova said.
She mentioned that a 2018-2019 consultations program is planned to be signed between the Armenian and Russian foreign ministries. The agenda of bilateral talks includes the wide complex of cooperation, issues related to OSCE and CSTO, foreign political partnership in terms of CIS, coordination of positions on the sidelines of international organizations, such as UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSEC.
“The foreign ministers will discuss the regional security issue, including prospects of the NK conflict settlement”, she said.
Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs agree to meet in Vienna – statement
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 16 2017
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) met separately on 14 and 16 November with the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings, the Co-Chairs said in a released statement.
“The Co-Chairs discussed with the Foreign Ministers concrete steps to implement the agreements reached by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan during the Geneva summit on 16 October 2017 as well as other items raised by the Co-Chairs in Geneva.
During the meetings, the Co-Chairs and the Ministers reviewed a number of working proposals currently on the table.
The Ministers agreed to hold a joint meeting on the margins of the December 2017 OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna.
The Co-Chairs will prepare the agenda for this meeting, which will include substantive issues of the political settlement, as well as specific measures to reduce tensions on the Line of Contact.
Special attention will be paid to finalizing the expansion of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office,” reads the statement.
Chess: European Chess Championships: Armenian men’s team to face Germany
Panorama, Armenia
nov 4 2017
The Armenian men’s team will face Germany in the Round 7 of the European Chess Championships underway in Crete, Greece. As the National Olympic Committee reported, after six rounds our national team holds the fourth position with 8 points.
The Armenian women’s team will face Romania in Round 7. Our women come the 10th position in the tournament table.
Chess: European Team Chess Championship: Armenia squads to compete in penultimate round
News.am, Armenia
Nov 5 2017
The penultimate eighth-round matches will be played Sunday at the European Team Chess Championship in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece.
Armenia’s men will face Poland. After seven rounds, they share 11th to 17th places, with 8 points.
And the women will compete against the Czech Republic. After the previous seven rounds, they share 5th to 9th spots, with 9 points.
Sunday’s games will kickoff at 5pm Armenia time.
Armenian men’s team plays a draw
Today, the 3rd round of the European Chess Team Championship took place in Hersonissos, Greece.
Armenian men’s national team played a draw with Croatian team (2: 2). Thus, our scored 5 points.
In the women’s championship, Armenian team beat Serbia (3: 1) in the current round. Elina Danielyan, Lilit Mkrtchyan and Lilit Galoyan were victorious and Maria Kursova lost her game.
The fourth round will take place tomorrow.
Այս տարի ՀՀ պետական սահմանն ապօրինի հատելու թվով 31 դեպք է արձանագրվել
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Այս տարվա հունվարի 1-ից մինչեւ հոկտեմբերի 1-ն ընկած ժամանակահատվածում ՀՀ ԱԱԾ քննչական վարչությունում քննվող քրեական գործերով՝ ՀՀ պետական սահմանն ապօրինի հատելու թվով 31 դեպք է արձանագրվել: Այս մասին armtimes.com-ին պատասխանել են ՀՀ ազգային անվտանգության ծառայությունից:
Այդ դեպքից 24-ը Հայաստանի տարածքից ապօրինի դուրս գալու դեպքերն են, իսկ 7-ը՝ այլ երկրներից դեպի Հայաստան մուտքի դեպքեր:
Վերոհիշյալ 31 դեպքով քրեական հետապնդում է իրականացվել 37 անձի նկատմամբ, որոնցից 7-ը չեն հայտնաբերվել (գտնվում են ՀՀ տարածքից դուրս), եւ նրանց նկատմամբ հետախուզում է հայտարարվել:
Սեպտեմբերի 25-ին հայտնել էինք, որ հայ-թուրքական սահմանը խախտած իրանցին փորձել է հատուկ սարքավորման միջոցով խափանել ազդանշանային համակարգը։ Իսկ ավելի վաղ Արտաշատի սահմանապահ ջոկատի տեղամասում՝ Եղեգնավան գյուղի շրջանում, ռուս սահմանապահները ձերբակալել էին անձի, ով անօրինական անցել էր պետական սահմանը:
Armenian, Russian transportation ministers test new Yerevan-Gyumri train
Armenpress News Agency , Armenia Tuesday Armenian, Russian transportation ministers test new Yerevan-Gyumri train YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The ministers of transportation of Armenia and Russia – Vahan Martirosyan and Maxim Sokolov – tested the new train which was earlier supplied from Russia to operate the Yerevan-Gyumri route. Vahan Martirosyan, minister of transportation, communication and information technologies of Armenia, told reporters that they are testing the train to understand what issues might emerge in the relief conditions and whether or not the train requires modernization. “The Yerevan-Gyumri route has been chosen because the majority of passenger transportations are made to Gyumri today. In addition, the government has a program relating to the development of tourism in Gyumri. We had announced that it will being functioning in February, but we hope it will start sooner”, he said. Russia’s minister of transportation Maxim Sokolov said the train is rather convenient and complies with all modern requirements. “This summer the first Vice President of Russian Railways Alexander Misharin visited Armenia. On the sidelines of the visit, the modernization of the South Caucasian Railway fleet was discussed with the Armenian Prime Minister. Later the transportation and communication minister called me and requested to speech up the process. As you can see, the train is in Armenia. I’d like to express gratitude for the team work”, he said.