Three film production companies in Armenia completed 43 films since 2015 with 14 films planned to release till the end of the ongoing year, according to the data by the State Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The film productions finished in 2019 include full-length, documentary short and animation films. Some 1 140 448.4 AMD have been allocated for production of 43 films, out of which 750 thousand for the year of 2019, the source said.
15:57,
YEREVAN, MAY 23, ARMENPRESS. The ARMENPRESS News Agency is congratulating its counterpart in Artsakh – ARTSAKHPRESS – on their 6th anniversary of founding.
On this occasion, ARMENPRESS Director Aram Ananyan addressed a message to his counterpart Vahram Poghosyan.
“I cordially congratulate ARTSAKHPRESS news agency on the occasion of its 6th anniversary of founding,” Ananyan told ARTSAKHPRESS Director Vahram Poghosyan. “During the past years, despite numerous difficulties and challenges, the news agency led by you succeeded in achieving huge progress, and now, I am sure, ARTSAKHPRESS is ready to expand its activities in new information sectors.
All of this was possible due to daily painstaking work and devotion. Today, ARTSAKHPRESS is a young, yet accomplished information entity, which is clearly positioning the Republic of Artsakh on the world’s news media map. We are sincerely excited over your successes and achievements.
I am sure that the coming years will be marked with new achievements for the news agency. I wish you and the news agency’s staff health, good luck, creativity and happiness, and I ask you on this holiday to convey our congratulations to all our brothers and sisters in-pen of Artsakh”.
Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan
Amram Makinyan, the lawyer of former Armenian MP and President of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, has reacted to the May 21 statement of the Investigative Committee about the criminal case involving his client.
"For now, referring to only a part of the statement issued by the Investigative Committee yesterday, and answering the questions of many reporters at once, I have to once again disappoint those who label Ruben Hayrapetyan as guilty, announcing that your expectations have not been met again,” the lawyer said on Facebook.
“There is not even a single hint of factual evidence in the case that Ruben Hayrapetyan organized: 1. illegal deprivation of liberty of H. Sh. (Hayk Shahnazaryan) in Harsnaqar Restaurant and Hotel Complex; 2. or causing severe physical pain and severe mental suffering to Hayk Shahnazaryan.
It is not difficult to guess why the Investigative Committee issued a statement with such wording…
It's one thing to say, while it's another thing to substantiate," Makinyan added.
16:08, 14 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova has returned to work after recovering from the coronavirus, she told TASS.
“Doctors released me and I have returned to work”, she said, adding: “I feel well”. “Fortunately, I had a mild form of the disease”, she noted.
The culture minister received treatment at home.
Media reports said on May 6 that Lyubimova had tested positive for the coronavirus. She began to work from home, holding video conferences and taking part in online meetings and talks.
The Armenian Ministry of Health is introducing a new approach to tallying statistics for coronavirus-related deaths, and will now specify the number of patients who were infected with coronavirus but died from other causes separately. As of May 12, 19 such deaths have been registered in Armenia.
146 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Armenia on May 12. In total, the country has 3,538 infected. Another patient has passed away. A total of 47 people died from coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Health, two more patients infected with coronavirus died for other reasons, their total number was 19.
A spokeswoman for the Minister of Health explained the method is being used to determine what patients were dying from other diseases.
Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan made a worrying forecast:
“At the moment, we are at the stage of doubling the cases of coronavirus in 15 days. This means that if the trend continues, there will be 6,350 cases of coronavirus infection in Armenia on May 24, and on June 8 their number will reach 12,700 cases. ”
According to him, there will be thousands cured of the coronavirus and, unfortunately, dozens of deaths.
Will the state of emergency be extended again?
Will the state of emergency be extended for the second time? This issue is being actively discussed throughout the country.
The commandant’s office of the state of emergency says this is possible.
The state of emergency was introduced in Armenia on March 16 and was supposed to end on April 14. But it was extended for another month until May 14.
Moreover, on May 4, most of the restrictions were lifted: the inhabitants of the country were allowed free movement, most of the enterprises worked.
However, the number of new infections has sharply increased. All this time in Armenia, the number of people infected per day increases by a hundred or more. On May 11, the number of new cases was less: just 79 people.
According to the commandant’s spokesman Vahan Hunanyan, the issue of extending the state of emergency is being considered:
“When the final decision is made, of course, this will be announced. There is a possibility of extension, since the circumstances that led to the imposition of the state of emergency are still relevant”, Hunanyan said.
Five killed in fire at St. Petersburg hospital
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YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. Five people have been killed in a fire that took place at St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg, a source in the emergency services informed TASS news agency.
“Five patients put on artificial ventilation machines were killed in the fire”, the source said.
The fire has been contained. “Its area reached 10 square meters”, the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s press service informed TASS. The press service confirmed that there are casualties, but did not provide the exact number of people killed. “150 people have been evacuated”, the press service added.
The fire may have been caused due to one of the ventilation machines short circuiting, a source in the emergency services told TASS.
Since mid-March, St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg has been re-equipped to treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
14:55, 1 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 1, ARMENPRESS. According to the latest data, the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran has increased by 1,006 bringing the total number of cases to 95,646, the Armenian Embassy in Iran said on Facebook.
63 more deaths have been registered in the past one day. The death toll has reached 6,091.
2,899 coronavirus infected patients are in serious condition.
The number of recovered people increased by 1,215, raising the total number of recoveries to 76,318.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan