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Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 18-05-20

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 17:30,

YEREVAN, 18 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 18 May, USD exchange rate down by 2.01 drams to 485.88 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.37 drams to 525.04 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.02 drams to 6.67 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 6.48 drams to 588.89 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price down by 53.32 drams to 27108.6 drams. Silver price up by 10.25 drams to 253.85 drams. Platinum price up by 107.23 drams to 11997.24 drams.

Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Gemafin Gasparyan dismissed

Arsine Chaltikian
Arminfo, Armenia
May 15 2020

ArmInfo. RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hemafin Gasparyan has submitted a resignation letter.

In his addressing, Gasparyan noted that during the team work all the  foundations had been laid that increased the effectiveness of the  body and its focus on citizens. <All this time I worked as faithfully  and responsibly as possible, and as efficiently as possible. Thank  you for your trust>, he said.  To recall, Gasparyan was appointed to  this position in February 2019.

Process of revealing real owners of mining companies will continue – PM Pashinyan

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 14:55,

YEREVAN, MAY 16, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assures that concrete processes have taken place for revealing the real owners of mining companies, these processes will continue.

During today’s online press conference the reporter said that back to December 2019 the PM stated that the list of owners of mining companies in Armenia will be published in January-February. Pashinyan was asked why this issue has been forgotten.

“It has not been forgotten, quite the contrary, many concrete processes have taken place. Legislative changes have taken place for revealing the real owners. And based on these changes, the deadline for submitting declarations of persons involved in the field has been set on February 20, 2020. I mean that this process is completely in process”, the PM said.

Pashinyan said this is a new system not only in Armenia, but also around the world, and the declaration system of real owners still needs to work, develop, and the legislative changes must take place. However, he said that the names of real owners are revealed, at least at the public level. “There are also some criminal cases, and I think that all answers to these questions will be clear during the investigation of these criminal cases and successful passing to the judicial stage. But I mean that this process is not forgotten, it moves on and will go to the end”, he said.

On April 23, 2019, the Armenian parliament adopted the bill on revealing the real owners of mining companies.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Fireworks and concert conclude May 9 celebrations in Armenia

Arsine Chaltikian
Public Radio of Armenia
May 9 2020


Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 04-05-20

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 17:42, 4 May, 2020

YEREVAN, 4 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 4 May, USD exchange rate is up by 0.72 drams to 480.00 drams. EUR exchange rate is up by 4.19 drams to 524.93 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate is down by 0.20 drams to 6.36 drams. GBP exchange rate is down by 2.46 drams to 596.74 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price is down by 224.46 drams to 26022.81 drams. Silver price is down by 4.59 drams to 229.09 drams. Platinum price is down by 213.43 drams to 11805.75 drams.

Extraordinary session in Parliament – LIVE

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 11:03,

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. The extraordinary session convened by the government continues in the Parliament of Armenia on April 29.

The agenda includes the package of bills on making changes and amendments to the Law on the 2020 State Budget of Armenia, the Law on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency, as well as the Law on Normative Legal Acts.

The lawmakers will also debate the package of bills on making amendments and changes to the Labor Code and the related bills.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Music: Renowned composer Loris Tjeknavorian creates ‘abstract’ music on pandemic era

Arsine Chaltikian
Panorama, Armenia
Culture 10:10 28/04/2020 Region

Distinguished Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian said on Monday that he has created a piece of music on coronavirus pandemic and has described it as an abstract art without melody.

In a virtual interview with IRNA news agency, the maestro stated that some emotions are abstract, adding “when you listen to the work, you have to listen to what is being made.”

Loris Tjeknavorian was born on 13 October 1937 in Borujerd, Iran, to immigrant Armenian parents. From 1989-1998 and 1999-2000, he was the principal conductor and artistic director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Yerevan.

As one of the leading conductors of his generation, he has led international orchestras throughout the world such as in Austria, the UK, the USA, Canada, Hungary, Copenhagen, Iran, Finland, Russia, Armenia, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Denmark.

Doubling pace of Covid-19 cases in Armenia is 17 days – minister

Arsine Chaltikian
Panorama, Armenia

Health 13:54 18/04/2020 Armenia

“The doubling pace of Covid-19 cases in Armenia is every17 days today,” Health Minister Arsen Torosyan wrote on his Facebook page. “If this doubling rate is kept the total number of confirmed cases will reach 2,500 on May 5 and 5000 – on May 21,” Torosyan wrote, calling on the public to be vigilant to decrease the doubling rate further and curb the spread of the virus.

“For this to happen, we need to exclude the virus transmission from human to human, keeping the social distance everywhere, switching to remote interaction through changing our behavior in contacting with others as well as periodically washing our hands, keeping the hygiene and avoiding face touching,” Torosyan wrote.

The minister next informed that the country has increased the number of tests conducted daily, as1000 tests are performed a day which is a technically complex process and involves specialists, equipment, security measures and logistics.

“Our country will need these capacities to resist similar challenges in the future,” Torosyan concluded.

Armenia PM spokesperson: Public TV provided open channel at least 15 minutes before without informing PM’s office

Arsine Chaltikian
News.am, Armenia
Armenia PM spokesperson: Public TV provided open channel at least 15 minutes before without informing PM's office Armenia PM spokesperson: Public TV provided open channel at least 15 minutes before without informing PM's office

11:10, 19.04.2020
                  

At the call of the Prime Minister's Office, state-funded Public Television’s release of the Prime Minister's message by open channel to other TV channels does not at all mean that the TV station should have provided an open channel, starting with the preparatory work. Mane Gevorgyan, the spokesperson of the Prime Minister of Armenia, wrote about this on her Facebook page, and with respect to the incident regarding PM Nikol Pashinyan’s TV message to the people.

"The professional approach assumes that other TV channels should have been given an open channel only seconds—and not 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes—before airtime. Meanwhile, it turned out that the Public Television had provided an open channel at least 15 minutes before for other TV stations without informing the Prime Minister's Office.

What has happened shows that making trial broadcasts available to other TV stations is the result of unprofessionalism (…).

The Prime Minister's Office expects proper clarifications from the [Public] TV company on the leakage of technical testing footage,” she added, in particular.

To note, the footage left off the air from Pashinyan’s aforesaid message had appeared on the Internet.

Armenian President congratulates Arayik Harutyunyan on being elected President of Artsakh

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YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian had a telephone conversation with President-elect of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

President Sarkissian congratulated Arayik Harutyunyan on his success in the second round of the presidential election and on being elected President of Artsakh.

The Armenian President said Arayik Harutyunyan is going to assume the position of the President in a very complex and responsible period for Artsakh, conditioned by the developments taking place in the world and in particular the ongoing complex geopolitical processes in the region. “The Republic of Artsakh once again proved that it is a well-established country with its state institutions, and most importantly, with its citizens. Today more than ever we need to be united”, the Armenian President said during the telephone talk.

President Sarkissian expressed confidence that Arayik Harutyunyan will be able to strengthen the atmosphere of solidarity and tolerance in Artsakh, organize and ensure the security, the economic and political development of Artsakh, unite the people around common goals.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan