Author: Christine Harutyunian

Eduardo Eurnekian to provide $250,000 in aid to Armenian government for fighting COVID-19

 15:27, 6 April, 2020

YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS. Argentine-Armenian businessman, National Hero of Armenia Eduardo Eurnekian will provide 250,000 USD in aid to the government of Armenia for fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), PR manager at the Zvartnots international airport Satenik Hovhannisyan told Armenpress.

Eduardo Eurnekian is one of the wealthiest people in South America. Eduardo Eurnekian, the son of Armenian immigrants to Argentina, first delved into the textiles industry, then the cable TV business in the 1980s. He added to his media portfolio, buying radio stations, newspapers, and a TV channel. In the 1990s, he netted $750 million with the sale of cable TV firm Cablevision, as a wave of privatization brought capital into Argentina. In the late 1990s, he led a consortium that secured a 30-year concession to build and operate Argentina's airports. Today, he and partners have a portfolio of more than 50 airports in multiple countries with reported revenues of $2 billion, including the first privately operated airports in Brazil. After Argentina's economic crash in 2001, he bought assets through his Corporacion America, a holding company that owns more than 260,000 acres of land dedicated to crops, cattle and vineyards. It also owns an infrastructure development company, a chip factory called Unitech Blue, a biodiesel production facility, and land in Armenia used for fruit production and wine.

On September 21, 2017 Eduardo Eurnekian has been bestowed with the title of the National Hero of Armenia.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

 09:57, 3 April, 2020

YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS. 10 people infected with the novel coronavirus have recovered on April 2 and were discharged from hospitals in Armenia, Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said on social media.

“The total number of recoveries reached 43,” Torosyan said.

As of the latest data, the total cumulative number of coronavirus cases in Armenia is 663.

7 people have died.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

 16:51, 20 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. Cybercrime police say they’ve revealed that Azerbaijani hackers have gained unauthorized access to the social media accounts of some Armenians and have spread disinformation about the coronavirus situation with the purpose of causing panic.

Police said the real holders of these accounts were unaware that their accounts were used to spread the disinformation.

The cybercrime division of the police said they have discovered that the accounts were accessed from Azerbaijani IP addresses.

Police said they have launched proceedings based on the reports of the social media users. 

By laws of the state of emergency which is active until April 14^th, social media users and the news media cannot publish articles about the coronavirus situation without citing official information.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

The court upholds IDBank's appeal

 17:25, 12 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS. The Court of Appeal, presided by Judge Harutyun Yenokyan, published the decision made as the result of the examination of the appeal filed by IDBank against the decision of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan concerning the case “BML Arzni'' versus “Anelik Bank”, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Communications Department of IDBank.

Reminder: On 20.09.2019, the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan, published the decision concerning the case "B.M.L. ARZNI LLC and Bankruptcy Manager of the same LLC vs. Anelik Bank”, to satisfy the claim for confiscation of an amount equivalent to 22 million USD from the Bank. Holding four court hearings, comprehensively examining the case materials and examining the parties' arguments, the Court of Appeal found that the claim of “B.M.L. Arzni” company is groundless and overturned the decision of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan.

 Chairman of the Management Board of the Bank, Mher Abrahamyan expressed satisfaction with the result of the Court of Appeal's comprehensive investigation, adding that they continue to have doubts about the existence of criminal elements in the noted bargain and are preparing materials for the submission of relevant reports.

"We will take consistent steps aimed at preventing such practices and are ready to assist relevant bodies in the field of expertise as well," said Mher Abrahamyan.

շReferring to the Bank's development prospects, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Bank noted that the Bank has recently announced the opening of a new conceptual branch, as well as the issuance of the new Visa Signature Card in Armenia, stressing that the Bank, regardless of everything, overcomes its digitalization path of development by taking great, steady steps.

 20:16, 12 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS. Official Moscow is concerned over the escalation of the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border and calls for restraint, ARMENPRESS reports official representative of the Russian MFA Maria Zakharova announced.

“We are really concerned over the escalation of the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border as a result of which an Armenian serviceman was killed and both sides suffered injuries”, “Ria Novosti” citied Zakharova.

According to her, the escalation goes against the recent agreements on the preservation of the ceasefire regime and the announcements to reach a political settlement.

Maria Zakharova said that further escalation is inadmissible and urged the conflicting sides to demonstrate restraint and reject use of force, as well as take measures to stabilize the situation.

Contractual soldier Zohrab Sianosyan, 1984, was killed by Azerbaijani fire on March 10 at about 15:30 in the south-western section of the border.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan