17:46,
YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar arrived in Armenia “for a short visit”.
“Back in a very hot Yerevan for a short visit. Looking forward to important meetings”, he tweeted with a photo of Yerevan attached.
The Azerbaijani military opened fire at Armenian positions in the western section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border near the village of Khachik in Vayots Dzor Province late on Monday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Shots were also fired at the road leading to the village, damaging the car of the village mayor, Hovik Smbatyan.
The Azerbaijani troops also used large-caliber firearms, the ministry said.
“The Azerbaijani fire was suppressed after Armenia’s retaliatory measures. There are no casualties on the Armenian side,” the statement said.
Earlier, the village head turned down a request from Panorama.am to comment on the shooting reports, urging it to contact the Defense Ministry.
The number of births has increased in Artsakh
17:16, 5 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 5, ARMENPRESS. In the first half of the current year, 864 births were registered in Artsakh, which, compared to the same period of 2021, is an increase of 204 or 131 %. ARMENPRESS reports Lilia Petrosyan, Head of the Social-Demographic and Labor Market Statistics Department of the National Statistical Service of the Artsakh Republic, told ARTSAKHPRESS.
"Boys predominated among the newborns, making up 53.6 percent. The most popular names for boys are: Davit, Tigran, Hayk, and for girls – Mane, Maria, Eva," said Lilia Petrosyan.
According to her, during the reporting period, compared to the previous year, the number of registered deaths decreased by 22.5 percent. As a result, in the first half of this year, the natural increase of the population of the Republic was 372 people.
The Armenian men's basketball team got off to a winning start at the European Small Countries Championship in Malta.
The Armenian team led by Rex Kalamian in the first match had a confident win over Gibraltar – 100-63.
The American player of French champion ASVEL Lyon Chris Jones made his debut for the Armenian team.
18:07,
YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. A consultation chaired by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took place, during which the draft Medium-Term Expenditure Program (MTEP) 2023-2025 was discussed, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.
Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan and Deputy Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan reported on summing up the discussions on the MTEP. It was mentioned that the MTEP 2023-2025 outlines the priorities and measures to achieve the targets set by the Government Action Plan, including in the areas of social protection, education, healthcare and other spheres. In this context, the fiscal framework of the MTEP, the forecasts on macroeconomic indicators, the departmental applications within the framework of the expenditure quotas of the MTEP, as well as proposals for supplementary capital expenditure programs for 2022 were presented.
During the exchange of views on the above-mentioned topics, issues related to the implementation of the Government's targets, development programs and other issues were discussed.
The Prime Minister instructed the heads of departments to be consistent so that the current and capital expenditures envisaged by the state budget 2022 are fully implemented.
The discussion of the state budget execution report for the second quarter of 2022 is planned for the near future.
ArmInfo. In commenting on Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan's statements at an online news conference, Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the opposition parliamentary faction With Honor, said that Armenia's government is preparing society for new concessions by blackmailing it with a possible new war. However, a new war and new losses are not ruled out at a certain stage, he added.
"Nikol Pashinyan is saying that Azerbaijan is refusing to follow the peace agenda and is paving the way for a new war against Armenia. I would like to draw public attention to two questions:
"First, Pashinyan is actually saying that his 'peace era' agenda has failed. He cannot keep his fundamental promise to our citizens.
"Secondly, Pashinyan is saying that we are going to see a new war if we do not have the chief of the General Staff, a competent minister of defense and responsible chief commander.
"I am inclined to think that Armenia's government is preparing society for new concessions by blackmailing it with a possible new war. However, a new war and new losses are not ruled out at a certain stage," he said.
Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated yesterday that Azerbaijan aggressively rejecting all of Armenia's peace initiatives. In this context, he said that thee trilateral statement makes both the states legally responsible for unblocking the transport links. Mr Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of being unwilling to unblock the transport links.
Armenia's premier referred to two preliminary agreements on meetings of border commissions. In both cases refused or demanded postponement of meetings. The same can bee said of transport links.
"Azerbaijan is showing Armenia allegedly opposing unblocking of transport links thus violating the trilateral agreement," he said.
Azerbaijan is trying to show Armenia unwilling to honor its commitments thereby legalizing a new war against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the premier added.
PanARMENIAN.Net - More than 250 foreigners, most of them from Ukraine, have applied for refugee status and asylum in Armenia since the beginning of the year, the country's Migration Service of reveals, according to Armenpress.
In January-March 2022, the Migration Service received applications from 13 countries of the world, including Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Lebanon, Syria.
Over the past ten years, Armenia has provided a refugee status to more than 1500 asylum seekers. In the past five years, the Migration Service has been receiving an average of 220 applications for asylum per year.
During the 2020 war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Migration Service collected the data about displaced persons from Artsakh, which it processes and sends to other agencies if necessary. Nearly 91,000 persons, 88% of whom are women and children, have been registered in the electronic database.
13:03,
YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. Armenia Workforce Development Activity first national conference, funded by USAID, launched in Yerevan today.
Chip Laitinen, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the United States of America in Armenia, highlighted the cooperation between different structures that will support the government of Armenia in the activities of the Employment national strategy. “Human capital is one of the most important assets of Armenia. We continue supporting workforce development as they are developed and competitive people who will allow the country to fully use the economic potential”, he said.
Natia Natsvlishvili, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia, also attached importance to the active collaboration. “We are here to support promotion of employment in Armenia. We know that this problem has existed here for years. We see much higher unemployment among the youth, women and girls. We believe that the efforts of the international partners and the Armenian government will be directed to solving the current issues”, she said.
Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat Yengibaryan said that the basis of the Armenia Workforce Development Program are youth. This is one of the programs that creates future. “In other words, we create a person who should think, create and resist the future challenges”, he said.
Armenia Workforce Development Activity (AWDA) is a five-year program, designed to provide the youth and women with the opportunities to improve their skills in line with labor market needs and find employment in the fields of ICT/high-tech, agriculture, tourism and hospitality. The program is funded by the US Agency for International Development and will be implemented by Enterprise Incubator Foundation with Armenian National Agrarian University, Fund of Armenian Relief and CIVITTA Armenia.
16:50,
YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. Russia welcomes the intensification of the Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan deputy prime ministerial working group dealing with the unblocking of regional communications, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly press briefing, in response to the question of a reporter of Armenian Public TV’s Lurer program.
“We welcome the intensification of the activity of the trilateral working group led by the deputy prime ministers of the three countries dealing with the unblocking of economic and transportation communications in South Caucasus. As you know, the working group held its 10th meeting on June 3, the sides managed to bring their positions closer on a number of issues. The discussions continued on June 16-17 on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The Russian side will continue providing close support to this process”, Zakharova said.
Minister of Transport H E Jassim Saif Ahmed A -Sulaiti met yesterday with Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia H E Vahan Kerobyan. The two officials reviewed aspects of cooperation in the fields of transportation and ways to develop them. Qatar’s Ambassador to Armenia H E Mohammed bin Hamad Al Hajri also attended the meeting.