Author: Karlen Baghdasarian

YSU students plant 9600 trees in Qashatagh

Karlen Baghdasarian
Panorama, Armenia
April 6 2019
Society 12:31 06/04/2019 NKR

The three-day visit of the students of the Yerevan State University (YSU) has started on Friday to Artsakh. The first day of the trip was marked by an opening of park in Berdzor town of Qashatagh region. As YSU press office reported, the event was devoted to the 100th anniversary of the University.

The opening of the park was attended by the Rector at YSU Aram Simonyan, the head of Qashatagh administration, members of YSU faculty, staff, and students.

Simonyan stressed that the university students have planted some 9600 trees in the area.

“This is a very beautiful tradition that was initiated by Gurgen Melikyan. We are proud to have our trees here that decorate the road and our fellow citizens living in Berdzor benefit from it. Planting a tree is a great kindness, happiness,” Simonyan said.

Aram I visited the Armenian humanitarian mission in Aleppo

Karlen Baghdasarian
Arminfo, Armenia
April 1 2019
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. The Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I, who is on a visit to Syria, visited the representatives of the Armed Forces of Armenia, carrying out a  humanitarian mission in Syria. This was reported on the page of the  Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia on Facebook.

"Aram I just visited the Armenian group carrying out a humanitarian  mission in Syria, which consists of sappers, doctors and Armenian  specialists, ensuring their immediate security," the source informed  To note, Aram I went to Syria on March 29 of this year. The purpose  of the visit is to re-illuminate the Church of the Forty Martyrs in  Aleppo.

To recall, the humanitarian mission of the Armed Forces of Armenia  consisting of 83 people left for Syrian Aleppo on February 8 of this  year. The goal is to carry out demining work in the  Armenian-populated Aleppo, to ensure security, and also to provide  them with medical assistance. 

Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: "Islamic State" shifts interest into the territory of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Karlen Baghdasarian
Arminfo, Armenia
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo.After the defeat in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State shifts interest to the territory of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. This  opinion is shared by Head of the Main Directorate for Countering  Extremism of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation  Oleg Ilinykh.

According to Ilinykh, leaders of the Islamic State banned in Russia  are harboring plans to form a worldwide terrorist network, sleeping  cells that would demonstrate the ability to carry out terrorist  attacks around the world.

"The strategic defeat of the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq entails a  shift in the interests of the" Islamic State "to the territory of  Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia," said  Ilinykh at the V.Ya. Kikot' Moscow University of the Ministry of  Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, speaking at the opening  of the II International Scientific and Practical Conference "Priority  tasks of international cooperation in countering extremism and  terrorism," RIA Novosti reports.

Sports: Revealed: Clubs that Mkhitaryan might join if he leaves Arsenal in the summer

Karlen Baghdasarian
Arsenal True Fans, UK


Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been impressive in the last few weeks but there’s still reports which claim that he could leave Arsenal at the end of this season.

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined Arsenal in a swap deal with Manchester United which saw Alexis Sanchez go to Old Trafford and he hasn’t been on form consecutively in the time that he has spent at the Emirates Stadium. Mkhitaryan is currently linked with a move away from Arsenal unless he keeps up with his current form until the end of the season.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is reportedly on wages of over £200k a week and the Mirror has released a report about the clubs that the Armenian international could join if he calls it quits at his time in North London at the end of this season. The report claims that Henrikh Mkhitaryan could join a Chinese, Japanese or a Turkish club if he leaves Arsenal in the summer transfer window because they have clubs that can match his wage demands despite his age.

Arsenal is expected to have a very big summer transfer window because there will be a lot of departures since contracts of some players are expiring and the club is trying to reduce on its current wage bill which is currently high.

The report also claims that Henrikh Mkhitaryan could also make his way back to his old club Borussia Dortmund or join Everton but this seems far-fetched since the Toffees might not be able to afford him and his wages. It will be interesting to see if Henrikh Mkhitaryan survives the 2019 summer transfer window but those are his possible destinations if he leaves Arsenal after being there for one year and a half.

https://arsenaltruefans.com/2019/03/revealed-clubs-that-mkhitaryan-might-join-if-he-leaves-arsenal-in-the-summer


Armenian economy minister attends EEU industrial meeting

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Armenian economy minister attends EEU industrial meeting

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YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS. Ministers of the industrial sector of Eurasian Economic Union member states have held a session on March 13 in Moscow, with delegations of the Eurasian Economic Commission and governments from all member states in attendance.

Armenia’s delegation was led by Minister of Economic Development and Investments Tigran Khachatryan, the ministry reported.

Issues related to import substitution in priority economic sectors were discussed.

In this context, Russia’s Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov expressed his country’s readiness to study concrete proposals of EEU countries.

The possible participation of member states in Russia’s state information system in the processed industry sector was discussed, and prospects of creating a single industrial policy in the EEU were also addressed.

The participants exchanges ideas over the possibilities for creating a single Eurasian trademark for certain goods for more efficient exports to non-EEU countries.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




Funeral service for Patriarch Mesrob II to be held on March 17

Karlen Baghdasarian
Panorama, Armenia

The funeral service for Archbishop Mesrob II Mutafyan, the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, will be held on Sunday, March 17, at Istanbul’s St. Virgin Mary Church.

He will be buried at the Armenian cemetery in the Sisli district of the Turkish capital, like all the previous Armenian patriarchs, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople said on Facebook.

Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan passed away Friday at Intanbul’s Holy Savior Armenian Hospital after a long illness. He was 63.

He began suffering from dementia in 2008 and has been in a vegetative state since then. Mesrob II was elected Patriarch in 1998, succeeding Karekin II. He had to withdraw from his duties due to his illness in 2008 and Archbishop Aram Atesyan was appointed to serve as Patriarchal Vicar for the Armenian community of Istanbul.

A new patriarch could not be elected as Turkish laws prohibit any elections while a standing patriarch is alive.

‘He will remain in our memories as an unforgettable spiritual leader’ – MP Garo Paylan on Mesrob II’s death

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‘He will remain in our memories as an unforgettable spiritual leader’ – MP Garo Paylan on Mesrob II’s death

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16:10, 8 March, 2019

YEREVAN, MARCH 8, ARMENPRESS. Turkish-Armenian Member of Parliament of Turkey Garo Palyan has extended condolences over the death of Mesrob II, the Armenian Patriarch of Constaninople.

“Patriarch Mesrob II isn’t with us any longer. He will always remain in our memories as an unforgettable spiritual leader. May he rest in peace. My condolences,” Palyan said on Facebook.

Mesrob II died on March 8 in an Istanbul hospital.

He was in a dementia-related coma since 2008.

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences to Archbishop Aram Atesyan, the patriarchal vicar.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




Diplomat: Switzerland is ready to support the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

Karlen Baghdasarian
Arminfo, Armenia
March 1 2019
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. Switzerland is ready  to support the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  Ambassador of Switzerland to Azerbaijan Philipp Stalder announced  this at the press conference.

Stalder noted that three important meetings between the presidents of  Azerbaijan and Armenia took place in Switzerland.

According to him, if the parties express a corresponding desire,  Switzerland is ready to provide such support, Trend reports.