Armenia's foreign debt records “decrease tendency” first time since 2015
10:39, 5 August, 2019
YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS. For the first time since 2015, a tendency of decrease of the foreign debt has been recorded, according to the Government of Armenia.
“As of June, 2019 the foreign debt of Armenia has dropped 120,000,000 dollars or 2,1% during the last 15 months,” the government said on its official Facebook account.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
President Sarkissian receives CCAF Co-chair
19:04,
YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian received on July 19 Co-chair of Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France, editor in chief of “Nouvelles d'Arménie“ Ara Toranian.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office, the interlocutors discussed the activities of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France, as well as exchanged views on the opportunities of cooperation over a number of projects initiated by the President.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
Gomez: I wanted to visit the memorial complex and honor the Genocide victims
Former Portugal striker Nuno Gomez has arrived to Armenia for a two-day visit at the invitation of Feed Constracut.
The former player has visited Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenian Genocide memorial and museum, and paid tribute to the victims of the Genocide.
He has talked to the press as well, telling about the goal and the agenda of his visit.
It’s great to be here, I’m in Yerevan at friends’ invitation and I’m going to cooperate with their company.
The U19 Euro is underway. I will go to a few games to watch some good football.
This isn’t my first visit to Armenia. I played against the Armenian team in 2007 here. I don’t know much about the country, but I like it here. Armenians are nice, hospitable and friendly people. I think our cultures have similarities.
Armenia is developing, the government is attentive to sport. Football here is progressing and you have quite a few talented young players, which is very important for the national team.
A great view of the city opens from the memorial, which seemed symbolic to me. I wanted to go there, because it’s important to respect the values of the country. You have to visit the museum and learn what happened. I paid my tribute to the memory of the victims.
I’m going to get acquainted with the city and later, in the evening, watch the Spain vs. Portugal and Armenia vs. Italy games.
The massive Herouni Mirror Radio telescope is located about 1,700 meters above sea level near the town of Orgov, Armenia. Built between 1981 and 1985, it was thought to be one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world at the time.
The impressive telescope is surrounded by abandoned buildings that were used to take radio measurements and conduct research. A peek inside reveals curious relics of that bygone age, intricate panels and control desks used to operate the then-state-of-the-art site.
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Outside, decaying structures serve as an austere monument to the destructive forces of time as the environment increasingly batters and erodes the site.
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The Herouni Mirror Radio telescope fell into disrepair after the end of the Soviet Union, but the National Institute of Metrology of Armenia, which now owns it, is currently looking for an investor to restore it.
President Sarkissian congratulates Iceland on National Day
10:03,
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has congratulated President of Iceland Guðni Jóhannesson on the Icelandic National Day, Sarkissian’s Office said.
In an address sent to Jóhannesson, Sarkissian wished robust health and new achievements to the president, and peace and progress to the Icelandic nation.
Icelandic National Day is an annual holiday in Iceland which commemorates the foundation of The Republic of Iceland on 17 June 1944.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 9
Trend:
The units of the armed forces of Armenia, grossly violating the ceasefire regime on the front line, once again committed a provocation, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on June 9, Trend reports.
"On 9 June, a serviceman of the Azerbaijan Army, Elshan Khalilov was killed by an enemy shot in the direction of the Tartar district of the front.
The leadership of the Ministry of Defense expresses its deep condolences to the family and relatives of the shehid (martyr)!" said the statement.