Author: Manouk Vasilian

 21:06,

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. Resident of Karmir Shuka community V. Shahnazaryan applied to the Red Market Department of the Martuni Regional Police Department on July 28, saying that on the same day, at around 11:45, as a result of shots fired by the adversary, the kitchen window and entrance door of the second floor of his private house were damaged, ARMENPRESS reports the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Artsakh informed.

8 bullets of 7.62 mm caliber were also found in the yard of the resident of Karmir Shuka.

The Azerbaijani armed forces fired irregular shots at Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities of Artsakh, the Interior Ministry of Artsakh said.

“The Martuni police department was notified that at around 11:45 Azerbaijanis fired intensively from various firearms in the direction of Taghavard and Karmir Shuka communities for about 20 minutes.

There are no casualties.

 14:24,

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The forthcoming census in Armenia will be conducted in October using the combined method.

It will be the third census in the history of the Republic of Armenia and for the first time it will be done electronically.

The results will be ready in a year, according to the Statistical Committee.

“The census will be conducted October 13-22, 2022. The census was delayed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was planned for 2020, delayed until 2021, and then it was finally decided to hold it in 2022,” Statistical Committee Department of Census Director Vardan Gevorgyan told ARMENPRESS.

By law, census is conducted once every 10 years.

The basic figures will be obtained from the administrative registrar: ethnicity, citizenship, age, gender, but these questions will nevertheless be asked in the questionnaire.

“We will use the administrative registrar and conduct selective survey in the size of 25%. The system is automatically doing the selection,” Gevorgyan said.

Enumerators will visit every 4th household in each community and fill in the electronic questionnaire using tablets.

The questionnaires include name, surname, date of birth, gender, registration information and other questions.

Citizens will also be asked about how they make a living, citizenship, double citizenship. Other questions refer to education, health, employment, living conditions, marital status, among others.

Citizens are required to answer these questions by law, Gevorgyan explains.

“But there are some questions that citizens can refuse to answer, these questions relate to ethnicity, language and religion. Personal information are secret, we do not publish them. This is defined by law. We only publish general data.”

Around 2200 enumerators, one instructor-inspector for every 5-6 enumerator and 27 coordinators will work on the census.

The preparatory work is almost completed and now the servers are being tested.

Anna Grigoryan

Hungary’s Orban says EU needs new strategy for Ukraine

 16:45,

YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the EU needs a new strategy over Ukraine because the sanctions against Russia haven’t given results.

Speaking in Romania, Orban said that the EU’s strategy should focus on achieving peace, and not defeating Russia in Ukraine, Interfax reported.

 16:10,

YEREVAN, JULY 11, ARMENPRESS. STARMUS VI Festival, that is going to take place in Armenia this year on September 5-10, is a good opportunity to boost scientific tourism in the country.

From sectoral debates to various concerts, Star Party, etc. All these could bring foreign tourists to Armenia, Co-founder of the Festival Garik Israelian said, while introducing Armenian tour companies on the opportunities to be provided by the Festival.

The meeting held today was also attended President of the Tourism Committee Sisian Boghossian.

“The main task of the Festival is the communication of science so that science is delivered to the people”, Israelian said.

The scientific Festival particularly gave impressive results in Norway, by engaging a large number of people.

“Many young people and school-children in Armenia are interested in technologies and science. And this Festival is first of all for them in order to engage them. The second reason of holding the Festival in Armenia is to make the country’s image better. We want to do strategic things for the country”, he added.

Garik Israelian said the basis exist in Armenia as the country once had very good science, technologies, but the world is not aware of this. And now the goal is to bring not only scientists but also tourists to Armenia thanks to this Festival.

Israelian is sure that tourists arriving in Armenia could be interested in this scientific Festival because many famous musicians, scientists, Nobel Prize winners will visit Armenia for the Festival. A Star Party will take place in Garni. There will be telescopes after 22:00, a live music and cocktails till late night.

“Armenia is attracting tourists mainly with its monasteries, ancient sites and history. Let’s now try to attract those people who are interested in this Festival”, he said.

Many sites in Armenia, like the Observatory, Karahunj, etc, could attract tourists in this context.

The tour operators were introduced on the agenda of the Festival and the ticket prices. They called this Festival a very good opportunity for creating a new tourism product. According to them, this Festival could bring tourists to Armenia especially from Georgia and Iran, as well as from Russia, Kazakhstan and also the European countries.

Director of one of the travel companies Armen Grigoryan called this Festival a wonderful opportunity for development of scientific tourism. “This is a unique opportunity as very few countries can make some proposals of scientific tourism”, he said, adding that currently the tour-operators are preparing to work with their foreign partners on this direction and to present this new opportunity.

STARMUS is a global festival of science communication and art that brings together the most brilliant minds on the planet. Its aim is to inspire and educate the next generation of explorers and regenerate the spirit of discovery. STARMUS combines art, music and science to enhance the science communication.