ArmInfo. A protest rally in protection of Amulsar is taking place in Yerevan.
Activists, environmentalists, ordinary citizens began the march from the park adjacent to the National Assembly, where they were already met by an enhanced police cordon.
From the National Assembly, the procession marched along Baghramyan Avenue to Mashtots Avenue and further to Republic Square.
Activists made a short stop in France's square, and ecologist Ani Khachatryan made a statement on behalf of many attendees, who accused Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of abusing power, betraying the values of the revolution and continuing the policies of the previous authorities. Khachatryan emphasized that the Lydian company, which was entrusted with the development of Amulsar, misinformed the authorities, the public and its own creditors. "However, the prime minister does not want to see this. Pashinyan provides the highest level of protection for the company. This is a blatant fact of abuse. Pashinyan and his government are responsible for the fact that at the expense of the entire population of the country, some corporation will profit by blackmail, and Pashinyan's statements create fertile ground for Lydian's actions. Most of the population does not believe the arguments about the safety of the mine, while the government's legitimacy is threatened. Amulsar's defenders will make every effort to protect the rights and AIAM citizens ", Khachatryan said.
Then the procession continued its movement, activists moving along Mashtots Avenue to Republic Square chanting: "Amulsar will remain a mountain", "Amulsar is only a mountain", "We are the masters of our country", "Amulsar without a mine". The procession is accompanied by law enforcement. Several hundred people participate in the protest.
To recall the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on September 9 live Facebook said that at the moment there is no legal basis to prohibit the operation of the Amulsar mine. Nikol Pashinyan also formally asked Jermuk residents to unlock all roads leading to the Amulsar mine.
As Pashinyan assured, the Lydian leadership committed themselves to 100% safe operation. In addition, he said that he ordered the inspection body to study the project in detail, and the criminal case in the IC (under Art. Concealment or intentional misrepresentation of information on environmental pollution), previously entrusted to Yura Ivanian, a relative of the former Minister of Ecology Aramayis Grigoryan, who approved the assessment of the impact of the development Amulsar to the environment, transferred to the deputy head of the Investigative Committee to Arsen Ayvazyan. "A new investigation team will be formed, which will consider the facts, give answers to questions in the framework of the criminal case," Pashinyan said.
In response, environmentalists, activists and residents of the resort town of Jermuk said they were not going to openthe roads leading to the Amulsar mine. "We do not understand the position of the Prime Minister, who agreed to open the mine solely on Lydian's" honest Injun "on 100% safe its operation, "said the residents of Jermuk, stressing that they would negotiate exclusively around the closure of the mine.
It should be noted that despite Lydian's assurances that about $ 400 million of the authorities have already been invested in the project and another $ 450-500 million will go to the state treasury within 10 years of the mine's operation, local ecologists do not share the government's enthusiasm about the attractiveness of the plan mine exploitation. Environmentalists fear that the exploitation of the mine,, during which sodium cyanide will be used, could lead to the oxidation of water in rivers. Contaminated waters will become unsuitable for drinking and irrigation and may cause irreparable harm to the mineral springs of Jermuk and the ecosystem of Sevan. In addition to the water basin, the public is also concerned about the possible presence of uranium reserves in the mine. .367 в® бҐаҐЎа б® б।Ё¬ ᮤҐа¦ ЁҐ¬ 9.29 Ј в®г. ЏаЁ н⮬, ® б ¬®¬ га Ґ – Ё б«®ў . -0- So, in his work "Uranium bearing of geological formations in Armenia", the famous scientist, Doctor of Geological Sciences Petros Aloyan noted that the Amulsar manifestation of uranium is located 4 km south- east of the village of Ketchut and 5 km north-west of the top of the mountain of the same name. Approximately 76 tons of uranium were calculated for five sites of the Amulsar occurrence, and taking into account uranium in the thorium site, its total reserves can be estimated at 100 tons. Moreover, according to the research of another scientist, Professor G.S. Avagyan, according to 40 samples of Amulsar ore, there are 195 tons of uranium and thorium there. Meanwhile, the development of uranium deposits requires special permission from the government, which Lydian does not have. According to the company, the mine contains about 73733 kg of gold with an average grade of 0.78 g per ton, as well as 294.367 tons of silver with an average grade of 9.29 g per ton, at the same time, not any word about uranium itself.
Arsenal will be hoping that the 30-year-old attacking midfielder can carry this form into his loan spell with Roma, perhaps the Gunners can sell the ace to the Italian giants after a successful loan.
Alternatively, Mkhitaryan could return to north London and finally become the player that fans expected when he was brought to the Emirates in a swap deal involving Alexis Sanchez.
Tottenham's Troy Parrott marked his Under-21s debut with a first-half winner as the Republic of Ireland defeated Armenia 1-0 in Tallaght.
The 17-year-old striker applied a close-range finish following brilliant wing play from Aaron Connolly as the hosts dominated the encounter.
The result leaves Stephen Kenny's side top of Euro 2021 qualifying Group One having won their opening two fixtures.
Parrott, who was named in Tottenham's 25-man Champions League squad on Wednesday, delivered on debut but in truth it was left winger Connolly who was the star, causing the Armenian defence a world of trouble in an inspired first-half display.
The Brighton youngster nearly created the opening goal after 16 minutes, jinking down the flank before finding Adam Idah who was denied by goalkeeper Sevak Aslanyan.
Parrott's opener after the half-hour mark was just reward for the Republic's dominance, with the hosts perhaps unfortunate not to be further ahead at the break.
Captain Jayson Molumby went close to doubling the lead from close range before Parrott's effort from the edge of the area came back off the post.
Armenia struggled to consistently put their hosts under pressure but did have chances through Rudik Mkrtchyan and Karen Melkonyan, who forced Kellehr into a smart stop with 20 minutes remaining.
An official investigation has been launched against Yura Ivanyan, the head of the investigation team dealing with the Amulsar gold mine project, Investigative Committee spokesperson Naira Harutyunyan told Panorama.am.
The official said the investigation is set to check the accuracy of the information about Harutyunyan’s alleged partiality in the case.
Yura Ivanyan heads the Department of Investigation of Corruption-Related Crimes, Crimes against Property and Cybercrimes at the Investigative Committee.
The move comes after an article published on the Infocom information platform that pointed to a kinship between the top investigator and former Minister of Ecology Aramayis Grigoryan, who initially approved the gold mine operator Lydian’s Environmental Impact Assessment evaluation.
The Investigative Committee confirmed the information but dismissed as ‘unreasonable’ the claims that this fact could have affected the objectivity of the investigation into the gold mine project.
The Armenian Cultural Union (UCA) of Argentina condemned the order issued today by the Turkish government to replace three HDP co-mayors with state-appointed trustees
In a statement on its website entitled "Let's redouble the fight against the fascist regime of Erdogan!", the Armenian Cultural Union (UCA) of Argentina said that “the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government illegally dismissed three HDP co-mayors who had been elected in the last elections in Turkey, where a large number of Kurdish people are concentrated. "
The statement added: "The State, which reproduces the same logic from the Armenian genocide, in an absolutely illegal and persecutory measure seeks to hit the country's most important left-wing force, third parliamentary bloc in the National Assembly."
In the statement, the members of the UCA also warned: "about the seriousness that the popular will in Turkey is not respected, further deepening the repression of the government against the different minorities."
The statement recalled that the deputy of Armenian origin Garo Paylan and the deputy of Kurdish origin Ebru Gunay during their visit to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, said that President Erdogan follows the path that 105 years ago led to the Armenian genocide. "The policies are the same. Deny the claims of the minority. Before it was the Armenians, now they are the Kurds,” the UCA said.
The fire that broke out in the Malatia Mall shopping center is unlike any other, the head of the emergency response team at the National Emergency Management Center, Colonel Garik Hakobyan, said
The call was received at 15:45 by the 911 rescue service. Four fire and rescue teams arrived at the place. Then the second and third calls were recorded, and nine more rescue and fire crews arrived. All the forces of the city’s Ministry of Emergency Situations are taking part in the extinguishing of fire,” the official is quoted by Sputnik Armenia.
Top row: Dr. Shushan Karapetian, Jesse Siragan Arlen. Bottom row: Elizabeth Mkhitarian, Dr. Hagop Gulludjian
FRESNO—Four scholars from the University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles will discuss their research on Western Armenian in a panel discussion entitled “Western Armenian in the 21st Century: Challenges and New Approaches.” The panel will take place on Friday, September 6 at 7:30 p.m., in the University Business Center’s Alice Peters Auditorium at California State University, Fresno. Armenian Studies Program Director Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian will moderate the discussion.
The presentation is part of the Armenian Studies Program Fall 2019 Lecture Series and is supported by the Leon S. Peters Foundation.
For the past few years, scholars have discussed how to best teach, and transmit, Western Armenian to future generations. In November of 2017, the Society for Armenian Studies and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation organized a conference on “Transmitting Western Armenian to the Next Generation,” with the participation of six scholars. The conference was organized based on this 2017 discussion, as well as from the 2010 report that UNESCO had placed Western Armenian on the list of the world’s endangered languages. The scholars at the conference presented the latest research in the field of language acquisition, which benefits from theoretical and practical approaches in the field of teaching minority languages in a diasporic situation.
In 2018, The Press at Fresno State published “Western Armenian in the 21st Century: Challenges and New Approaches” as part of the Armenian Series at the university. The book was edited by Bedross Der Matossian and Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Barlow Der Mugrdechian. Four of the contributors to the volume will present their conclusions on September 6.
Dr. Shushan Karapetian is Deputy Director of the Institute of Armenian Studies at USC. She received a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA in 2014, where she has taught Armenian Studies courses for the past nine years. Her dissertation, “‘How Do I Teach My Kids My Broken Armenian?: A Study of Eastern Armenian Heritage Language Speakers in Los Angeles,” received the Society for Armenian Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award in 2015.
Jesse Siragan Arlen is a PhD Candidate of Armenian Studies in the Near Eastern Languages & Cultures department at UCLA. He has taught Western Armenian at a Sunday school since 2016, and his creative prose and poetry in Western Armenian has appeared in literary journals such as Inknagir and Pakine.
Elizabeth Mkhitarian graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in English and Armenian Studies in 2018. She is a published writer of prose and poetry in English and Armenian. Her first book of poetry in Armenian is forthcoming.
Dr. Hagop Gulludjian received his PhD with highest distinction from the Jesuit University of Buenos Aires. He has been teaching modern Western Armenian at UCLA for many years. His area of research is in post-structural rereading of medieval mystical poetry and in languages without a country: language vitality programs and their replicability.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in Lot P6 or P5 near the University Business Center—parking permits are not required on Friday evenings.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669, visit our website or visit our Facebook page.