Author: Zhanna Nahapetian

 16:13,

YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. Presidents of Russia and France, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, will discuss relations of Moscow and Paris, as well as various crisis situations at the video conference scheduled for June 26.

"The video conference of President Putin and the President of France is scheduled for Friday, they will talk privately," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, reports TASS.  "We expect the very beginning of the conference to be open to the mass media, we will publish the footage," the spokesman said.

"First and foremost, we expect the two leaders to exchange opinions on bilateral Russian-French relations; this will also be a good opportunity to discuss various crisis situation: the Ukrainian settlement, Syria, Libya," Peskov said, adding that "discussion of other topics that the two presidents would deem necessary, is also possible."

Earlier, the Elysee Palace announced Macron’s plans to have talks with Putin on June 26. Paris named strategic balance issues, Libya, Iran, the coronavirus spread, and the main crises on the UN Security Council agenda among the topics to be discussed.

Turning colorful bus into beehive: Resident of Armenia’s Goris town present his invention

 10:32,

YEREVAN, JUNE 15, ARMENPRESS. Karlen Chagharyan, 72, a resident of Armenia’s Goris town, is engaged in beekeeping for more than 30 years. He continues the work of his father who also has been engaged in beekeeping for many years. Recently the Goris town resident decided to bring something new in his work, making the process more effective. He colored his own bus and turned it into a beehive.

“In fact, this idea is for making my work easier and raising its effectiveness. After turning the first bus into a beehive I understood how much it was effective. Previously, when I was placing the beehives in fields, some times later I had to transport them to another place which required money, etc. Now these problems do not exist anymore. I take the beehives which are located in the bus to another place very easily. In order to have a good honey, transporting beehives from time to time is very important”, he told Armenpress, adding that he already has the second bus which again turned into a beehive.

Karlen Chagharyan is one of the beekeepers in Goris having the most beehives. Currently he has 120 beehives, some of which are placed in the buses. He decided to increase the number of bus-beehives as he has seen the effectiveness of this idea. He has already acquired the third bus which is at the stage of turning into a beehive.

“The advantage of having a bus-beehive is obvious. The temperature in the bus is stable, it is isolated, equipped and conditions have been created. The work with bees has become easier, neither wind, air temperature nor rain affect it. In the past I had to spend 200-300,000 AMD, engage 15-20 workers to transport the beehives, but now I take them wherever I want without making additional spending”, he said.

Chagharyan said such an idea has never been implemented in Goris. He was the first to make that invention. He says he has set a task to have a high-quality honey and is satisfied with the consumption as he has concrete clients.

“In any case, the market, the sale of honey are very important for beekeepers. Today the market is small and also has honey not in so much high-quality, and our citizens usually do not differentiate what is good honey and what not”, he said, urging to buy high-quality honey, especially when the price difference is little.

Reporting by Anna Gziryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 15:17,

YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. The monument honoring the legendary Ararat-73 football club in Yerevan has been vandalized. 4 statues have been stolen.

The statues were erected in 2016 to honor the squad of the year 1973 of the FC Ararat Yerevan, the year the team won the USSR Top League and the USSR Cup.

“This is vandalism”, player of Ararat 73 Sergey Poghosyan, now retired, told ARMENPRESS.

Poghosyan was outraged to learn about the incident. He emphasized what a great meaning the statues have for the entire team, especially for those who are still alive.

“It has been years since I am asking relevant structures to install video surveillance here, however they haven’t responded till now”, an angered Poghosyan said near the remaining statues.

“Today, something happened which I find to be vandalism”, Poghosyan said. “I came here the moment I found out. These statues mean a lot to us, this was a slap to the nation, this theft was a great slap to the face”, he said.

The statues of Ararat-73 manager Nikita Simonyan and players Robert Tsaghikyan, Onik Abrahamyan and Harutyun Keheyan were stolen. The remaining statues are in place.

Police said they have launched proceedings. 

Reporting by Varvara Hayrapetyan; Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan