Category: 2017

Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan summarizes the year. You can follow it live.

(see video)

In the “Media Center” discussion on the topic “Adoption of the judicial code in Parliament: controversial provisions and concerns” is held.

Speakers are:

Avetik Ishkhanyan, President of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia

Artur Sakunts, head of the HCAV

David Khachaturyan, head of the Board of Directors “Open Society Foundations-Armenia”

Hayk Alumyan, advocate

Haykuhi Harutyunyan, head of the “Protection of Rights without Borders”

Guatemala President Jimmy Morales  recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced that he was moving his embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,  Al jazeera reports.

Guatemala was one of the few (9) countries in the world that voted against the UN General Assembly resolution on Thursday, which was calling on the United States to refrain from recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Guatemalan President made this statement after the meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, stressing that the two countries would strengthen their relations.

At the same time, a vote was held in the parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, Tehran Times reports. The bill was passed by 187 votes in favor, 15 against and 9 abstentions. Iran has always supported the Palestinian people’s rights and called on the Islamic world to fight against Zionism.

To remind, on December 6, the US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced that he was going to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On December 21, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the US statement and urging the US government to abolish that decision.

258 cases, 115 of which are extraordinary, have been registered in the National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia on December 18-24.

During the mentioned period 113 domestic calls, 50 fire and 46 traffic accidents were registered, as a result of which 2 people died and 72 were injured and 5 survivors due to the rescuers.

16 cases of vehicle blocking have been registered in connection with weather conditions. Rescuers provided assistance to 58 citizens blocked in the snowstorm and transported 20 vehicles to safe areas.

7 cases of poisoning were registered during the week, as a result of which 24 people were injured.

Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia urges us to be as vigilant as possible and to observe the basic rules of safety.

According to police reports, 20 cases out of 25 of bodily injuries have been revealed on December 22-25.

Four cases of drug detection were recorded.
1 case of theft, 21 cases of abductions and frauds, 1 case of rape or rape attempt, robbery and hooliganism were revealed.

From the previous crimes 7 cases of thefts, bodily injuries and 1 case of fraud were revealed.
21 road accidents were registered in the republic over the past 3 days, as a result of which 2 people died and 28 were injured, the RA police report.

Denis Avtomov, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister,  did not come empty-handed to the Ukrainian Sunday School. There were candies in the box, which the children accepted as a gift from Santa Claus. The Ukrainian Sunday School was summarizing the passing year. Here, Yerevan resident representatives study Ukrainian. Dennis Avtomov wished everyone happy New Year.

“Wish our children to become smore clever and gain knew knowledge. And we, adults, will always support them,” said Denis Avtomanov.

Under the name of supporting children with disabilities, fraudulent donations are increasing on New Year’s Eve.

“Armenia is a very small country, but our society does not abstain from the vulgar people who pass thresholds of morality, manipulate problems of children with disabilities, and make money. We have repeatedly appealed to the police, tried to solve the issue in the legal field, and I understand the passiveness of the police because there is no concrete evidence based on which criminal cases could be initiated,” said Narine Manukyan, head of the “Armenian Mothers” charity foundation.

Fundraising takes place in several ways: they call homes and suggest magazines, claiming that the whole money will be spent on children in need.

Narine Manukyan said that then the form had changed in order to make it more influential. Young people with disabilities went to apartments and distributing those magazines.

To reveal these and similar frauds, a number of charity foundations and organizations of Armenia have united and created the “We” coalition.

“Now we are in a situation where every parent can organize a fundraise without a groundbreaking study. For example, if the parent does not like the child’s treatment, he can fundraise on Facebook for treatment of a child abroad, whereas the disease may be healed in Armenia. Often they make fairy tales, put on Facebook and organize fundraising,” says Elena Baghdasaryan, a member of the coalition.

The coalition members are of the same opinion that those who make charity through magazines are all “cheaters.”

They call on the public to be more educated while doing charity. You should know whom you are giving money to, else you enrich the immoral people.

On December 26, Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to the Russian Federation, Moscow to take part in the informal meeting of the CIS participating states’ leaders.