` Wednesday, 3 Armenian Soldiers Killed, One Wounded In Anti-Tank Mine Explosion In Karabakh Armenia - An Armenian soldier on combat duty on the border with Azerbaijan, 30Dec2015. Three servicemen of Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian army have been killed and another one was seriously wounded in a mine explosion reported at one of the military units stationed in the northeastern direction of the line of contact with Azerbaijan's armed forces. Nagorno-Karabakh's Ministry of Defense said the incident occurred on Tuesday evening. It identified the killed servicemen as 22-year-old leutenant Gegham Zakarian, 19-year-old private Sargis Abrahamian and 20-year-old private Sargis Melikian. Nineteen-year-old private Narek Hoveyan is currently being treated by doctors, his condition is assessed as heavy, the source said. "Investigation is underway to establish the circumstances of the incident," the Nagorno-Karabakh military said. Armenia's Investigation Committee also said that one of its units is investigating the circumstances of the Karabakh servicemen's death. In a statement it said that the servicemen were blown up by an anti-tank mine while carrying out engineering work. The Investigation Committee said a criminal case has been instituted on the hallmarks of a penal code article dealing with "breach of rules for handling weapons, ammunition# that negligently caused the death of two or more persons." Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovannisian also confirmed that the case was not a consequence of "direct enemy impact". The latest deadly incident in Nagorno-Karabakh comes shortly after a regional tour by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who visited Baku and Yerevan on November 19-21 for talks with the political leaderships of Azerbaijan and Armenia that also focused on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Armenian Government To Subsidize New Water Tariff Rise . Anush Muradian Armenia -- A session of the Public Services Regulatory Commission. 22Nov., 2017 A public utilities regulator has approved a second water tariff rise within just over a year sought by a French company that became Armenia's single operator in late 2016. This time, however, the increase will be subsidized by the Armenian government for a year. The French company, Veolia Djur, had formally asked the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) to raise the tariff from 180 drams to 194.3 drams (some 40 U.S. cents) per cubic meter for the vast majority of consumers. The PSRC on Wednesday decided to partly satisfy the French company's request. Garegin Baghramian, the head of the PSRC's Tariff Policy Department, said the water tariff will be increased by 11.4 drams - to 191.4 drams per cubic meter. (According to the current exchange rate, one U.S. dollar is about 485 Armenians drams). The new tariff will become effective from January 1, 2018. On November 2, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian instructed the State Water Committee (SWC) head to submit a proposal to the government on how to keep the existing retail water tariff if a new rise is approved. At today's session of the PSRC a representative of the SWC and the Commission's head announced that the government will fulfill its promise and during 2018 consumers in Armenia will continue to pay 180 drams per cubic meter of water. "The difference between the current tariff and the tariff to be applied from January 1 should be subsidized at the expense of lease payments," said Armen Sergoyan, head of the SWC's Water Supply and Drainage Systems Department. PSRC Chairman Robert Nazarian said: "Certainly the tariffs for our consumers will remain at the same level as they are today. I think the State Water Committee will submit a relevant draft decision to the Government at one of its upcoming sessions and it will be adopted." The regulators already sanctioned a nearly 6 percent rise in the water price last December. The PSRC head told Veolia Djur representatives at that time to "operate in a way that will preclude further tariff increases." He said the Armenian subsidiary of France's Veolia utility group must specifically crack down on "illegal water consumers." Veolia Djur General Manager Christian Lefaix was also present at today's meeting. Addressing him, Nazarian noted that there are numerous shortcomings in terms of water consumption volumes, which have also been revealed as a result of a relevant monitoring. "I should ask Mr. Lefaix today to use all his reserves and potential in this direction and do everything possible so that we do not raise the tariffs due to the volume of water consumption," the PSRC head said. Armenia's drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities are run by Veolia in accordance with a 15-year management contract which it signed with the Armenian government in November last year. Before that the French company for a decade managed the water and sewerage network of Yerevan. It significantly improved water supply in the Armenian capital in that period not least because of capital investments made in the aging network. In a November 2016 statement, Veolia said that it will attract $200 million in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the German development bank KfW over the next four years for similar infrastructure upgrades across the country. "By 2030 the entire population of Armenia will thus be supplied with drinking water [around the clock] thanks to Veolia," said the statement. Armenian Students, Officials Hold `Roundtable' On Military Service Law . Ruzanna Stepanian Armenia - Participants of a roundtable discussion on the new law on military service observe a minute of silence in honor of killed soldiers, Yerevan,22Nov,2017 Leaders of a student movement against controversial restrictions of the right to draft deferments have met with Armenian parliament members and government officials on Wednesday in a `roundtable discussion' that was promised to them in exchange for the halt in their street protests last week. The restrictions sought by the Ministry of Defense were approved by the Armenian National Assembly on November 15 and will become law upon signing by President Serzh Sarkisian. Under the legislation, in order to get a draft deferment all male students who want to pursue their studies must sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense and agree to serve three years in the military after completing their studies at the location chosen by the Ministry. Otherwise, the legislation stipulates, the students will be drafted to the army once they attain the age of 18 to serve for two years. Critics of the legislation argue that the measure will discourage students from pursuing scientific careers and will eventually harm the development of science in the country. Proponents of the law, including Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian, see no such risks. They point out that the law will give a fairer treatment to all students and will reduce corruption by closing a key loophole to avoiding compulsory military service. Armenia - University students protest in Yerevan against government plans to abolish military draft deferments, 7Nov2017. David Petrosian, one of the leaders of the student group, "For Science Development", that spearheaded weeklong rallies and a boycott of classes that involved hundreds of students from Yerevan State Universities as well as some other schools of higher learning, told lawmakers and representatives of the ministries of defense and education today that instead of "taking the university to the army" they suggest "bringing the army into the university." In particular, students came up with two proposals that still need to be discussed by government representatives and lawmakers. They recommended that the government work out a flexible draft deferment policy that will help develop the science and education system, will ensure the continuity of the education process and at the same time will exclude corruption. Petrosian also proposed that students be engaged in military service during their bachelor's degree studies in universities. "We distribute 18-month-long service during the four-year bachelor's degree studies, and we get about four months of service during a year with two-month periods. This allows us not to take the university to the army, but to bring the army into the university. The principle of the continuity of students' education will not be violated and at the same time students will participate in the service. It means that for four years students will be in service, at the same time they will continue their education in the university," Petrosian said. Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakarian noted that the proposed type of service is now applied in Switzerland, which he said is a country where there is no threat of war. As for master's degree studies, students suggest that military service be continued for six more months during post-graduate studies. The general approach shown by government representatives was that the problem is not connected with the law, which was adopted in parliament last week, and that all issues should be regulated by government decisions and sub-legislative acts. "We can state that there is a problem and that the discussion has been a successful one, because we hear each other, because from both sides there are common approaches and the desire to give a more comprehensive and full solution to the problem. And these mechanisms are now to be set out in government decisions and sub-legislative acts. Let's start to work with the government together to make your recommendations documented so that they can be reflected in government decisions and sub-legislative acts. This is my suggestion. The ball is in the government's court now," said Deputy Parliament Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, who represents the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. Among those participating in the discussions was also Armenia's Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchian. Before the start of the roundtable its participants observed a minute's silence in honor of three Armenian servicemen who were killed in an anti-tank mine explosion while carrying out engineering work in Nagorno-Karabakh last night. Tashir Considers Construction Of Hydro-Power Plant In Southern Armenia . Sargis Harutyunyan Armenia -- Vice President of Tashir group Karen Darbinian. 22Nov., 2017 The Tashir group of companies, which has pledged to invest $872 million in Armenian electricity grids in the next ten years, is going to make large-scale investments also in the electricity generation sector, a representative said. Besides a hydro-power plant in Shnogh, which is in the northeast of Armenia, the company considers the possibility of building an HPP also in Meghri, which is in the extreme south of the country. At a press conference on Wednesday Tashir's Vice President Karen Darbinian did not give further details regarding the possible hydro-power plant construction in Meghri. "This is at the stage of discussions. It is very likely that in the future Tashir will make investments also in the field of electricity production," he said. On November 13, Tashir announced that on the river Debed it will build a 120 MW hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of up to 460 million kilowatts per year, which will provide about 6 percent of Armenia's total demand in electricity. Tashir Group, which is owned by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetian, owns the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) and the Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant, which it acquired from the Russian Inter RAO Company in October 2015. Besides, Tashir, in fact, also owns Armenia's largest solar power plant, Arexim, with a capacity of 0.5 MW, which was inaugurated in the Armenian town of Tsaghkadzor in September. In August, by the government's decision, the High-Voltage Electric Networks state company was handed over to the management of Tashir for a period of five years with the possibility of prolongation. Due to this company it is possible to export large volumes of electricity from Armenia or to import electricity to the country. In this regard, Darbinian said: "No specific strategy has been outlined yet, but, of course, we will also be engaged in export. The export of electricity is a very important factor for Armenia in terms of energy security." As for the investment of about $900 million in the ENA, the company says it will be made during a period of 10 years, by 2028. Tashir says it will attract half of the sum from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank and the Eurasian Development Bank. The other half will be provided from Tashir's own means. According to Darbinian, 80 percent of the equipment needed for the modernization of the ENA will be produced in Armenia, and Tashir will invest about $100 million to establish relevant enterprises. He said that two years ago when Tashir took over the ENA, losses in the power grid made 13.3 percent. Now, he said, they have been reduced to 8.7 percent. According to ENA Director General Karen Harutiunian, about a thousand jobs will be cut as a result of the modernization of the network that currently employs about 7,300 workers. Over the past two years 900 workers were also discharged from the ENA, but the company kept paying 100 percent of their salaries for the first year and 50 percent of their salaries for the second. Press Review Armenian media analyze the statements made during yesterday's joint press conference of the Armenian and Russian foreign ministers, Edward Nalbandian and Sergei Lavrov, in Yerevan. "Past" writes: "In fact, the Russian side has come to a point where, unable to get a solution according to its own scenario, it has decided to revert to an old status quo, which is to `freeze' the conflict until it is again suitable for it to deal with the matter." The paper suggests, however, that it will not be possible to return at least to the point that existed before April 2016 when the deadliest Armenian-Azerbaijani fighting since the 1994 ceasefire took place. "Zhamanak" suggests that with its trilateral interaction with Turkey and Azerbaijan in recent years Russia has sought a new situation in the Karabakh settlement process, expecting to deploy in the conflict zone a Russian or Russian-led peacekeeping force. "But either Azerbaijan hurried with the April 2016 war or the Armenian armed forces proved much more combat-ready than Moscow and Baku thought, and the matter did not go as far as the deployment of Russian peacekeepers," the daily concludes. "Haykakan Zhamanak" writes: "Armenian media and expert circles readily picked up on Lavrov's statement that there is no cause for `too much optimism' over a speedy resolution of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. This was perceived as a statement made in favor of preserving the status quo. Lavrov's statement in Baku that Russia, the United States and France have the same position in the Karabakh settlement was perceived the same way. But the paper reminds its readers that the last time the international mediators lost their optimism as a result of which they for a long time could not organize direct talks between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, a large-scale Azerbaijani offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh happened." (Elen Chilingarian) Reprinted on ANN/Armenian News with permission from RFE/RL Copyright (c) 2017 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc. 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org
Category: 2017
Fashion: Do you have a Talar Nina?
Khaleej Times, UAE
Nov 22 2017
Do you have a Talar Nina?
One of the best things about being in Dubai is that we're spoiled for choice when it comes to up and coming designers and brands. Dubai fashionistas have managed to hone their skills at spotting which designer is really worth our attention and our money. Talar Nina is proving to be one such designer.
Her self-named brand is all about aesthetic fun – wearable and versatile pieces that feel and look good no matter your style. Despite being worn by mainly women, Talar Nina's jackets have found their way into men's closets as well!
Born in Los Angeles, Talar moved to London to pursue her education in the arts, where she became infatuated with the city's history. After relocating to Dubai, the Armenian designer started to build her platform and brand Talar Nina.
And it seems to be going more than well with Talar launching her third collection, Eastern Promise. Inspired by her love of the Middle East, Eastern Promise has a mix of delicately embroidered bomber jackets, ornamental track pants, and skirts, all of which are both elegant and comfortable.
The sequined collection consists of four bomber jackets, track pants, joggers, a long sleeveless vest, and mid-length skirt. Two of the bomber jackets will also be available for men.
The bomber jackets are one of our favourite pieces. Unique, comfortable, they easily transition your look from day to night. And guess what – they look great on guys as well!
One of the best parts about owning a piece from Talar Nina is knowing that the philanthropic designer also donates a percentage of profits to the 'Moving Forward' Centre for children in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri.
We had the chance to chat with Talar about her latest collection, her inspirations, and her creative process.
When did you start designing? When did you know that you wanted to be a designer?
My first exposure to fashion design started while doing my A levels in Textiles, Art History and Fine Art. I enjoyed the Textile class the most and started designing pieces around specific fabrications for fun. It was my Fine Art teacher in London, Mrs. Skinner, who ultimately encouraged me to pursue a career in fashion and the rest is history.
Who do you design for?
My brand is worn by women of all ages but I have a growing male client base and am exploring a more unisex range of jackets and trousers that can be worn in different ways. There are no age limits with our clothes, we have clients from 17 years old to 80!
What would you say are your major aesthetic or cultural influences?
My frequent trips to Armenia are a source of inspiration – the architecture, art, embroidery and needle lace. Spending summers with my extended family in Amman, Jordan has also given me opportunities to travel throughout the Arab world and visit cities like Beirut, Aleppo and Damascus and experience the history and diversity of the region.
What's your creative process like? Does your initial vision change as you start working?
My creative process usually starts with a variety of images on a mood board. I will sketch out silhouettes and then focus on sourcing unique fabrications, trimmings and embroidery motifs.
What are your strengths as a designer?
Fit and function are important elements in my design ethos. It's easy to overlook these with so much choice these days but I believe if a piece is well designed and versatile and made from quality fabrics … chances are you will keep it for years to come and that piece will become a cherished favourite in your closet.
What have been the biggest issues you've faced from a business perspective here in Dubai?
My brand was launched in 2016 and the most challenging aspect was finding a professional workshop willing to work with us as we started off with small production runs. It took us a few tries but the tailors we are working with now are amazing and we couldn't be happier. One thing I have learned is that it's vital to live close to your production facility. Monitoring every step of the production process allows for better quality control and trouble shooting.
In a highly competitive market how do you stay relevant?
In this highly competitive market, my brand hopes to introduce new pieces every 2-3 months, our aim is to launch four collections a year, and add holiday and Ramadan collections to provide options for our clientele. We also will be taking part in pop-ups around the region, along with a constant stream of new content on social media platforms.
Fashion is a sector where one needs to combine creativity and commerce – how do you do this? Is one part stronger than the other for you?
For me, I think creativity and commerce go hand in hand. Without one there wouldn't be the other. Ultimately, I want people to enjoy wearing my brand and become repeat customers! Although I do prefer the creative side of the business, I had to learn the commerce side very quickly or I would not have been able to adapt.
Tell us about your new collection Eastern Promise.
The latest collection, Eastern Promise, was inspired from my many trips to the Levant, mainly Lebanon and Jordan. This part of the world has always been considered a cross roads between East and West. The 'Weaver' bomber jacket and track pants are inspired by the intricate art of carpet weaving. The 'Gigi' bomber and 'Gigi' vest are made from an all over embroidered fabric of crème cotton thread on a black base with a delicate sprinkling of sequins for a touch of sparkle. The 'Blossom' jackets are embellished with gold thread and mirrors and tiny pearls and stones designed to create a beautiful and exotic floral motif.
How do you combine Middle Eastern inspirations into pieces that are modern and contemporary?
Middle Eastern art, architecture, and music are grounded in ancient traditions that somehow remain timeless. I enjoy curating and combining these old elements with new ideas to produce clothes that are wearable and timeless yet still offering fresh looks every season.
In your opinion, what is the difference between style and fashion?
In my opinion fashion and style are two different things. Style is how you express yourself, how you interpret what is in fashion at that moment … It is about your taste and personal preference. Fashion is driven by market forces, trends, influencers and is evolving all the time. It is my hope that my designs will always be more about style and less about fashion.
Who are your constant muses? Or do you have a different inspiration per collection?
At the moment my muse for the Eastern Promise collection is Queen Rania of Jordan. She was definitely someone I had in mind when designing the new pieces, especially the 'Gigi' vest.
Who were some of the designers that have influenced your style?
A few designers that have influenced my personal style would have to be Alexander Wang - he started the luxury streetwear aesthetic, – Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino - both legends in the history of 20th century fashion and they were dedicated to making women look elegant, beautiful and timeless.
Where would you like to see Talar Nina in the next five years?
In five years time I hope to see it become a staple brand where clients go for their fix of embroidered, elegant and easy to wear pieces! I would also love to see the brand stocked in a few more stores around the Middle East and Los Angeles.
What is one of your biggest fashion pet peeves?
One of my biggest fashion pet peeves are people who become slaves to the latest trends and when leggings are worn outside of the gym – they are not trousers!
Film: Armenian director’s Karabakh movie named best at Pomegranate fest
Pan Armenian, Armenia
Nov 22 2017
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Armenian director's Karabakh movie named best at Pomegranate fest
The feature film "The Last Inhabitant" by Armenian filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan about the ongoing conflict in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) was named the best feature film in Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
The movie was among the 40 other films submitted for consideration, with Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Arsinee Khanjian, actor/producer Dean Cain, Montel Williams and many others in attendance.
Avetisyan's eighth feature film, "The Last Inhabitant" centers around Abgar, the only Armenian of Christian faith left in the village of Gyurjevan, now devastated and in near ruins, after everyone else has been deported. Because of his skills as a stonemason, he is assigned to help build a mosque by the Azeri occupants. He also has to take care of his daughter Yurga, traumatized after witnessing her husband’s murder. As the situation deteriorates around them with increasing enemy danger and lack of food, they find solace in their memories of an idealized past, when peace and happiness still prevailed. The last resort for those who have not much to hope for. With its often elegiac and poetic approach the film is able to achieve a touching portrait of survival and at the same time humanizing the protagonists and their fate, how tragic it may be.
Earlier, the film was named the best feature film by the Scandinavian International Film Festival, while actor Aleksandr Khachatryan, meanwhile, won the best actor award in Finland.
Film: COAF students from Armenia take part in virtual chat with Terry George
Pan Armenian, Armenia
Nov 22 2017
COAF students from Armenia take part in virtual chat with Terry George
Youth from the COAF beneficiary villages of Hatsik and Aragatsavan had the opportunity to take part in a virtual reality experience with screenwriter/director Terry George ("The Promise", "Hotel Rwanda", "In the Name of the Father"), producer Dr. Eric Esrailian, and Armenian youth from Los Angeles and Amman.
Held on International Day for Tolerance, the Siroun VR Project was organized by Global Nomads Group to foster dialogue and understanding about various injustices occurring around the world. A group of students from both villages gathered at the local school renovated by COAF in the community of Hatsik.
Siroun is an educational resource that supplements the central theme to the film The Promise- “injustice is enabled by silence.” As a virtual reality experience, it gives viewers an opportunity to immerse themselves in a rural Ottoman village at a critical moment in history, creating a foundation of empathy to consider the choices and experiences of everyday people caught at the crossroads of conflict, civil war and genocide.
Students exchanged their viewpoints on why they believe the Armenian Genocide remains unrecognized, how to prevent bullying at school for kids who are perceived as different, and why intolerance has led to so many atrocities around the world.
“We were very happy to see our kids embracing more tolerant and open mindsets as opposed to retaining anger and resentment rooted in historic memory,” said Ester Hakobyan, COAF Programs Director.
Sports: Three young Armenian wrestlers to begin competing at World Championships today
Pan Armenian, Armenia
Nov 22 2017
Sport 14:30 22/11/2017 Armenia
Young Armenian wrestlers are taking part in the U23 World Championships hosted by Poland from 21 to 26 November.
According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, five Greco-Roman wrestlers represent Armenia in the championship – Taron Dumoyan (59 kg), Karen Aslanyan (66 kg), Armen Hakobyan (71 kg), Sargis Kocharyan (80 kg) and Gegham Torgomyan (85 kg).
Armen Hakobyan and Gegham Torgomyan have already finished their performances, while Taron Dumoyan, Karen Aslanyan and Sargis Kocharyan are set to begin competing today.
The Armenian U23 Greco-Roman wrestling team is led by coach Edward Sahakyan.
Armenian freestyle wrestlers Gevorg Tadevosyan (57 kg), Ghazar Hambardzumyan (61 kg), Khachatur Papikyan and Hrayr Alikhanyan (74 kg) will begin competing tomorrow. The team is led by head coach Habetnak Kurghinyan.
Sports: Have a Khit Kat: Henrikh Mkhitaryan looks lonely in training as he fights for Manchester United career
The Sun, UK
Tuesday 1:31 PM GMT
HAVE A KHIT-KAT Henrikh Mkhitaryan looks lonely in training as he
fights for Manchester United career
Armenian was dropped for Man Utd's 4-1 win over Newcastle but has
clearly missed Paul Pogba - who is now fit and firing again
By Alex Terrell
HENRIKH MKHITARYAN has seemed cut off in the last couple of months -
largely thanks to Paul Pogba's absence.
But the Armenian star looked a forlorn figure at Carrington today as
he sat on his own before joining in Manchester United training.Jose
Mourinho rested the former Borussia Dortmund man for their 4-1 home
win over Newcastle on Saturday evening.
But it hasn't stopped reports that the Portuguese is growing fed up
with the 28-year-old's performances, just 16 months after joining Old
Trafford.
To be fair to Mkhitaryan, he has been involved in all of United's
matches in the league and Europe this season, as well as both of
Armenia's friendlies last week, before missing Saturday.
And he has clearly missed the midfield presence of Pogba, classily
knitting together United's midfield play, as he did in the win over
the Toon.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan performs training drills ahead of Antonio Valencia
at Carrington before Manchester United's game at Basel[/caption]
Elsewhere Pogba and pal Romelu Lukaku could be seen enjoying a joke together.
The Red Devils are due to fly out to Switzerland to face FC Basel in
their Champions League fixture, knowing a draw will see them win Group
A outright.UNSTOPPAPLE?
Can anyone stop the Man City juggernaut walking the Premier League title?
Basel are in a scrap for second place though, with CSKA Moscow
breathing down their necks.
In fact, if CSKA fail to beat Benfica at home, United seal
qualification before even kicking a ball tomorrow night.
Ashley Young wonders if he has found his target after booting the ball[/caption]
Jose Mourinho has a chat with Nemanja Matic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic[/caption]
Mourinho's side have won all their four games so far and conceded just
one goal in the competition, away in Moscow.
They should be home and dry in Europe, but Chris Smalling, Phil Jones,
Ashley Young and David De Gea will remind their team-mates that the
last time they went to St-Jakob Park, they were beaten 2-1 in an
electric atmosphere.
Jones actually scored that night in Switzerland, but it was only to be
a consolation as United crashed out of the Champions League in a group
stage humiliation, just months after playing in the previous season's
final.
And Mourinho will hope they can keep another clean sheet against the
Swiss champions.
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The Red Devils face Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm,
suggesting Mourinho could rotate some of his squad with the busiest
period of the season approaching.
United then travel to Watford on Tuesday and then Arsenal the weekend
after, for a late Saturday kick-off before a clash against CSKA Moscow
at Old Trafford in their final Champions League group game.
After that is the small matter of the Manchester derby at the Theatre
of Dreams on December 12.
PwC Canada appoints Diane Kazarian as the Greater Toronto Area’s New Managing Partner
Business Insider
Nov 21 2017
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Nov. 21, 2017, 12:02 PM
TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2017 /CNW/ – PwC Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Diane Kazarian as the Greater Toronto Area's (GTA) new Managing Partner, as of January 1, 2018.
For more than 25 years, Diane has been serving a broad base of public and private clients at PwC. Since 2012 in her role as National Financial Services Leader, Diane has built a robust practice, leading teams in the banking and capital markets, asset management, insurance, real estate, and private equity sectors. She is also very active speaking in conference and media on topics of innovation, notably FinTech, Blockchain, and emerging technologies impacting the financial services sector.
"We're excited to announce Diane Kazarian as head of PwC Canada's GTA Practice. Diane has a successful track record of strong leadership and delivering value and success to our clients. Her focus on innovation and working with clients to solve important problems is invaluable in today's rapidly changing world," said Nicolas Marcoux, National Managing Partner, Montréal office and Major Cities. "In this role, Diane will continue with her great efforts to support our clients and stakeholders, as well as support our people and communities across the GTA."
Diane, a champion for diversity and inclusion and co-sponsor of PwC Canada's Women in Leadership program, was a recipient of the Women's Executive Network's (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. She is also a board member of Bryant University and Kingsway College School.
Diane will continue in her role as National Financial Services Leader.
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Prime Minister Karapetyan becomes grandpa
Category
Society
Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has become a grandfather of twins – his daughter gave birth to a boy and a girl.
Hayk Harutyunyan, deputy minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources, who is the son-in-law of the Prime Minister, said on Facebook that his twins have been born.
“My boy and girl were born”, he said.
17% increase in defense allocations to be directed for ensuring peace and investments
Category
Politics
The increase of allocations to the defense field in the 2018 state budget is aimed at ensuring people’s security and increase of investments, Gagik Minasyan, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on financial-credit and budgetary affairs, told reporters.
He said in 2016 225 billion AMD has been allocated to the defense field, in 2017 this number was 209 billion AMD, but in 2018 246.8 billion AMD investment is expected. This will be an increase of 17% compared to 2017. “The increase is linked with two factors: if we try to ensure investments, which will be the main driving force for our economic growth, the investor should be secured by the possible negative developments, but the poor condition in the defense field is strictly dangerous for investors. At the same time we have an unsettled conflict, and through these allocations we are going to ensure our people’s peaceful living, as well as the peaceful military service of our soldiers”, Gagik Minasyan said.
Compared to 2017, the increase of the 2018 state budget is 100 billion AMD, which, in addition to the defense field, will be directed to the economic field, in particular, the agriculture, construction of roads and irrigation system.
The lawmaker said during the December 5 parliament’s four-day sitting the amended version of the 2018 state budget based on the MPs’ proposals will be discussed.
Under the 2018 state budget draft the revenue will comprise 1 trillion 307 billion AMD, the expenditure – 1 trillion 464 billion AMD, and the deficit – 156 billion AMD. It is expected to ensure 4.5% economic growth, the deficit against the GDP will be 2.7%.
Russia to continue supporting creation of conditions for settlement of NK conflict, says FM Lavrov
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The foreign ministers of Armenia and Russia discussed prospects of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at a meeting in Yerevan, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference in the Armenian capital.
“We briefed our Armenian friends on the content of the talks on this topic, which our delegation held in Baku two days ago”, Lavrov said.
He added that as a OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing country, Russia, along with USA and France, will continue supporting the sides in creating conditions which would contribute to the settlement of the issue.