MosJan Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 New government taking shape in ArmeniaNew government taking shape in ArmeniaJanuary 19, 2019 - 13:20 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - President Armen Sarkissian on Saturday, January 19 signed decrees on the appointment and re-appointment of Ministers in the new Armenian cabinet.As a result, acting Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, acting Health Minister Arsen Torosyan, acting Justice Minister Artak Zeynalyan and acting Minister Education Arayik Harutyunyan were re-appointed in their posts.Under one of the decrees, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan was appointed Minister of Labor.Atom Janjughazyan, Feliks Tsolakyan and Suren Papikyan were also re-appointed as the heads of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and that of Territorial Administration and Development, respectively.Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has remained Armenia’s Foreign Minister, Erik Grigoryan is still the Minister of Nature Protection, while Hakob Arshakyan was re-appointed as the head of the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/264497/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 https://hetq.am/en/article/93475 Former Armenian Officials and Their Associates Privatize Fifty Hectares of Forested LandsDue to a government decision in 2007, Armenia’s Hrazdan community was provided with 14 hectares of forest area in Hrazdan Forestry, which had been a specially protected area before. In the same year, the area was put up at auction with different lots and acquired within a month by various officials and their affiliates. In 2009, the National Assembly made changes to the law twice, and these 14 hectares of land and some other 36 hectares of adjacent land were transferred to the Tzaghkadzor community (law changes N 1, 2). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yervant1 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 https://hetq.am/en/article/93475 Former Armenian Officials and Their Associates Privatize Fifty Hectares of Forested LandsDue to a government decision in 2007, Armenia’s Hrazdan community was provided with 14 hectares of forest area in Hrazdan Forestry, which had been a specially protected area before. In the same year, the area was put up at auction with different lots and acquired within a month by various officials and their affiliates. In 2009, the National Assembly made changes to the law twice, and these 14 hectares of land and some other 36 hectares of adjacent land were transferred to the Tzaghkadzor community (law changes N 1, 2).I hope they get charged and the land is returned back to it's original status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Armenia does have the brains but keeping them there is another story. We need to pay them fair wages in order to keep them there, because working for the homeland with an empty stomach is never a good idea. Panorama, ArmeniaJan 31 2019 Pashinyan: Armenia’s main asset is its bright-minded and talented people“Armenia was considered to be the former Soviet Union’s Silicon Valley where Nairi-2, the Soviet-era first semiconductor computer and one of the first in the world, was manufactured. The major part of computing systems and electronics for submarines and spacecraft of the USSR were both invented and manufactured in Armenia,” Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated on Thursday at the Technological University of Cologne.The PM has noted that the most advanced Antenna research, design and production was conducted in Armenia. “The major Semiconductor design, production test and integration centers were in Armenia. Today, the Armenian potential has widened up. The IT sector in Armenia grew five-fold over the past seven years with an annual rate of about 25%.“We are launching exciting startup projects to create ecosystems, incubators, including sustainable development laboratories. Artificial intelligence, cyber security, block-chain and semiconductor technologies are among our priorities,” the PM said, adding the education is also focused on technologies.“Armenia’s main asset is its bright-minded and talented people with cutting-edge education. Due to this, Armenian startups are evolving speedily, some of them coming in leading places on the world map of technology. It is a proven fact, when Armenians are provided with opportunities, they are always successful,” Pashinyan stressed.The PM concluded his speech about the benefits of the digital and technological age, suggesting the technology breakthrough in such fields as artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and others create opportunities for the country to reshape its economy in a try to translate its political revolution into an economic one.https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/01/31/Pashinyan/2066580 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 Armenpress.am Jailed retired general slapped with new charges, son declared wanted Save Share 12:06, 14 February, 2019YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. Authorities have brought new criminal charges against jailed general, former lawmaker Manvel Grigoryan.New charges include extortion and tax evasion.He was initially charged only with illegal possession of firearms and grand theft.The Special Investigative Service says Grigoryan, together with his wife and son, have illegally acquired massive amounts of firearms and explosives and kept it in various locations, including his private home, as well as a territory owned by the defense ministry of Artsakh.Authorities have found multiple weapons, handguns, rifles, machine guns, around 20,000 rounds of ammunition, explosives, RPG etc.The abovementioned firearms were discovered and confiscated earlier in June of 2018 when the general was detained.In addition, authorities suspect Grigoryan to have committed grand theft of more than 100,000,000 drams worth of property when he served as president of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers. His wife and son assisted him in committing the crime, authorities said.Embezzled property includes various supplies for the military provided by the Armenian and Artsakh defense ministries that were meant for soldiers, including during the 2016 April War days.Authorities said Grigoryan even used the military food supplies to feed wild animals that he kept in his private zoo.More than 4300 cans of bottled meat, made for the military, worth around 4,5 million drams in total, were found in his compound. Numerous other food supplies for the army were embezzled by Grigoryan. Grigoryan also embezzled trucks that were designed for the military – a total of eight UAZ vehicles.The Special Investigative Service said Grigoryan has been involved in tax evasion from his early years of being in office (Deputy Minister of Defense, Member of Parliament, Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers President). He is suspected of tax evasion of more than 1,2 billion drams through a company owned by him and his family.Grigoryan is also suspected in evading taxes and falsifying financial documents of the Yerkrapah Union.He also misused more than 1,2 billion drams provided by the education ministry and the defense ministry to the union.He is also suspected in extortion and racketeering committed in the early 2000s in his hometown of Etchmiatsin. During those days, when he was Deputy Defense Minister, he allegedly extorted a local businessman of a business worth nearly 40,000,000 drams by threatening the latter and his family. Arman Grigoryan, one of the sons of the general, has been declared wanted.The preliminary investigation is concluded pending forwarding to court, authorities said.Grigoryan, a former Member of Parliament, was stripped of immunity by parliament in June 2018 and placed under arrest in suspicion of illegal possession of firearms and grand theft.At the time of his arrest Grigoryan also served as president of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers, but was later ousted by the board of the organization amid highly scandalous accusations.Law enforcement agencies found a private zoo, a car collection, huge amounts of weapons and ammunition, as well as allegedly embezzled military supplies and donations in his compound. Grigoryan, however, denies any wrongdoing. He was released from custody on a 25,000,000 dram bail on December 21, 2018. His release sparked outrage in his hometown of Etchmiatsin.Later in January he was placed under arrest again following a court decision.His wife is also charged. Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/964223.html?fbclid=IwAR11OVcQQkH3c0sgoozxBvcdQe3yu_F3YSyfE6CffQP0oZ3wilzbvzTvUxQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 The president is doing an amazing job, introducing Armenia to the world!!!!! Well done Sir!Arminfo, ArmeniaFeb 15 2019 Tatevik Shahunyan President: I have a mission to turn Armenia into a world science and technology centerhttp://arminfo.info/mcgallery/20180129081622armen.jpgArmInfo. Armenia is at the crossroads of civilizations, where different cultures, religions, interests intersect. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian stated this rrspeaking at the University of Heidelberg. According to him, Armenia plays an important role in the new world. http://arminfo.info/full_news.php?id=39202&lang=3 MediaMax, ArmeniaFeb 15 2019 Armen Sarkissian: The new world reserves an important role for Armenia Yereva/Mediamax/. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian believes that the new world reserves an important role for Armenia to play. “We are a small, but global, close-knit nation indeed – a nation that placed a special value on education for centuries. We are the people who lived at the crossroads of different civilizations, cultures and religions and managed to keep on living. That is also an important quality in the 21st century,” the President said during his visit to Heidelberg University. He added that “we have a brilliant opportunity to build a new country in the new world, based on the power of science, the discoveries and innovations, and the quality education”. “The new Armenia of this new world offers many ways for us to work with Germany, Heidelberg in particular. Our collaboration should focus on the future, new technologies and technological education,” said President Sarkissian. https://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/32289/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yervant1 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Shameless, Greedy Bastard!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Another shameless greedy bastard !!!!! He should go to jail!ARKA, ArmeniaFeb 19 2019 Ex-president’s brother returns $18.5 million to Armenian governmenthttp://arka.am/upload/resize_cache/iblock/378/669_445_2/378c67a6f3e730703e7e16fe98d04fb3.jpg YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. Aleksandr Sargsyan, the brother of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan, has made $18.5 million payment to the Armenian government budget, Civilnet reported. It said the amount was mentioned in a response to its written inquiry sent to the office of the Prime Minister.Speaking at a September rally in Yerevan, then acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Aleksandr Sargsyan pledged to withdraw $30 million he kept in a local bank and return the amount to the state budget.Pashinyan said it was the money Aleksandr Sargsyan extorted from local businesses during his brother Serzh Sargsyan’s 2008-2018 rule. He claimed that Armenian businesspeople were forced to give Aleksandr 50 percent stakes in their lucrative firms. According to Pashinyan, that was why Aleksandr Sargsyan was nicknamed ‘Sashik 50%.’The Office of Prime Minister told Civilnet that during the investigation into criminal cases initiated against Alexander Sargsyan, the latter voluntarily donated the amount equivalent to $18.5 million to the state budget. - 0—http://arka.am/en/news/politics/ex_president_s_brother_returns_18_5_million_to_armenian_government/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 News.am, ArmeniaFeb 20 2019 Świtalski: Three issues related to Armenia are of great importance to EU19:14, 20.02.2019 The Armenian people deserve the highest praise for human dignity, EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Świtalski on Wednesday said during the Universal Rights Awards Ceremony.Comparing the situation with human rights in Armenia with previous years, Świtalski stressed that now the situation is completely different. He also added that the presence of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the award ceremony is symbolic.According to him, the EU now speaks differently about human rights with Armenia and the Armenian people. According to the ambassador, three issues are of great importance to the European Union. He noted that the first one is the gender equality. The Prime Minister has repeatedly emphasized the importance of women's involvement in politics, business, and other spheres of life after the revolution, the ambassador added.According to the ambassador, the second one is the fight against discrimination. Świtalski noted that people of the second class should not be in Armenia . The EU monitors the fight against discrimination, against people of different sexes, religions, sexual orientation, ethnicity, the ambassador noted.The social and labor rights, according to him, are the third one. Świtalski also mentioned that the Government of the Republic of Armenia stresses the importance of social and labor rights in its program.https://news.am/eng/news/497449.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Just take all his money and put him in jail, case closed!!!!!!! Consider delayed interest payment!!!! Armenpress.am Ex-president's brother returns another 11.5 million USD to the state – criminal case still in process at NSS Armenia SaveShare 17:36, 21 February, 2019YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. Alexander Sargsyan, former MP, brother of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan, has paid 11.5 million USD to the state as a compensation for tax evasion, abuses. Earlier, he transfered18.5 million USD to the state, NSS Director Artur Vanetsyan told the reporters.Vanetsyan added that the criminal case is still in process and there will be new information about Alexander Sargsyan's possessions.Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/965116.html?fbclid=IwAR3JflDTro6gxGdlL5JAA6Xjq9y9OGX2IJ2FbpjG7OVKZ0LFeAw4l3o6hhk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yervant1 Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 News.am, ArmeniaApril 19 2019 Armenia PM on possible charge against Serzh Sargsyan and other officials' cases22:02, 19.04.2019 Generally speaking, it’s wrong to ask why this or that person is not arrested yet. This is what Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated in response to questions from citizens live on Facebook today, touching upon a question on why no charge has been brought up against Serzh Sargsyan yet.“There are dozens of corruption cases in Armenia. Manvel Grigoryan and Robert Kocharyan are under custody, and the former minister of nature protection and the former chief of the Compulsory Enforcement Service are wanted. There are dozens of cases against former high-ranking officials. Neither I nor anyone has set the objective to sentence a person with a particular name or last name, be it Serzh Sargsyan or Robert Kocharyan, but we have said that everyone is equal before the law,” he said.He recalled that when Manvel Grigoryan was remanded, social media website users said the government was remanding a national hero, but when the truth about Manvel Grigoryan was revealed, nobody ever said anything again.“I can’t say whether Serzh Sargsyan will be charged or not. I’m neither an investigator nor a prosecutor, but when there will be necessary and sufficient grounds for a charge, there will be no political impediment,” the Prime Minister emphasized.He also highlighted the fact that there have not been and there will not be any agreements behind closed doors. “I will not do that because this will mean that not only the revolution, but also my life is meaningless. For instance, a criminal case was instituted in relation to the North-South Road Program a couple of months ago, and it is assumed that there are officials involved in the case. There are still no such officials because the case is extensive, and I have demanded that the case be investigated by law.I tell you there will not be any vendetta, but justice will be served. I’m not content with the process and the results, but there are reasons for that. For instance, when the scenes of the search of the home of Manvel Grigoryan were released, corrupt officials eliminated all that they had in their homes,” Pashinyan declared and asked the people not to suspect him of conspiracies.https://news.am/eng/news/508253.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arshak1946 Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 Hello,President Dr.Armen Sarkissian so far doing very good job after more then year but he came from England , I preferred Armenian Citizen should have given the job, more experience internal part of the country if he was foreign affairs should have been great. but do not be greedy , lets applause his work coming years and best luck to him., 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted April 21, 2019 Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 President Sarkissian is the best thing that happened to Armenia, remember his position is ceremonial after the country became parliamentary system. He is showcasing Armenia to the world in a very positive and truthful way, no other politician did what he did in such a short time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 OC Media May 20 2019 Pashinyan instigates protests outside Armenian courts calling for transitional justice 20 May 2019 by OC Media Protesters blocking the entrance of a court in Yerevan on 20 May. (Knar Khudoyan / OC Media) Protesters gathered outside courts across Armenia on Monday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for supporters to block the entrances, describing the courts as ‘puppets’ of the former government. Pashinyan made the request in a live Facebook address on Sunday evening, calling it the ‘second most important stage of the Armenian revolution’. In a televised speech during Monday’s cabinet meeting, Pashinyan said it was time for a ‘surgical intervention’ in the country's judicial system and the beginning of ‘transitional justice’. While Pashinyan did not refer to any specific verdict, he said that it was evident ‘the rulings of the courts are deeply untrustworthy’ and that they were perceived as being a ‘leftover of the former corrupt regime’. The move came a day after the Yerevan City Court released former president Robert Kocharyan, a longtime political foe, on bail. Pashinyan also berated unidentified opponents in Nagorno-Karabakh. The court freed Kocharyan after former and acting presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arkady Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan respectively, personally vouched for him and each deposited ֏500,000 ($1,000) bail. Pashinyan further elaborated that because the judiciary ‘did not enjoy the people’s trust’, it was illegitimate, and was ‘becoming a direct threat to the stability and national security of our country’. Pashinyan promised five steps to ‘regain people’s trust’ in the courts, including that all judges must undergo vetting so that the public gains comprehensive knowledge about the origin and political ties of all judges. He promised that judges whose decisions contained significant violations of human rights according to ECHR rulings must resign or be fired, as should those judges who know ‘they are incapable of being impartial’. He promised to complete the process of ‘transitional justice’ within two to three months, and did not rule out amending the constitution ‘if necessary’. ‘Ties to the old regime’ Robert Kocharyan, who served as the second President of Armenia in 1998–2008 and as the first president of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1994–1997 is currently facing charges of overthrowing the constitutional order, over the violent dispersal on protesters in 2008. Kocharyan’s case, along with that of former officials Armen Gevorgyan, Seyran Ohanyan, and Yuri Khachaturov, has now been transferred to the Constitutional Court, Armtimes cited Ohanyan’s lawyer as saying on Monday. The prosecutor's office told Armtimes that they had ‘no such information’. In a post on Facebook, Vahe Grigoryan, a lawyer representing victims of the 2008 violence, said he had not been informed of the move. Grigoryan also told RFE/RL that he and his colleagues were not allowed to participate in the hearing of the motion to release Kocharyan on bail. Kocharyan was an ally of former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, who Pashinyan ousted through popular anti-government protests in the spring of 2018, a process he dubbed a ‘Velvet Revolution’. Robert Kocharyan (Yerkir) Before his speech outlining his plans for the judiciary, Pashinyan visited supporters protesting outside the Kentron Court in Yerevan. By this time, courts throughout Armenia including the Supreme Judicial Council and the Constitutional Court had been paralysed. Several MPs from the ruling My Step parliamentary group also joined the protests. After his speech on Monday, Pashinyan called off the blockade of the courthouses, suggesting a message of distrust towards the courts had been delivered. He said the pursuit of an independent judiciary in Armenia was now irreversible now. Warnings of ‘populism’ The Supreme Judicial Council quickly responded Sunday evening with a statement calling the plans to disrupt the functioning of the courts ‘inadmissible’. A number of political groups and public officials, including the largest opposition parliamentary party, Prosperous Armenia, rebuked Pashinyan for his call to block court buildings. Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said in a statement late on Sunday that the call to blockade courthouses was ‘highly dangerous for the security and stability of the country’s legal system’. On Monday, Bright Armenia, an opposition party that won 18 seats in the 2018 snap parliamentary elections, announced they would convene an extraordinary session in the National Assembly to discuss Pashinyan’s latest steps. Armenian president Armen Sarkissian also stepped into the fray on Sunday, calling on compatriots to show restraint and respect the country’s constitution. Since he was first appointed Prime Minister in May 2018, Pashinyan has on one other occasion resorted to reigniting street protests against what he referred to as the ‘old regime’ and ‘counterrevolution’. Facing resistance from opponents in the National Assembly to move forward with snap parliamentary elections in October 2018, he mobilised supporters and paralysed the legislative body, forcing the Armenian Republican Party to succumb. Nate Schenkkan, from international rights group Freedom House, labelled Pashinyan’s latest steps as ‘populist’. In a statement to Armenian news site Aysor on 20 May, the US Embassy in Armenia said that the strengthening an independent judiciary, which includes anti-corruption efforts and the establishment of the rule-of-law institutions, ‘required a long-term strategy for building transparent and accountable institutions with determination, vigilance and governance’. They encouraged Pashinyan’s government ‘to pursue judicial reform in a manner commensurate with the Armenian Constitution’. Kocharyan and Nagorno-Karabakh As a war veteran and former leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, Kocharyan is considered to have strong ties with the political and military elite in Stepanakert. Rifts between Pashinyan and the leadership in Stepanakert became apparent in late 2018 when Nagorno-Karabakh’s Defence Minister, Senor Hasratyan, scolded Pashinyan ally Sasun Mikaelyan for suggesting the Velvet Revolution was a bigger moment for Armenians than victory with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan hit back soon after, eventually accusing Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership of interfering in the ongoing election campaign in December. Kocharyan and his allies have been critical of Pashinyan over his insistence last year on including Stepanakert in peace talks with Azerbaijan accompanied by no direct talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In the same August 2018 interview, Kocharyan indicated it was a mistake to disengage from the negotiation process, and also characterised Pashinyan and his government as an inexperienced team coming from non-governmental organisations financed by George Soros, and ‘possibly’ even with Turkish and Azerbaijani funds. In a speech on 20 May, Pashinyan was unprecedented in his open denouncement of ‘powers’ in Nagorno-Karabakh that ‘aimed to seed contradictions between the two sides of the [Armenian] nation’, a common reference to Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. He did not rule out that the ‘previous corrupt system’ might incite conflict with Azerbaijan and surrendering territories to them in order to blame his government later. The formerly ruling Armenian Republican Party called Pashinyan’s ‘allegations of betrayal and conspiracy towards the government of Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh]’: ‘extremely dangerous’. Pashinyan accused certain people not supporting him in Nagorno-Karabakh, without identifying who, of ‘using Artsakh’s people for their narrow group interests’. ‘Overthrowing the constitutional order’ Yerevan City Court granted Robert Kocharyan bail after five-months in pre-trial detention after the intervention of former and acting presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh. Kocharyan was freed on 18 May as rallies of supporters and critics faced off outside the court. Armenia’s Special Investigative Service charged the former president in July 2018 for breaching the constitution, accusing him of giving a clandestine order to ‘involve the army into a political process’ by having them assist the dispersal of 2008 anti-government protestors. Protests erupted in February 2008 after an ally of then president Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, was declared the winner in contested presidential elections. The opposition led by Levon Ter-Petrosyan insisted the election results were rigged. In 10 days of protests peaking in the 1 March crackdown, eight civilians and two police officers were killed, and more than 200 people injured. 1 March 2008 protests in Yerevan (Wikicommons) Pashinyan, an active supporter of Ter-Petrosyan, was among those imprisoned by authorities in 2010 for organising ‘violent’ rallies in 2008. He was sentenced to seven years in prison but was released in 2011 under an amnesty. Kocharyan insisted he did not violate the constitution, and that the protests involved armed violence. After being charged, he was remanded to two months in pre-trial custody but freed on bail less than three weeks later after an appeals court ruled his detention unlawful. His release from custody in August was also met with public outcry. While unable to hold a press conference due to protests, he gave an interview to Armenian TV station Yerkir Media, announcing his political comeback, and calling the government under Pashinyan ‘incompetent’. In December, he was rearrested and faced an additional indictment in February on charges of accepting a ֏927 million ($3 million) bribe in May 2008. For ease of reading, we choose not to use qualifiers such as ‘de facto’, ‘unrecognised’, or ‘partially recognised’ when discussing institutions or political positions within Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia. This does not imply a position on their status. https://oc-media.org/pashinyan-instigates-protests-outside-armenian-courts-calling-for-transitional-justice/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Talk about biting the hand that feeds! What a moron minister. News.am, ArmeniaJune 20 2019 Armenia healthcare minister refuses to meet with US-Armenian plastic surgeon16:51, 20.06.2019 Armenia’s Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan recently refused to receive well-known Armenian American plastic surgeon and founder of ARMIN Benevolent NGO Arthur Salibian, reports President of ARMIN Benevolent NGO Lusine Avagyan.Avagyan stated that on June 18, Salibian waited in the minister’s reception hall for nearly 40 minutes, and after the minister asked one of his employees who was waiting for him, the employee announced that the minister was very busy and had no time to receive the plastic surgeon.Arthur Salibian is a well-known Armenian American plastic surgeon who has performed free surgeries for over 100 women suffering from breast cancer in Armenia for years.“Today everyone knows that surgeries for people suffering from cancer are performed within the scope of a state order, but the reality is that the fact that breast cancer surgery is followed by a recovery period, that is, recovery of the breast which must be performed by allowing the breast to recover on its own, and Armenian American plastic surgeon Arthur Salibian performs this through his personal funds twice a year in Armenia.Mr. Salibian simply wanted to meet the healthcare minister and provide him with information about the need for recovery of the breast through skin care, receive government support for implementation of the project, engage other funds and foundations through his non-governmental organization and discuss other issues,” Avagyan said.https://news.am/eng/news/519492.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MosJan Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 On June 25, Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals ruled to arrest Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan. In addition, the court dismissed the decision of the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction to suspend the case of the March 1 events and to send the case to the Constitutional Court.On May 18 and May 20, the Court of First Instance, presided over by Judge Davit Grigoryan, suspended Robert Kocharyan’s trial because of what it called a possible contradiction between the Armenian constitution and the coup charges brought against the former president.Grigoryan said that the constitution gives Kocharyan immunity from prosecution. Kocharyan is being prosecuted in connection with the post-election violence of March 1, 2008, which led to the death of eight protesters and two policemen.With the current decision of the Criminal Court of Appeals, this appeal of the Court of First Instance will be sent back from the Constitutional Court and the case will be re-examined at the Court of First Instance.Kocharyan also appealed to the Constitutional Court on the same issue. The court has set a trial date for August 29. The court will determine whether Article 300.1 -- Overthrow of the Constitutional Order -- on which Kocharyan is being charged, is constitutional. Kocharyan's lawyers have repeatedly stated that Article 300.1 is unconstitutional and cannot be applied to the retired president. They argue that the crime did not exist in the law in 2008 and was only included in the law as a result of amendments to the Criminal Code in 2009. This legal dispute must be settled by the Constitutional Court. If the court finds that Article 300.1 is not applicable in the case of the March 1 events, the case will not stand as the main argument is the failure to maintain constitutional order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Yerevan’s Court of General Jurisdiction has lifted the freeze on the pension of ex-Armenian Army General Manvel Grigoryan.Grigoryan, a former MP and ex-head of the Yerkrapah Union, was detained on June 19, 2018, three days after employees of the National Security Service (NSS) raided his Etchmiadzin home and a summer resort in Arshaluys, uncovering a large cache of weapons and boxes of donated medical and food supplies and clothing that were destined for Armenian troops during the April 2016 “Four Day War” on the Artsakh frontline.He was released from pre-trial detention and re-arrested on January 22, 2019.After Grigoryan’s arrest, a freeze was placed on his assets and those of his family. https://hetq.am/en/article/105011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Vosgerichian Family from Lebanon Repatriates to Armenia; Must Pay $14,000 in Customs Fees Due to Legal Glitch Iskhan Vosgerichian, who moved to Armenia from Lebanon with his family in 2016, is in a bit of a quandary with customs officials. The father of two says that 4 tons of household goods he shipped by boat from Beirut are waiting in a Yerevan warehouse and that Armenian customs officials say it will cost $16,000 to clear the items. Vosgerichian, a jeweler by trade back in Lebanon but unemployed in Armenia, tells Hetq he doesn’t have the money to pay. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads “The items were shipped from Poti on January 15. Since then, they’ve been stored in a Shengavit warehouse. Officials say I have to pay $4 for every kilogram, or $16,000,” Vosgerichian says. Arguing that he should be given a break as a diaspora Armenian seeking to permanently resettle in Armenia, Vosgerichian wrote to the prime minister’s office. Office Chief of Staff Eduard Aghajanyan followed up on the request and got in touch with State Revenue Committee (SRC) Deputy Chairman Rafik Mashadyan. Mashadyan, in a letter to Vosgerichian, writes that although Article 249 of the Law on Customs Regulations states that those permanently resettling in Armenia can ship used personal items without paying customs fees, he is not eligible since he violated another clause of the same article stipulating that a person cannot reside for more than 184 days outside Armenia in a one- year period. Vosgerichian says he wasn’t aware of the time limit when he first arrived in Armenia in the spring of 2016. He then returned to Lebanon that August, to bring his wife and two boys. “They should tell diaspora Armenians about this when they come here. The foreign ministry or another department should hand out flyers warning them of the consequences if they violate the rules,” says a frustrated Vosgerichian, adding that this is what he told SRC officials when he met with them. P.S. Nikol Pashinyan, after being appointed prime minister, announced that his government was planning a grand repatriation program and that steps were being taken to facilitate such a venture. As the above case shows, those planning to do so are advised to read the fine print of all applicable rules and regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MosJan Posted September 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 https://armenpress.am/eng/news/988468.html YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has submitted a recommendation to President Armen Sarkissian to dismiss Valery Osipyan as Police Chief of Armenia, Sarkissian’s aide Hasmik Petrosyan confirmed to ARMENPRESS.“The order hasn’t yet been signed, but I think it will be signed today,” she said.Osipyan was appointed Police Chief in May 2018.Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted September 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Armenian Prime Minister to travel to United States on working visit10:38, 17 September, 2019YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to the United States on a working visit on September 21st, the PM’s Office said in a news release.The visit will begin from Los Angeles, where on Sunday, September 22nd, the PM will participate in a rally and deliver remarks at the Grand Park in central LA. PM Pashinyan will also have meetings with the authorities of California and Los Angeles, leaders of Armenian community organizations and Armenian news media representatives.A business forum with participation of local business circles is also planned.Then the PM will travel to San Jose’s Silicon Valley where a meeting with representatives of high-tech companies, including Armenian experts is planned.The Armenian Prime Minister will then visit New York to participate and deliver a speech in the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations. A meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres is planned. A number of bilateral meetings with colleagues from different countries will also take place.PM Pashinyan will also meet with the Armenian community of New York. He will also visit an exhibition dedicated to the Velvet Revolution and the Columbia University.Memoranda of Cooperation are expected to be signed during the USA trip.Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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