Section: A1plus (Armenia)
Artur Aleqsanyan to participate in European Championship
Vice President of the International Wrestling Federation Georgy Brusov stated that four Olympic champions will participate in the upcoming European Wrestling Championship. They are the winners of the 2016 Olympics Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia), Taha Akgül (Turkey), Vladimir Khinchegashvili (Georgia) and Olympic champion in 2012 Sharif Sharifov...
Call to EU to start specific discussions on visa liberalization – Naira Zohrabyan
Naira Zohrabyan, member of the Tsarukyan faction and NA Standing Committee on European Integration, stated in her speech on the Armenia-EU comprehensive and expanded partnership agreement that this is one of the unique agreements that the Armenian political forces have absolute consensus. “The agreement consists of 386 articles, which include...
Sargis Martirosyan wins bronze medal at European Weightlifting Federation
Despite the fact that Armenian weightlifting team is not participating in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, there was one Armenian athlete among the medal winners: Sargis Martirosyan, who represents Austria. He took the 3rd place and won the bronze medal. Because of the violation the Anti-Doping Rules and...
Statement on inaccurate reports about U.S. budget spending
The budget agreement recently signed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump includes funding for foreign assistance programs, including those in Armenia. Recent reports that the funding plan eliminates all foreign assistance to Armenia are wrong and based on a misunderstanding of the U.S. budget process. Given the strong separation of powers in the...
Providing assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh discussed at US Congress hearings
Voice of America The issue of providing assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh was discussed during the hearings at the US Congress. Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in a speech to the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee, who was present at the hearings on of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US...
Armenia is 129th by its happiness level
Armenia occupies the 129th place by its happiness level. According to surveys conducted in 156 countries, Finland is now the happiest country. The United Nations annual report “World Happiness Report 2018” is based on the same question addressed to 1000 random people in each country. The question is: Imagine a ranking from zero to ten. The tenth...
High-level OSCE PA delegation in Baku emphasizes Azerbaijan’s potential as bridge for dialogue and co-operation
BAKU, 12 March 2018 – Highlighting Azerbaijan’s potential as a bridge for dialogue and co-operation in the OSCE area, a high-level delegation led by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today discussed with Azerbaijani counterparts upcoming domestic elections, as well as democratic and economic reforms in the...
204th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko is the same for Ukrainians as Hovhannes Tumanyan for Armenians. Today is the 204th anniversary of the famous Ukrainian poet. Every year the Ukrainian community in Armenia gathers near the monument of Shevchenko, presenting his works. The head of the Ukrainian community in Armenia Anna Harutyunyan said: “Shevchenko connects...
Seven years later Pavel G. found and arrested
Due to the measures taken by the officers of the Artashat Police Department, on March 9, at 01:05, after the landing of the Kiev-Yerevan flight, at Zvartnots airport, Pavel G., born in 1991, was found and arrested at 4:00 of the same day. The latter was being wanted on Part 2 of Article 215 (contraband of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances...
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – one of the best players of European League
The European Football Union has published a list of players that claim to be the best players of the week in the European League. They are “Arsenal” midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, midfielder of Kiev’s “Dynamo” Viktor Tsiganov, French midfielder Marcelo and Austrian “Salzburg” midfielder Valen Berisha. The latter has a slight advantage...
