Section: A1plus (Armenia)
Rafayel Vahanyan defeats Noel Studer
Rafayel Vahanyan gained his first victory at the chess festival underway in the city of Biel in Switzerland. Our veteran chess player defeated International Master Noel Studer in the 6th round. French chess player Étienne Bacrot heads the standings with 4.5 points. He is followed by Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov and Indian chess player...
Heroic act by pilot of plane damaged in hail
From yesterday the hero of the media outlets is a citizen of Ukraine, pilot Oleksandr Akopov, thanks to whom the plane damaged in hail successfully landed at Ataturk airport of Istanbul. The front part of Atlas Global airline’s plane, windscreen and autopilot had been damaged in hail. There were 121 passengers and 6 crew members on board of...
Mikheil Saakashvili stripped of Ukrainian citizenship
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Ukrainian governor, was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship on July 26. Saakashvili’s supporters called Poroshenko’s action to strip Saakashvili of Ukrainian citizenship an “unconstitutional” reprisal for Saakashvili’s criticisms. The former head of the Odessa region,...
Ministry official reports nprecedented increase in apricot exports
As of July 26, Armenia exported 65 000 tons of fruit and, including 26 tons of apricots. Talking to journalists on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Robert Makaryan said this year’s apricot exports surpassed last year’s indicator. “We haven’t had this kind of an indicator during the past seven years. Last year the figure...
Lapshin sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment
Blogger Alexander Lapshin has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Azerbaijani court. He was accused of visiting Artsakh without the permission of Baku. The Prosecutor demanded to sentence him to 6,5 years’ imprisonment, so his lawyer Eduard Chernin assessed the decision more than positive. He also didn’t rule out...
Misha to will represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Misha (Michael Grigoryan) will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. He represented our country at the “New Wave Junior” where he ended up as the runner up. Misha is an alumnus of the music group “Voices of Artsakh” and has won people over with his song “Little Karabakhian”. As reported by 1tv.am, the creative team of AMPTV...
CB President: “We don’t need gold reserves now”
President of the Central Bank Arthur Javadyan gets very surprised, when he hears that the majority of Armenian population is extremely poor, “With what do you compare?” Arthur Javadyan compared the condition of Armenia’s population with the economic condition of the population of the CIS states and found out that we are in a very good...
Levon Aronyan vs Azerbaijani chess players
The next round of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2017 starts in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 6. Armenia’s leading chess player Levon Aronian is among the 18 qualifiers. Aronian, who tops the FIDE ranking leads with 2809 points, is the main favorite of the tournament. He is followed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Anish Giri (Netherlands) who...
Hrachya Poghosyan defeats Azerbaijani wrestler in Dortmund
Greco Roman style wrestlers today have started their fights at the European Junior Wrestling Championships underway in Dortmund. At 50 kg weight category Ashot Mkhitaryan though lost ¼ final, gained victory in consolation fight and will fight for the third place. 60 kg weight category Hrachya Poghosyan gained two victories at the beginning,...
Hovhannes Bachkov secures bronze in European Boxing Championships
Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov has secured a bronze at the EUBC European Boxing Championships in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The boxer (64 kg) took a 5.0 victory over Richard Kovacs of Hungary the quarterfinals held on Wednesday. Armenia’s Karen Tonakanyan (60kg) will face Russia’s Gabil Mamedov today. …read more Source:...
