Section: A1plus (Armenia)
PosTransfer money transfer system will be launched till the end of the year
Under United Postal Union and “Haypost” CJSC initiative, a regional workshop was held on June 7-8 in Yerevan. The workshop was focused on the application of the new trademark of the Universal Postal Union, as well as the principal questions of the development and improvement of electronic transfers in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and...
US Congress may increase aid to Armenia
More than two dozen U.S. Congressmen called on their colleagues to increase aid to Armenia in 2018. In a June 6th letter to Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), the leaders of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, over 25 U.S. Representatives raised alarms about President Trump’s call for a...
Artashes Minasyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan remain in the lead
Chess games of the 2nd round of European Individual Men Chess Championship were held in Minsk, Belarus. Only two out of our 10 chess players, who started the championship with victories, continues successfully- Artashes Minasyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan, who continue to be in the lead. Today in the third round Artashes Minasyan will face Italian GM...
BarCamp 2017 Launches in Yerevan
Armenia’s largest tech unconference will take place in Yerevan on May 27-28th. BarCamp Yerevan will bring together thousands of IT professionals for the 9th consecutive year. The goal of the unconference is to share knowledge, skills and experience, as well as forge new professional ties. BarCamp Yerevan will feature 6 international...
Secretary General Jagland voices concern over blocking social networks, websites in Ukraine
Council of Europe Secretary General has voiced his concern about a decree by Ukrainian President Poroshenko on the blocking of several major online services and social networks on the territory of Ukraine. “Blocking of social networks, search engines, mail services and news web sites goes against our common understanding of freedom of expression...
European observers express concerns over allegations of vote-buying and bribes
Strasbourg, 16 May 2017 – A 10 member electoral assessment team from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe – headed by Liisa Ansala (Finland, ILDG) and including two representatives from the EU Committee of the Regions – concluded yesterday its mission to observe the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan...
Eurovision 2017: Armenia enters Grand Final
Armenia’s Artsvik has entered the Grand Final of 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Fly With Me.” This became known after the first Semi-Final which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. In all, 18 countries competed for 10 places in the Grand Final. The ten qualifiers became Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Armenia,...
When the EU will liberalize visa regime with Armenia
Armenia-EU new agreement is planned to sign in November. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia Matthias Kisler says that much work must be carried out after it. “Documents must be translated into all the EU languages. If after the signing of the agreement Armenia implements all the commitments,...
Zaruhi Mejlumyan wins Free Media Awards
Zaruhi Mejlumyan, a journalist working for the website www.hetq.am, has been awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (the Freedom of Expression Foundation), Oslo, and the ZEIT Foundation. The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT Foundation honoured independent journalists and media from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. The 2017 Free Media Awards go to...
Live: Merkel and Putin meet in Sochi
The meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin has started at Putin’s summer residence in Sochi on the Black Sea coast. They are expected to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and war in Syria. …read more Source:...
