Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
PACE Monitors compliment Armenian people on peaceful change of power
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Armenia, Giuseppe Galati (Italy, EPP/CD) and Yuliya Lovochkina (Ukraine, SOC), have congratulated all political forces, and above all the Armenian people, on the restraint and political maturity displayed during the recent protest and subsequent...
Flights from Yerevan to Surgut and Odessa to be launched this summer
Two air companies have been licensed by the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia to carry out flights in Surgut-Yerevan-Surgut and Odessa-Yerevan-Odessa directions. The Russian Utair company will launch weekly flights in Surgut-Yerevan-Surgut flights from June 14. The flights will be carried out every Thursday. The...
MH17: Netherlands and Australia say Russia ‘liable’ for downing airliner over Ukraine
Photo: AFP Australia and the Netherlands have formally accused Russia of being responsible for downing the MH17 passenger jet in 2014, the BBC reports. All 298 people on board the plane, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, died when it broke apart during flight over eastern Ukraine. On Thursday, Dutch-led international...
PACE co-rapporteurs to carry out monitoring visit to Armenia
Giuseppe Galati (Italy, EPP/CD) and Yuliya Lovochkina (Ukraine, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan from 23 to 25 May 2018. Discussions will mainly focus on recent political developments, the...
Yura Movsisyan recalled to Armenian national team
The Armenian national football team will face Malta in a friendly in Valetta on May 29. On June 4 Armenia will play a friendly against Moldova. Head coach Vardan Minasyan has called up 19 players from foreign leagues to participate in the training session. Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Arsenal (England) Tigran Barseghyan – Vardar (FYROM) Gael Andonian –...
Eurovision 2018: All finalists known
The second Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has come to an end and ten more countries have qualified for Saturday’s Grand Final. The following ten countries have qualified for the Grand Final (in order of announcement): Serbia: Nova Deca by Sanja Ilić & Balkanika Moldova: My Lucky Day by DoReDoS Hungary: Viszlát Nyár by...
Countries in Europe and Central Asia can provide better opportunities for citizens by leveraging blockchain technologies
With economic growth in Europe and Central Asia having peaked, following 2.7% growth in 2017 and a projection of 2.3% for 2018, countries in the region should take advantage of new digital technologies to innovate and improve their services, says a new World Bank report, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain: Europe and Central Asia Economic Update....
Kremlin: Turmoil in Armenia not Ukraine-style revolution
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it did not regard political tumult in Armenia, a close Russian ally, as a Ukraine-style revolution and was pleased that the situation there appeared stable for now, Reuters reports. The Kremlin was speaking a day after Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan resigned after almost two weeks of mass street protests.. “For...
PACE co-rapporteurs welcome Serzh Sargsyan’s ‘courageous decision’ to resign
The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Giuseppe Galati (Italy, EPP/CD) and Yuliya Lovochkina (Ukraine, SOC), have reacted to the recent developments in Yerevan. “We welcome the courageous decision of Prime Minister Sargsyan to resign from his post in order to defuse the mounting tensions in the country. We hope that this will lead...
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s former agent reveals how the player nearly joined Liverpool
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s former agent has revealed the incredible turn of events that saw the Armenian very nearly sign for Liverpool. Dimitry Seluk used to represent Mkhitaryan when the 29-year-old was a young man playing for Ukrainian minnows Metalurh Donetsk. Seluk recalled how he fell out with Oleg Mkrtchyan, who was the owner of the club...
