Новости за 05.10.2016

ArmInfo.Beeline will organize one-day training course for participants of Armenian round of Eurasia Mobile Challenge international contest on October 8. The contest is implemented by VimpelCom, according to Beeline press-office.   "Eurasia Mobile Challenge" is being organized by Vimpelcom within "Make your Mark" global strategy.   The competition aims to attract young people with technical and  humanitarian specialties that can offer digital, big data, cloud  technologies and approaches related... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The Armenian Court of Appeal refused to extradite Russian programmer Sergey Mironov to the U.S., rejecting the complaint of the Prosecutor General's Office about the decision of the first instance court to release the programmer wanted by the US authorities.    "Today I have been told that the decision of the general jurisdiction  court of Kentron and Nork Marash administrative districts of Yerevan  against Sergey Mironov has been declared legitimate," Mironov's  lawyer Karen Nersisyan told Life. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Time will show what effect the appointment of a civilian defense minister will have on the combat capacity of Armenia, Caucasus Institute Director Alexander Iskandaryan said, when replying to ArmInfo's question.       The expert recalled that the contemporary history of Armenia has  known civilian defense ministers - Vazgen Manukyan, Vazgen Sargsyan,  Serzh Sargsyan, who, he said, worked quite effectively.   "The appointment of Vigen Sargsyan as defense minister demonstrates  that President... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Defense of Karo Yeghnukyan, an arrested member of the Founding Parliament opposition movement, offers $1 million bail for him, Tigran Hayrapetyan, the arrestee's lawyer, told a news conference on October 5.   The lawyer insists that the charges have been absurd from the very  beginning, since no member of Sasna Tsrer group is charged with  seizure of hostages and buildings, while Yeghnukyan is charged with  aiding the seizure.    Karo Yeghnukyan's brother, Grigor, says his brother is not allowed to  contact his family even by phone. Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо.Полиция и Следственный комитет Армении уже занимаются поведением депутата Тиграна Уриханяна и его сторонников. Об этом в беседе с корреспондентом АрмИнфо сообщил политолог Степан Сафарян, касаясь вчерашнего инцидента в парламенте, когда депутат Тигран Уриханян с трибуны Национального Собрания обозвал и оскорбил его нецензурными словами. Сафарян заявил, что не намерен ответить Уриханяну его же методами. <Я не намерен выступить с каким-то политическим заявлением или оскорбить его, я лишь обратился в правоохранительные органы... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.German Ambassador to Azerbaijan Michael Kindsgrab told reporters in Baku Tuesday, the status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is nacceptable.    Recalling the summer visit to Azerbaijan by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany's Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, the diplomat noted that his country favors the peaceful  settlement of the conflict.  "We're in constant touch with the sides, trying to persuade them to have result-oriented talks so that necessary actions can be taken... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. A second plane carrying humanitarian aid to the war-torn Syria took off from Armenia today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Head of the Armenian President's Administration Vardan  Makaryan and Ambassador of Russian to Armenia Ivan Volynkin were at  the airport to see off the plane. The first plane with humanitarian supplies landed at the Russian  Airbase in Hmeimim, Syria earlier on Tuesday.  The Foreign Ministry  of Armenia thanked the Russian colleagues at the Defense... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The April War has frozen the militarist sentiments of Azerbaijan on the Nagoeno-Karabakh conflict, Philip Gamaghelyan, Co-Founder of the  Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, told VoA. In his words, after the four-day war in April, the probability of  large-scale war has decreased. The April hostilities showed that it  is impossible to settle the conflict by forces. Consequently,  Azerbaijan will hardly attempt to unleash another aggression,  Gamaghelyan said. Richard Kauzlarich... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The criminal passions in the fight for the positions of heads of Armenian communities do not subside. Another incident involving Arkady Peleshyan, mayoral candidate from the Armenian Rebirth Party, has occurred in Vanadzor.   According to witnesses, on Tuesday evening Peleshyan attacked Rafael  Grigoryan, the Primate of the Vanadzor Diocese of the Armenian  Evangelical Church, under the influence of intoxicants. One of  Grigoryan's assistants has told ArmInfo on condition of anonymity ... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Last night the armed forces of Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire along the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Nagorno-Karabakh troops for more than 40 times.   The press office of the NKR Defense Army reports that last night the  adversary fired nearly 4,000 shots at the Karabakh positions from  various kinds of weapons. The NKR Defense Army positions in the  northern section of the line of contact underwent most intensive  shelling. The adversary used heavy machine guns (over 500 shots). Читать дальше...