Новости за 24.02.2017

АрмИнфо.Российский турист транжира и легко расстается с деньгами, что способствует его востребованности в любой точки мира и особенно в Армении с ее кухней и достопримечательностми. Такое мнение 24 февраля в ходе пресс-конференции выразил учредитель группы туристических компаний "ЛОРЕ" Владимир Геворкян. По его словам, <здесь особая психология - сколько российский турист предусматривает потратить на свое путешествие, столько до последней копейки оставляет в этой стране>. В этой связи Геворкян отметил... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.By the <France-Artsakh> Circle of Friendship initiative the French  parliament held a presentation of the French-language book "15  questions, 15 answers: everything about Nagorno-Karabakh in 10  minutes". The book is published in order to spread reliable information about Artsakh in French-speaking environment. The participants spoke about the history of the national liberation struggle, which began in Artsakh 29 years ago, and also paid tribute to the victims of Armenian riots organized... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The visit to Georgia was promising, remarkable, warm, the most important issues were discussed, and also various bilateral agreements were reached,  said the Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan in an interview to  journalists.  Answering the question if important questions such as alternative to  road from Georgia to Russia and energy corridor creation were  discussed, the Prime Minister said that on the mentioned questions  concrete agreements are reached. "I want to say that the visit was  very remarkable... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Since early morning of February 24th, Azerbaijan continued fire on Armenian northern positions by the small arms of various calibres, including mortars  and 120 mm divisional guns D-44.   As the Defense Army of Artsakh told ArmInfo, in general, in the  direction of Armenian positions 50 shells were fired from the  Azerbaijani side. Moreover, the enemy carried out the shelling, not  only in army positions, but also in the direction of Talish (4  shells). The shelling of the Armenian side did not cause casualties. Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо.Католикос Всех армян Гарегин II и три епископа Константинопольской епархии Армянской апостольской церкви (наместник патриарха Константинопольской епархии Армянской апостольской церкви, архиепископ Арам Атешян, предстоятель Германской епархии архиепископ Берчеан и предводитель Религиозного собрания Патриархата эпископ  Саак Машалеан)  обсудили ситуацию, сложившуюся вокруг предстоящих выборов патриарха Константинопольской епархии ААЦ. Как сообщили АрмИнфо в канцелярии ААЦ, Гарегин II второй... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Participating in the election race, the Armenian opposition forces call bloc  "Raffi-Ohanian-Oskanian" to refrain from criticism in their address  and to concentrate on their own activities and programs. To note, recently the bloc leader ex-minister of Defense Seyran  Ohanyan and "shadow coordinator" of this political force, the former  head of the Armed Forces of Nagorno Karabakh Samvel Babayan stated  that the unit Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian is the only opposition force in  the political field of Armenia... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. European Parliament Deputies Frank Engel, Eleni Teoharus and Jaromir Stetina can not be declared wanted by Interpol as the organization's charter forbids  human persecution on the ground of ethnic or racial origin or because  of political views. This is said in a statement of the Prosecutor General of Armenia in response to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan that these three members of the European Parliament declared internationally wanted and in respect of... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Armenia and Georgia agreed on transport corridor creating as an alternative to Stepantsminda-Lars road, which connect Georgia and Russia. The  Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan said this during a  conversation with journalists in Tbilisi, refusing to reveal the  details of the agreements. He only noted that the agreement was  reached during the meeting with his Georgian colleague.   "We agreed on both "Upper Lars" PPC and energy corridor. In General,  my visit in Georgia was successful, warm and constructive",  Karapetyan said. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Levon Zurabyan, the Armenian National  Congress faction head, expressed his concerns regarding the fact that more than half of voters of upcoming  parliamentary elections could receive bribes and to vote for the  ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).  This was stated   by him  on February 24 at the press conference  in Yerevan.  Zurabyan thinks that the consensus reached between  the authorities  and the opposition regarding the additional tools of electoral  process control  and the... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. "It is not good that you don't know what situation is in  Ararat district now," Murad Muradyan, the candidate from the Republican Party stated. According to the information obtained by ArmInfo, his followers entered the pre electoral staff office of the other RPA candidate, the owner of Avshar and Araik Grigoryan,  the  brother of the district Governor, and beat his followers there.Muradyan stated that the incident was initiated by the head of local police department. ArmInfo reporter applied to Alik  Sargsyan... Читать дальше...