Tigran Hamasyan’s concert will be held tomorrow in Gyumri. All the profit gained from the concert will be allocated to 13 families living in Gyumri’s wagon-houses: apartments will be purchased for them. The concert will be held at the Fountains in Gyumri.
At the end of the meeting, President Serzh Sargsyan gave relevant instructions to those present at the consultation and the relevant authorities regarding the discussed issues, problems and programs.
Yerevan was included in the list of “Mercer 2016 Quality of Living”. As ”Armenpress” reports, among 230 cities Yerevan was ranked 182nd.
Iranians began voting in crucial elections to choose members of Parliament and the Assembly of Experts. Polls opened at 8:00 local time (0430 GMT) and are slated to close at 18:00 (1430 GMT) on Friday, but voting hours could be extended if the need arises amid expectations of a high turnout. In the opening hour of the voting, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballots at a polling station in downtown Tehran, “Armenpress” reports, citing the Iranian “Press TV” agency.
The police of Armavir region arrested 2 persons connected to the lootings of the Argishtikhinili monument. As “Armenpress” was informed by the “Historical-Cultural Reserve-Museums and Historical Environment Protection Service” SNCO that law enforcement agencies are preparing documents regarding the case. The accused, Eduard Vardanyan and MIsak Simonyan were temporarily released after returning the looted properties.
Head of the ARF parliamentary faction Armen Rustamyan touched upon ANC faction head Levon Zurabyan’s opinion whereas the RPA and ARF signed the cooperation agreement to alienate the second President Robert Kocharyan from the political arena. Rustamyan noted during the briefings that it is surprising that accusations are made towards those political forces,who have a very long history of association with the second president, and talking about this issue are those who labeled Kocharyan as traitor among many other things.
EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini will travel to Azerbaijan on Monday, 29 February and Armenia on Tuesday, 1 March, continuing her tour of the Eastern Partnership countries following visits to Ukraine and Georgia at the end of last year.
Although the issue of value-added tax (VAT) has been resolved, but automobile importers should be separated from people. We want this request to be reachable for all bodies, up to president, that a new status was given to automobile importers, and the money, which will be reduced from our state budget due to elimination of VAT, maybe we would compensate by working in legal field.
The “Sheep-shearing” festival will take place on June 6 in the village of Halidzor,Syunik, where participants will have the chance to witness the sheep shearing competition. The festival is organized by the IDEA Foundation. It promises to provide not only good mood, but also the opportunity to visit the centuries-old “Tatev” monastery via the world’s longest cable car.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov had a meeting with the co-chairman of the “Alliance `90/The Greens” party Cem Ozdemir during the international conference entitled “Genocides of Christians in the Ottoman and Kemalist Turkey” on February 25 at Berlin’s Humboldt University.
