“McDonald’s has a special way of production. It links its production with sales system: if the issue is settled, it should come either from Russia or Turkey, logistics needs to be worked out, and in this case, some variation in price is possible, and decision will be made in McDonald’s head office, then they’ll make an offer. However, I think, there is an issue with royalty as well. Those, who should enter into a contractual relationship here through franchising, as McDonald’s organizers, they should also gain enough benefit, and upon some marketing surveys, there are some problems in this sector, volumes are not that big. I’m conscious that in the coming 1-2 years McDonald’s won’t appear in Armenia, if not policy decision,” Sukiasyan said.
Steps and bellicose rhetoric, causing aggravation of the situation in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, are harmful and contribute to the preservation of the status quo, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told in the interview with reporters, in Armenian President’s residence summarizing results of the meeting with Federica Mogherini.
If someone is surrounded by strong people, he cannot be weak. Sargis Stepanyan, major in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, is convinced that strength does not imply only physical strength.
FIDE has published the rankings of March 2016. Leader of the Armenian National chess team Levon Aronyan has dropped to the 7th place with 2786 points.Previously he was ranked 4th. The ranking tops world champion Magnus Carlsen with 2851 points. Vladimir Kramkin is on the 2nd place with 2801 points, and Fabiano Caruana is the 3rd, with 2794 points. Among the list of top players is Grandmaster Gabriel Sargsyan, who is ranked 42nd with 2702 points.
The video was accompanied by the famous hit “Blackbird” by “Beatles”.
Membership of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in itself is not an obstacle for Armenia’s cooperation with the EU. Let me recall that the EU and Armenia have completed a scoping exercise prior to the launching of negotiations to see how far our cooperation can go in this new context.
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.
Many of us struggle to maintain a balanced diet. We long to lose weight and stay trim – but can’t seem to put down the chips or cookies.
Felix Tsolakyan and Sargis Sahakyan were dismissed from Governor’s position of Shirak and Aragatsotn, according to their resignation applications on February 25. The decision was made during the governmental session.
“We want to create a confident generation to think big and to dream big,” says Jacqueline Karaaslanian, Executive Director of the Luys Foundation. Through loans and scholarships, Luys ensures that every year 100 Armenian students receive an education from the world’s most prestigious universities, putting them on par with talented scholars from around the world and setting them up to contribute to Armenia and to the world.
