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Armenian Consulate General in Aleppo to resume work from 19 December - Foreign Ministry
The Armenian Consulate General in the Syrian city of Aleppo will resume its work from December 19, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. YEREVAN, 18 December. /ARKA/. The Armenian Consulate General in the Syrian city of Aleppo will resume its work from December 19, the Armenian ...
12/18/2024Rubinyan: Russia leaving South Caucasus on its own
... stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, who were supposed to remain there for at least a few more years under the tripartite agreement," Rubinyan said in an interview with Armenian Public Television. In his opinion, drawing parallels with the events in Syria, as the current opposition does, is not appropriate in the case of Armenia. "These are their latest absurd accusations. Not to mention that the comparison between the contexts of Syria and the South Caucasus is completely inappropriate," ...
12/13/2024Armenian Embassy in Damascus has launched a "hotline" and urges compatriots to avoid relocation
The Armenian Embassy in Syrian capital Damascus has launched a hotline at +963 96 000 36 22 to assist ethnic Armenians, following the reignited war in that country between opposition groups and government forces. Y EREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/. The Armenian Embassy in Syrian capital Damascus has launched a hotline at +963 96 000 36 22 to assist ethnic Armenians,...
12/03/2024Two businessmen in Armenia caught in unfair competition for selling chocolates with brand "LEE"
... against them, the regulator said in a statement. The CPC has recorded that the LEE Chocolate candies, which were imported and sold in Armenia and known to the Armenian consumer since 2005-2006, have been produced at the main LEE plant operating in Aleppo, Syria, since the 1900s with the label “LEE Choc Chocolate, Since 1947”. As part of the initiated proceedings, it was revealed that the said business entities sold chocolate candies with the “LEE” trademark in Armenia without permission from the ...
09/18/2024Armenian passport ranks 72nd in Henley & Partners Global Ranking
... Singapore as the top passport in the world, offering visa-free travel to 195 countries. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan share the second position, with visa-free access to 192 countries each. At the bottom of the list are Afghanistan (103rd), Syria (102nd), Iraq (101st), and both Pakistan and Yemen (100th). The index evaluates passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa.
07/25/2024April 24 marks 109th anniversary of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey
... Republic, Denmark, Portugal, as well as the provisional government of Libya, 49 states and both houses of the U.S. Congress, Syria, the European Parliament, and the World Council of Churches. In a message issued on this occasion, Prime Minister Nikol ... ... in our political and philosophical thinking, but this kind of point of view of dealing with the fact of the Meds Yeghern (as Armenians call the Genocide) is not common among us. This is an imperative, an urgent imperative, and we must evaluate the relations ...
04/24/2024More than 800 people sought asylum in Armenia in 2023- Interior Ministry
... of the National Assembly's State and Legal Affairs Committee. "In 2023, the trend of the previous year was preserved. Nevertheless, there is a certain decrease. Until 2022, the bulk of asylum seekers were citizens of Middle Eastern countries - Syria, Iraq and Egypt," Ghazaryan said. According to him, in 2022-2023, the main mass was made up of citizens of Ukraine, followed y by citizens of Syria and Iraq. As for the citizens of India, Ghazaryan noted that there was not a single request ...
04/02/2024Simonyan believes there could have been collusion between Russia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
... done now: Azerbaijan now sells Russian gas to Europe through its own pipelines," he told reporters in parliament. . "When you compare the facts, you realize that everything was interconnected. I can even say that the beginning was laid in Syria when Russia and Turkey clashed. A Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey and tensions arose ... Then it spilled over to our region, an attempt was made to ensure stability in this region, to put a noose around the neck of Armenia and Azerbaijan....
02/29/2024More than 4.5 thousand real estate transactions made in Armenia in November, 2023
... in November -193 transactions were made by citizens of Russia, 19 – by citizens of the USA, 16 – by citizens of CIS countries (excluding the Russian Federation), 12 by citizens of European countries, 5 – by citizens of Iran, 1 – by citizen of Syria and 6 transactions were made by citizens of other countries. -0-
01/12/2024Armenia-registered companies appear in Japan's new package of sanctions
... sanctions in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian war. The company, registered in Yerevan, will be subject to export bans from December 27. Sanctions were imposed also on 57 Russian and 27 Belarusian companies, as well as on companies from the UAE, Syria and Uzbekistan. Taco LLC is designated as the Armenian partner of Russia's Radioavtomatika LLC (a supplier of electronic component base (ECB), which had its own testing laboratory for ECB certification tests). Earlier, the U.S. Treasury Department ...
12/15/2023Political analyst says likelihood of new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan not high
... Opinion" program broadcast on the Youtube channel by Novosti-Armenia news agency. He noted that these processes will be more complicated because Armenia is an internationally recognized state. "But I know many internationally recognized states, from Syria to Ukraine, which were invaded. The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible in principle, but I don't think the probability is extremely high," Iskandaryan said. -0-
09/26/2023Armenia surpassesl CIS countries, Turkey and Iran on "Index of Economic Freedom"
... and such developed countries as Belgium (44th) and France (45th). Of the regional countries, Armenia was surpassed only by Georgia (25th). The leaders of the rating are Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, while the outsiders are Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Syria. The index measures the extent to which countries' policies and institutions support economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom of market access and competition, and security of person ...
09/23/2023Armenian passport climbs four notches in Henley and Partners Passport Index
... from 193 in 2022. Other passports that tied with Japan to rank third place are Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea and Sweden. Outsiders in the ranking are Afghanistan (104th place, 27 countries), Iraq (103rd place, 29 countries) and Syria (102nd place, 30 countries). -0-.
08/11/2023Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to Armenia starts his mission
... government's policy of prioritizing relations with neighboring countries. Previously, Sobhani served as Second Secretary of the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan, Vice Ambassador to Ukraine and Turkmenistan, Consul General in Karachi, Iranian Ambassador to Syria, Deputy Director General for West Asia and Director General for Strategic Affairs of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. -0-
07/10/2023EU's 11th package of sanctions against Russia includes Armenia-registered companies
... The new rules allow the EU to exert much more pressure to end the practice than before. In addition to the Russian and Iranian entities already listed, the new package now includes entities registered in China, Uzbekistan, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Armenia. -0-
06/23/2023Hanke’s 2022 Misery Index recognizes Armenia as better off than Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia
..., Azerbaijan- 62nd, and Russia -76th. In the 2022 ranking, each country's score was determined by an equation that took into account factors such as unemployment, inflation, bank-lending rates, and the percentage change in GDP. Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Argentina, Yemen, Ukraine, Cuba, Angola, Tonga, and Ghana are the most miserable countries in the world. Thanks to strong economic performances, Switzerland, Kuwait, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Malta were the top-ten “happiest” ...
06/13/2023Armenia-registered company included in sanctions list of U.S. Department of Commerce
... the U.S. Department of Commerce in addition to the sanctions of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The company is called Tako LLC. It is blacklisted along with 27 other legal entities from Russia (10 companies), China (12), UAE (2), Uzbekistan (2), Syria, Turkey, Malta, Spain (one each). The notice was published on the website of the US Federal Register. The sanctions will come into force on April 17. The U.S. authorities believe that all of them continued to buy American goods for the needs of ...
04/13/2023A total of €7 billion pledged by international community at Donors Conference for Turkey and Syria
A total of €7 billion were pledged by the international community at the International Donors' Conference ‘Together for the people in Turkey and Syria', co-hosted on 20 March by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, for the Swedish Presidency of the Council, the European Commission reported. YEREVAN, March 21,...
03/21/2023Armenia rated as "partly free country" ahead of Azerbaijan and Turkey - Freedom House
... (Nagorno-Karabakh), which scored 37 points out of 100 and was recognized as "partly free country". Finland, Norway and Sweden all received perfect scores, while the least free countries and regions were North Korea, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Syria and Tibet. The report also ranks China and Saudi Arabia among the "worst of the worst." -0- YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. Freedom House rates Armenia as 'partly free country' in its latest annual "Freedom in the house" report ...
03/09/2023Azerbaijan's position is the main obstacle to establishment of relations between Armenia and Turkey - Pashinyan
... operation in cooperation with local and other international teams in Turkey, save three people. Armenian rescuers also worked in Syria's disaster zone. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan visited Turkey on February 15, and had a meeting with his Turkish ... ... Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkey also refuses to recognize the Armenian genocide, committed during 1915-1923 when an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by the Ottoman government. The overwhelming majority of historians widely view the event as genocide....
03/03/2023Armenian parliament ratifies agreement on air communication with Syria
... the legal framework in the sphere of regular air communication between the countries, operation of regular flights and also stimulate bilateral economic ties. "Implementation of regular flights between Armenia and Syria will facilitate visits by Syrian Armenians to their homeland, as well as mutual visits of interstate, parliamentary and other delegations," he said. -0-
03/01/2023Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan travelling to Syria
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will travel to Syria on February 23 to deliver the third batch of humanitarian aid to the regions affected by the devastating earthquake. YEREVAN, February 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will travel to Syria on February 23 to deliver the third ...
02/23/2023Armenia sent about $400,000 worth aid to Turkey and Syria
The Armenian government has allocated today 157.8 million drams ($400,000) to the Ministry of Emergency Situations to cover the cost of humanitarian aid sent to the earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey and Syria. YEREVAN, February 16. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has allocated today 157.8 million drams ($400,000) to the Ministry of Emergency Situations to cover the cost of humanitarian aid sent to the earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey and Syria....
02/16/2023Armenia sends second batch of humanitarian aid to Turkey
... for the first time since 1993. Turkey shut down their common border in 1993, in a show of solidarity with Azerbaijan which was locked in a conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia had also sent two batches of humanitarian aid to Syria by air. On Feb. 6, a series of earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria. They were among the most powerful and destructive in the last 100 years. A state of emergency was declared in 10 provinces of Turkey, which will last for three months. The death ...
02/15/2023Armenia sends second batch of aid to quake-stricken regions of Syria
... was shipped to Syria from Yerevan's Erebuni airport. Earlier, on February 9, Armenia sent over 30 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria and 100 tons of aid to Turkey. The aid to Turkey was sent by five trucks through a border gate between Turkey and Armenia ... ... of Nagorno-Karabakh. The relationship between Armenia and Turkey is strained by World War I-era mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which amounted to a genocide. Turkey rejects the genocide label. In December 2021, the two countries ...
02/14/2023Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey kill 11 ethnic Armenians
... Aleksanyan, , head of a department at the Office of Diaspora Commissioner, said at a press conference on Monday in Yerevan. "Unfortunately, there are casualties among both the Turkish and Syrian communities," Aleksanyan said, adding that two Armenians were killed in Syrian Aleppo, four in Turkish Malatya and one family of four died in Iskenderun. In Antakya, one Armenian was killed, and in Diarbekir and Adiyaman, one Armenian each. Aleksanyan said the information on the casualties is not final yet. According to the ...
02/13/2023Earthquakes cause $84 billion damage to Turkey’s economy
... to the confederation. The confederation said also the loss in the workforce could cost Turkey's economy $2.9 billion, as the quakes affected 10 provinces and severely affected 13.5 million people in the country's southeast, as well as in neighboring Syria. The calculations of the confederation aree based on the 1999 earthquake that was near Istanbul, which claimed the lives of about 18,000 people, as the death toll from the current disaster far exceeded the 1999 earthquake, while thousands are still ...
02/13/2023Armenia sending humanitarian aid to Turkey - MFA
... was crossed for the first time since 1993. Earlier, Armenia sent search and rescue teams to quake-stricken areas in Turkey and Syria. Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic ties. Turkey shut down their common border in 1993, in a show of solidarity with ... ... Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkey also refuses to recognize the Armenian genocide, committed during 1915-1923 when an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by the Ottoman government. The overwhelming majority of historians widely view the event as genocide....
02/11/2023Fitch: insurable losses due to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria could reach USD4 billion or more
Most insurance payouts due to the earthquake that tragically hit Turkiye and Syria will ultimately be borne by global reinsurers, Fitch Ratings says. T YEREVAN, February 10, /ARKA/. Most insurance payouts due to the earthquake that tragically hit Turkiye and Syria will ultimately be borne by global reinsurers, Fitch Ratings ...
02/10/2023Armenian PM has phone calls with leaders of Turkey and Syria, sends rescuers and aid to quake-affected areas
... highly appreciates Armenia's support, stressing the importance of this step also in the context of further deepening of the dialogue between the two countries. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had also a telephone conversation with the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar Al-Assad. The Prime Minister conveyed condolences to the friendly people of Syria in connection with the large number of victims and destruction caused by the chain of earthquakes. Nikol Pashinyan wished a speedy recovery ...
02/08/2023Armenia sending rescuers to Syria and Turkey
Armenia is sending rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to help with search and rescue efforts in areas affected by the devastating earthquakes. YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. Armenia is sending rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to help with search and rescue efforts in areas affected by ...
02/07/2023Likelihood of quakes in Armenia low - seismologist
rmenia is quite far away from the epicenter of the earthquakes that hit southeast regions of Turkey and northern Syria today early morning killing hundreds of people, therefore it cannot affect seismic situation in Armenia, Sergey Nazaretyan, a chief expert at Territorial Seismic Protection Service, told Armenpress news agency. YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. ...
02/06/2023Armenian foreign ministry sets up hotline for Armenian citizens affected by quakes in Turkey and Syria
Armenian Foreign Ministry has set up a hotline number for those of Armenian citizens who need assistance after two powerful earthquakes hit today morning Syria and Turkey killing hundreds of people. YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Ministry has set up a hotline number for those of Armenian citizens who need assistance after two powerful earthquakes hit today morning Syria and Turkey killing ...
02/06/2023Second quake in Turkey’s southeast felt also in Armenia
... Service. It said the 7.6 magnitude tremor’s epicenter was 60 km northeast of the Turkish town of Kahramanmarash. The origin was located at the depth of 10 km. According to reports, the combined official death toll from the first quake in Turkey and Syria has already risen to over 1,200. The quake is said to have killed 912 people and wounded 5,383 in Turkey. Syria’s state news agency reported more than 320 dead in the country, with over 1,000 wounded. -0-
02/06/2023Armenian PM offers assistance to victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan offered assistance to people in Turkey and Syria who suffered from a powerful earthquake that hit today morning parts of both countries, killing hundreds of people. YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan offered assistance to people in Turkey and Syria who suffered ...
02/06/2023Two ethnic Armenians killed in Aleppo by powerful earthquake
Two ethnic Armenians have been killed in Syrian Aleppo by a powerful earthquake that hit in the early hours of Monday southeast Turkey and northern Syria. YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Two ethnic Armenians have been killed in Syrian Aleppo by a powerful earthquake that hit in the early hours of Monday southeast Turkey and northern Syria. Ethnic Armenian member of the Syrian parliament Jirayr Revisyan told Armenpress news agency that the killed Armenians are mother and son ...
02/06/2023A 3.1 magnitude earthquake recorded near Armenian-Georgian border, stronger one hits southern Turkey
... Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The quake was felt in the villages of Shirak region of Armenia - Bavra, Saragyugh, Ghazanchi and Ashotsk. According to reports from Turkey, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday. At least 207 were killed and hundreds injured, and the toll was expected to rise. Dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across the border region. The quake, felt as far away as Cairo, was centered about 90 kilometers (60 miles) from ...
02/06/2023Numbeo ranks Armenia 7th safest country in the world
... Emirates, Taiwan, Isle Of Man, Oman and Hong Kong (China). Armenia is followed by Japan, Switzerland and Bahrain. Venezuela remains the least safe country in the world. Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, South Africa, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Syria, Somalia and Jamaica are the top 10 least safe countries. Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of living database. It is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life data, housing indicators, perceived crime rates, healthcare quality,...
01/17/2023Study: Artsakh conflict is of little interest to U.S.
... a leading U.S. think tank. This means that the probability of renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan is average and the significance for the U.S. is low. Conflicts in Yemen, Libya, Somalia, the confrontation between Turkey and the Kurds in Syria and Iraq, and the clash in Kashmir are also in this group. The conflicts of Taiwan, Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, Israel-Iran and political and economic instability in Central America and Mexico are at the top of the U.S. priorities. The study prioritizes ...
01/13/2023Strengthening Armenia and the Diaspora: Armenians from all over the world gather in Yerevan for Global Armenian Summit
... for Diaspora Affairs Zare Sinanyan to reporters. According to him, strategic goal is to identify the issues that concern all Armenians and understand who should play what role (in solving them). 'I don't think we will get answers to all our questions,... ... about 600 participants from 50 countries, including France, China, Brazil, Russia, Great Britain, the United States, Australia, Syria, Argentina, Canada. The participants represent various spheres of activity in their communities. More than 100 speakers ...
10/29/2022Armenia abstains from voting on anti-Russian resolution at UN General Assembly
... Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine, as well as on the situation in Ukraine. According to TASS, 143 countries voted in support of the resolution, five voted against it, and 35 abstained. Thus, the resolution was adopted. Russia, Belarus, the DPRK, Nicaragua, Syria voted against. China, India, South Africa abstained, Brazil voted for the resolution. Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan also abstained. Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Estonia supported the resolution, as did Ukraine....
10/13/2022Armenia moves up three notches in Global Peace Index 2022
... Azerbaijan (128th), Ukraine (153rd) and Russia (160th). Iceland has been the most peaceful country since 2008. New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark and Austria are also among the five most peaceful countries. The least peaceful countries are Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Russia and South Sudan. -0-
10/12/2022Lemkin Institute accuses Western media of biased coverage of Azerbaijan's war crimes against Armenians
... Azeri officials, the documented atrocities committed by Azeri soldiers in the 2020 war against Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, the string of connected hate crimes against Armenians in the Diaspora, the history of the 1915-1923 genocide against Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians committed by the Ottoman Empire (which took the lives of at least 1.2 million Armenians), the well-funded and longtime denial of that genocide by Turkey and Azerbaijan, the internal human rights abuses committed by the government of Azerbaijan ...
10/06/2022Armenia is second to Georgia in the region for freedom of expression
... of 96. Norway and Sweden each have scores of 94, and Estonia and Finland both scored 93. The study said the top 10 most open nations are European. Article 19 ranks North Korea as the most oppressive nation in the world with a score of zero. Eritrea, Syria and Turkmenistan had scores of one, and Belarus, China and Cuba had scores of two. The report said that over the past two decades, there have been more dramatic downward shifts in freedom of expression around the world than at any time. Many of ...
07/13/2022Iranian house of innovation to open in Armenia
... Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, Iranian houses of innovation have been set up in several countries to develop the global market for knowledge-based products. These centers have already been set up in countries such as Russia, Turkey, China, Syria, and Kenya, and Iraq will soon join them. By supporting innovative ideas, and holding technological and innovative events, the centers will be a platform for the development and promotion of Iranian knowledge-based companies, startups, and creative ...
06/01/2022Russian 'special operation' in Ukraine forces many ethnic Armenians in Ukraine to seek Armenian citizenship
... the country from Australia and some EU counties. Aleksanyan said that 7.3 thousand Armenians from 45 countries got Armenian citizenship in 2021. Over 2,000 were from Russia, about 2,000 from Lebanon, and there were also many people from Iran, Georgia, Syria and the United States. "In addition, about 2,070 ethnic Armenians received permanent or special residence status in the country," he stressed. -0-
05/18/2022Russian citizens concluded most of real estate deals in Armenia in 2022 March
... reporting month, foreign citizens sold 300 properties in Armenia, including 221 properties by citizens of Russia, 29 - by citizens of USA, 19 - by citizens of European states, 14 - by citizens of CIS countries (except for Russia), 6 - by Iran, 1 - by Syria, 10 deals were completed by citizens of other states. As a whole, in March 2022 some 4,859 home sale and buy deals were concluded in the country, down from 4, 883 in March 2021. The bulk - 1,710 (35.2% of total) - were concluded in Yerevan and the ...
05/11/2022Armenia denies Azerbaijani broadcaster's allegations about sending military aircraft to Russia
... tasks," the Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Armenian Ministry of Defense denied another allegation made in the mentioned article, which claimed that Armenia is used as a major transit country for transporting mercenaries from Syria to Ukraine to fight for Russia. -0-
03/28/2022Armenia did not vote for Euronest Parliamentary Assembly’s resolution
... Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik. The move was condemned by NATO, the European Union, and the United States, a number of European countries, Turkey, and Georgia. Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics was welcomed by Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria. The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly consists of a delegation from the European Parliament and delegations from the EU's Eastern European Partners - countries that participate in the Eastern Partnership initiative: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, ...
02/22/2022Armenia and Syria set to resume air communication
... communication between the countries and boost further international cooperation. It says the ratification of the agreement will help ensure bilateral regular flights and boost bilateral economic ties. Armenia believes that the flights will enhance the visits by Syrian Armenians to Armenia, as well as visits by interstate, parliamentary and other delegations. --0--
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