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National security agents “carry out actions” in Etchmiatsin city, general Manvel Grigoryan’s home searched

June 16, 2018 by administrator

The photo above picturing NSS agents is not from today’s operation and doesn’t concern the given story.

YEREVAN, JUNE 16, National security service (NSS) agents are carrying out “special operations” in the city of Vagharshapat, aka Ejmiatsin, NSS spokesman Samson Galstyan told ARMENPRESS.

“I can now confirm that actions are underway in Ejmiatsin [Vagharshapat]. They [actions] aren’t only in the house of [general]Manvel Grigoryan. Additional information will be provided later,” he said.

In addition, ARMENPRESS corresponded in Vagharshapat has noticed NSS agents outside the home of Arthur Asatryan in the morning.

Manvel Grigoryan is a politician who is the chairman of the board of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union. He serves as a Member of Parliament in the Republican faction. His son is the mayor of Vagharshapat.

Arthur Asatryan, aka Don Pipo, is a well-known businessman from the city who is residing in Italy.

National security agents detain prominent businessman Arthur Asatryan, aka Don Pipo

National security service (NSS) agents have detained Arthur Asatryan, the Italy-based Armenian businessman aka Don Pipo, in Ejmiatsin (Vagharshapat) city.

Footage of the Armenian A1+ channel shows Asatryan being taken away in an NSS car outside a mansion in Ejmiatsin.

NSS spokesperson Samson Galstyan commented on the video in an interview to ARMENPRESS, saying: “You see what you see. I can only confirm that the work continues, we will issue a statement when it is finished.”

Armenia’s Olympic team returns home to roaring welcome (video)

August 27, 2016 by administrator

The plane carrying Armenia’s Olympic team landed in Yerevan on the early hours of Saturday, August 27, with Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, presidents of the National Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukyan meeting the athletes at the Zvartnots airport.

Meeting wrestler Migran Arutyunyan, Tsarukyan took the silver medal off the athlete and bestowed upon him a gold one, stressing once more that Arutyunyan is the real champion.

Arutyunyan won Armenia’s second silver medal at the Olympic Games after judges took the biased decision to grant victory to Davor Štefanek of Serbia.

The airport was crowded, and a fireworks display awaited the Armenian Olympians outside. The sportsmen headed to the Republic Square in central Yerevan, where thousands of fans were already waiting for them.

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Israeli forces demolish home of Palestinian teen in West Bank

June 11, 2016 by administrator

Israel’s military has demolished the house of a Palestinian teen accused of stabbing an Israeli woman in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli forces destroyed the home of 16-year-old Mourad Badir Adais in Beit Amrah west of Yatta in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Saturday.

Adais, currently held in Israeli detention, is accused of stabbing and killing a female Israeli settler on January 17.

Israeli forces reportedly raided several other homes and a medical lab in Beit Amrah village as well.

Tel Aviv has stepped up its demolitions of Palestinian homes over the past months.

In a report in April, the UN said the Israeli military has tripled its demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied territories since January.

The demolitions have raised alarm among diplomats and human rights groups over what they regard as the Tel Aviv regime’s sustained violation of international law.

The demolished structures include houses and schools.

Tensions have heightened in the occupied territories since August 2015, when Israel imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

More than 210 Palestinians, including children and women, have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning of last October. Some 30 Israelis have also been killed since then.

Erdogan destroyed 2,700 homes in Kurdish towns to create Construction project for Erdogan construction companies

April 9, 2016 by administrator

Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has initiated plans to demolish and rebuild a total of 2,700 houses in the Cizre district of southeastern Şırnak province after 78 days of anti-terror operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) severely damaged residential areas.

The project, estimated to cost some 4 billion Turkish liras ($1.3 billion), sparked criticism among a group of residents who demand increased transparency.

The district governorate in Cizre sent a notification to locals, asking that they vacate their houses immediately, in order to initiate efforts to demolish and rebuild the district’s damaged houses as part of an urban transformation project.

“Technical personnel from the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning determined buildings with severe damage and are under risk of collapse,” the statement said. “Heavily damaged buildings that have a risk of collapse will be demolished in line with relevant laws as they pose a threat to life,” it added, asking residents to vacate their houses immediately.

German Sterligov will not break ties with Karabakh

September 7, 2015 by administrator

Russian businessman German Sterligov who returned to Russia last week has no intention to break ties with Nagorno-Karabakh and plans to come back there from time to time.

“The fact that we returned to our homeland does not mean that we will not go back to Nagorno-Karabakh that has become our home,” he told Interfax agency.

The businessman said he has a small household that will be run by the locals.

“We have a small household, our mill where we make flour. In addition, I have a partner there, the local guy. So, nothing is postponed, I have sons. My elder sons will be in charge of the household, and I’ll fly back there, too,” he said.