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RFE/RL Report
More Armenian, Azeri Combat Deaths Reported
08.12.2014
At least two soldiers were reported dead on Monday as
Nagorno-Karabakh's military claimed to have repelled an Azerbaijani
attack on its frontline positions.
The Karabakh Defense Army said one of its conscripts, Garik Ispirian,
was shot and killed in an Azerbaijani ceasefire violation at a section
of "the line of contact" east of Karabakh. It gave no other details of
the incident.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said, meanwhile, that one Azerbaijani
contract soldier died and another was seriously wounded when a
military vehicle carrying them hit a landmine in the western Gazakh
district bordering Armenia.
Citing unnamed military sources, some Armenian media outlets reported
later in the day that Karabakh Armenian forces killed at least 5 enemy
soldiers as they thwarted an Azerbaijani commando raid on their
frontline positions. "Yes, they made such an attempt but were pushed
back," Davit Babayan, a senior official in Stepanakert, told
yerkir.am. He declined to comment further.
The Defense Ministry in Baku dismissed these claims as
"disinformation."
The commando units of both warring sides are believed to mainly
comprise contract soldiers.
arka.am
ABOUT $150 MILLION TO BE INVESTED IN "OLD YEREVAN"
PROJECT
YEREVAN, December 9. Investments in "Old Yerevan" project by
Armenian Swiss businessman Vardan Sermakesh will total about $150
million, said architect Levon Vardanyan who authored the design of
the project.
Sermakesh signed an agreement with the Armenian government
YEREVAN, December 9. Investments in "Old Yerevan" project by
Armenian Swiss businessman Vardan Sermakesh will total about $150
million, said architect Levon Vardanyan who authored the design of
the project.
Sermakesh signed an agreement with the Armenian government
represented by the minister of urban planning Narek Sargsyan.
The project will be implemented by "Old City" company.
The final model will be submitted for public discussions at the end of
March, and the process of coordination with respective public agencies
will start afterwards, Vardanyan told a press conference on Monday.
Vardanyan said the project covers Abovyan, Pavstos Biuzand,
Yeznik Koghbatsi and Arami streets where a total of 14 buildings of
architectural value, including the Small Philharmonic Hall and SIL
Plaza, are located.
In general, the project will help recreate 30 buildings, including
14 mentioned and is to be implemented in a maximum of five years,
Vardanyan said.
The "Old Yerevan" area will not have dwelling buildings and will serve
as a public and cultural center with museums, galleries and fairs of
Armenian carpets.
The Old Yerevan project is to recreate Yerevan's architectural look
of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
The project will be implemented by "Old City" company.
The final model will be submitted for public discussions at the end of
March, and the process of coordination with respective public agencies
will start afterwards, Vardanyan told a press conference on Monday.
Vardanyan said the project covers Abovyan, Pavstos Biuzand,
Yeznik Koghbatsi and Arami streets where a total of 14 buildings of
architectural value, including the Small Philharmonic Hall and SIL
Plaza, are located.
In general, the project will help recreate 30 buildings, including
14 mentioned and is to be implemented in a maximum of five years,
Vardanyan said.
The "Old Yerevan" area will not have dwelling buildings and will serve
as a public and cultural center with museums, galleries and fairs of
Armenian carpets.
The Old Yerevan project is to recreate Yerevan's architectural look
of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
armenpress.am
Launch of Armenian Champagne
ASHTARAK, NOVEMBER 29 , Armenian wine factory expands its
Launch of Armenian Champagne
ASHTARAK, NOVEMBER 29 , Armenian wine factory expands its
activity and soon will introduce two kinds of Armenian champagne as
well. The factory’s production manager assures that gentle taste and
fresh smell will be the particular characteristics of their champagne.
Among other things he underscored: “The same technology will be
Among other things he underscored: “The same technology will be
used for our champagne, as in France. The gentle and fresh
champagne will have new smells.”
The honor of first bottling of Armenian wine champagne was given to
The honor of first bottling of Armenian wine champagne was given to
the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
As reports “Armenpress”, at the course of the visit to Armenia wine
As reports “Armenpress”, at the course of the visit to Armenia wine
factory, the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
toured in the halls of newly built wine cellars and paid a visit to the
new plant of brandy vinification.
'Armenia Wine” factory is located in Sasunik village, Aragatsotni
'Armenia Wine” factory is located in Sasunik village, Aragatsotni
district RA and covers 50 000 square meters of area. The entire
process starting from grape storage, wine preparation till bottling is
performed here. It’s a beautiful wine making ranch/farm with all the
necessary premises for preparing high-class wine that meets all
the international standards. This complex has classic Armenian
architectural style. The particular winery center with interesting and
unique design resembles typical old Armenian fortress
The best modern equipment for producing high-quality wine is
The best modern equipment for producing high-quality wine is
invested in the factory. Particularly, three receiving hoppers, two
mobile presses for processing red grapes and an inert press for
processing white grapes which works by means of azoth gas – all
are made by French company “Bucher Vaslin.” The usage of
membrane press guarantees the high quality of the processed grapes.
The thermal regulation of the whole process of wine preparation is
performed with three powerful freezing aggregates, chillers made by
Italian “Della Toffola” company. It allows controlling the changes of
temperature during the whole production process. Freezing
aggregates give an opportunity to perform also the fermentation of
grapes at low temperature as well as stabilization of wine at -7 0C
conditions. Another three modern squeezing devices are for wine
manufacturing. The wine storages made of stainless iron are equipped
with essential mixers and other important devices. The bottling division
has the necessary facilities, including the membrane filters which
guarantee sterile bottling. The bottling production line made by Italia
n “Fimer” company has the capability of filling 3 000 bottles in an hour
and suits both wine, brandy and vodka production.
arka.am
PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT ARMENIA'S ZVARTNOTS AND SHIRAK
AIRPORTS EXCEEDS 1.9 MILLION IN JANUARY-NOVEMBER
YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. The two Armenian international airports,
Zvartnots and Shirak, provided services to a total of 1 million
931,554 passengers in January-November this year, 332,376 passengers
more than in the same period of 2013, the press office of Armenia's
chief aviation department reports.
It is a 20.8% year-on-year increase. In the period, departures rose to
976,708, as compared to 803,523 in January-November 2013. Arrivals were
954,846 (795,652 in 2013). This means, departures outnumbered arrivals
by 21,862 in the eleven months (39,910 in January-November 2013).
The share of departures in overall traffic was 50.6%, which is well
comparable to the respective level of 2013 (50.2%).
Freight traffic through civil airports rose by 3% to 9,478 ton,
and number of operations (takeoffs and landings) hiked by 17.3%
to 9,739 in the period.
RFE/RL Report
German Loan To Boost Armenian-Georgian Energy Ties
10.12.2014
The Armenian government secured on Tuesday an 85.2 million-euro
($105.6 million) German loan which it said will be used for
synchronizing the national power grids of Armenia and Georgia through
a new transmission line.
The state-run German development bank KfW disbursed the loan with an
agreement which one of its senior executives signed in Yerevan with
Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian and the head of Armenia's national
electricity transmission network, Aram Ananian.
A statement released by the Armenian Ministry of Finance said the loan
will finance the construction of the high-voltage line and a
substation on Armenia's border with Georgia. It said that Yerevan will
also receive 20 million euros in grants and loans from the European
Union for the same purpose.
The German and EU funding, the statement went on, will ensure the
implementation of the first phase of a project designed to make the
Armenian and Georgian power grids "operate in the same regime." This
will make it much easier for each country to import electricity from
the other, according to the Finance Ministry.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and Energy Minister Kakha
Kaladze discussed the issue with their Armenian counterparts when they
visited Yerevan in August. The Armenian Ministry of Energy and Natural
Resources said at the time that two neighboring states will be able to
more than triple mutual electricity supplies after the new
transmission line goes on stream in 2018.
It was also officially announced during Gharibasvhili's trip to
Yerevan that a little-known company partly or fully owned by a
Georgian businessman, Teimuraz Karchava, will invest $600 million in
building a natural gas-fired power plant in northern Armenia that will
supply electricity to Georgia. Under an agreement finalized by
Karchava and Energy Minister Yervand Zakharian, the Armenian
government will give the company tax breaks and guarantee "supplies of
sufficient volumes of gas" to the plant. The precise dates of its
construction are still not known.
YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. The two Armenian international airports,
Zvartnots and Shirak, provided services to a total of 1 million
931,554 passengers in January-November this year, 332,376 passengers
more than in the same period of 2013, the press office of Armenia's
chief aviation department reports.
It is a 20.8% year-on-year increase. In the period, departures rose to
976,708, as compared to 803,523 in January-November 2013. Arrivals were
954,846 (795,652 in 2013). This means, departures outnumbered arrivals
by 21,862 in the eleven months (39,910 in January-November 2013).
The share of departures in overall traffic was 50.6%, which is well
comparable to the respective level of 2013 (50.2%).
Freight traffic through civil airports rose by 3% to 9,478 ton,
and number of operations (takeoffs and landings) hiked by 17.3%
to 9,739 in the period.
RFE/RL Report
German Loan To Boost Armenian-Georgian Energy Ties
10.12.2014
The Armenian government secured on Tuesday an 85.2 million-euro
($105.6 million) German loan which it said will be used for
synchronizing the national power grids of Armenia and Georgia through
a new transmission line.
The state-run German development bank KfW disbursed the loan with an
agreement which one of its senior executives signed in Yerevan with
Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian and the head of Armenia's national
electricity transmission network, Aram Ananian.
A statement released by the Armenian Ministry of Finance said the loan
will finance the construction of the high-voltage line and a
substation on Armenia's border with Georgia. It said that Yerevan will
also receive 20 million euros in grants and loans from the European
Union for the same purpose.
The German and EU funding, the statement went on, will ensure the
implementation of the first phase of a project designed to make the
Armenian and Georgian power grids "operate in the same regime." This
will make it much easier for each country to import electricity from
the other, according to the Finance Ministry.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and Energy Minister Kakha
Kaladze discussed the issue with their Armenian counterparts when they
visited Yerevan in August. The Armenian Ministry of Energy and Natural
Resources said at the time that two neighboring states will be able to
more than triple mutual electricity supplies after the new
transmission line goes on stream in 2018.
It was also officially announced during Gharibasvhili's trip to
Yerevan that a little-known company partly or fully owned by a
Georgian businessman, Teimuraz Karchava, will invest $600 million in
building a natural gas-fired power plant in northern Armenia that will
supply electricity to Georgia. Under an agreement finalized by
Karchava and Energy Minister Yervand Zakharian, the Armenian
government will give the company tax breaks and guarantee "supplies of
sufficient volumes of gas" to the plant. The precise dates of its
construction are still not known.
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