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number of traffic deaths per capita is on decline in Armenia: Interior Minister
Minister Ghazaryan spoke about the accident rates during the 2014-2018 and 2019-2024 periods, and mentioned the large increase in the number of vehicles registered in Armenia:
Year: cars / deaths / injuries
2015: 560,000 / 346 / 4738
2022: 890,000 / 321 / 6153
2024: 935,000 / down YoY / down YoY
ruling party MP clashes with the head of the Investigative Committee in the middle of a parliament session
The MPs summoned the heads of all law enforcement agencies to discuss crime stats, steps to combat crime, reforms, etc. The session lasted 7 hours.
Ruling MP Hovik Aghazaryan and IC chief Argishti Qyaramyan had an argument about a case involving the MP’s family business. Accusations were thrown around, leading to them almost punching each other. The IC chief Qyaramyan was later accused by other ruling party MPs of being thuggish and inappropriate.
The MP Aghazaryan rushed back to his private office and told the chasing reporters to leave him alone because “I’m dying of hunger. Can you just leave me alone?”
As for IC Qyaramyan, he was reportedly summoned to the Government building later that evening.
authorities reported authorities to authorities
Last year prosecutors filed 551 complaints against investigators for improper conduct and violating rules. It led to 7 investigators being charged with felony crimes, and another 41 reprimanded.
Prosecutors themselves were investigated by others: 41 were reprimanded, while some others were fired and demoted.
The Prosecutor General’s office also requested the Justice Ministry to file 25 complaints against judges for the Supreme Judicial Council to investigate their conduct. The Ministry refused to launch a case against half of the judges. The other half were investigated and 7 of those judges were sent to SJC. The SJC acquitted 3 judges, warned 3, and fired 1.
When the peace process started, Azerbaijan wanted Armenia’s agreement on 5 internationally recognized points. Today we have an agreement on 16 points: Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan
Context: Armenia continues to pressure Azerbaijan to sign a peace treaty ASAP while the Aliyev regime continues to find various excuses not to sign it.
According to a ranking member of the ruling party, Sargis Khandanyan, Pashinyan offered Aliyev to organize a two-day meeting between the foreign ministers to reach an agreement around 1 or 2 of the 3 remaining issues, followed by a meeting between Pashinyan and Aliyev to sign a peace treaty before COP29.
This comes after 3-4 rejections by Ilham Aliyev to hold trilateral meetings hosted by the EU since late 2023.
Pashinyan also offered Aliyev to hold a bilateral meeting without mediators in London a few weeks ago, but Aliyev rejected it.
Armenian army chief visits U.S.
A delegation led by CoGS Edward Asryan visited the United States. On Tuesday they participated in the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Armenian government members continue to meet their Turkish counterparts and present the Crossroads of Peace communication project
Infrastructure Minister Thanosyan visited Turkey for an International Road Federation forum.
Thanosyan held a bilateral meeting with the Transport Minister of Turkey Uraloğlu, and was seen presenting a brochure of Crossroads of Peace to him.
Earlier, a ranking member of Armenia’s ruling party, Arman Yeghoyan, revealed that Turkey finds Crossroads of Peace beneficial for itself but is not directly “pressuring” Azerbaijan to accept it. If Armenia provides a route for Azerbaijan to connect to Nakhijevan, it will be ~20 kilometers shorter than the route offered by Iran, according to the Turkish minister. Pashinyan earlier urged Aliyev to “go for it” and get the route via Iran instead of whining about Armenia, adding that “Armenia remains open to providing a route.”
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The 10 shops operated by Syrian diasporans in Yerevan’s Hanrapetutyun Metro station have been forced to shut down as a result of a legal dispute between the landlord Metro and a Middleman company.
A decade ago the Middleman rented the area from Metro and built kiosks for shop operators. The shop operators were renting the kiosks from the Middleman.
Metro decided not to extend the lease agreement with the Middleman in February. Metro says the Middleman failed to remove its property from the territory after the lease ended.
Metro went on to sign individual contracts with the diasporan shop operators directly, without the Middleman. As a result, the city budget will receive ֏850,000/mo instead of the ֏300,000/mo previously paid by the Middleman.
Middleman has filed a lawsuit against Metro and demands the lease agreement with Metro to be reinstated, so they can continue to act as a middleman between the shop operators and Metro. Middleman also demanded everyone stop using the kiosks built by them; the Authorities came and shut down the diasporans’ shops.
SHOP OPERATOR: The Middleman says they built this kiosk. Okay, but I work inside it, what benefit do you get by shutting down my shop?
MIDDLEMAN: It’s not our fault that the shop operators can’t access the kiosks. They have an agreement with Metro. Metro signed illegal agreements with the shop operators to allow OUR property to be used illegally.
METRO: The Middleman has decided to punish the shop operators by filing this lawsuit against us. The Middleman was informed to vacate the territory and remove its property, but they did not remove their property.
SHOP OPERATOR: We paid millions of drams to the Middleman while they paid comparatively little to the Metro. But the Middleman wants to harm us and everyone. Neither party wanted to back down. //
REPORTER: Why didn’t you remove your property in February when Metro ended the agreement with you?
MIDDLEMAN: We have filed a lawsuit to resolve the agreement unilaterally. Metro gave our property to shop operators illegally and we are unable to retrieve our property now. We want our property. //
Middleman asked Authorities to shut down the kiosks.
Shop operators were taken by surprise when the kiosks were shut close by Authorities. The Authorities say the parties were informed about the closure processes in August, and that it’s not their fault that they were taken by surprise.
However, Metro accuses Authorities of not diligently informing the shop operators about the imminent closure. Metro says they received the closure warning in person and that the post office delivered the written version of the warning “late”. Metro assumes the shop operators similarly received their warning letters late.
Authorities, in turn, say the court/law required them to act immediately and that they could not have waited weeks or months to execute the order to seal the shops, and that the legal case, which was filed in August, should have served as a sufficient warning for shop operators to avoid surprises.
Metro has filed a counter-lawsuit to force open the kiosks so the shop operators can return.
update: Yerevan’s Mergelyan Park is being renovated: VIDEO
Located in front of the Mergelyan science institute, the park will have new playgrounds, benches, and alleys.