“Emergency Channel” Information NGO and Tavush Media, together with Freedom House, are launching a new project aimed at combating disinformation and fake news in Tavush region, preventing media manipulation, spreading and improving media literacy, and creating a unified educational and advisory information platform. It will contribute to the dissemination of accurate, reliable, trustworthy information in the Tavush region, reducing the negative consequences of false and fake news.

As part of the project, on October 8, a training session was held at the “Vernatun” gallery in Ijevan on the topic of “Digital Security, Information Resilience, Security at the Border.” The training was conducted and experiences were shared by Tavush Media partners – information security specialist, media expert, co-founder of CyberHUB cybersecurity company, co-author and coordinator of Ditord.org Samvel Martirosyan, and Armenia program coordinator of the Multilateral Information Institute, media expert, CyberHUB team co-founder Artur Papyan.

The staff of Tavush Media, young correspondents, employees of partner organizations, students, representatives of state administration and local self-government bodies had the opportunity to learn about important topics: digital security, information resilience, and border security. During the meeting, the speakers answered questions from the participants.

The training and the launching project are important steps towards strengthening information security and media education in Tavush, providing the population with accurate and reliable information, strengthening the resilience of communities against disinformation.

Our aim is to change Tavush region for the better, make it safer, more resilient, happier and more sustainably developing, improving the quality of life.

Resilient person-individual, family, community, organization, region and country, open and cooperative.



The first snow of the year turned the city of Ijevan into a fairy tale.

The cozy winter of Tavush from the snow-white Aghavnavanq.

Dear compatriots, we recommend you to download LastQuake application on your mobile phones, which already operates in the Armenian language.

It is connected to the global and RA seismological network, thanks to which, information about the earthquake (epicenter, magnitude, depth, time) appears on the phone at the time of the earthquake.

ATTENTION

The application performs an early warning function, but the information about the earthquake is recorded at the very moment of the earthquake,, as the world still lacks a clear mechanism for accurate earthquake prediction, thanks to which it will be possible to predict the place, time, and strength of the earthquake in advance.

MAIN STEPS

1. Open App Store or Play Market.
2. Write LastQuake in the Search.
3. ՆDownload LastQuake application.
4. Register through your Email address.
5. Open the Settings, then, Your account, where you will see language setting button and choose Armenian and save.
6. Share your location to get alerted about the earthquakes recorded near you.
7. If you felt an earthquake, open “I felt an earthquake” where you’ll see 12 pictures that express 12-point earthquake scale. The first picture is equivalent to 1 point, the second picture to 2 points and so on up to 12 points…

Click on the picture that best describes the earthquake you felt.

The one is informed, is protected. 

In order to carry out planned repair works, the electricity supply to the following addresses will be temporarily stopped: Haghartsin village, Tavush region: at 11:00-12:00.

You can call 1-80 and 0 8000 0 180 24/7 telephone numbers regarding consumed electricity, outages, your rights or responsibilities, as well as other issues.

Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC urges to follow the rules of electrical safety.

Ijevan is an ideal place for lovers of the measured  pace of resort towns. The city is surrounded by picturesque mountains, reminiscent of Alpine landscapes. However, it is also worth recognizing that the rich natural diversity is not the only attraction of Ijevan, here are also many things available for visiting

What to see

If all roads lead to Rome, then all bridges lead to Ijevan … and there are already 9 of them in the city! – Quite a lot, given the small area occupied by the city. Ijevan bridges do not have bizarre shapes and are not examples of architectural structure, BUT they definitely have their own charm. Considering that one part of the Ijevan residential areas stretches high on the mountain slopes, while the center is concentrated in the valley of the Aghstev River, it is the bridges that connect the divided parts of the city together.

This art gallery is a hidden landmark of Ijevan, which is unlikely to be known to travelers who have been brought to this authentic town by fate. Of course, you won’t be able to see the world’s masterpieces with your own eyes, but you can definitely see an unorthodox view of the world around you.

The city park is the heart of Ijevan, thanks to which it is called the “city of 100 sculptures”. The International Sculpture Symposium turned Ijevan into an open-air studio, and the central garden was decorated with sculptures by world artists. The symposium was held from 1985 to 1991. For 6 years, Ijevan hosted guests, and every year during the symposium for a month and a half, the central park of Ijevan turned into an open-air studio. During this period, 95 sculptors from 20 countries of the world took part in it.

The Ijevan Museum of Local History is the physical embodiment of the history of the region. The museum was founded in 1955 and has a rich fund of exhibits. Valuable archaeological finds were collected bit by bit by the museum staff. Some belong to the Urartian historical period, others to the third and second millennia BC, and others to the establishment of the Soviet era.

One of the sights of the city and the pride of local residents is the Ijevan Arboretum.On an area of 9 hectares, about 700 species of trees and shrubs – a paradise for nature lovers. The local climate allows growing coniferous and deciduous (including evergreen species) trees from all continents of the world, which, in fact, are represented here with the exception of Australia. An ideal place for a picnic on the banks of the Aghstev River during the day, and admiring the stars at night.

The Ijevan Wine and Brandy Factory is one of the first wineries in Armenia, which was founded during the Soviet era in 1951 and has been the hallmark of the Tavush region ever since. Today, the Ijevan Wine and Brandy Factory produces high-quality cognacs and has a wide range of wine and vodka products. Only here you can taste unique fruit wines such as: quince, blackberry, cherry, dogwood, etc.

If you are in Ijevan or its surroundings, then do not miss its main attraction – the statue of Mother Armenia. The monument was installed in 1971. It is located a five-minute drive from the center at the northern gates of the city and symbolizes the strength of the Armenian people.

The other day in Yerevan, the exhibition of carpets was held in the center of the People’s Art Hub Foundation, which was attended by 11 cultural centers participating in the “Adopt a loom” program, including the Noyemberyan Culture Center from Tavush region and the “Telik” center from Ijevan.

Since 2016, “Adopt a loom” project has been carried out to develop carpet making in different regions and communities of Armenia.

After the exhibition, many professional issues were discussed, consultations were held, mutual cooperation was strengthened with the expectation of implementing a number of projects in the future.

Tavush Media reporter, Hranush Ananyan tells about the exhibition.