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Headlines for November 19, 2008

IFC HELPS INECOBANK EXPAND FINANCING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN ARMENIA
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will expand access to finance for small and medium enterprises in Armenia by providing a $5 million financing package to Inecobank. The package comprises a $3 million ...
REFUSE TO MEET HAMMARBERG AND GO ON ONE DAY PROTEST
The political prisoners arrested for March 1 made a statement which runs: “Tens of thousands of representatives of the opposition underwent political persecution as a result of the bloodshed of March ...
PROPAGANDA OR REAL REVELATION
Apparently, beating reporters is becoming a tradition in Armenia. During the presidency of Serge Sargsyan, the assault on the chair of the Association of Investigative Journalists is a recurrent case ...
WHAT HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN HAD TOLD ZARUHI POSTANJYAN
Zaruhi Postanjyan, Alexander Kananyan and Jirair Sefilyan, members of the Miatsum (Unification) National Initiative who were hosted at the Friday press club on November 19, presented the obstacles that ...
THEY WILL PRESENT THE RIGHT OF ARMENIA
Armenia has the right to establish its dominance within the present borders of Artsakh. On November 19 the members of the Miatsum National Union announced this at the Friday Press Club, who urge the government ...
SPECIAL VISIT OF COMMISSIONER HAMMARBERG
Strasbourg, 19 November 2008 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, will carry out a special visit to Armenia from 20 to 22 November to assess the situation of persons ...
SERGE SARGSYAN SURPRISED PEOPLE OF KARABAKH
In his recent three-day visit to Karabakh Serge Sargsyan took unprecedented measures of security surprising the people of Karabakh, stated Alexander Kananyan, a member of the Miatsum National Initiative. ...
SERGE SARGSYAN WILL OPEN THE BRACKETS
During the meeting of Serge Sargsyan with the leaders of parties registered in Armenia at the presidential office on November 20 to discuss the settlement of the Karabakh issue Serge Sargsyan will open ...
WCC AND CATHOLIC CHURCH MEET AT BOSSEY ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE
On November 17 the meeting of the joint working group of the World Church Council and Catholic Church started at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, which will last till the 22nd. The chairs of the meeting ...
FRANCE TELECOM RECEIVES LICENSE
The Public Services Regulatory Commission granted the license of the third mobile operator to France Telecom, registered in Armenia as FTA Telecom. The license was granted for 15 years, with the right ...
CATHOLICOS GAREGIN’S VISIT TO INDIA
On November 17 Catholicos Garegin II visiting India for a pastoral visit was hosted at the Armenian embassy to India where he met with the ambassadors accredited to Delhi, the representatives of the Armenian ...
HERITAGE TO EVERYONE
A few days ago the head of the board of the Heritage Party stated in a news conference that they are against the principle of not a patch of land, and the settlement of the Karabakh issue should be based ...
COMMITTEE MEMBERS GO ON ONE-DAY HUNGER PROTEST
Today the members of the Committee of protection of political prisoners in Armenia made a statement, informing that on November 20 at 12 am they go on one-day hunger protest as the political prisoners ...
AHEAD OF THE TELETHON
The acting executive director of Armenia Fund Ara Vardanyan will leave for Los Angeles on November 20 where he will participate in the annual telethon on November 27. During the week before the telethon ...