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Headlines for March 05, 2009
TURKEY: IT’S ARMENIA’S TURN TO TAKE STEPS FOR RECONCILIATION
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Turkey did its best to normalize relations with Armenia, a Turkish senior official said. State Minister Egemen Bagıs said Ankara has numerously proved its willingness to establish peaceful neighborly ...IRAN TO START UP BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SUMMER:
Iran plans to start up its first atomic power plant this summer, its foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, referring to the summer in the northern hemisphere, ...PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED HOLOCAUST CAN’T DENY ANOTHER GENOCIDE
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Demonstrators in Turkey disparage Jews and Armenians, Norman L. Epstein writes in an opinion piece published by The Canadian Jewish News. The article titled “Jews must reject Turkey’s genocide denial” ...IFJ LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO PROMOTE ETHICAL JOURNALISM
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a new website to promote its Ethical Journalism Initiative (EJI) Campaign about making core values of journalism an integral part in today's ...ANCA WELCOMES ICC DECISION TO ISSUE ARREST WARRANT FOR SUDANESE PRESIDENT
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity ...HILMI GULER: TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP BENEFICIAL FOR UNION MORE THAN FOR THE COUNTRY ITSELF
Turkish Energy Minister said Wednesday that Turkey doesn’t want to lose time with discussions in Nabucco project. Speaking at a panel discussion on "Europe's Energy Corridor Turkey: Expectations and ...WEIGTLIFTING TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF IN YEREVAN
Weigtlifting tournament dated to the 50th birthday of late Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan kicked off in Yerevan today. “The tournament is the initiative of Weigtlifting Federation and the National ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TOUGHENS CONTROL OVER TRADE FACILITIES’ ACTIVITY
The Armenian government has obliged trade facilities to submit declarations to the licensing body. The declaration should include a license for place of operation. “This license will allow creation ...ARMENIA, UAE TO DISCUSS MAJOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTATION
Armenian Foreign Minster Edward Nalbandian met Thursday with visiting UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi. “Armenia attaches importance to cooperation with the United ...OLD MEDICINES TO BE UTILIZED IN ARMENIA
The Armenian government will prolong favorable customs tariff regime for Armenian-German joint venture Ecology CJSC till 2010, the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told a news conference on Thursday. ...“HERITAGE” MAY SUE RPA
Sukias Avetisya, an RA ruling party deputy has lately said that when “Heritage” is “in difficulty” they immediately turn to presidential yard. “Such rude and unethical phrase cut us to the quick. It ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN TODAY INTRODUCED THE NEWLY APPOINTED MAYOR OF YEREVAN
, Gagik Beglaryan, to the staff of the Yerevan City Hall and the community leaders. According to the President, as a Mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharyan has done a huge work over the past six years and ...STAR SUPERMARKET CHAIN MANAGEMENT IS AGAINST UNJUSTIFIED PRICE RAISE
The management of Star Supermarket Chain declared itself against the unjustified price increase. The management has settled on a partial price in crease for some of imported goods. Only goods imported ...ARMENIA DEPENDING ON US AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
“Gagik Beglaryan's appointment as the City Mayor means that the ruling party, namely RPA, is getting ready for the Elections of Elders’ to be held May 31 in the capital of Armenia,” said director of Caucasus ...ARMENIAN BICYCLISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TASTAN TOUR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Armenian bicyclists will participate in Tastan Tour International Tournament due Apr. 4-11 in Iran. Armenia will be represented by 6 riders: Sergey Sarkisov, Edgar Gevorgyan, Gevorg Arakelyan, Aram Melikyan, ...AMERIABANK TO LOWER BUSINESS CREDIT RATE
Ameriabank made an announcement to the representatives of Armenian financial market offering to lower USD business credit rates by 1%, Ameriabank press service told PanARMENIAN.Net. The initiative aims ...ICG TO MAKE A REPORT ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
The International Crisis Group (ICG) intends to make a report on Armenian-Turkish Relations, said Richard Giragosyan, head of Armenian Institute on National and Strategic Research, ICG coordinator on ...CHILDREN EXHIBITION “CLOUDLESS SKY TO BLACK SEA” OPENS IN YEREVAN
On March 5, an exhibition titled “Cloudless Sky to Black Sea” was opened at National Centre of Aesthetics .More than thirty children's works dedicated to BSEC countries are exhibited there. The majority ...RUSSIA DOES NOT CARE FOR CIS EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING/COLLABORATION
The CIS countries should fight the world economic crisis together. Otherwise, they will not be able to deal with its consequences, said ex-president of the UkraineLeonid Kuchma at the television space ...RUSSIAN- TURKISH “WEDDING” IS FRAUGHT WITH ARMENIAN “FUNERAL”
Armenia mustn’t chose between the Millennium Challenge program and Iran, the expert at RA Center for International Political Analysis Ruben Mehrabyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “This is the case where ...TURKEY LEAVES AZERBAIJAN ALONE TO SETTLE KARABAKH PROBLEM
In fact, Turkey has already left Azerbaijan alone in Nagorno- Karabakh problem settlement, Alexander Iskandaryan, the director of Caucasus Institute said to the reporters. According to him, the very fact ...WILL THE WORD GENOCIDE BE EMPLOYED IN US PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL ADDRESS OF APRIL 24?
The US President Barack Obama will not employ the word genocide in his Annual Address of April 24, Armenian Center for National Strategic Studies Director Richard Giragosyan stated. “Obama is smart enough ...MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI’S CHAOTIC POLITICS LEADS TO TENSION IN GEORGIA
The internal political situation in Georgia is not problem-free and it is reflected on Javakhk. Mikhail Saakashvili’s chaotic politics leads to tension not only regarding the region settled by Armenians, ...NO CHANGE IN KARABAKH CONFLICT
No obvious changes in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement have been observed after the August war in South Ossettia and after signing the Maindorf Declaration,Alexander Iskandaryan, political scientist, ...RUSSIAN PRIMA DONNA’S FAREWELL TOUR COMES TO YEREVAN IN AUTUMN
Alla Pugacheva will have a concert in Yerevan within the framework of her Jubilee Tour “From April to April” that will complete her singing career. According to the singer, health-related problems ...RA MFA: US STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT JUSTIFIED BUT NOT OBJECTIVE
The annual report by US State Department on human rights gives a justified report regarding the human rights in Armenia. But it is obvious that the conclusions in the report were made on the basis of ...FITCH: PROPOSED IMF PROGRAM WOULD SUPPORT ARMENIA’S RATINGS
Fitch Ratings says today that a proposed IMF loan facility for USD 540 million would support the adjustment of Armenia’s economy in the face of a global and regional economic shock, and support the outlook ...ALLA PUGACHEVA: WHEN I’M SAD, I ALWAYS RECOLLECT THE CONCERT IN YEREVAN
Today, during Moscow-Yerevan-Tbilisi-Kiev live broadcast, Alla Pugacheva’s “Alla Art” photo album presentation was held. The album features singer's concert photos, among them, photos of a girl of 16 ...THE MINSK GROUP BLAMES AZERBAIJAN ON OSCE MONITORING BREAKDOWN
The Charge d'Affaires of the US Mission to the OSCE, Kyle Scott, issued the following statement in the OSCE's Permanent Council today on behalf of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard ...TODAY’S ZAMAN: ARMENIA HAS RESCHEDULED BSEC FOREIGN MINISTERIAL MEETING FOR BABACAN
According to Turkish daily Today’s Zaman “Armenia has rescheduled a foreign ministerial meeting of Black Sea countries, apparently as a goodwill gesture to ensure Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan ...ARMENIAN STUDENTS: THERE IS NO ROOM IN CANADA FOR A GENOCIDE DENIER
Turkish university professor and prominent Armenian Genocide denier Turkkaya Atayov spoke to a packed, yet ideologically divided audience in McGill University in Quebec, Canada. A large number of Armenian ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1862 Ter Harootyoonian publisheds the "Yeghbayraser" periodical until 1863, in Calcutta.
- 1873 Birth of writer Teodeek (Labchinchian) in Constantinople. He barely escaped from the Der Zor desert and lived under another name till the end of the First World War. Then he returned to his birthplace. His famous books are "Monument to April 24" and "Calendar for Everyone", which he finished in Paris.
- 1878 Birth of Zaruhi Dolukhanyan (singer). She died in 1936.
- 1920 Parade of the veterans of the defenders of Hatjin, Cilicia. Four battalions resisted Turkish aggression till the middle of October. The heroic battle of Hatjin is one of the bright pages in the history of our national struggle.
- 1924 Death of Vrooyr, actor, satirist, and founding editor of the "Hoosharar" periodical.
- 1959 Birth of Vazgen Sargsian, one of the leaders of the Artsakh War. He was Prime Minister of Armenia in June, 1999 and was assassinated in the Armenian National Assembly on 1999 10 27.
- 1991 Creation of the "Gharabagh Committee" of Russian intellectuals in Moscow. The purpose was the internationalization and just resolution of the Artsakh Problem.
- 1998 The Cypriot Parliament condemns the decision to desecrate the Makar Church (in the territories occupied by Turkey) by turning it into a hotel. The Turkish forces had devastated and pillaged it during Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
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