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158 GOVERNMENT STAFF MEMBERS JOIN RANKS OF UNEMPLOYED
The RF Government Administrative Staff Head Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on stuff reduction for 158 Administrative Staff officers. The staff is reduced for the purposes of governmental expenditure ...OSCE MG HOPES FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITHIN SHORTEST TERMS
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The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States -- have today ...ARONIAN STANDS NO CHANCE TO WIN LINARES 2009
In the 13 tour of Linares 2009 Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian, playing with black pieces sustained a defeat at in a game with Ukraine's Vassily Ivanchuk. This has been the 4th defeat of the grandmaster ...INTERNATIONAL ALERT TO ORGANIZE THE THIRD ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI PUBIC PEACE FORUM
The Third Armenian-Azerbaijani Pubic Peace Forum underpinning the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will take place in Vienna on 24-27 March. The topic of the forthcoming Forum will ...ARMENIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS TO ATTEND PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES
On Mar 9-14 18 members of parliamentary and extra parliamentary political parties and 3 AR MPs: Armen Melikyan (Prosperous Armenia Party), Rafik Grigoryan (RPA) and Artyush Shakhbazyan (Dashnaktsutyun ...VLADIMIR HAKOBYAN WINS FIRST VICTORY AT EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The first round of the 10th individual Chess Europe Championship starting March 6, in Budva (Montenegro) has come to its end. The start for the four Armenian players was successful. The Olympic players, ...YEREVAN PARK TO BE LAID OUT IN PARIS
Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, FM Edward Nalbandian and Charles Aznavour will inaugurate on Thursday March 12 the Garden of Yerevan beside the Memorial of the Armenian genocide in Paris. Located behind ...BAKU-KARS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION TO RESUME AFTER MARCH 15
The construction on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project will restart in Georgia after March 15, Azerbaijan State Railway told APA. Azerbaijan State Railway said the construction in Georgia was suspended ...NOT MEN BUT ARMENIAN MENTALITY SHUT THE DOOR ON POLITICS FOR WOMEN
The role of a woman politician in Armenia will be less acceptable than that of a public figure for years to come. '' There's no incompatibility between a woman and politics, yet upon comparing political ...HSBC ANALYSTS PREDICT 0% ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ARMENIA IN 2009
As HSBC group predicts, Armenia may have 0% economic growth in 2009, said Tim Slyther Executive Director General of CJSC “HSBC Bank Armenia” at the press conference. He reminded that the year 2008 ended ...HSBC BANK ARMENIA MADE AMD5 BILLION PROFIT IN 2008
“In 2008 HSBC Bank Armenia net income totaled AMD 5 billion, exceeding the last years results by 17%,” HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC Executive Director Tim Slayter told a news conference on Saturday. According ...ARMENIAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARMS SMUGGLING TO U.S
An Armenian convicted of conspiring to smuggle Russian military arms into the United States including rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Friday. ...OBAMA WILL VISIT TURKEY "IN A MONTH OR SO"
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Turkey "in a month or so," his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Ankara Saturday. Clinton was speaking at a joint press conference with Turkey's Foreign ...IMF COUNCIL APPROVES A $540 MLN. LOAN TO ARMENIA
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 28-month SDR 368 million (about US$540 million) Stand-By Arrangement for Armenia to support the country’s program to adjust to the ...HSBC BANK ARMENIA TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT IN 2009
“This year HSBC Bank Armenia intends to invest $2m in telephone and Internet banking, said Tim Slyther, Executive Director General of HSBC Bank Armenia at the press-conference, Saturday. Considering the ...HSBC BANK ARMENIA TO FINANCE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN 2009
“HSBC Bank Armenia credit investments rate rose by 40%, which is a good result,” Tim Slater, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank Armenia told a news conference on Saturday. In the last 6 months a decrease ...IRAN-ARMENIA OIL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN 2009
Construction of Tabriz (Iran)-Yeraskh (Armenia) oil pipeline, which will pump oil products from a refinery in Tabriz to Armenia, will start in 2009, RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said. ...BILGESAM: TURKEY IS IN A DEADLOCK OVER THE ISSUE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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BİLGESAM’s report on Turkey’s current situation and future challenges was made public by retired Ambassador İlter Türkmen. The Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies (BİLGESAM), a think ...WORLD-RENOWNED MUSICIAN PETER GABRIEL STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
World-renowned musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel talked about the importance of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Asked by interviewer about the best places to travel for music, Gabriel said, ...BILGESAM TRIES TO FIND NEW WAYS FOR TURKEY ON ITS WAY TO EU
The Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies (BİLGESAM) in Turkey, a think tank formed by retired soldiers, ambassadors and academics, called for the preparation of a new civilian constitution and enactment ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Birth of Gevorg Chumshkyan (actor). He died in 1915.
- 1880 Creation of "Hayuhyats" Benevolent Association in Tbilissi. It supported 10 parish schools and a kindergarten in Tbilissi. It operated for about 40 years.
- 1895 Sargis Kukunyan and his friends are exiled to Siberia and Sakhalin. He died in 1913, in Orlo's prison.
- 1896 Birth, in Tbilissi, of the actress Olga Maysoorian, one of the founders of Armenian state drama in Tbilissi.
- 1903 Birth of Constantine Lazarev, Major-General of the Soviet Army. In World War Two, he was Chief of Headquarters and Division Commander.
- 1923 Presentation of Armen Tigranian's "Anush" opera in Yerevans State Theatre with the composer at the podium.
- 1929 Birth of theatre and movie actor Edgar Elbakian. He died on 1988 08 31.
- 1948 Death of Stepan Ghambaryan, Armenian chemist and professor at Yerevan State University.
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