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Headlines for March 10, 2009

ONE OF ACCUSED IN CASE OF SEVEN TO BE IN COURT TODAY
The hearing on Case of Seven will be continued in the regular court of Shengavit community with one accused - Grigor Voskerchyan - at the bar, because the other six were removed from the courtroom over ...
TURKISH CENTRAL BANK LETS LIRA FLOAT
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The Turkish lira rose back to 1.81 levels after hitting all-time low against the dollar as the central bank stepped in to curb the depreciation of the currency. The Turkish lira currency fell more than ...
TRIAL OF SEVEN POSTPONED AGAIN
The Trial of Seven was postponed today on request of Grigor Voskerchyan’s lawyer Mnatsakan Martirosyan, who is currently in Georgia to defend interests of United Javakhk NGO leader Vahagn Chakhalyan. ...
SOME 6 THOUSAND PEOPLE ADDRESSED OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE IN 2008
5 800 people addressed the office of human rights defender in 2008, Armenia’s Ombudsman said. “Our office has fixed numerous violations in various fields,” Armen Harutyunyan said when presenting his ...
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF GERMANY TO HAVE CHURCH IN HALLE
The Christian religious Armenian community of Amensdorf district of Halle, Germany, has obtained a land with a construction which earlier hosted a Catholic church. The community’s shepherd, hieromonk ...
ARMEN HARUTYUNYAN: PUBLIC BETTER PREPARED FOR DEMOCRACY THAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
It’s not a secret that human rights are not protected properly in Armenia, the republic’s Ombudsman said. “The authorities should take action instead of thinking about reports issued by various foreign ...
ARMENIA POLITICALLY CORRECT TOWARD NEIGHBOR STATES
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s statement on Armenia’s economy is absolutely groundless, said Samvel Farmanyan, spokesman for the Armenian President. “Saakashvili has chosen a wrong way to distract ...
SHARES OF KARABAKH ENERGETIC GIANT FIND THEIR FIRST OWNERS
“Already 200 people from small and medium-sized businesses have subscribed for IPO “Artsakh Hydro Power Station” for the total amount of 150 m drams as per yesterday’s data, said Aram Kaifajyan, Director ...
RUSSIA TO SUPPORT COMPROMISE DECISION ON KARABAKH
Russia and Azerbaijan's views on the situation in the South Caucasus and ways to guaranteeing peace and stability in the region were fixed in the declaration on friendship, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...
RA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: ARMENIA WILL NOT CUT MILITARY SERVICE TERM
“Armenian Army introduced a number of reforms, including rearmament and changes in the Army structure to provide country’s security,” Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan said during the meeting with students ...
LAVROV: RUSSIA DIDN’T TRANSFER ARMS TO ARMENIA
Russia has never sold arms or ammunition to Armenia from the Gumri Base No. 102, as Azerbaijani media reported on Jan. 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Baku. “I do not think there is ...
NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA DIRECTOR: THE CRISIS WILL BE MITIGATED BY THE END OF THE YEAR
“Economy sector representatives will participate in Armenian capital market development,” NASDAQ OMX Armenia Director Armen Melikyan told a news conference on Tuesday. According to Melikyan’s optimistic ...
RA OMBUDSMAN: THERE SHOULD BE A STRICT SEPARATION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND POWER IN ARMENIA
“It’s time to create a free society in Armenia. There should be a strict separation between business and power in Armenia, by forming separate business and political elites,” RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan ...
HARUT SASSOUNIAN: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER SHOULD NEVER BE WELCOMED IN YEREVAN
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The second disturbing development is an invitation by Armenian officials to Turkey’s Foreign Minister to attend the Black Sea Economic Conference (BSEC) on April 16-17, just days before the 94th anniversary ...
AS LONG AS NKR IS NOT RECOGNIZED, WAR IS NOT OVER
As long as Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has not been granted the juridical status and still remains unrecognized, the war is not over, said Seyran Ohanyan, Defense Minister at the meeting with the students ...
ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA WITH A WORKING VISIT
The Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko is to arrive in Armenia with a working visit. The agreement was reached on March 9 over the telephone with the president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. During ...
THE ATMOSPHERE OF PHOBIA -ONE OF THE BASIC PROBLEMS ARMENIA’S SOCIETY NEEDS TO OVERCOME
The ruling authorities of the country have inherited from Soviet and post Soviet powers a repressive mechanism only. Today the basis for this repressive system is the Public Prosecutor's Office and the ...
US STATE DEPARTMENT PREPARING FOR OBAMA’S VISIT TO TURKEY
“US president Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to Turkey is very important,” Robert Wood, US State Department spokesman reported. As he says, at present the State Department is working out the details ...
GEVORG DABAGYAN WILL GIVE DUDUK LESSONS TO VENETIANS
On Mar 21-22 Gevorg Dabagyan will be giving duduk lessons in the department of Studies and Documentation Centre of Armenian Culture at Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies in Venice. ...
ARMENIA SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN- AMERICAN CLOSE RELATIONS ON GABALIN RADAR
“The domestic resources of the political gamers have changed because of the financial and economic crisis in the world,” said Armen Ashotyan, RA NA deputy, chairperson on Regular Parliamentary Commission ...
THE RA GOVERNMENT DENIES RUMORS OF PRIME MINISTER’S RESIGNATION
The RA Government denies rumors about resignation of Prime Minister and leaders of financial ministries. Head of PR and Information Management at RA Government Petros Demirchyan denied the information, ...
LEGAL SYSTEM OF ARMENIA IS NOT DEVELOPING
Many issues in Armenia are connected with the establishment of independent legal system in RA,” RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan specified in his 2008 Report on Human Rights Protection. “Despite the reforms ...
TURKISH WRITER PUBLISHED A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS BELONGING TO TALAT PASHA
According to a long-hidden document that belonged to the interior minister of the Ottoman Empire, 972,000 Ottoman Armenians disappeared from official population records from 1915 through 1916. In Turkey, ...
ARMEN ASHOTYAN: I’M NOT AWARE OF ANY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ON RA PRIME MINISTER’S RESIGNATION
“Rumors on resignation of Armenian Government are being deliberately circulated by certain forces. This misinformation is directed against RA President. The president himself appointed Tigran Sargsyan ...
TURKEY WAS FORCED INTO ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
“Turkey doesn’t renounce it policy to enter AU, but is trying to conduct alternative policy to strengthen its position in Caucasus and Middle East,” Armen Ashotyan, member of the RA parliament and the ...
RA CENTRAL BANK DOES NOT CHANGE REFINANCING RATE
During the meeting as of March 10, the RA Central Bank Council made a decision not to change the refinancing rate and to leave it on the level of 7,75%, the RA Central Bank press-service reported to ...
MELINE KURDYAN SING IN ZOEY'S VENTURA CLUB IN LA
The young singer/songwriter Meline Kurdyan will perform ac acoustic concert in Zoey's Ventura LA club. Meline will feature songs from her “From Where You Are” debut album, including romantic songs with ...
HARRY SHOW: END TO DARCHINYAN-DONAIR REVANCHE
The Armenian boxer Vik Darchinyan intends to move to bantamweight. In connection with this, Darchinyan’s promoter, Harry Show said that if Darchinyan does not move to bantamweight, his fights will no ...
ARMENIAN-IRANIAN LITERATURE BRIDGE LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN
The 3rd Armenian-Iranian Literature Bridge organized by Writers Union of Armenia and Iran Embassy Cultural center launched in Yerevan on Mar.10. Armenian-Iranian Literature Bridge aims to familiarize ...
EU IS SEEKING AGREEMENTS ON GAS SHIPMENTS WITH ARMENIA
The EU is seeking bilateral agreements on gas shipments with former Soviet countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus to secure stable supplies, European Commissioner said. ...