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Headlines for April 07, 2009

BELARUS, ARMENIA NEGOTIATE RUSSIAN DIAMONDS PURCHASE
Russia negotiates with Armenia and Belarus for purchase of extra lots of Russian diamonds, Russia’s Minister of Finance said. “The Russian government holds talks with a number of countries which will ...
OBAMA, NALBANDIAN, BABACAN DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH RECONCILIATION
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U.S. President Barack Obama had a meeting with foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland in Istanbul on Monday. Obama met Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward ...
HAWAII BECAME 42ND U.S. STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Hawaii, home to President Barack Obama, became the 42nd U.S. state to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with the State House of Representatives adopting a formal measure (HR192) that both condemned this ...
BAKU CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
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Azerbaijan is closely watching Armenian-Turkish talks on opening of the border, Azeri President said. “We have no right to interfere into relations of two independent states but we can reconsider our ...
1994 RWANDAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS COMMEMORATED
The remains of thousands of victims of the Rwandan genocide are to be reburied in Uganda, it has been announced - 15 years after the killings began. Some 800,000 people were killed during the genocide, ...
ARMENIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS CAN RECONSIDER LOAN ISSUE CONDITIONS
The Central Bank of Armenia has discussed new conversion rules. “New rules allow commercial banks to reconsider loan issue conditions, including mortgages,” CB chairman Arthur Javadyan told PanARMENIAN.Net. ...
ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER MAY BE OPENED WILL SEPTEMBER 2009
The possibility of opening the borderline between Turkey and Armenia is very high, Sinan Ogan said. “Barack Obama had highlighted this question during his visit to Turkey, so this will accelerate the ...
IRANIAN PRESIDENT’S RIVAL READY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U.S.
Former Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hossein Musavi said if he is elected President, he will avoid extremism which has caused harm to the country’s national interests. “I will follow a policy of detente ...
AKCAM: OBAMA'S SPEECH TO TURKISH PARLIAMENT POSITIVE AND SMART
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A prominent Turkish scholar says President Obama gave a tactful but powerful push to the Turkish government to confront the question of whether the killings of Armenians in 1915 were the first genocide ...
SUSPECT PLOTTING TO KILL OBAMA ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL
Turkish police have arrested a man who claimed he was plotting to kill President Barack Obama during his visit to Turkey. The Secret Service in Washington said Monday night that Turkish National Police ...
WHO HAMPERS GENOCIDE WITHOUT COMMENT DOCUMENTARY SCREENING IN ARMENIA?
Genocide Without Comment documentary was shot over 2 years ago. It’s a brainchild of director Alexander Sardoury, assistant director Vardan Pap and Der Spiegel editor Wolfgang Gust. “The film features ...
SARGSYAN AND GALDUNTS TO ACT AS SECONDS TO ARONIAN AND AKOPIAN AT FIDE GRAND PRIX SERIES
Top rated player of Dresden Olympiad Gabriel Sargsyan and the international grand master Sergey Galdunts will act as seconds to Armenian grand masters Levon Aronian and Vladimir Akopian at 4th FIDE Grand ...
OBAMA MEETS RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN TURKEY
U.S. President Barack Obama is finishing a two-day stay in Turkey with an appeal to Turkish youth in Istanbul, where he already met with religious leaders. Obama met with Grand Mufti of Istanbul Mustafa ...
RA MFA: IF TURKEY CONTINUES TO LAY DOWN PRECONDITIONS, DIALOGUE WILL BE PUT TO AN END
If Turkey continues to lay down preconditions for normalization of ties with Armenia, dialogue between the countries will be put to an end, Edward Nalbandian RA Minister of Foreign Affairs said during ...
TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER OPENING TO CHANGE BALANCE OF POWER IN CAUCASUS
An extremely important event between Turkey and Armenia looks to be on the horizon, says annual report issued by Stratfor center. “The U.S. Congress for several years has threatened to pass a resolution ...
AMERIABANK'S TIME DEPOSIT VOLUME GREW BY 39.9% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009
Ameriabank 's time deposit volume grew by 39.9% in the first quarter of 2009, exceeding 2008 results 5.7 times. Legal persons’ deposits, comprising 79.4% of total bank's deposits, increased by 26.2 % ...
TURKISH MEMBERSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION WOULD STRENGTHEN EUROPE'S FOUNDATION
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to grant EU membership to Turkey is not a result of French-Armenian relations, TRT-2 cited US President Barack Obama as saying. Speaking Monday to the Turkish ...
OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS RATHER UNEXPECTED FOR TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS
In his address to Turkish Parliament Barack Obama spoke about US Administration’s fixed position on the Armenian Genocide issue, Armenian Genocide Museum Deputy Director Suren Manukyan told a news conference ...
WHO SUGGESTS TO UNDERTAKE STEPS TO PROVIDE HOSPITALS’ SECURITY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
World Health Day 2009 motto: “Let’s save lives: Hospitals Security Provision in emergency situations.” At today’s news conference, attended by representatives of health organizations and hospitals, World ...
SUREN MANUKYAN: NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH TIES IS AMERICA’S PROJECT
“Armenian-Turkish border won’t be officially open on Apr. 16,” Armenian Genocide Museum Deputy Director Suren Manukyan noted. He also reminded about Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s statement on all ...
ARMENIAN FESTIVAL AT WOODBURY UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA
Thousands packed the Woodbury University (California, US) quad Sunday for an Armenian cultural festival that featured song, dance and Middle Eastern food. Teen dance groups wore traditional costumes ...
EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO GENOCIDE TO OPEN IN GLENDALE
Genocide is not a thing of the past and a new art exhibit at the Brand Library in Glendale (California, US) aims to show visitors the savage quality of mass killings that persist around the globe, organizers ...
BARACK OBAMA DISCUSSED NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT WITH ALIYEV IN TELEPHONE CALL
US President Barack Obama urged a peaceful solution to long-running disputes between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey in a telephone call Tuesday with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. Obama, who visited ...