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Headlines for April 17, 2009
NATO WON’T CANCEL EXERCISE IN GEORGIA BECAUSE OF RUSSIA
Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin called NATO maneuvers in Georgia absurd and a provocation. However, Brussels suggest Russia to join exercise as a member of Partnership for Peace program, and ...26-WEEK SECURITIES AMOUNTING AMD1 000 000 000 OFFERED
State securities with 26 weeks maturity period amounting AMD1 000 000 000 were offered at the auction yesterday.The income totaled AMD947 889 157. 14 dealers and a bailee took part in the auction, reported ...MOSCOW PROMISES MONEY TO YEREVAN AND ARMS FOR BAKU FOR LEADING ROLE IN KARABAKH TALKS
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Urgent international security issues were discussed in Yerevan by CSTO Foreign Ministers yesterday. Taking the opportunity, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to agree ...AZERI MFA CONCERNED OVER TURKISH JOURNALISTS’ VISIT TO NKR
Azeri Embassy in Turkey is checking information whether Turkish journalists really intend to visit Nagorno Karabakh. According to MFA spokesman Elkhan Polukhov, the Ministry instructed the Azeri embassy ...SCHWARZENEGGER DECLARES APRIL 19-26 AS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On April 16, 2009, the Armenian Council of America welcomed a proclamation from California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declaring April 19-26, 2009, as “Days of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide,” ...ASHOT MELKONYAN: TURKEY WILL RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SOONER OR LATER
The process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide came to an end several years ago, an Armenian historian said. “Armenian people do not care whether Barack Obama will use the term Genocide ...RA MFA: RUSSIA NOT GOING TO UNDERMINE TURKISH-AZERI RELATIONS
The Russian Embassy in Ankara has issued a statement on Thursday to refute some Turkish media reports that Russia wants to undermine the Turkish-Azeri relations.“Russia pursues a consistent foreign policy ...ANY CHANGE IN CURRENT KARABAKH STATUS QUO WILL LEAD TO DESTABILIZATION
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The international community knows that any change in current status quo in Kharabakh will lead to destabilization and even to war, an Armenian historian said. At worst, we can lose NKR which may lead ...ALEXANDER GRIGORYAN: OUR ACTORS’ PERFORMANCE WAS STOPPED BY APPLAUDS FOR 13 TIMES
Honorable prize of Meetings in Russian 11th International Festival of CIS and Baltic theaters after people’s artist Kirill Lavrov was awarded to Yerevan State Russian Dramatic Theater of K. Stanislavksi ...TURKISH JOURNALISTS’ VISIT TO NKR IS CANCELLED
, well-informed circles told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The journalists were reluctant to understand they need a visa to leave for another country. To visit Stepanakert, Turkish journalists were offered ...WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER FOR ARMENIA NOT TO BECOME HOSTAGE TO TURKEY
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“Opening the border with Armenia, Turkey can close it any moment, rendering Armenia fully isolated and left with no alternative route,'' Armenian historian, RA National Academy of Sciences Director Ashot ...AMERIABANK’S LEASING OPERATIONS VOLUME INCREASED BY 119% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009
Ameriabank’s leasing operations volume increased by 119% in the first quarter of 2009, the bank’s Press Service reported. Ameriabank is among the few in Armenian banking system that has been providing ...EUROPEAN ARMENIANS CALL ON BARACK OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Representatives of Armenian Communities in Europe called on US President Barack Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The address was signed by world-known chansonnier Charles Aznavour, violinist ...NAREKATSI CHILDREN’S INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE PLANS GUEST PERFORMANCES
Today Aram Khatchatryan Museum hosted a performance by Narekatsi ensemble. The ensemble was founded in 2008 and named after cultural center which significantly contributed to its establishment. The ensemble ...IRANIAN COMPANIES WILL TAKE UP MEGHRI HYDROPOWER STATION CONSTRUCTION
, RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsesyan told a news conference. According to him, the investments will be reimbursed by energy produced. In accordance with agreement signed in Iran, ...TENNIS MATCH BETWEEN NALBANDYAN AND DAVYDENKO CANCELLED BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN
Several quarterfinal matches of Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters-2009 were cancelled on Thursday due to heavy rain. Thus, the match between Argentina’s David Nalbandyan and Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko is due ...OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER WILL PLAY INTO ANKARA’S HANDS
RA ex-Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan’s book presentation was held in Yerevan. “The Unfinished Decade” features Vardan Oskanyan’s speeches as RA Minister of Affairs. “The book is the report I submit ...IFC TO CONSULT CBA ON MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND MORTGAGE CREDITING ISSUES
Memorandum of understanding was signed between Central Bank of Armenia and International Finance Corporation, CBA Press Service reported. IFC will provide consulting services on market development and ...ADANA MASSACRE 1909 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH IN YEREVAN
The Armenian Genocide Museum organizes an international conference on April 20-21, 2009 dedicated to the centennial anniversary of the Armenian massacres in Adana district of the Ottoman Empire. Historians ...LEVON ARONYAN SUFFERED HIS FIRST DEFEAT IN FIDE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT
In the 3rd round of Grand Prix Tournament in Nalchik, Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan, playing with black figures, was defeated by Ukrainian chess player Sergey Karyakin. The Armenian chess player ...TURKEY EXPECTS US RESPECT OVER ARMENIA ISSUE
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Ankara believes that U.S. President Barack Obama will respect Turkey's concerns over his speech to be delivered on April 24 and will not risk relations with Turkey. Obama's his first overseas visit to ...U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY TALKING ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA
Top U.S. diplomat James Jeffrey in Turkey chatted online with Turkish and U.S. people and answered their questions on Turkish-U.S relations, Haber reports. Asked about relations between Turkey and Armenia, ...JOURNALIST MARK ARAX TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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Author and journalist Mark Arax, whose new book "West of the West" is receiving high praise from literary critics, will be delivering the keynote address on April 24 in Glendale to commemorate the 1915-1918 ...TURKISH STATE MINISTER BELIEVES TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP TO BE PRIORITY OF EU
Turkey's State Minister Egemen Bagis expressed his belief on Friday that Turkey's membership would be the priority of the European Union (EU). Bagis, who is also the chief negotiator for EU talks, said ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1879 Death of Chamik Aramyan (publisher) in Constantinople. He was born in 1820.
- 1904 Birth of Hrant G. Pastrmajian. He died in 1954.
- 1922 Aram Yerkanian and Arshavir Shirakian executed Behaeddin Shakir, the leader of the "special forces" and Jemal Azmi, former Governor of Trabizond, in Berlin. Both were active in implementing the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
- 1957 Twinning of Kirovakan (Vanadzor) and Batumi (Georgia).
- 1990 An International Scholars' Meeting titled: "The Armenian Genocide: History, Theory, Political Responsibility" and devoted to 75th Anniversary of the Armenian's Genocide, takes place in Yerevan. It lasts to April 21.
- 1997 The Legislative Assembly of New South Wales (Australia) adopts a decision to commemorate April 24 as a Memorial Day of the Armenian Genocide. It suggests to the Federal Australian Government to adopt a similar decision.
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