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Headlines for May 07, 2009

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE PUT ON KNESSET AGENDA
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The Armenian Genocide issue was put on Knesset agenda again, an Israeli official said. “The panel to deal with the issue should be determined,” Mr. Zeev Elkin, member of Likud party, told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...
OPENING OF BORDER WITH TURKEY TO URGE ON ARMENIAN ECONOMY
Two neighbor countries can’t be on loggerheads, an Armenian official said. “Opening of the border with Turkey will offer good economic benefits. Internal market competition will increase, what is a favorable ...
NALBANDIAN, SEMNEBY HOLD WORKING MEETING IN PRAGUE
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met in Prague with EU Envoy for South Caucasus Peter Semneby. The officials focused on the impending meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, normalization ...
RA DEFENSE MINISTER MET STUDENTS’ FORUM REPRESENTATIVES
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met Wednesday with members of Armenian Students’ Forum NGO and students of Vazgen Sargsyan military school. “Proper military and patriotic education is an issue ...
DASHNAKTSUTYUN QUITS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
Chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on external relations, member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun supreme body, Armen Rustamyan has put in an application to stop membership in the Armenian National ...
NEGOTIATIONS ON CABLE LAYING FROM TURKEY TO ARMENIA SUSPENDED
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No negotiations are conducted on the topic of restarting cable-laying works from Turkey to Armenia at the moment. As ArmentTel’s spokesperson Anush Bagloyan told a PanARMENIAN.net reporter, the agreement ...
BAKU INTENDS TO RAISE GAS RATES FOR TURKEY
Turkish administration currently carries on negotiations with Azerbaijani side on possible rise in prices for Azerbaijani gas, Turkey’s energy minister Taner Yildiz stated. According to him, representatives ...
TIGRAN DAVTYAN: PUBLIC PURCHASES SYSTEM SHOULD BE LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
The Armenian public purchases system should be line with international standards, RA Minister of Finance said. “The Ministry is collaborating with the World Bank and European Union within SIGMA program, ...
ARMENIAN JUDOISTS OFF TO DAGESTAN FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Armenian national judo team has departed for Dagestan to take part in the international tournament to be held in Khasavyurt city under the aegis of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on May 7 and 8. ...
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS AND POLICE CLASH IN TBILISI
The clashes between police and Saakashvili adversaries were the first major unrest since anti-government demonstrations began in early April in Tbilisi. They come a day after the authorities said they ...
JOURNALIST ATTACKED IN YEREVAN AGAIN
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On the night of May 6th the anchorman of Shant TV news program was beaten. About midnight two unknown persons beaten Nver Mnatsakanyan and escaped after that, press office of RA Police reported. Necessary ...
ARMENIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS FINAL ROUND ON MAY 9
The final round of 2008-09 Armenian football championship starts on May 9. The qualifying competitors are the top six teams of the previous rounds - Tal Grig, Erebuni, Politekhnik, Evropa Arsenal Nor ...
AZERBAIJAN WANTS TO REPEAT AUGUST 2008 SCENARIO
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Open preparation of a new aggression against Nagorno Karabakh resembles the scenario of last year’s war in South Ossetia, advisor to Armenian Defense Minister, major general Hayk Kotanjyan writes in his ...
CONSUMERS SHOULD PROTECT HIS RIGHTS THEMSELVES
Without cooperation of all relevant stakeholders it is impossible to succeed in ensuring food security, Susanna Minasyan, representative of State Inspection on food security and veterinary at the ministry ...
ARMENIAN –TURKISH TIES NORMALIZATION PROCESS IN PAUSED
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. The pause will last till some progress is registered in NKR conflict settlement, Heritage Faction representative, RA MP Stepan Safaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. “We can hardly expect a progress ...
US STATE DEPARTMENT CALL ON IRAN AUTHORITIES TO LIBERATE SILVA HAROTONIAN
Silva Harotonian was arrested on June 26, 2008 and was reportedly charged with unspecified activities related to promoting a "velvet revolution" in Iran. She was subsequently convicted and sentenced to ...
HELP CENTER FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS WAS OPENED IN YEREVAN
Help Center for Trafficking Victims was opened in Yerevan on May 7. At opening ceremony held in RA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues, OSCE special representative and human trafficking coordinator Eva ...
RA AND TURKISH FM’ STATEMENT CAME AS A SECOND SURPRISE TO ARMENIAN PEOPLE
After Maindorf declaration, the statement issued by Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministries came as a second surprise to Armenian people, Heritage Faction representative, RA MP Stepan Safaryan told a ...
CBA HEAD TO PARTICIPATE IN GERMAN-ARMENIAN FUND OBSERVER GROUP MEETING
CBA Head will participate in German-Armenian Fund Observer Group meeting due on May 7-8 in Germany, CBA Press Service reported. The meeting will focus on crediting programs, small and medium-sized business ...
STEPANAKERT PREPARES FOR MAY 9 CELEBRATIONS
On May 7, NKR President Bako Shakyan convened working meeting to discuss organization of May 9 celebrations. The meeting was attended by NKR Parliament Speaker Ashot Goulyan, Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan, ...
“OUR PLANET-YOUR STEP”- NEW RED CROSS PROJECT LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN
On May 8, Red Cross and Red Crescent International Movement launches its new project in Yerevan. “Our World – Your Step” is the title of the program aiming to raise public awareness and show people ways ...
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLE NOT INCLUDED IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP DECLARATION
The final text of Eastern Partnership Declaration to be signed in Prague was modified during the EU Summit in Brussels. Project member-states were defined as “Eastern European partners” or “partner countries”, ...
RA CEC BELIEVES ACTIONS TOWARDS ANC REPRESENTATIVES ARE LEGAL
Today's Central Election Committee discussed 5 applications of ANC representatives and passed decisions correspondingly. 4 applications were filed by ANC representative Ruben Torosyan. Today's Central ...
SERZH SARGSYAN AND ILHAM ALIEV DISCUSSED NKR ISSUE
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RA and Azeri Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliev discussed NKR conflict settlement perspectives in Prague, RA President Press Secretary Samvel Farmanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Thursday ...
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP TO INFLUENCE ALL SPHERES OF ARMENIA’S SOCIAL LIFE
Eastern Partnership initiative should consider all aspects of Armenia’s social life. Otherwise, its outcome will be of minor importance likewise all other EU projects implemented previously, Head of Heritage ...
RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY HOSTED PRESENTATION OF “YAKOV ZAROBYAN AND HIS EPOCH” BOOK
“Yakov Zarobyan’s life and activity give full understanding on right methods to rule a country,” President of Russian Armenian University (RAU) Armen Darbinyan said during the presentation. The ceremony ...
MOVSES SHAKHVERDYAN: ARMENIA CAN’T AVOID RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
I believe that the border between Armenia and Turkey mustn’t be closed and see no danger in its opening, RA Socialist Labor Party Leader Movses Shahverdyan told a news conference. He also added that ...
RUSSIA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE NKR INDEPENDENCE
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Official Moscow does not plan to recognize NKR as independent region, MG OSCE Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov reported upon completion of Prague meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents. Presidents of ...
SERZH SARGSYAN AND ILHAM ALIEV REACHED AN AGREEMENT OVER CORE PRINCIPLES
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of NKR conflict settlement, MG OSCE Co-Chair Matthew Bryza reporter upon meeting completion. According to him, results of Armenian and Azeri Presidents’ meeting can be assessed as positive and favorable. ...
''A WALK IN ARMENIA'' EVENT WAS HELD IN BELGIAN CITY OF NAMUR
. The event was initiated by Anush Armenian organization with the assistance of RA Embassy in Belgium. The event hosted exhibitions, documentary screening, Arax music band featuring Armenian composers' ...
ARMENIA LAUNCHES FOOD RECALL PROJECT
Consumer rights NGOs recently conducted social polls among public organizations, business structures, certification bodies and state-government structures. As shown by poll results, all the above bodies ...
“SNOW”, A NOVEL BY ORHAN PAMUK, WAS TRANSLATED INTO ARMENIAN
A novel having the greatest demand in Europe, Orhan Pamuk’s “Snow” is now available to the Armenian reader thanks to Hakob Soghomonyan who spent two years for translating the book. Knowing about it beforehand, ...
RA CEC DOES NOT MIND MAYOR’S VISITS TO ZOO
At today’s meeting RA CEC discussed Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan's visit to Zoo and election eve activities upon request of ANC representatives Ruben Torosyan and Patvakan Hovakimyan. Ruben Torosyan ...
OPENING OF ARMENIAN TURKISH BORDER CAN THREATEN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
ARF Dashnaktsutyun is by no means accusing RA authorities of treason, ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan told a news conference. “Still, official Yerevan might undertake risky steps leading to ...
NKR ISSUE SHOULD BE SOLVED IN STEPANAKERT ONLY
. Yerevan can't decide the fate of NKR people, NKR ex-Defense Minister Samvel Babayan told a news conference According to him, concessions in NKR conflict settlement should be made within reasonable ...
ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN PLANS NO COUP D'ÉTAT
ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan is ready to cede his position in RA NA to Heritage Faction representative, Mayoral candidate Artsvik Minasyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “I’m ready to ...
ARMENIA FOUND ITSELF IN A TRAP SET BY TURKISH DIPLOMACY
“Apr. 23 statement of RA and Turkish Ministries of Foreign Affairs includes not only road map but also normalization of Armenian- Turkish relations. Still, Armenian community focused all of its attention ...
EU OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
The European Union officially launched its Eastern Partnership project at a summit in Prague. The project is expected to deepen the EU relations with some countries of the former Soviet Union and bring ...