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Published on May 12, 2009
ARMENIA BREAKS THROUGH TO EUROVISION FINAL
- Inga and Anush Arshakyans, representing Armenia, made it to the top 10 in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2009 in Moscow and broke through to the final due on May 16. According to results of SMS vote, besides Armenia 9 more finalists were selected. These are Turkey, Sweden, Israel, Portugal, Malta, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iceland. Inga and Anush Arshakyans present Nor Par song composed by Mane Hakobyan. The lyrics were written by Vardan Zadoyan and Avet Barsegyan. The image of the girls was created by Fresh Art design studio.
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OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair Matthew Bryza never said that “Karabakh will be returned to Azerbaijan.” “I said that according to Minsk Group’s proposals the territories bordering on Karabakh will be step ...ARMENIAN BOX TEAM PARTICIPATING AT INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN CHECH REPUBLIC
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Matthew Bryza’s statements should not be treated seriously while the U.S. should think over replacement of its Minsk Group mediator, an NKR official said. “Bryza is a man who makes contradicting statements ...ARMENIAN MEDIA CITES OTHER COUNTRIES’ PRESS TOO MUCH
Armenian media pays to much attention to other countries’ press, an Armenian expert said. “Statements like those Matthew Bryza makes from time to time mean nothing. However, uncritical attitude of Armenian ...DIASPORA STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY TO PAY AS MUCH TUITION AS RA CITIZENS
This year equal tuition pay was established for both local and Diaspora students of Yerevan State Architectural University. The decision was passed and submitted to the University by RA Diaspora Ministry, ...ARMENIAN YOUTH JUDO TEAM WAN A MEDAL AT THE TOURNAMENT IN GERMANY
Armenian Youth Judo Team completed its performance at Berlin tournament due on May 8. David Ghazaryan (weigh category under 60 kg), showed the best results at the tournament, having wan a bronze medal. ...AZERBAIJAN MAY BE FORCED TO RESIGN COE MEMBERSHIP
In the 119th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Azerbaijan was represented by Mamed Aliyev, Azeri Ambassador to Spain. FM Elmar Mamediarov refused to attend the meeting because of ...WOMEN FOR PEACE PROPOSES THAT MAY 12 BE DECLARED AS PEACE DAY
“Ceasefire has now acquired a new sense. Azerbaijan, Karabakh and international community agreed have changed their positions on the issue, and Armenia has found itself in a deadlock,” Gayane Vardanyan, ...YEREVAN-ANKARA NEGOTIATION PROCESS, NOT RESULT GIVEN IMPORTANCE TO
Armenian-Turkish negotiations might bring to both presidents’ getting a Nobel Prize for achievement of peace in the region, Head of Shushi Benevolent Find, writer Bakur Karapetyan stated ironically ...BTA BANK TO ISSUE MASTERCARD
BTA bank has announced the issue of MasterCard, international plastic cards, the bank’s Press Service reported. The following plastic cards will be available: Cirrus/Maestro, MasterCard Standard, MasterCard ...HAS US STARTED TOO EXERT PRESSURE ON ARMENIA?
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Even though Armenia expressed satisfaction with outcomes of Parague Summit, the negotiations may be considered an absolute failure, political scientis Sergey Shakaryants said, referring at the same time ...RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL COMPLETED IN ARMENIA
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OSCE MG Co-Chair Matthew Bryza’s wrong predictions and official Washington’s subsequent statements on NKR conflict settlement principles are interrelated with each other, Armenian political scientist ...A THAW IN RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN RELATIONS WILL LEAD TO UPPER LARS AUTOMOBILE CONTROL POINT OPENING
RA Transportation Minister Gurgen Sargsyan hopes for Upper Lars automobile control point opening. “Repair works have been conducted for 3 years. Currently the opening of control point depends only on ...FIRST SEMIFINAL OF EUROVISION 2009 DUE TODAY
Eurovision 2009 First Semifinal is due today at Moscow’s Olimpiysky Arena. Contest participants from 18 countries, including Inga and Anush with their song, Nor Par, will be competing for passage to the ...FRENCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CALLS FOR PROGRESS IN NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is satisfied with the meeting of Armenian and Azeri Presidents on May 7 in Prague, French MFA official announcement said. “Prague meeting was the 4th within the year. ...GEORGIA SUPPORTS OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
The most important thing for Georgia is peace and stability in the region, therefore official Tbilisi’s stance on Armenian-Turkish border opening is quite comprehensible. According to available information ...YEREVAN TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM DEVOTED TO GERMAN STUDIES
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Shushi Benevolent Fund is on the verge of closure, Head of Shushi Benevolent Fund, Bakur Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “All through the period of its activity the Fund has been receiving ...ARMENIA TO MAKE FIRST STEP TOWARDS POLITICAL REFORMS
The new law “On Local Self-Government in Yerevan” and the May 31 elections of Aldermen’s Council are the first step towards political reforms, David Harutyunyan Head of parliament’s Standing Committee ...DASHNAK MINISTERS REPLACED BY FORMER COALITION PARTNERS
RA President Serzh Sargsyan has today signed decree on removing Agriculture Minister Aramayis Grigoryan, Minister of Labor and Social Issues Arsen Hambardzumyan and Minister of Education and Science Spartak ...IRAN IS INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS
On May 12 RA Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan met Armenia-Iran Parliamentary Group representatives. RA Deputy Foreign Minister stressed that Armenian-Iranian relations are developing in the atmosphere ...USA PROMISED TO WORK OUT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO BE PROVIDED TO NKR AFTERWARDS
“In response to news reports carried recently by several media outlets regarding assistance from the United States for Armenia, I would like to inform you of the following: Since international assistance ...US AMBASSADOR JUSTIFIES VIOLATION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE PARITY FOR YEREVAN AND BAKU
US Ambassador to Armenia Mari Yovanovich justifies violation of military assistance parity for Yerevan and Baku. “Regarding military assistance, the Administration’s FMF request for Armenia in FY 2010 ...IRANIAN GAS TO BE SUPPLIED TO ARMENIA BEFORE THE END OF WEEK
National Iran Gas Export Company (NIGEC) Delegation, headed by Managing Director Seyyed Reza Kassaizadeh has arrived to Yerevan. As RA Ministry of Energy Press Secretary Lusne Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...PACE TO DISCUSS ARMENIA’S ISSUE AFTER MAY 31 ELECTIONS
PACE Monitoring Committee will discuss Armenia’s issues five days after elections of Aldermen’s Council of Yerevan, David Harutyunyan, Head of Armenian delegation to PACE announced in Yerevan. According ...TURKEY EXPRESSED SOUND DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN ITS EU NEGOTIATION PROCESS
Turkish President Abdullah Gul expressed Turkey's sound determination to maintain its EU negotiation process. Holding a joint news conference together with President Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal, who ...EDWARD MIRZOYAN COMPLETED HIS NEW WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY HOVER CHOIR
Edward Mirzoyan, who celebrated his 88th anniversary yesterday, has completed his new work, soon to be performed by Hover Choir. According to composer, “The Best Person of Europe” title holder, at all ...ARMENIA WILL TAKE 8TH PLACE IN EUROVISION SEMIFINAL, FORECASTS SAY
Readers and members of independent Eurovision Song Contest website have been predicting the outcome of each Semifinal, and the results are grouped geographically and then worked out based on the Eurovision ...ARMENIA BREAKS THROUGH TO EUROVISION FINAL
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Today in Armenian history- 1815 The Lazaryan Academy is inaugurated in Moscow.
- 1847 Fort Orag beseiged by Beder Khan Bey.
- 1851 Zeytoon's princes write to the Catholicos at Echmiadsin to say that Sultan Abdul Megid called them to Constantinople to sign an agreement on taxes. The manifesto of Sultan Murad the Fourth was considered to be cancelled.
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