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Published on May 18, 2009
ODESSA HOSTED ROUND TABLE DEVOTED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
- On May 17, Armenian Cultural Centre in Odessa hosted a round table on “One Hundred Years of Denial: Genocide of Armenians and Pontus Greeks. The round table was attended by democratic corpse representatives, Mayor's Office of Odessa and representatives of Armenian and Greek communities. Several scholars' talks were heard. Armenian Cultural Centre also organized Armenian Genocide exposition and tour exhibitions of Odessa Architectural Museum to introduce to public medieval silver and bronze coins of Cilician Kingdom and Pontus. Upon organizers' initiative, participants wrote an appeal to Ukrainian President, requesting him to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire, Analitika.at.ua reports.
Headlines for May 18, 2009
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Saturday with visiting Divyabh Manchanda, head of the Eurasia Division at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, to discuss bilateral cooperation in various ...BAKO SAHAKYAN MET PARTICIPANTS OF FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AMONG CIS JOURNALISTS
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed the Nagorno Karabakh problem in weekend talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as Ankara seeks to normalize its ties with Yerevan ...ICON ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF NEW ENTRY TARIFF PLAN
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Today iCON Communications announced the introduction of its new iCON entry service plan. According to Adam Kablanian, Chief Executive Officer of iCON Communications, tariff is intended for those customers ...PUBLIC COUNCIL APPOINTED HEAD OF COMMITTEE ON RELIGION, DIASPORA AND EXTERNAL INTEGRATION ISSUES
RA Christian Democratic Party Leader, Public Council representative Khosrov Harutyunyan emphasized the importance of Council’s activities and expressed a hope that the results will be felt even in September. ...BAKU COMMITS GROSS VIOLATION OF EUROVISION RULES OF BY HIDING PHONE NUMBER FROM AZERI TO VOTE FOR ARMENIA
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Azeri was deprived the possibility to vote for Armenia’s song at the Eurovision 2009”. In a final tournament all means have been taken in Azerbaijan to prevent their counterparts from voting for the song ...EUROVISION 2009: BAKU ASSUMES THE RIGHT TO ARMENIAN MONUMENT, IRANIAN MAUSOLEUM OF POETS
Azerbaijan which urged Eurovision 2009 organizational committee to remove We and Our Mountains Armenian monument from the video representing Armenia, has assumed the right to an Iranian mausoleum. It ...PAMUK MAY FACE NEW TRIAL
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's Nobel Prize-winning author, has said he may face new compensation claims for remarks he made about the World War I-era killing of Armenians, despite an earlier acquittal in a criminal ...RA POLICE: MISSING US CITIZEN FOUND DEAD
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US citizen Nazareth Berberyan, who was declared missing about a month ago, was found dead on May 15, in a roadside ditch on Yerevan-Sevan highway (25.5 km.). Traces of violence were found on his body. ...ODESSA HOSTED ROUND TABLE DEVOTED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On May 17, Armenian Cultural Centre in Odessa hosted a round table on “One Hundred Years of Denial: Genocide of Armenians and Pontus Greeks. The round table was attended by democratic corpse representatives, ...BRYZA: ERDOGAN’S STATEMENT ON ARMENIA WON’T PUT AN END TO ARMENIAN-TURKISH NEGOTIATIONS
Critical statements on Armenia Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made at news conference in Poland won’t put an end to Armenian-Turkish dialogue, Trend.az quoted MG OSCE Co-Chair Matthew Bryza ...RA PUBLIC COUNCIL COMMITTEES HAVE APPOINTED THEIR LEADERS
“The society is estranged from participation in country’s policy and decision-making in vital issues for Armenia. To bridge this gap, the Public Council was formed,” RA Christian Democratic Party Leader, ...AMERIABANK PLANS TO IMPLEMENT AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Ameriabank CJSC, having received ISO 9001:2008 International Quality Management Certificate, launched implementation works for automatic management system, Ameriabank Press Service Reported. Over 70 ...NKR PRESIDENT BAKO SAHAKYAN PAYS A WORKING VISIT TO YEREVAN
On 17 April NKR President Bako Sahakyan left for Yerevan with a working visit. Within the frameworks of the visit the Head of the State will take part in the meeting of the “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund ...ARTHUR BAGHDASARYA RECEIVED INDIAN MFA SECRETARY DIABH MANCHANDA
On May 18, RA Security Council’s Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan received Diabh Manchanda, Indian Foreign Ministry’s Secretary on Eurasian Affairs. Parties discussed Armenian-Indian ties, focusing on their ...EIGHT ARMENIAN NGOS RECEIVED WB GRANTS
The World Bank Yerevan Office, Counterpart International-Armenia and Jinishian Memorial Foundation have today announced the results of the Civil Society Fund 2009 (CSF-09) contest. As reported by WB ...GUL CHARACTERIZED MERKEL AND SARKOZY’S STATEMENTS UNACCEPTABLE
Some European countries’ efforts towards preventing Turkey’s accession to EU are unacceptable, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said. Mr. Gul finds that there has been a unanimous decision by the Europeans ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR WAS AWARDED WITH “ARARAT” DIAMOND MEDAL
Today Tekeyan Culture Center hosted an award ceremony for newly appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland Charles Aznavour . At his 85th anniversary for significant contributions in the development ...RUSSIA TO CONTINUE ASSISTING CIS STATES IN FUTURE
Russia will continue assisting those CIS member states which faced most hardships during the crisis RF FM Sergey Lavrov said Monday, in an interview with “Itogi” journal. “In the meantime, we’ll focus ...TURKISH-ARMENIAN TIES: GUL AND ERDOGAN HOLD CONFLICTING VIEWS
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan differ on their opinions on Armenian-Turkish border opening. The politicians defend their views, with Gül saying normalizations would ...RPA MEMBER ELECTED AS HEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
With votes 102 for and 6 against, RPA member Artak Davtyan, 42, was today elected as Head of Parliamentary Committee on Education, Culture, Youth and Sports. Artak Davtyan was born in Kajaran; graduated ...ARAM I DISCUSSED ARMENIAN DIASPORA ISSUES WITH CANADIAN IMMIGRATION MINISTER
On May 15 Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia met Jason Keny, Canadian Migration and Culture Minister. The parties discussed the situation in Lebanon, Armenian Diaspora issues in Lebanon ...SWISS MFA STATE SECRETARY INFORMED BAKU OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH TALKS
Azeri FM Elmar Mamdyarov met with State Secretary Michael Ambukh in Baku. The goal of the visit was to enable discussions on regional and global issues between Baku and Yerevan. During his visit, Ambukh ...NKR FM: KARABAKH STATUS – CORNERSTONE IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT PROCESS
“15 years of ceasefire, establishes firmer foundations for NKR statehood and helps build a dynamic system,” NKR FM Georgy Petrosyan said in an interview to Nagorno Karabakh Public Television. “Certainly, ...TECH SQUAD TEAM TO REPRESENT ARMENIA AT IMAGINE CUP-2009
Imagine Cup-2009 Annual International Contest award ceremony was held today. The winners were awarded with $1500 for the 1st place, 2nd and 3rd places - $1000 and $700 accordingly. Tech Squad Team, ...RA PRESIDENT: AZNAVOUR PLAYS INVALUABLE ROLE IN PRESENTING ARMENIA TO THE WORLD
On May 18, President Serzh Sargsyan met with famous chansonnier and public figure Charles Aznavour and his impresario Levon Sayan. During the meeting, Mr. Sargsyan stressed the great chansonnier's invaluable ...BELARUS TO ASSUME SCTO CHAIRMANSHIP IN JULY
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said he hopes for the develop SCTO activities during Belarus chairmanship. He noted that Collective Security Treaty Organization Council meeting will be held in ...ICG: ANKARA’S BEST CHANCE OF BRINGING A NEW POSITIVE MOMENTUM TO NKR CONFLICT IS BY NORMALIZING TIES WITH ARMENIA
“Regarding Nagorno-Karabakh, the best that can be expected any time this year is agreement on the basic principles, and the mediators sound optimistic about a possible breakthrough,” Europe Program Director ...RUSSIA WILLING TO PROLONG GAS SUPPLY DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY
Russia and Turkey have agreed upon extending the gas delivery contract which ends in 2012, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a news conference in Sochi. “The 1986 agreement on delivering ...RA EMBASSY TO SYRIA MOVED TO NEW BUILDING
On April 16, Syrian Government provided Armenian Embassy with a new four-storey building situated in a Western quarter of Damascus. Embassy staff moved to the new building back on May 15, RA Ministry ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1843 Birth of Nerses the Fifth (Ashtaraketsi) who later became Catholicos of the Armenian Church. He died in 1857.
- 1886 The Tsarist edict making conscription compulsory in Transcaucasia as of 1887 06 02.
- 1897 Birth of Goorgen Janibekyan (actor). He died in 1978.
- 1920 First Armenian issue of the "Communist" daily published in Baku.
- 1992 A counterattack by Artsakhs armed forces retakes Lachin and reestablishes a land link with Armenia, thus ending Azerbaijans siege of Artsakh and Stalin's separation of Artsakh from Armenia.
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