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Headlines for May 27, 2009

SOFAZ HAS NOT YET ALLOCATED SUMS FOR BAKU-KARS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION
This year, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has not yet allocated considerable sums for the construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, SOFAZ Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov said. According ...
MOSCOW TO CELEBRATE FIRST ARMENIAN REPUBLIC DAY
The Moscow Department of the Union of Armenians of Russia will organize a number of events dedicated to May 28. On May 31, the concert hall of ITAR-TASS news agency will host a concert to celebrate the ...
RA AND NKR FLAGS ON MAMAYEV KURGAN AROUSED AZERI MEDIA INDIGNATION
An Armenian delegation headed by Ataman of International Cossack Union Sergei Madatyan participated in the 2nd congress of Orthodox Cossack youth. For the first time in history, flags of Armenia and Nagorno ...
VIGEN CHITECHYAN APPOINTED AS RA AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
Under a Decree issued by President Serzh Sargsyan, Vigen Chitechyan, RA Ambassador in Belgium and EU, was appointed as RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in France. Under another Decree ...
EUROSET TO QUIT ARMENIAN MARKET
Russia's largest mobile phone retailer Evroset is quitting Armenian and Moldovan markets. “Shops in Armenia have already closed. Final closing procedures may last 2-3 months. The company took such decision ...
BSEC YOUNG SOCIALISTS PAVE WAY TO BIG POLITICS
BSEC member states’ International Union of Young Socialists (IUSY) was founded with the purpose of ensuring and maintaining peace in the region and promoting cooperation among young people, Union Vice ...
ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT SETS UP HOTLINE
For a more efficient discussion of citizens’ complaints and to ensure transparency of its activities, the Armenian government has set up a hotline. Citizens can express their concerns by calling 52-70-00 ...
TEAMS FROM 14 COUNTRIES DIDN’T REACH QUARTERFINAL OF AIBA BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP
Teams from 14 countries didn’t reach quarterfinal of AIBA boxing junior championship, which is underway in Yerevan. England was the first to leave. Then Algeria, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Greece, ...
CSTO DEFENSE MINISTERS TO MEET IN MOSCOW
CSTO Defense Ministers will hold their regular session on June 3 in Moscow. Meeting agenda comprises around 20 issues. Officials will focus on the process of forming CSTO rapid reaction forces. It is ...
ANELIK TRANSFER SYSTEM DROP EXPECTED BY YEAREND
By the end of the year a drop in Anelik transfer system is expected. “Anelik Bank is a bank with its own money transfer system, which functions in more than 200 banks in 100 countries,” Anelik Bank President ...
ARMENIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL OPENS IN MINSK
First Armenian Sunday school opened in Minsk, capital of Belarus. The pupils are taught the native language, literature and traditions of their historical homeland. Raisa Aghvanyan, a talented and experienced ...
99 LAWBREAKERS ARRESTED ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER SINCE JANUARY
Despite the complicated international situation and the world economic crisis, RF Federal Security Service’s border guards continue performing their tasks on Armenian-Iranian and Armenian-Turkish borders ...
ANELIK BANK TO IMPROVE AUTOMATION SYSTEM IN 2009
All customers of Anelik Bank are equal in terms of bank’s primary policy and directions, the bank’s President Aram Mkrtchyan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. “All banking operations are necessary ...
NO ACTIVE WORK WAS YET OBSERVED AT ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
“As of today, no active actions were observed at Armenian-Turkish border by RF FSS Border Administration,” Head of RF FSS Border Administration in RA, Lieutenant General Sergey Bondarev told at May 27’s ...
RUSSIAN USD 500 MILLION STEP OUT BRISKLY TO ARMENIA
“Last week USD 500 million worth credit agreement was signed for 15 years, and Russia will transfer money this week,” said Mr. Kudrin during the meeting with RF president Dmitri Medvedev. RF Finance ...
ABKHAZIA’S OPPOSITION WANTS TO RULE WITHOUT RUSSIA
Abkhazia’s opposition wants Russia to guard the republic, finance it, construct roads, but still rule without Russia, which is impossible, Abkhazia President Sergey Bagapsh stated. “It’s utter cynicism ...
NKR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATED IN CONFERENCE IN MARSEILLES
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A conference titled “International Law in the Context of Political Realities in the South Caucasus Conflicts” took place on May 25 in the Paul Sezan University in the French city of Marseilles. The ...
ARMENIA PLAYS STABILIZING ROLE IN BLACK SEA REGION
, Ara Nranyan, ARFD Advisor on Economic Issues, told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. “BSEC has 12 member states, some of them being CIS countries. Being one of South Caucasian states, Armenia plays an ...
ARMENIAN YOUTH OF CALIFORNIA WILL HOLD A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST OBAMA’S BROKEN PROMISES
In keeping with efforts to remind President Obama of his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide and to express the community’s disappointment over his broken promises a demonstration is scheduled for ...
TURKISH NATIONALISTS ARE AGAINST ERDOGAN
Unless Prime Minister Erdogan apologizes for his words, he’ll play into the hands of Armenians and Greeks, giving them the chance to use those words against Turkey. Erdogans statements are directed against ...
THERE ARE NO FALSIFICATIONS IN THE NEW EDITION OF “WARS AND CONFLICTS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF USSR”
Publication on falsification of Armenian history in Ukraine drew a wide response and became an object of increased attention and study. First operative measures yielded results. It was clarified that ...
HERITAGE BELIEVES THAT AUTHORITIES COULD DETECT THE CASE OF MARCH 1 EVENTS LONG AGO
There have been very many hampering circumstances in the work of fact gathering group of March 1 events, but despite them there have been very many achievements of mutual work,” Armen Martirosyan, chairman ...
АCT OF CHARITY CARRIED OUT BY STAR
Supermarkets chain Star carried out an act of charity entitled “Let’s help children together”. The event is timed to the Child Protection Day. Money will be collected to help children suffering from leukemia. ...
ARMENTEL EXPANDS THE RANGE AND GEOGRAPHY OF ITS ROAMING SERVICES
Today ArmenTel (brand Beeline) announced of expanding the geography of its international roaming services. Now subscribers of the mobile communication of Beeline can use international GPRS roaming in ...
FOR MANY YEARS THE ELECTORS HAVE BEEN CHOOSING THE LESS OF TWO EVILS
“Our party’s activities are aimed at political reforms, and not at destruction,” Armenian Choice Party representative Alex Kananayn told a news conference today. According to him, the developing party ...
AMNESTY ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BRING SOME RELAXATION OF TENSION IN SOCIETY
“After May 31 we will have a real opportunity to start implementing reforms in Armenia, to begin real reformation instead of imitating them, as it has been heretofore,” Armen Martirosyan, chairman of ...
YEREVAN TO CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF GERMAN CONSTITUTION
Yerevan celebrated 60th anniversary of German Constitution in RA Constitutional Court. Festive events were organized with the assistance of German Embassy in RA, RA Constitutional Count and German Technical ...
DIASPORA HAS THE LAST WORD IN NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
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“On May 28, 1918 Armenia was proclaimed an independent and united country. In a year a more important council took place where the unity of Armenian nation was discussed. Unfortunately, not much attention ...
NATO PA – ANOTHER INSTANCE FOR BAKU’S ANTI-ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA
Stepan Safarian, member of the Heritage Party’s parliamentary faction, who recently replaced Heritage’s founder Raffi K. Hovannisian at the Armenian National Assembly’s delegation to the NATO Parliamentary ...
ILLEGAL IMPORT OF 100 BANKING CARDS TO ARMENIA PREVENTED
Illegal import of 100 banking cards to Armenia was prevented in Zvartnots international airport in Yerevan by agents of Smuggling Prevention and Customs Control Administration at State Income Committee. ...
GUL: TURKEY HAS MATURED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON KURDISH ISSUE
"You can refer to it as either the 'Kurdish issue' or 'Southeast issue', but it is the most important problem facing Turkey," Gul told reporters in Kyrgyzstan, where he met Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek ...
NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF BENIN TO ARMENIA HANDED HIS CREDENTIALS TO RA PRESIDENT
Newly appointed Benin Ambassador to Armenia, Ayi Visinto D’Alemida (residence in Moscow) handed his credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan . Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the diplomat and expressed ...
ARMENIANS IN EUROPE WILL FORM AN OPINION ON EU POLICIES AND TO USE THEIR VOTE KNOWINGLY
The Armenian organization AGBU Europe has launched a pre-electoral campaign asking candidates in the European elections for their position on key issues. In June 2009, many of the one million Armenians ...
FIVE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BANNER SAYING “JEWS AND ARMENIANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER”
A Turkish court on May 27 sentenced a man to five months in prison for "insulting a section of society" after he put up a banner saying Jews and Armenians were not allowed to enter his business. The ...