Published since 02/04/2000

MOLDOVA, ARMENIA, RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIES DAMAGED BY CRISIS

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  The CIS statistical committee has published social and economic index of member states. Different in scale and structure, the economies showed multidirectional results. However, Azerbaijan fixed 4,3% GDP growth. Economies of Moldova, Armenia, Russia and Kazakhstan appeared to be most of all damaged by the crisis

• BAKU, ANKARA CAUSE REGIONAL INSTABILITY

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  Flirting with Turkey through ‘football diplomacy’ and signature of secret ‘road map’ have already produced negative results, an expert said. “Recent statements by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and Foreign ...

• NINO BURJANADZE BLAMES GEORGIAN PRESIDENT FOR THE SLANDER

  Several weeks ago Mr.Sahakashvili publicly stated, that Nino Burjanadze and her political party “Democratic movement for united Georgia” “have financial liabilities against Russia". The party consider ...

• NATO DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA

  NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer issued a statement on the May 31 parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, won by supporters of current President Eduard Kokoyty. “NATO does not recognize ...

• ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT ENTITLES DIPLOMATIC RANKS TO AMBASSADORS

  President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan issued a decree to entitle the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Chili, Uruguay and Argentine Vladimir Karmishalyan the diplomatic rank of the RA Ambassador ...

• MOLDOVA, ARMENIA, RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIES DAMAGED BY CRISIS

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  The CIS statistical committee has published social and economic index of member states. Different in scale and structure, the economies showed multidirectional results. However, Azerbaijan fixed 4,3% ...

• U.S. EMBASSIES TO INVITE IRANIAN DIPLOMATS TO JULY 7 CELEBRATIONS

  The Obama administration has authorized its embassies to invite Iranian diplomats to U.S. Independence Day celebrations on the Fourth of July. Officials say the State Department sent a cable to all its ...

• MUSEUM OF ARMENIAN POET HOVHANNES HOVHANNISYAN AT THE VERGE OF DILAPIDATION (PHOTO STORY)

  Museum of Hovhannes Hovhannisyan is located in the very centre of the Holly City of Ejmiatsin, in the neigbourhood to the Holy Mother cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and mayor’s office. Armenian ...

• ANC DOESN’T RENOUNCE CITY COUNCIL MANDATES YET

  Despite the statement of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) at the rally on June 1 about renunciation of the Yerevan city council mandates, ANC representatives have not still sent statements on mandate ...

• OSCE TO CONDUCT REGULAR MONITORING ON JUNE 3

  The regular monitoring of OCSE along the line of contact of defense army of NKR and military forces of Azerbaijan will be conducted on June 3. From the Armenian side monitoring will be conducted by field ...

• YEREVAN TO HOST “THE TURKIC WORLD, THE CAUCASUS, AND IRAN: CIVILISATIONAL CROSSROADS OF INTERACTIONS" CONFERENCE

  The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus (BRILL: Leiden - Boston), the Department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, the Makhtumquli Feraqi Centre for Turkic Studies at ARYA International ...

• INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “KAROT” TO BE HELD IN KREMLIN

  Among 10 groups the Erebuni ethnographic dance ensemble will represent Belarusian Armenians in Moscow during the finale of the Karot International Armenian festival. According to the Erkramas newspaper ...

• NATO RENDERS ASSISTANCE IN CRISIS SITUATIONS

  NATO information center hosted Wednesday a meeting between NATO expert Jan Mulder and journalists, students and specialists representing Armenian state agencies. Presenting the reports on managing crisis ...

• MICROSOFT LAUNCHES BING SEARCH ENGINE

  With the June 1 launch of its new search engine, Bing, Microsoft is attempting to claim more market share in the competitive search-engine arena, where it sits in third place behind Google and Yahoo. ...

• ARTHUR ABRAHAM: I WOULD BE LYING IF I DIDN’T SAY I WANT TO WIN

  The first press conference ahead of the IBF World Title fight between King Arthur Abraham (29-0, 23 KOs) and Mahir Oral (25-1-2, 10 KOs) in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin was held today, almost four ...

• EX-MAYOR CALLS ON WITNESSES NOT TO COLLABORATE WITH GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

  All that happened on May 31 was not elections but a pre-arranged process of falsifications implemented by the authorities, former Mayor of Yerevan Vahagn Khachatryan, currently member of Armenian National ...

• RA MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TO ESTABLISH CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER

  The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations will establish a crisis management center, a Ministry official said. “A similar center functions within the Ministry at the moment but we are planning to ...

• NUMBER OF ETHIC TURKS TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GROWS

  Ahead of the European Parliament elections to be held between June 4 and 7, the number of candidates of Turkish origin has soared, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Germany has the highest number of Turkish ...

• ANC WILL TAKE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE CIVIL WAR

  ANC representative Vahagn Khatchatryan said at today’s news conference that the opposition sees constitutional struggle as a way out of current situation. He also called on opposition supporters to show ...

• CONDUCTOR VADIM SHUBLADZE AND PIANIST ANAHIT CHAUSHYAN TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN

  On June 12, Aram Khatchaturyan Concert Hall will host the joint performance of RA Philharmonic Orchestra and Belgian pianist Anahit Chaushyan, under the guidance of Tbilisi Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra’s ...

• HAKOB PETIKYAN: NATIONAL ENMITY OFTEN SHOWS ITSELF IN CHILDHOOD

  According to poll, conducted among 40 Armenian students of Nizhny Novgorod State University, national enmity often shows itself in childhood. In higher classes of school and Universities, students of ...

• HOVHANNES GOHARYAN AND LEVOH HAYRAPETYAN TO PLAY AGAINST SWISS YOUTH TEAM

  Armenian football youth team continues preparations to CE -2011 qualifying matches against Switzerland (Armenia visiting) and Turkey (Armenia hosting) to be held on June 5 and 9 accordingly. On June ...

• NEW ARMENIAN CHURCH TO OPEN IN ROSTOV REGION

  St. Grigor Lousavorich Armenian church will soon open in Novocherkask (Rostov Region), Russia. Construction work began in 2000, Vice President of “Ani” Armenian centre said. “Construction was mostly funded ...

• PAN PLAN INTENDS TO IMPLEMENT TRANSPORT-SAFETY PROGRAMS IN ARMENIA

  For over a decade, Mr. Rainer Stepan of the City Administration of Vienna has been eagerly and constantly pursuing tireless efforts and targeted lobbying for the intensification of development and business ...

• VIC DARCHINYAN: I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING

  Undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan is looking to make boxing history by continuing to move up in weight and win titles. He became the first man to unify the super flyweight division and ...

• ANC NOT TO START DIALOGUE WITH AUTHORITIES

  No matter whether or not political detainees will be granted pardon, opposition will not start dialogue with authorities, ANC representative Vahagn Khachatryan told journalists today. “Opposition has ...

• SWEDISH LIBERAL YOUTH MOVEMENT CALLS FOR RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

  Armenians Genocide will continue unless Turkey recognizes the crime. Orhan Pamuk was deported from his country because he spoke about the great atrocity. Being descendents of Genocide victims, millions ...

• WWF AND RA ECOLOGY MINISTRY TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL ECOLOGY DAY

  On June 5 Moscow Movie Theater, on the initiative of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with the assistance of RA Ecology Ministry, will host a presentation of a documentary on poaching and a photo exhibition ...

• GENOCIDE – THE ONLY REASON FORCING ARMENIANS TO QUIT THEIR HOMELAND

  Making Armenian and world scientists supporters of their insensible ideas and theories is just an extreme manifestation of impudence, David Davtyan expert-analyst of ANALITIKA.at.ua center said. By characterizing ...

• KOREA IS INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

  On June 2 RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met Korea Ambassador to RA Li Ku Hung. At the meeting, RA Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of bilateral collaboration in different ...

• CHAKHALYAN’S FATE IS THE PROBLEM OF THE REGION’S ENTIRE ARMENIAN POPULATION

  The fate of Vahagn Chakhalyan, leader of “United Javahk Democratic Alliance” movement, is the problem of the entire Armenian population of Samtskhe-Javakheti, French lawyer and member of Paris Bar Patrik ...

• RA PRESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN 13TH INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM

  On June 4 RA President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a 2-day working visit to St. Petersburg to participate in 13th International Economic Forum. A meeting between RA and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan ...

• ARMENIA HAS ALWAYS FELT THE GOODWILL OF NETHERLANDS

  RA Parliamentary Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met Ambassador of Netherlands in Armenia Onno Elderenbosch (residence in Tbilisi) in connection with completion of his diplomatic mission. Hovik Abrahamyan ...

• ISRAEL WILL NOT BOMB IRAN, ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS

  Israel has no intention to bomb Iran, Isreali FM Avigdor Liberman announced in Moscow. “Iran’s joining a nuclear club will be followed by an unprecedented armament race in Near East. This already poses ...

• SERZH SARGSYAN EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO FRENCH AND BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTS

  RA President Serzh Sargsyan addressed telegrams to Presidents of France and Brazil, expressing his condolences in connection with the tragedy on Rio de Janeiro –Paris flight “I express my deep condolences ...

• YEREVAN HOSTED SEMINAR ON FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

  Seminar on fight against corruption was organized in Yerevan upon the initiative of Armenian Young Lawyers Association. Discussion focused on country’s security issues and low corruption rate which fluctuates ...

• ARMENIA ATTACHES MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN- DUTCH RELATIONS

  RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met Ambassador of Netherlands in Armenia, Onno Eldernbosch (residence in Tbilisi) in connection with completion of his diplomatic mission. Thanking ...

• NO CONCRETE PLANS OVER NABUCCO PROJECT

  There are no concrete plans over Nabucco pipeline construction; the program is just at the stage of discussion, Azerbaijan’s Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said. According to the Azeri official, ...

• TEGHUT PROTECTION GROUP FILED A CLAIM TO SUSPEND TEGHUT COPPER-MOLYBDENUM FIELD MINING

  Today representatives of Teghut Protection Action Group declared their intention to file an action against Valex Group Company, which in 2007 has received a permission to launch Teghut copper-molybdenum ...

• ARMENIAN-AUSTRIAN COMMISSION TO DISCUSS A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC PROJECTS

  On June 3, Armenian-Austrian Mixed Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Issues started its fourth two-day session in Yerevan. The meeting was presided over by RA Finance Minister Tigran ...

• ZIL CARGO TRUCK WAS BLOWN UP BY AN ANTI-TANK MINE IN NKR

  On May 31, ZIL cargo truck was blown up by an anti tank mine in NKR. The HALO Trust Organization representatives declared that the territory was inspected several years ago, and warning signs were put ...

• RA OLYMPIC TEAM TO RIVAL FRENCH CHESS PLAYERS

  Rapid match between the national teams of France and Armenia will be held in Paris on 24-25 June, 2009. Armenian team will include Olympic champions Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, ...

• TURKEY DEFEATING CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 961

  National and grassroots Turkish American associations joined power to defeat California Assembly Bill 961, a proposed law that sought to punish companies who did business in the Ottoman Empire or do business ...

• GAGIK BEGLARYAN ELECTED MAYOR OF YEREVAN

  

• “ARMENIA” SAILING YACHT TO START ITS WORLD CRUISE FROM VALENSIA PORT

• HOVHANNES GOHARYAN AND LEVOH HAYRAPETYAN TO PLAY AGAINST SWISS YOUTH TEAM

• DOES KLO FIND BUL BUL OGLI POLITICAL TOOL FOR RUSSIA AND ARMENIA?

• ROBERT KOCHARIAN MAY JOIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION SISTEMA BOARD

  

• NKR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATED IN CONFERENCE IN MARSEILLES

  

• MOLDOVA, ARMENIA, RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIES DAMAGED BY CRISIS

  

• SOFAZ HAS NOT YET ALLOCATED SUMS FOR BAKU-KARS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

• EARTHQUAKE RECORDED IN ARMENIA

• VIC DARCHINYAN: I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING

• 1837  Birth of novelist Perch Proshyan in Ashtarak. He died in 1907.
• 1845  The first trade fair in Armenia opened in Alexandropol. (Gyoomree).
• 1896  Start of the battle for the defense of Van. (Western Armenia).
• 1907  Coup d'etat in Russia by Stolipin.
• 1921  Trial in Berlin of Soghomon Tehlirian, the executor of Talaat (one of the organizers of the Armenian Genocide). Tehlirian is acquitted.
• 1933  The Armenian SSR creates the State Monuments Preservation Committee.

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