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Headlines for June 15, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA DOES NOT SAY NAME OF US FUTURE AMBASSADOR TO BAKU
US president Barack Obama has not yet say the name of the diplomat nominated to the post of the US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Matthew J. Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian ...BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN DO NOT SIGN AGREEMENT ON CREATING A JOINT RAPID-REACTION FORCE
Belarus and Uzbekistan have not signed the agreement on creating a joint rapid-reaction force of Collective Security Treaty. Only five out of seven CSTO member states approved the document at the Moscow ...SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATED IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
RA President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his reelection as a president. “On behalf of friendly people of Armenia I congratulate you on your reelection and wish ...BORDER REOPENING IS ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN NORMALIZING ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS
“The United States strongly supports full normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations, while we are also doing everything possible at the highest levels of our government to help secure a breakthrough on ...SUSPENSION OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE’S FUNDING LEFT UNREPAIRED ROADS IN 265 RURAL ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES
Former members of Beneficiaries Board of the state noncommercial organization “Millenium Challenge Fund- Armenia” headed by the chairman of the Asparez club Levon Barseghyan call upon the RA government ...MIR HOSSEIN MOUSAVI OFFICIALLY CHALLENGED VOTING RESULTS
The main presidential challenger, former prime minister Mir Hossein Moussavi, who had declared himself winner of the election shortly after polling closed, officially protested voting results and filed ...CRRF IS A REALIZATION OF IDEAS CSTO IS FOUNDED ON
“Collective Rapid Reaction Force is a realization of ideas Collective Security Treaty Organization is founded on. I’m confident that within last year we filled many of decisions taken with specific substance,” ...VTB BANK ARMENIA HAS CONNECTED 57 BRANCHES TO ITS ON-LINE SYSTEM
VTB Bank Armenia, with the largest number of branches in Armenia (78), is successfully implementing an on-line program in the country, Bank’s Press Service reported. As of June 15, 2009, 57 Bank subsidiaries ...GAS SUPPLY TO ARMENIA TO BE DELAYED ON JUNE 16-21
Georgian Gas-transport Company officially informed ArmRosGazProm on temporary delay of gas supply to Armenia, ArmRosGazProm Press Service reported. The Georgian company plans works on connection of a ...CSTO MEMBER STATES HIGHLY ASSESSED RESULTS REACHED DURING ARMENIA’S CHAIRMANSHIP
On June 14, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in CSTO Foreign Ministers’ sitting in Moscow. Parties focused on different spheres of organization’s activities, a number of decisions ...US VICE PRESIDENT SAID THERE ARE "REAL DOUBTS" WHETHER IRAN'S ELECTION WAS FREE AND FAIR
US Vice President Joseph Biden said Sunday that there are "real doubts" about whether Iran's presidential election was free and fair, but the United States has to "accept" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner ...CARTER SAYS US POLICY WILL NOT CHANGE AFTER AHMADINEJAD'S VICTORY
The United States urged Iran on Saturday to resolve disputes over its presidential election peacefully, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she hoped the outcome reflected the will of the Iranian ...UNIBANK TO OPEN 10 NEW BRANCHES BY THE END OF YEAR
By the end of this year, Unibank will open 10 new branches in the country. The first branch will open in a few days in the arrival hall of “Zvartnots” Airport, press office of the Unibank reports. The ...TURKEY TO DISCUSS NAGORNO KARABAKH ISSUE IN UN
Turkey advocates discussion of all urgent topics, including Nagorno Karabakh at UN Security Council sitting in June, Ahmet Davutoğlu , foreign minister of Turkey said. “We would like Armenian-Azeri ...CRRF HAVE TO BE CAPABLE OF SOLVING A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TASKS
“Conclusion of Collective Rapid Reaction Forces Agreement will allow our states to more effectively react to significant threats, specifically, international terrorism, local and transboundary crimes, ...INFORMATION STRATEGY ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION TO BE ELABORATED WITHIN 3 MONTH
Work group elaborating information strategy on European integration of Armenia held its first sitting on June 15 under chairmanship Artur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of National Security Council of Armenia ...FACEBOOK OFFERS FREE DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
Facebook Social Network announced a new function, offering free domain name registration. 500 000 domain names were registered within 3 minutes of service activization. Domain name registration is offered ...RUSSIAN PRESIDENT QUALIFIES BEHAVIOR OF BELARUS AS “MEAT – MILK HYSTERIA”
The Russian president Dmitri Medvedev expressed hope that Russia and Uzbekistan will make a decision to participate in joint rapid-reaction force of Collective Security Treaty, in his speech at the joint ...VTB BANK ARMENIA ANNOUNCED ABOUT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PROCESSING CENTER WORK
VTB Bank Armenia announced about temporary suspension of processing center work on June 16, from 18.00 to 20.00 p.m. The work will be suspended because of network architecture change implemented by VISA ...ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES CONDITIONS FOR RECOGNIZING PALESTINE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a major policy speech, accepted the creation of a Palestinian state but only if it was demilitarized. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's spokesman said his ...ROMAN BEREZOVSKI, THE BEST PLAYER OF “KHIMKI” FOOTBALL CLUB OVER MAY
Goalkeeper of the Armenian national team and captain of the “Khimki” Football Club Roman Berezovski has been awarded the title of the best player the third month.600 ARMENIAN TEACHERS OF HIGH SCHOOLS TO TAKE EXTENSION COURSES
600 Armenian teachers from Armenian high schools will take extension courses. Half of them participate in the first phase of the program, which has started today in the State Pedagogical University named ...REGION NEEDS STABILIZED IRAN
Stability in Iran is important for the entire region, a Turkish expert said. “Opposition’s clashes with the police are the first signs of instability for the past 30 years,” Sinan Ogan, head of the Ankara-based ...BANANTS DEFEATED ARARAT 12 TIMES DURING CHAMPIONSHIP
In the 12th round of Armenian football championship, Banants defeated Ararat 0:2, and Kilikia and Gyumri’s Shirak exchanged 1 goal with each other ending the game in a draw. Thus, defeated 12 times after ...BUENOS AIRES NOMINATED AS WORLD BOOK CAPITAL 2011
The Selection Committee of the World Book Capital 2011, made up of the representatives of the International Publishers Association (IPA), the International Booksellers Federation (IBF), the International ...ANDRANKIK ARSENYAN TO REPRESENT UKRAINE DURING EUROVISION 2009 CHILD SONG CONTEST
Eleven-year-old Amdranik Aleksanyan from Chmelintsky will represent Ukraine during Eurovision-2009 child Song Contest. Alexksanyan became winner during the final round national qualification contest. ...ARMENIA AND RUSSIAN FMS DISCUSSED ISSUES CONCERNING BILATERAL DIALOGUE
On June 14, RA FM Edward Nalbandyan met with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov within the frames of CSTO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Moscow. Two Ministers focused on key questions and foreign policy ...AMNESTY WILL BE DECLARED IN CASE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRISONERS
Former speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, member of the Armenian National Congress Karapet Rubinyan thinks that possible announcement of amnesty “is the result of Europe’s pressure.” Amnesty ...AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI ISSUED DECREE FOR LAUNCHING INVESTIGATION INTO ELECTORAL WRONGDOINGS
As reported by Iranian Public Radio, Iran’s Interior Ministry has declared illegal the meeting to be held today by supporters of defeating candidate Mir Hossein Mossavi. Interior Ministry announced there ...ARMENIA’S MAIN TASK IN CSTO IS TO COOPERATE WITH RUSSIA
CSTO is Armenia’s most reliable strategic partner, according to Aram Karapetyan, head of New Times party. “Armenia’s membership in the organization is absolutely justified, since no other structure is ...EXTENSION COURSES TO BE ORGANIZED FOR 200 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS OF HIGH SCHOOL
On June 16, State Linguistic University after Brusov will start extension courses for foreign languages teachers of high school. 200 teachers from all 10 regions of Armenia will participate in the training ...JUNIOR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS RECEIVE MONEY AWARDS
RA National Olympic Committee (NOC) President Gagik Tsarukyan bestowed money awards on the winners of the junior boxing championship held in Armenia from May 23 to 30 and thanked them for upholding their ...TURKISH FM LEAVES FOR MOSCOW
On June 19, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will pay official visit to Moscow. As reported by Turkish media, Davutoglu will meet with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov. Two diplomats will ...“GOHAR” MUSICAL ENSEMBLE TO GIVE CONCERT IN ALEPPO’S HISTORICAL CASTLE
On June 16 and 17, “Gohar” musical ensemble will give a concert in the historical castle of Aleppo, Syria. The concert will be take place in the amphitheatre of the castle. “Gohar” consists of 150 performers ...BELA KHOTENASHVILI WINS MAYA CHIBURDANIZDE CHESS TOURNAMENT
Bela Khotenashvili has won Maya Chiburdanizde chess tournament with 7 points. Lela Yavakhishvili came 2rd. Slovenia’s Anna Muzychuk is the 3rd. Armenia’s representatives did not prove successful. Lilit ...KAGH PETROL GROUP HIKES PETROL PRICES IN ARMENIA
The Armenian state committee on protection of economic competitiveness has initiated administrative procedure into petrol market. Monitoring specialists revealed that Kagh Petrol Group, the major importer ...YOUNG PAINTERS OPENED THEIR EXHIBITION IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PARK
Young painters from National Aesthetic Centre have today opened their exhibition in RA National Assembly park. They exhibited clay statues and over 40 paintings depicting Armenian reality. “National ...KARABAKH PROCESS SHOULD NOT GO PARALLEL TO NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
Armenia will pay a high price for the mistakes of the leadership, whose foreign policy experts failed to prevent involvement into the hazardous game launched by Turkey and Azerbaijan, with U.S. and Israel’s ...VELVET REVOLUTION ATTEMPT UNDERTAKEN IN IRAN
An attempt of ‘velvet revolution’, a symbol of the 21st century, is undertaken in Iran like in other countries of the region, an Armenian historian said. “Some 500 opposition activists are reported ...MAHMUD AHMADINEJAD NOT TO LEAVE FOR RUSSIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SCO SUMMIT
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not pay his scheduled visit to Russia to participate in Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Summit as state observer. On June 15, Iranian official was ...NEW TIMES PARTY LEADER GIVES DEFINITION TO OPPOSITION FORCES
New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan said he attends all opposition rallies, whether they are organized by the Armenian National Congress or nonradical opposition. At that, he doubts formation of Dashnaktsutyun-Heritage-ANC ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH TIES NORMALIZATION TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION VOLUMES IN ARMENIA
“The only gain Armenia will have from opening Turkish border will be a Nobel Prize awarded to President for normalizing bilateral ties and establishing peace in the region,” New Times party leader Aram ...BOOK ABOUT ACTRESS VARDUHI VARDERESYAN PRESENTED IN YEREVAN
A book dedicated to renowned Armenian actress Varduhi Varderesyan was presented in Yerevan today. The book was written by journalist Gayane Atanesyan after years of communication with the actress, who ...PRESIDENT MIGHT HAVE APPOINTED NEW MEMBERS INSTEAD OF DISSOLVING THE GROUP
“Everything seems all right with the interim parliamentary committee investigating March 1, 2008 incidents,” New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan told today a news conference. By dissolving the fact-finding ...IRAN ADVOCATES TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP AT EU
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has supported Turkey’s membership at the EU in the past and will do in the future,” Hosseinpour said in a meeting with Turkish State Secretary Egemen Baghish. He hailed the ...YEREVAN HOSTED 15TH INTERNATIONAL SAMBO TOURNAMENT
On June 12-14 in memory of first Armenian World Champion Gagik Hovhannisyan. Over 100 RA and NKR sportsmen participated. 52 medals were awarded to youth sambo wrestlers in 10 weight categories and adult ...ARMENIA PARTICIPATED IN EASTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE FESTIVAL
held in Tilburg, Netherlands, on June 14. The Armenian pavilion was organized by representatives of Armenian Consulate in Hague and Alfa-Yerevan Armenian community of Eindhoven. A concert of Armenian ...IRANIAN OPPOSITION: WE’LL CAST TEHRAN INTO HELL
Hundreds and thousands of pro-opposition figures are heading towards Freedom Square from Tehran University. Tehran hasn’t seen such demonstration since 1979, dpa agency reports. Demonstrators are marching ...ARMENIAN, NKR PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DISCUSS NATIONAL GOALS
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met Monday in Yerevan with NKR parliament chairman Ashot Ghulyan to discuss cooperation between the two Armenian states and resolution of the Karabakh ...POLICE BEAT DOZENS OF OPPOSITION PROTESTERS IN GEORGIA
Masked police beat dozens of opposition protesters in the Georgian capital on Monday in the latest flare-up during a weeks-long street campaign against President Mikheil Saakashvili, witnesses said. ...ARMENIANS OF NEW YORK SHOCKED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF JOLIE’S ADOPTING AN ARMENIAN CHILD
New York’s Armenian community is extremely shocked to know that Hollywood star Angelina Jolie may adopt a child from Armenia. An Armenian child must grow up and be educated in Armenia, his native land, ...ARMENIAN WRESTLERS WIN 7 MEDALS AT TEMO KAZARASHVILI TOURNAMENT
Armenian Graeco-Roman wrestling junior team won 7 medals at Temo Kazarashvili tournament. The wrestlers came second in the team event, falling behind Russia. “I am glad. We won 2 gold, 1 silver and 4 ...ALLAN WANGA: I JUST PRAY MY AGENT WORKS OUT AN AGREEABLE DEAL
Harambee Stars striker Allan Wanga could become the first Kenyan to play in Europe’s premier club competition, the Champions League, if his employer and suitor agree to terms. Armenian perennial champions ...IRANIAN OFFICIAL: TURKMENISTAN SHOULD CONSIDER IRANIAN PIPELINE OPERATORS
Turkmenistan should consider Iranian pipeline operators for exporting natural gas to Iraq, Iranian officials say. Reza Almasi, the managing director at the Iran Natural Gas Transmission Co., said alternative ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1826 Sultan Mahmud the Second orders the killing of the Janissaries in Constantinople and later, in the provinces.
- 1889 Birth of Yervand Kochar (painter, architect). He died in 1979.
- 1906 Opening of the Second Congress of Armenian Teachers in Tbilissi (Georgia). It founded the Teachers' Union.
- 1915 The Turkish government hangs 21 leaders of the Hnchak Party in Constantinople's Bayazet square.
- 1927 Death of commander Moorad Petrosian (Kronqtsi).
- 1960 Meeting of Communist Work Brigades and "Shock Labor Forces" in Yerevan.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of Soviet Armenia approves the 1988 02 20 petition by the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Gharabagh to rejoin Armenia and asks the Soviet Government to rule positively in this case.
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