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Published on June 18, 2009
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ARMENIA
- Earthquake shook Armenia at 12.35 pm local time. The Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP) confirmed the fact to PanARMENIAN.Net. Presently, the magnitude and epicenter are being determined.
Headlines for June 18, 2009
SEMNEBY: TURKEY TOOK "TACTICAL STEP BACKWARDS" ON NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
Turkey has taken a "tactical step backwards" on normalizing relations with Armenia because of hostile domestic reaction to the move, the EU's envoy to the region said in an interview with Reuters. "A ...TURKEY-ARMENIA RAPPROCHEMENT SHOULD CATALYZE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS, U.S. SAYS
Rapprochement of Turkey and Armenia should be the catalyst in the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, said Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe and a senior member of the ...INCREASE OF NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN ARMENIA INDICATES COMPETITIVENESS
Increase of the number of tourists arriving in Armenia indicates competitiveness of the industry in Armenia, Deputy Minister of Economy Vahe Danielyan said Thursday during the 3rd Tourism Competitiveness ...SEMNEBY BELIEVES REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN KARABAKH PROCESS
EU South Caucasus envoy Peter Semneby believes real progress is being made in the Nagorno-Karabakh process. "It is clear that if you look at the negotiating process, it is intensifying," he told Reuters. ...KINGSTON HAS UNVEILED 128 GB DATATRAVELER 200 FLASH DRIVES
Memory and storage developer Kingston has put a 128 GB USB flash drive on the market with an expanded edition of the Data Traveler 200. The drive features a retractable USB connector and is enhanced ...EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ARMENIA
...ARMENIAN PEACEMAKERS RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES
Upon completion of 12-week medical training, launched on April 1 by RA Defense Ministry, RA Armed Forces Peacemakers’ Brigade was awarded with international certificates. The training, conducted at ...NKR PRESIDENT REQUESTS DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM PROGRAMS
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked Monday a working consultation on the development of tourism in the republic. Head of the tourism department under the NKR Cabinet of ...EARTHQUAKE MEASURED 5.0 ON RICHTER SCALE
The earthquake that shook Armenia an hour ago measured 5.0 on Richter scale. The epicenter was 10 km northward from Garni settlement, the Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP) told PanARMENIAN.Net. ...SERZH SARGSYAN: POLITICS AND ECONOMY SHOULD STRIVE FOR BALANCE
Today Yerevan hosted the opening of Armenian-Syrian Business Forum, attended by RA and Syrian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Bashar Al-Asad. “Politics and economy should strive for balance in bilateral ...ARMENIA, SYRIA GEOGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE FOR OIL AND GAS TRANSIT
Armenians in Syria are full-fledged citizens of the country, Syrian President said. “We should use this potential for development of relations between our states,” Bashar Al-Assad said opening Armenian-Syrian ...RA EMBASSY IN IRAN REMAINS ON NORMAL WORKING SCHEDULE
, RA MFA Acting Secretary Tigran Balayan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him, all RA Embassy employees are currently in Tehran It’s been already a week since the beginning of mass protest ...ADC OFFERS FREE CONNECTION FEE FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
Armenian Datacom Company CJSC announces a "Free Connection fee" campaign for the new subscriptions to both Broadband Internet and Data Pro Communication services during the period of June 18-30, 2009. ...NO COLOR REVOLUTION IS TAKING PLACE IN IRAN
Current events in Iran can’t be characterized as “color revolution”, as such revolutions are usually initiated by West, an expert at YSU Iranian Studies Department Garnik Asatryan told a news conference ...HENRIK MKHITARYAN MAY PLAY IN CHECK MATCH OF METALLURG AGAINST DONETSK TEAM
Halfback of Armenian national football team and Yerevan "Pyunik" Henrik Mkhitaryan left for Donetsk to FC "Metallurg". Ukrainian Club started preparing to new football season and on June 20 will leave ...FURTHER DELAY IN NKR INDEPENDENCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COULD COME AT A COST
“Despite regular meetings between RA and Azeri presidents and their optimistic statements, the events around NKR conflict settlement are taking a destructive turn,” political observer, Head of Analitika.at.ua ...BUSINESSMEN FROM KALININGRAD INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH ARMENIAN FELLOWS
Entrepreneurs from the Armenian Diaspora of Kaliningrad are interested in cooperation with fellows in Armenia, President of Kaliningrad’s chamber of commerce Igor Tsarkov said during a business forum ...CONGRESSMAN BILIRAKIS CONCERNED OVER ONGOING PROSECUTION UNDER ARTICLE 301 IN TURKEY
In a hearing yesterday before the Subcommittee on Europe in the House of Representatives, Congressman Gus Bilirakis, raised strong concerns regarding the Turkish government's ongoing prosecution of journalists ...ARMENIA TO PASS A LONG WAY FOR CONQUERING INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKET
“Tourism in Armenia has certainly made significant progress, but that’s not enough for conquering international tourism market,” Philip Munye, consultant of CAPS international program, said today, answering ...IDEA OF CREATING ARMENIAN-TURKISH HISTORIANS COMMISSION PROVES TURKEY’S VENTURESOME POLICY
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The idea of setting up historians’ commission demonstrates the venturesome and threatening character of Turkish diplomacy, whereas US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon supports such policy, David ...GEORGY BOOS BELIEVES IN DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE, ECONOMY AND CULTURE COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
The main purpose of the visit of Kaliningrad delegation to Armenia is establishing trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation, the governor of RF Kaliningrad region Georgy Boos told a press conference ...MONASTERY OF TATEV TO BECOME A TOURISM CENTER
One of the main goals of the National Competitiveness Foundation (NCF) is improving the quality of tourism services and attracting as much tourists as possible. Another goal of the foundation is to transform ...YEREVAN TO HOST MASS EVENTS DEDICATED TO INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY
International Olympic Committee President Jaque Rogue has congratulated all national Olympic committees on International Olympic Day. In his congratulatory message to Armenia, he expressed hope that such ...AZERIS CONTINUE COMMITTING ARSON ON CONTACT LINE
Since early-June, fires have periodically occurred on NKR-Azerbaijani contact line, their basic cause being tracer bullet shots released by the Azerbaijani side and arsons on Azeri-controlled territories. ...EVENTS “FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO PARTNERSHIP” START IN YEREVAN
On the initiative of Eurasia foundation on June 17 a series of events “From neigborhood to partnership” launched in Yerevan. Events are dedicated to Armenia’s participation in the Eastern partnership ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY ACCEPTS RESULTS OF CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
The Prosperous Armenia Party accepts the results of City Council elections. We are not satisfied with the results of City Council elections as related to a very successfully organized pre-election campaign, ...MEDIATION OF SYRIA IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS IS ABSURD
, Richard Giragosian, director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “I am deeply concerned in what direction Armenia moves as a state,” ...GAGIK TSARUKYAN LOOKS FOR NEW MARKETS FOR ARMENIAN PRODUCTS
Finding new markets for Armenian products was the main purpose of the two-day visit of the leader of the “Prosperous Armenia” party to Belarus, press secretary of “Prosperous Armenia” Khachik Galstyan ...NATION’S RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION – DECISIVE MOMENT IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
We take pride in Syrian-Armenians who play invaluable role in the country’s life, especially in art, music, medicine, crafts and other spheres, Syrian Presdient Bashar al-Asad said during solemn supper ...HOLLIDAYS IS OUT THIS YEAR, SINCE THERE IS A CRISIS
RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan said at the governmental sitting today, that he is dissatisfied since high-ranking officials apply for summer vacations. He stressed, that due to economic crisis all ...RA GOVERNMENT APPROVES THE ORDER AND TERMS OF DISTILLATION OF SPIRIT FOR COGNAC PRODUCTION
RA government approved today the order and terms of distillation of spirit for cognac and brandy production. Standards approved by the RA government will help to improve the quality of products and protect ...AMNESTY SHOULD BE APPLIED NOT ALL PRISONERS
“The position of the “Prosperous Armenia” party is obvious in respect to amnesty in the country: we think, that humanistic step will enable many people to return to their families,” press secretary of ...EBRD TO INVEST € 1 BILLION IN NABUCCO PROJECT
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is willing to be the main sponsor of Nabucco project, Ricardo Puliti, Bloomberg company’s Director on Energy Business, said. According to him, EBRD ...POST-ELECTORAL UNREST IN IRAN - INTERNAL CONFLICT INSIDE THE STATE
Post-electoral unrest in Iran is the state’s internal affair, so I don’t find it right to make any assessments, Caucasus Institute Director Alexander Iskandaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. ...TAX COLLECTION EFFICIENCY SHOULD BE RAISED IN ARMENIA
RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan at the sitting on Thursday called on state agencies to support the Committee on state revenues in tax collection. According to Mr. Sargsyan, first nine month will be ...US STATE DEPARTMENT HIGHLY APPRECIATES ARMENIA’S EFFORTS TOWARDS COMBATING TRAFFICKING
In 2008-09, Armenian government took special measures towards conducting more active fight against trafficking, increasing effectiveness of preventive measures, and providing assistance to victims. Under ...IRAN’S COUNCIL INVITES DEFEATED CANDIDATES FOR VOTE MEETING
Iran’s top legislative body has invited the three defeated candidates in last week’s presidential election to a meeting on Saturday to discuss their complaints. The meeting will be attended by 12 council ...EXHIBITION OF YOUNG ARTISTS “ME AND THE SPACE” TO OPEN IN BYURAKAN
300 young artists will take part in the exhibition “Me and the space” in Byurakan on June 19. The exhibition is organized by the RA culture ministry and Byurakan observatory in the framework International ...PROGRAMS OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF KALININGRAD REGION SUBMITTED TO RA DIASPORA MINISTER
RA diaspora minister Hranush Hakobyan received representatives of the “Armenian National Cultural Autonomy” and Union of Trustees of Russia's Kaliningrad region. Head of the delegation, Feliks Gevorkyan ...EUROPEAN COURT STARTS HRANT DINK CASE REVIEW
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun to review the case of assassinated Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was tried and convicted under Article 301 restricting freedom of speech, ...TEEN FILMMAKERS FROM ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK
The world premiere of the second edition of Youth Producing Change, an innovative program of youth-produced short films from across the globe, will be presented on June 19–20, 2009, by the Human Rights ...CONGRESSWOMAN LAURA RICHARDSON COSPONSORS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
US Congresswoman Laura Richardson (CA-37) has cosponsored the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res. 252). The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reports, that bill currently has over 125 cosponsors ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1807 Russian forces, under General Goodevich, defeat the Turkish army on the banks of the Akhooryan river.
- 1890 Fighting breaks out between government forces and the Armenians of Karin (Erzroom, Western Armenia).
- 1925 Arrival of Friedhof Nansen (heading the League of Nations' International Bureau) in Yerevan.
- 1941 Signature of the Treaty of Friendship between Germany and Turkey.
- 1953 Death of public figure Hakob Ter Hakobian.
- 1987 The European Parliament votes to recognize the Armenian Genocide and suggests ways for Turkey to overcome its crisis.
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