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Published on July 04, 2009
MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS TO BE HELD IN TEHRAN
- On July 3, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met Iranian Ambassador to RA Seyed Ali Saghaeyan. According to Press Secretary of RA Minister of Defense, Colonel Sergey Shakhsuvaryan, Defense Minister congratulated the Ambassador on recent victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in recent presidential elections and expressed a hope that Armenian - Iranian relations will strengthen and enter a new stage of development. The parties focused on both countries positions on regional issues as well as bilateral relations, exchanged views on regional security and stability. Within meeting framework, Seyed Ali Saghaeyan passed the invitation of Iranian Defense Minister, Mayor General Mohammad Najjar to Seyran Ohanyan.
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WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
$55.059.176 was bought at average price 359.37 drams/ $1 and $59.582.866 was sold at average price 360.88 drams/$1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from June 29 to July 3. Deals amounting to $5.400.000 ...AREXIMBANK – GAZPROMBANK GROUP OFFERS NEW DEPOSIT AREXIM – CHILD
Areximbank, Gazprombank group offers new deposit Arexim - Child, with the possibility of increasing the initial amount and charging the interest every 6 months, press office of the bank reports. Deposit ...INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN CIS REDUCE BY 16 PER CENT OVER JANUARY-MAY
Over January-May this year the industrial production in CIS countries fell by 16 per cent on average compared to the same period last year. The industrial growth of 1.3 per cent was recorded only in ...SOUTH STREAM CAN BE PUT INTO OPERATION EARLIER THAN NABUCCO
Preparation for launching South Stream is a positive phenomenon, according to Yakutgazprom director general Andrey Zagorsky. “. Under the economic crisis, the project management concluded agreements ...ARMENIAN CHURCH TO BE BUILT IN KIEV
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The recent hysteria about Kavkaz 2009 exercise was provoked by certain forces, said Alexander Skakov, Head of Department of CIS Studies at the Russian Institute of Strategic Research. “A number of U.S. ...OVER JANUARY-MAY GDP OF CIS COUNTRIES DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT
Over January-May GDP of CIS countries decreased by 9 per cent on average compared with same period last year, the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth reports. Over January-May, 2009 ...PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARMENIA
At the invitation of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on 6 July Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias will arrive in Armenia on a two-day visit accompanied with his spouse. On July 6, the official ...UNISTREAM TURNOUT TOTALED $216.7 MILLION IN JANUARY-JULY 2009
UNIStream turnout totaled $216.7 million in the period from January to July 2009. At that, incoming funds made $192.6 and outgoing amounted to $24.1. In January, the system demonstrated $26-million ...RA PRESIDENT FAREWELLS THE AMBASSADOR OF GERMANY IN ARMENIA
The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the ambassador of Germany to Armenia Mrs. Andrea Victorine in Yerevan related to completion of her diplomatic mission in the country. During the meeting ...ARMENIA AND FRANCE HAVE TO EXPAND DECENTRALIZED COLLABORATION
RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met the Mayor of Bourg-les-Valence in France, Senator Bernard Piras. Welcoming the guest, RA FM thanked the Mayor for his efforts aimed at establishment of closer ...THE RESIDENCE OF THE CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN 2 YEARS
Today Yerevan hosted a soil consecration ceremony. The residence of the Catholicos of All Armenians will be reconstructed on the consecrated soil, nearby St. Katoghike Church at the intersection of Sayat-Nova ...3 CRIMINAL CASES WERE INSTIGATED ON THE INCIDENT IN MARGANETS, DNEPROPETROVSK
, Head of Ukraine MIA Central Administration in Dnepropetrovsk region, Anatoliy Naumenko said. ''3 criminal cases were instigated: on incriminations with murder, hooliganism and hooliganism in the vicinity ...MIR HOSSEIN MOUSAVI ACCUSED OF COMMITTING "TERRIBLE CRIMES"
A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said Saturday defeated election candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible crimes" which should be ...NKR PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED BARACK OBAMA ON US INDEPENDENCE DAY
On 4 July, NKR President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory letter to US President Barack Obama in connection with US Independence Day. NKR President said in his letter, “On behalf of the people and ...PUBLIC DIALOGUE EXISTS INDEPENDENTLY OF POLITICAL FORMAT
International Alert’s Projects Director for the Eurasia Program Dessislava Roussanova made a statement on the organization of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Public Peace Forum. “Public dialogue is not linked ...INTERNATIONAL TOURISM RATE DECREASED BY 8% IN JANUARY-APRIL 2009
According to World Tourism Organization – provided data, a decrease in people planning a holiday abroad has been registered within the first four months of 2009. , compared with last year’s results. Number ...MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS TO BE HELD IN TEHRAN
On July 3, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met Iranian Ambassador to RA Seyed Ali Saghaeyan. According to Press Secretary of RA Minister of Defense, Colonel Sergey Shakhsuvaryan, Defense Minister ...BAKU HOPES NEGOTIATIONS WILL TAKE A POSITIVE COURSE
''There's a possibility NKR conflict settlement negotiations will take a positive course at the meeting of Azeri and Armenian Presidents due on July 17-18 in Moscow,'' Head of international affairs department ...SUSI KENTIKIAN: I MUST GIVE EVERYTHING IN A FIGHT AGAINST GAITE
The unbeaten “Killer Queen” Susi Kentikian, the double world champion of the WBA and WIBF at flyweight, will have another hometown advantage fight when she will step into the ring at the Color Line Arena ...ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY DATA, LEVON ANANYAN WAS RE-ELECTED AS RA WRITERS’ UNION CHAIRMAN
Today Yerevan hosted RA Writers’ Union meeting. RA Writers’ Union Chairman elections were on meeting agenda. According to preliminary data, writer Razmik Davoyan received 29 colleagues’ votes, Levon ...PIANIST HAYK MELIKYAN GAVE CONCERT IN YEREVAN
Young pianist Hayk Melikyan gave a concert in Yerevan on July 4. The program featured works by Komitas, Tigran Mansuryan, Vahram Babayan, Levon Chaushyan, Iannis Xenakis, Ada Gentile, Salvatore Sciarrino, ...FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: LEVON ANANYAN IS ELECTED AS RA WRITERS’ UNION CHAIRMAN
According to final election results, Levon Ananyan, receiving 199 votes, was re-elected as RA Writers’ Union Chairman. Another candidate, Razmik Davoyan received the votes of 29 colleagues. According ...TURKISH ARMY BANS AXA FROM MINISTRY TENDERS AFTER ARMENIAN COMPENSATION
Defense Ministry of Turkey put France-based AXA Holding on banned companies list after 14 years of merger with OYAK Bank which was the Armed Forces Pension Fund's, AXA is banned from bidding for Defense ...FREEDOM HOUSE: ARMENIA HAS SEMI-CONSOLIDATED AUTHORITARIAN REGIME
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