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Published on July 07, 2009
PUTIN TO VISIT TURKEY IN AUGUST?
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin was expected to visit Turkey in August, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Orthodox Church in Ankara on Monday, World Bulletin reports. Officials quoted Kirill as saying that the current relations between Turkey and Russia were at a very good level. Premier Erdogan told Kirill in the meeting that the two countries had deep-rooted relations, which have been advancing every day. "Russia is the first partner of Turkey now. It plays a leading role in the sectors of energy, tourism and construction," Erdogan said.
Headlines for July 07, 2009
RUSSIA, U.S. AGREE ON ARMS REDUCTION, AFGHANISTAN
Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States held talks in Moscow on Monday, the Kremlin’s press office said. Following the talks, the two presidents signed a package of ...AZERBAIJANI SIDE INTERESTED IN TRIPS TO KARABAKH
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Azerbaijanii media reports and comments concerning Armenian and Azei intellectuals’ recent initiative present distortion of real facts, NKR Foreign Ministry says in a release. By expressing consent ...ECONOMIC SLUMP IN ARMENIA MAY EXCEED 16%
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said economic slump in the republic may exceed 16%. “The slump is conditioned by problems in construction industry, which has a multiplicative impact on all other ...POLICE OFFICERS GUILTY OF ARMENIAN CITIZEN MURDER TO SPEND OVER 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Saratov regional court has announced the verdict for three police officers accused of brutal murder of Armenian citizen Armen Gasparyan. Dmitry Korchagin, Yuri Ogoltsov and Denis Churikov were found ...RA STATE BUDGET ENVISAGES 1% GDP GROWTH
The Armenian government has started drawing up the national budget, which envisages 1% GDP growth, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said. “It’s just a forecast. The macroeconomic index will be determined ...US DISAPPROVES ISRAEL’S PLAN FOR ATTACKING IRAN
US State Department is trying to smooth Vice President Jospeph Biden’s statement on Washington’s intention stop Israel from launching preventive attack on Iran’s nuclear bases. About a day after Biden’s ...ARMENIAN ECONOMY PERSPECTIVES DEPEND ON WORLD ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT
Armenia is not the country responsible for the global economic crisis, World Bank Country Director for the South Caucasus Asad Alam said. “The crisis affected economies of all states. At that, Armenian ...SMS MESSAGING SERVICES BLOCKED IN TEHRAN
SMS services are blocked in Tehran. Initially, SMS text messaging was cut off in Iranian capital on July 11, a day before presidential elections, and today, on July the 7th, inhabitants of Tehran are ...CYPRUS PRESIDENT PAID RESPECT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
During their official visit to Armenia, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and his spouse Esli Christophe visited Genocide memorial to pay respect to Armenian Genocide victims. Thereafter, Cypriot ...2009 BUDGET DEFICIT IN ARMENIA COULD EXCEED THE LEVEL OF 7,5% OF GDP
RA Government submitted the project of budget deficit increase to 7,5% of GDP to National Assembly, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated in his address delivered at “Impact of the Global Financial ...ARMENIA’S BUDGET DEFICIT TO BE COVERED BY WB, IMF, ADB AND RUSSIAN CREDITS
Armenia's State Budget deficit will be covered due to allocations from World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, as well as the Russian credits, RA Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan ...GAS DELIVERY TO ARMENIA TO BE SUSPENDED JULY 8-10
Gas delivery to Armenia will be suspended from July 8 to 10 over construction works to be carried out in Georgia, ArmRosgazprom press office said.CYPRUS PRESIDENT AWARDED THE MEDAL OF YEREVAN
During their official visit to Armenia, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and his delegation visited Yerevan Mayor’s Office to meet with the Mayor and honorable citizens of Armenian capital. Mr. Christofias ...RA CENTER OF ESTHETICS TO HOST ORIGAMI EXHIBITION
On July 11, RA Center of Esthetics will host the exhibition of origami, traditional Japanese art of paper folding. All works presented are created by Center of Esthetics’ students. On the same day, Small ...CYPRUS INTERESTED IN STRENGTHENING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Tuesday with his Cypriot counterpart Markos Kyprianou to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation in the framework of international organizations and ways ...MICROSOFT RAPIDLY LOSE BROWSERS' MARKET IN ARMENIA
In Armenia, the Firefox browser for the first time ranked first in popularity. As the www.gs.statcounter.com reports in the last month popularity of the Internet Explorer in Armenia reached 35.14 per ...ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL COOPERATION
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met today with President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias, the press office of the RA Government reports. During the meeting officials discussed development of friendly ...SOFT CREDITS TO SAVE ARMENIA'S BUDGET
Despite the fact that Armenia has already passed the showing, typical for poor countries, however, to obtain credits on preferential or soft terms during crisis is a considerable success, Tigran Davtyan ...PROTEST RALLY AGAINST LENGTHINESS OF TRIAL OF HRANT DINK MURDER
A group of 300 demonstrators drew attention to the lengthiness of the trial on the 2007 murder of the editor of Agos daily Hrant Dink. During a protest rally held yesterday in Istanbul's Besiktas district, ...ARMENIA’S MOBILE OPERATORS DO NOT LIKE RATES FOR INTERCONNECT
Mobile service operators in Armenia, VivaCell-MTS, Beeline, and Orange-Armenia appealed to the Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia to establish new rates for mutual settlement of traffic ...SHARAKAN ENSEMBLE TO LAUNCH SPIRITUAL MUSIC COMPOSITION PREMIER
In autumn 2009 Sharakan Early Music Ensemble will launch a spiritual music composition premier dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to ensemble Art Director Daniel Erazhisht, the composition ...RAINY WEATHER IN ARMENIA WILL KEEP TILL JULY 12
During the last two days strong breeze and hail seriously impaired several RA regions: Kotayk, Lori, Aragatsotn, Gegharkunik. Roofs of buildings in Yerevan were damaged, a number of trees broken. As ...ARMENIA’S CASINOS FINED 2.2 MILLION AMD IN JUNE
Within June this year Armenia’s casinos were fined 2.2 million AMD, and organizers of prize-winning games were fined 2.7 million AMD, press office of Armenia’s finance ministry reports. Within June ...SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATES U.S. DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN ARMENIA ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
In connection with the U.S. Independence Day, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan and congratulated the diplomatic corps on this occasion. “Armenia is interested ...LARISA ALAVERDYAN: HOSPITALITY MUST HAVE LIMITS
“When Azerbaijan representative Polad Bulbuloglu stated in Stepanakert that he knows no borders between his country and NKR, he had to be reminded in any acceptable form, that he’s in different country. ...RUSSIA AND US COULD INTENSIFY COLLABORATION ON IRAN ISSUE
“US could intensify collaboration with Russia on Iran issue, US President emphasized, stressing the importance of Russia’s role and USA’s interest in closer collaboration,” Russia's Ambassador to US, ...BEELINE UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA BEGINS CLASSES FOR PUPILS AND STUDENTS
CJSC “ArmenTel” (trade mark Beeline) finalized the first year of the Beeline University of Armenia , a local branch of the unified educational center for the staff of VimpelCom companies. Over 4000 ...“BY STREAMS OF BABEL”, MAKAR EKMALIAN’S HITHERTO UNKNOWN WORK WAS PUBLISHED
Sharakan Musical Ensemble founder and Art Director Daniel Erazhisht completed the unfinished work of Ekmalian, entitled “By Streams of Babel”. The manuscripts of unfinished work were provided to Daniel ...ARMENIA RANKS 64TH BY TRADE PROMOTION INDEX AMONG 121 COUNTRIES
Armenia ranks 64th by trade promotion index, according to the “Promotion of international trade - 2009” report, the Economy and Values Research Center reports. Armenia ranks second among the CIS countries ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT COOPERATES WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF CRISIS
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan today participated in the opening of a three-day international forum “Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Armenia: Short and Long-run Perspectives.”. Forum was ...GEORGIA TO HOST A SEMINAR ON “ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI DIALOGUE”
On August 4-12, 2009, 2009 Dialogue for Action: Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue and Retreat Program will be held in the Georgia, on the initiative of Imagine Program for Conflict Transformation. The goal ...“YOUTH AGAINST AIDS” CONCERT TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN’S LOVERS’ PARK ON JULY 10
On July 10, “ “Youth against AIDS” ” concert, featuring “The Bops”, “Another Story”, “ARSA”, “Fair Wind” and “Eva” bands, will be held in Yerevan’s Lovers’ Park. The concert will be conducted in the ...ARMENIA NEEDS A STATE CONCEPT ON NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
According to Heritage Parliamentary Faction Secretary, Larisa Alaverdyan, vulnerability of Armenian position in NKR conflict settlement lies in the absence of unified state concept on the issue. Dwelling ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK REDUCES REFINANCING RATE BY 0.50 POINTS AND FIXED AT 5.50 PER CENT
Central Bank of Armenia reduced the refinancing interest rate by 0.50 percentage points, and fixed it at the level of 5.50 per cent, press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reports. 0.3 per cent ...ARMENIA MUST CONDUCT ACTIVE EXPLANATORY WORK ON NKR CONFLICT
At today’s news conference, Heritage Parliamentary Faction Secretary Larisa Alaverdyan spoke of serious gaps in informational opposition between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the necessity of constant explanatory ...NKR EXPERTS COUNCIL CALLS UPON ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO SUPPORT COLLEAGUES FROM ARTSAKH
NKR experts council and partner organizations disseminated a statement. In a document received by PanARMENIAN.Net representatives of the NKR civil society expressed their willingness to become active ...NAIRA MELKUMYAN: WHEN THE VOICE OF SOCIETY IS MUFFLED, IT BECOMES AGGRESSIVE
”Tolerance in the Armenian reality is mostly associated with obedience, but tolerance has deeper philosophical roots. A tolerant political discussion is relevant only when the discussion outlines positive ...SOPRANO NUNE BADALYAN TO GIVE A CONCERT IN YEREVAN
On July 17 Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall will host a joint performance of soprano Nune Badalyan and RA Philharmonic Orchestra, under the guidance of conductor Eduard Topchyan. The concert will feature ...FELIX STURM PREPARED TO FIGHT KHOREN GEVOR
Sports fans can expect a special weekend when “Boxing meets Formula 1” at the famous Nürburgring Speedway on July 11. It will be “The Night of the Middleweights” the evening before the German Grand Prix ...MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO SECURITY OF SOUTH CAUCASUS
Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) Director Richard Giragosian issued a statement today commenting on US President Barack Obama’s two-day summit meeting with Russian President ...ARMENIA TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES THROUGH UNIFIED EFFORTS OF ALL ARMENIANS
Armenia has taken decisive steps to normalize internal political situation, improve state bodies and strengthen democracy, Hovik Abrahamyan speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia said during his ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT A MATTER OF DISCUSSION OR BARGAINING
Cooperation of Armenia and Armenian Diaspora plays an important role in the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Hovik Abrahamyan, speaker of the National ...EXCAVATIONS CARRIED OUT IN TIGRANAKERT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Excavations have been carried out in Tigranakert national historical park, Nagorno Karabakh Republic, for four years already. This year, they resumed on July 16 and will last till August 25. The excavations ...MP KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN MAY FOLLOW NIKOL PASHINYAN’S EXAMPLE
It’s not ruled out that disgraced member of parliament Khachatur Sukiasyan will yield himself to police. Sukiasyan’s attorneys Arthur Grigoryan and Ara Zakaryan told reporters that their client did not ...CAUCASUS RIVALRY SPOT FOR RUSSIA AND U.S.
Talks between Russian and U.S. Presidents did not prove efficient, according to an Armenian expert. “Caucasus will remain a spot of strong rivalry between Russia and U.S. At that, Turkey will continue ...RA CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PSKOV
Armenia’s consul general Vardan Hakobyan, paying official visit to Saint Petersburg, on July7 arrived in Pskov. Vardan Hakobyan met with the first deputy governor of the Pskov region, Sergei Pernikov. ...ERDOGAN: WE ASK FOR A FULL MEMBERSHIP TO EU
European Union-hopeful Turkey's prime minister has lashed out at European leaders for calling to grant a status for Turkey that would fall short of full accession in the Union, turkishny.com reports. ...IRAN PRESIDENT CALLED HIS RE-ELECTION “A GREAT EVENT”
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose re-election last month has been challenged by opponents, called the balloting "the most free election anywhere in the world." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...TURKEY, UNITED STATES AND IRAQ CAN ELIMINATE PKK?
Following meetings last week between Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees US war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Turkish officials in Ankara, a source said the main item of the talks was the ousting ...PUTIN TO VISIT TURKEY IN AUGUST?
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin was expected to visit Turkey in August, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Orthodox Church in Ankara on ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Hrotists was the 12th month in the old Armenian calendar (July 7 to August 5). The name is derived from the Armenian for fire, because it was the hottest time in the year.
- 1827 Russian forces occupy the castle of Abas-Abad.
- 1829 Occupation of Baberd (Baiburt, Western Armenia).
- 1882 Birth of academician Levon Orbeli in Dzakhkadzor. He died in 1958 in St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
- 1915 A victim of the Genocide, Grigor Zohrab (writer and political figure) was tortured and murdered. He was born in 1861.
- 1921 The Red Army reaches Ghapan.
- 1923 Soviet Azerbaijan`s Revolutionary Committee unilaterally decides to dismember Artsakh to create the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Gharabagh. Red Kurdistan is created to separate this new territory from Armenia (by means of the new Lachin and Kelbajar Districts). The Kurdish entity is abolished in 1930 but the separation is maintained in the Stalin Constitution of 1936.
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