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Headlines for July 10, 2009

ANY ATTEMPT TO RETURN NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN AZERBAIJAN UNACCEPTABLE
Any attempt to return Nagorno Karabakh in Azerbaijan is unacceptable, Bako Sahakyan, NKR president said at the opening of the pan-Armenian conference on Armenian-Turkish relations and settlement of the ...
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED $18 MILLION REDUCTION IN FUNDING TO ARMENIA
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill by a vote of 29 to 1, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). ...
ARMENIA ALREADY MET TURKEY HALFWAY
Turkey wants to see Armenia a weak and economically undeveloped country, said Kiro Manoyan, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director. "Ankara has set preconditions to ...
FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SUBMITTED REPORT FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2009
80 financial organizations- related complaints were filed to Financial Ombudsman Office in the second quarter of 2009. 49 of them were not subject to Ombudsman’s consideration, Financial Ombudsman Press ...
EXPERT: AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MAKES SENSELESS STATEMENTS
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia often makes loud and senseless statements, an Armenian expert said. "Polad Bulbuloglu seems to be justifying his stage pseudonym. As you know, Bulbuloglu is translated ...
ARMENIANS MUST BE GIVEN RIGHT TO VISIT GRAVES OF THEIR RELATIVES IN AZERBAIJAN
''Mutual visits can't even be discussed, as until now, any ethnic Armenian who arrived in Baku was sent back right out of airport, regardless the person’s citizenship,'' South Caucasian region expert, ...
BANANTS WINS SIROKI BRIJEG
Banants Armenian FC inflicted a defeat on Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia-Herzegovina) on July 9 during the first qualification round of European Football League. However, the Bosnia-Herzegovinan team broke through ...
ARMENIA AND HUNGARY INTEND TO SPEED UP TRADE AND ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS’ CONCLUSION
On July 9, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian made a brief visit to Budapest. Upon arrival, RA FM met his Hungarian Colleague Peter Balazs. The parties discussed RA President’s oncoming visit to ...
STEPANAKERT CAN'T BE INDIFFERENT ABOUT ARMENIAN-TURKISH TALKS
"Karabakh conflict: new reality" conference organized by Caucasus Institute and regional office of Heinrich B?ll Foundation is going on in Stepanakert, the capital of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. As ...
DAVID LOKYAN: TO ENTER TURKISH MARKET, ARMENIA HAS TO CONDUCT SERIOUS LEGISLATIVE WORK
To enter Turkish market, Armenia has to conduct a serious legislative work, ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative, ex RA Agriculture Minister David Lokyan told at “NKR conflict: new realities” international ...
RA POLICE TOPS THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS
According to the Ombudsman, . The Ministry of Education and Science, Yerevan Municipality and Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs come next. In many cases, citizens claw back their claims. “We believe, ...
“WORK SKILLS” COMPOSITIONS’ CONTEST LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA
“Work skills” compositions contest aims at establishing better interconnections between students and employers and development of professional education in Armenia, Head of British Council Armenia “Work ...
PACE RESOLUTIONS SIMPLY HELP ARMENIA TO SEE ITS PROBLEMS
“PACE Resolution on Armenia does provide solution to problems, it just focuses on their existence,” NA ex-Speaker Tigran Torosyan told today a news conference. Resolution wording, according to him, hints ...
“GOLDEN APRICOT” TO PRESENT 158 FILMS FROM 52 COUNTRIES
“Golden Apricot” 6th international film festival scheduled in Yerevan for July 12-19 will present 158 films from 52 countries. 52 films were shot in Armenia. Armenian films are included in different ...
A NEW SUBJECT, ECONOMICS, WILL BE INTRODUCED IN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER 2009
, ''Armenian Youth Achievements'' Organization’s Executive Director Armine Hovhannesyan told a news conference on Friday. According to her, in 1992, when Armenia started to implement free economics, the ...
RF APPOINTS TO AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
RF President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a decree on appointing Vyacheslav Kovalenko as RF Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Armenia. Before his new appointment, Kovalenko was Ambassador ...
TIGRAN TOROSYAN: AMNESTY DID NOT MITIGATE INTERNAL POLITICAL CRISIS IN ARMENIA
“During a year and a half a number of steps were implemented which did not justify themselves, including creation and dismissal of Evidence Collection Group, alterations to criminal legislation. These ...
BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO RA PRESIDENT
President Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the credentials of newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador Marcela Maria Nicodemus. Congratulating the diplomat, President expressed Armenia’s interest in deepening ...
HASMIK POGHOSYAN: “GOLDEN APRICOT” FILM FESTIVAL BECAME ARMENIA’S VISITING CARD
Over the past 5 years, “Golden Apricot” 6th International Film Festival, has passed a long way, gaining wide recognition. “Every year we look forward to “Golden Apricot” festival, in anticipation of ...
“ARMAVIA” AIR COMPANY PLANS TO AWARD ITS 1 MILLIONTH PASSENGER BY THE END OF 2009
Pursuant to its kind tradition developed over the recent 2 years, Armavia air company awarded its 300.000th passenger flying from Yerevan to Tbilisi. The lucky passenger was Nugzar Samadashvili who was ...
ARMENIA REQUIRED TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH DIASPORA
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has today met with members of Depi Hayk Foundation. In his welcoming speech, Minister stressed the importance of Armenia’s developing ties with Diaspora. “Diaspora greatly ...
VARTAN OSKANIAN: KARABAKH CONFLICT MAY BECOME SUBJECT OF HAGGLING BETWEEN RUSSIA AND U.S.
There is a convergence between Washington and Moscow in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the possibility that the conflict could become a subject of haggling has increased, Vartan Oskanian, ...
WE NEED A UNIFIED APPROACH TO NATIONAL PROBLEMS
The Armenian authorities have created such a difficult situation, solution of which requires large resources, Vartan Oskanian, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia said at the pan-Armenian conference ...
US, FRENCH AND RF PRESIDENTS ADOPTED JOINT STATEMENT ON KARABAKH
During the G8 summit held in L'Aquila, Italy, OSCE MG Co-Chairing countries’ presidents proposed a statement which was adopted this morning, OSCE MG Co-Chairs dealing with NKR conflict settlement told ...
US FIRST DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES IN YEREVAN
First deputy secretary of state James Steinberg arrives in Yerevan on July 11. During his short-term visit the U.S. diplomat will hold talks with the leaders of Armenia, will discuss topical issues of ...
ACTIONS OF ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES CONTRADICT TO A PARAGRAPH OF PACE RESOLUTION
The actions of authorities contradict to one of the paragraphs of the PACE resolution, the Ombudsman Armen Haroutyunyan told a press conference today. According to him, it refers to the PACE recommendation ...
ANC ACTIVIST TIGRAN ARAKELYAN CEASED HUNGER STRIKE
ANC activist Tigran Arakelyan, arrested on charges of hooliganism, has declared his arrest illegal. On July 2, he distributed leaflets about the meeting, when the group of activists was assaulted. As ...
KARABAKH HAS A RIGHT TO BUILD A PEACEFUL LIFE
If Nagorno-Karabakh had a right to sign the document on ceasefire in the conflict zone as the party of war, Karabakh has also a right to build its peaceful life, Georgy Petrosyan, Foreign Minister of ...
HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN RECEIVES AMBASSADOR OF RUSSIA TO ARMENIA
RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan on 10th of July received the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Armenia, Nikolay Pavlov, in connection with completion of his diplomatic mission. Officials highly ...
FOREIGN POLICY DOCTRINE DEVELOPED IN ARMENIA
RA foreign policy draft doctrine will be submitted within coming days, Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia said in Stepanakert, PanARMENIAN.Net reports from Nagorno Karabakh. ...
NAGORNO KARABAKH CAN SECURE POWER BALANCE IN THE REGION WITHOUT THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE
, Seyran Ohanyan, RA Defense Minister said at the meeting with youth from Diaspora. He said that, thanks to engineering facilities, and existing weapons, the NKR can secure balance of power without ...
PRESERVATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN DIASPORA – PRIORITY OF STATE POLICY
Yerevan has today hosted the opening of the Contest on Armenian Language and Literature and Competition on Knowledge of Armenian. Opening ceremony was attended by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Education ...