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Headlines for September 16, 2009
ARMENIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
As U.S. Congress reconvened last week, the leaders of major Armenian-American organizations called upon President Barack Obama to hold Turkey accountable to its international obligations to lift the blockade ...PUTIN, MEDVEDEV ELABORATING ''RUSSIA PROJECT''?
The increasing interdependence between Russia and Central-Western Europe added to the consolidation of the Russian Influence area, is seen by the United States like a potential threat. Limes Italian newspaper ...ARMENIA PARTICIPATES IN “GOLDEN TAMBOURINE” TV MOVIES AND PROGRAMS FESTIVAL
“Golden Tambourine” TV movies and programs festival launched in Khanty-Mansiysk. 154 TV companies applied for program participation. Creative teams from Armenia, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Netherlands ...DEPUTY RA FM AND RF AMBASSADOR TO RA DISCUSSED REGIONAL ISSUES
On September 16, Deputy RA Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan met Russian Ambassador to RA Vyacheslav Kovalenko to discuss regional and international issues. The parties emphasized that an atmosphere ...YEREVAN TO HOST “AUTO CITY” AUTOMOBILE SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 26-27
On September 26-27, Yerevan’s Tun Depot exhibition hall will host “Auto City” automobile show, presenting great interest for car owners in Armenia. “Auto City” automobile show includes 10 departments: ...GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CRISIS PROGRAM TO PRODUCE RESULT IN LAST QUARTER OF 2009, RA PM SAYS
The government’s anti-crisis program will produce results in the last quarter of 2009, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said. “The anti-crisis program developed was assessed highly by international ...YEREVAN TO HOST A ROCK CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 18
On September 18, Yerevan will host a rock concert, featuring 2 Russian and 2 Armenian bands: “Epidemic”, “Corsica”, “Nairi” and “Eve”. The concert, organized by Yerevan’ Moscow House, will be held at ...ACTIVITIES OF COMMISSION ON MARCH 1, 2008 EVENTS UNSATISFACTORY
Activities of the interim commission on examination of March 1, 2008 events is not satisfactory, since its conclusion does not contain the names of instigators, according to commission member and representative ...RA GOVERNMENT AND KASPERSKY LAB SIGN COLLABORATION CONTRACT
Today, collaboration contract was signed between RA Government and Kaspersky Lab. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met Eugene Kaspersky, major computer security company founder. The parties focused ...FINANCIAL CRISIS REVEALED RA ECONOMY'S WEAKNESSES
The results of the report on Armenia's competitiveness showed that the financial crisis revealed weaknesses of Armenian economy, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said. ''The number of private transfers ...RA PARLIAMENT HEARD MARCH 1, 2008 EVENTS INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE’S ACCOUNT
March 1, 2008 events investigation interim committee’s account was presented at RA National Assembly by committee head, ARP MP Samvel Nikoyan. Discussion of committee's activities discussion will be launched ...KASPERSKY LAB INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING SIGNIFICANT MARKET PRESENCE IN ARMENIA
The visit of Kaspersky Lab major security company founder and owner, Eugene Kasperksy to Yerevan is not conditioned by hacking of RA governmental and commercial websites, though collaboration along ...ECONOMIC CRISIS HAMPERED IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS
A legislation on pension reform will be submitted to the National Assembly till the end of the year. ''It's one of the most complicated reforms, preparation of which took three years of work with international ...RPA: INTERIM COMMISSION DID GOOD JOB
The fact-finding commission for investigation into March 1, 2008 events did a good job, according to a spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia. ''The commission has carried out a great deal of ...VARDAN KHACHATRYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS SMALL PART OF MOSAIC
Armenian-Turkish relations are a small part of the mosaic invented by world powers, according to RA National Assembly member Vardan Khachatryan. ''Having experienced the negative consequences of Berlin ...UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS ITS 64TH SESSION IN NEW YORK
UN General Assembly has opened its 64th session in New York. An important component of the meeting will be a general political discussion with the participation of state and government leaders, as well ...AGREEMENTS SIGNED IN SOVIET YEARS, CAN’T BE BASIS FOR DEMARCATION OF ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER
Agreements signed in Soviet times between Armenia and Georgia to determine the border, have no legal force. Today, Yerevan and Tbilisi cannot determine the Armenian-Georgian border, relying on these agreements, ...INTENSIVENESS OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS DETERMINED BY WASHINGTON
Intensiveness of Armenian-Turkish process bears direct relationship to US initiative on normalization of ties between Yerevan and Ankara, political scientist Levon Shirinyan told a press conference in ...SHIRAK REGION OF ARMENIA AND ULYANOVSK REGION OF RUSSIA TO DEEPEN BILATERAL COOPERATION
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received on September 16 the governor of the Ulyanovsk region Sergey Morozov and his delegation, press service of the government reports. The prime minister ...VARDAN KHACHATRYAN: BORDER OPENING WILL INCREASE TURKEY’S INFLUENCE ON ARMENIA
Turkey’s pressure will bring Armenian authorities face to face with new challenges, and the greatest disadvantage is that not all forces represented in Armenia's political domains are involved in the ...YEREVAN SHOULD NOT OVERPASS NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROCESS
World media started brainstorming around developments of the Armenian-Turkish relations , and in these conditions, the Karabakh issue was removed from the agenda, political scientist Levon Shirinyan ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS – REAL DOCUMENTS
Recently signed Protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties are real documents, Stepan Grigoryan, Head of Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, told a news conference in ...VARDAN KHACHATRYAN: I LEARNED OF MY DISMISSAL FROM MEDIA REPORTS
“I learnt of management board’s decision on my removal from media reports,” NA parliamentarian Vardan Khachatryan told a news conference in Yerevan. “Removal of two leading members will inevitably lead ...RUBEN SAFRASTYAN: RUSSIA PROJECT IS A FAIRYTALE
That Russia intensifies its geopolitical role on global level, trying to recover its positions in CIS are real. The country’s attempts to make CSTO an active system are real too. But as regards Russia ...ARMENIAN TEAM TO KNOW THEIR RIVALS AT SELECTION FOR EURO-2012 IN FEBRUARY 2010
Armenian National Team will get familiar with their rivals at World Cup 2012 qualifying group on February 7, 2010 in Warsaw. UEFA Executive Committee approved the scheme for the qualification round ...ARMENIA TAKES PART IN GLOBAL UN MODEL CONFERENCE
In a press conference held today, UN Office in Armenia represented Armenian delegation which participated in Global UN Model Conference organized on August 2-7 in Geneva. First Global UN Model Conference ...MAYORS OF YEREVAN AND MOSCOW SIGN COOPERATION MEMORANDUM
Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan has today met with his Moscow colleague Yuri Luzhkov, Yerevan Municipality’s Public Relations Department reports. Parties agreed to develop relations in trade-economic and ...AREVORDI ECOLOGICAL FESTIVAL HELD IN YEREVAN
On October 25-29 ecological festival "Arevordi" will be held in Yerevan. The festival, launched in 2007, is organized every two year by the Wildlife and cultural values fund of Armenia. During the only ...NATALIE TOURS RUSSIAN COMPANY OPENS BRANCH IN ARMENIA
Major Russian Natalie tours company opened a branch in Armenia. The company intends to deal with visiting and local tourism. Natalie tours is a market leader in Spain, Italy, the United Arab Emirates ...SEZH SARGSYAN: RUSSIA IS ARMENIA’S STRATEGIC ALLY AND RELIABLE PARTNER
RA President Serzh Sargsyan has today received Ulianovsk region Governor Sergey Marozov and his delegation which arrived in Armenia for establishing cooperation with Shirak region, RA President’s press ...ALL RESOURCES FROM ARMENIAN TELETHON 2009 TO DIRECTED TO SHUSHI DEVELOPMENT
"Parallel to work currently under way in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia, the fund is also preparing for the All-Armenian Telethon in 2009, November 26," Ara Vardanyan , executive director of the Hayastan ...PUBLIC COUNCIL COMMITTEES START DISCUSSION OVER ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
By its small board decision (dated September 4) on conducting discussions over normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties and the 6-week time-limit established by Armenian-Turkish Protocols, RA Public Council ...ALEXANDER SOTNICHENKO: RUSSIA HAS NOTHING TO OFFER TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES YET
Information about the "Project Russia" plan is likely to be a personal opinion of the magazine, Alexander Sotnichenko , leading analyst of the St. Petersburg Center for Study of Modern Middle East told ...RA NA: ARMENIA AND NKR TO INTRODUCE COORDINATED POSITIONS
On September 16, Nayira Zohrabyan, Chair of NA Standing Committee on European Integration, met with NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan. Discussion focused on Karabakh conflict and Armenian delegation’s ...ARARATBANK LAUNCH "ARARAT NEWS" TV PROJECT
On September 15 Araratbank has launched Ararat news TV project, which will be broadcast on "Armenia" TV channel, press office of the bank reports. The "Ararat news" project will be aired every day ...ARMENIAN MFA AFFIRM EDWARD NALBANDIAN'S VISIT TO NEW YORK
The Armenian Foreign Ministry confirms that Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian attends the 64 th session of UN General Assembly, RA MFA acting spokesman Tigran Balayan told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...NA INTERIM COMMITTEE DOES NOT SUBMIT IMPARTIAL REPORT ON MARCH 1 INCIDENTS
“We are under the impression that the report submitted by interim parliamentary committee investigating March 1-2 incidents was written in Prosecutor’s Office and edited in Presidential palace,” MP Armen ...WB: ‘CLIMATE SMART’ WORLD IS WITHIN REACH
Developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries World Bank says ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT AND IMF DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT PROGRAMS
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the delegation of the International Monetary Fund headed by Mark Lewis, IMF mission in Armenia today, press office of the government reports. Officials discussed ...NKR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HELD ITS FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF 9TH CONVOCATION IN STEPANAKERT
On September 9, NKR National Assembly opened its first plenary session of 9th convocation in Stepanakert. Parliamentarians considered draft laws on Method of Discussing Citizens Proposals and Complaints, ...UNRESOLVED ISSUES NOT TO AFFECT ECONOMIC RELATIONS
“We live in a global world where economy plays a key role, so close border is not advantageous to Armenian and Turkish businessman,” Alexander Sotnichenko, a senior fellow at Saint Petersburg Center of ...BARROSO WINS SECOND TERM AS EU COMMISSION CHIEF
The European parliament on Wednesday gave Jose Manuel Barroso a second five year term as president of the powerful European Commission after months of wrangling over the EU's top job. The conservative ...
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