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Published on November 04, 2009
OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN ON NOVEMBER 6
- Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (US) and Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasprzik are arriving in Yerevan on November 6. Mediators are expected to meet with RA President Serzh Sargsyan and FM Edward Nalbandyan. They will discuss issues concerning upcoming meeting between Armenian and Azeri leaders.
Headlines for November 04, 2009
HNCHAK PARTY ACTS AS OPPOSITION FORCE
Hnchak party will hold meetings and consultations not only with those share the same views but also with the forces whose positions differ, the party said in a statement. Armenian social democrats intend ...YULIA ALEKSANOVA WINS MISS ARMENIA OF OSSETIA TITLE
Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, hosted a beauty contest under the slogan “Russia, Armenia, Ossetia, we are your children”. The event was held on the initiative of Vardanush Muradyan, representative ...NUMBER OF INFECTED WITH FLU REACHED 250 THOUSAND IN UKRAINE
The death toll from an outbreak of seasonal and swine flu a flu in Ukraine reached 71 on Tuesday, as shortages of medical supplies continue in the former Soviet republic. The number of infected reached ...ARMENIA’S REPRESENTATIVE IN UN ACCUSED AZERBAIJAN OF VIOLATING RIGHT OF NATIONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION
UN Third Committee’s debates in the right of nations to self-determination turned out hot. Representatives of Russia, Georgia, India, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Syria had to take the chair ...ARMENIAN JUDO CHAMPIONS KNOWN
Armenian junior and adult judo championship kicked off in Dinamo stadium on November 3. 125 sportsmen representing 4 regions Armenia, Yerevan and Nagorno Karabakh are participating. Adult judoists fought ...YEREVAN TO HOST 9TH RA NAS SESSION DEDICATED TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF INSTITUTE OF ARTS
Yerevan will host the 9th session of the National Academy of Sciences dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Arts. RA NAS chairman Radik Martirosyan, deputy minister of culture David Muradyan ...KARABAKH WON’T SURRENDER LIBERATED TERRITORIES
Citizens of Nagorno Karabakh won’t surrender the liberated territories, said Jivan Avetisyan, director of “Smoking Fuse”, the first documentary on Madrid Principles. “We decided to shoot a film regarding ...ARMENIAN GM BECOMES WINNER IN CHIGORIN MEMORIAL
Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan scored 7 points out of 9 and shared the 1st-5th places with GMs Volkov (Russia), Zhou Weiqi (China), Rychagov (Russia) and Deviatkin (Russia) in Chigorin Memorial which was ...PROJECT OF WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION IN AN ARMENIAN VILLAGE PRESENTED IN BAGNO A RIPOLI
Project of water-supply system reconstruction in Aygabac village of Shirak region of Armenia was presented Tuesday in Bagno a Ripoli, Italy. The 300-thousand euro project is financed by EU. Pupils of ...TEHRAN POLICE USED TEARGAS TO DISPERSE RALLY
Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest in central Tehran on Wednesday, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students ...ARTHUR GEVORGYAN: ARMENIAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP WAS QUITE A SUCCESS
In an interview with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Armenian national judo team’s chief coach Arthur Gevorgyan said Armenia’s participation was quite a success. “What makes me happy is that representatives ...GEORGIAN FM LAYS DOWN RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said he renounces his Russian citizenship, Interfax reported. “I have already sent a request to Russian President and attached my Russian passport,” he said ...ARMENIAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP AMONG YOUTH STARTS
Armenia’s Judo championship among boys and girls is underway in the "Dinamo" Sports Complex in Yerevan. Today, more than 100 participants are fighting for the champion of Armenia title. "Girls represent ...ARMENOPHOBIA GAINING IMPETUS IN TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN
Armenophobia is gaining impetus in Turkey and Azerbaijan, Xenophobia Prevention Initiative NGO founder Tigran Kocharyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “In Bursa, hosting Armenia-Turkey football ...HACKER ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT WEB SITES OF ARMENIA MAY OCCUR THIS DECEMBER
"After several Armenian governmental web sites had been attacked by Turkish and Azeri hackers in August 2009, the Information and Public Relations Center of the Armenia’s President administration and ...NO MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND AZERI COMMUNIST PARTIES’ REPRESENTATIVES WAS HELD IN MOSCOW
Armenian Communist Party Leader Ruben Tovmasyan said Azeri Communist Party Leader Rauf Gurbanov’s statement on separate meeting between Armenian and Azeri Communist parties’ representatives is untrue. ...RUSSIA SENSING THREAT FROM ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT
Armenia-Turkey rapprochement protocols pose many threats to Armenia, specifically in NKR conflict settlement issue, Armenian Communist Party Leader Ruben Tovmasyan told a news conference in Yerevan. ...ARMENIA TO OPERATE 3 JOINT ARMENIAN-FRENCH LABS BEGINNING 2010
“We cooperate with different countries. Beginning January 2010, we’ll operate 3 joint labs in cooperation with French Academy of Sciences, which will enable us to conduct research in the sphere of physics, ...ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: INFORMATION ON WASHINGTON’S RECOGNIZING NKR IS IMPLAUSIBLE
“In my view, information on ‘Washington’s recognizing NKR independence’ is far from plausible,” Caucasus Institute Director, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ...673 POLICE OFFICERS ADMINISTRATIVELY BROUGHT TO THE ACCOUNT IN RA
RA Police attaches special importance to the rule of law inside the police, Sayad Shirinian , Head of Public Relations department of the RA Police told a press conference in Yerevan today. "Over the ...ARMENIAN GYMNASTS TO PARTICIPATE IN HRANT SHAHINYAN’S COMMEMORATIVE TOURNAMENT
On November 10-14, Yerevan will host artistic gymnastics international tournament. Over 50 Armenian gymnasts under 18 will participate, Armenian Gymnastic Federation Secretary General Elfik Hovhannesyan ...ARMENIA: 31 BILLION AMD FALL IN PUBLIC FUNDING OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
"The expected cost of education and science in 2009 wil amount to 108 billion AMD, however, the budgetary funding of education and science has fallen by 31 billion AMD this year. RA NA decided to allocate ...US STATEMENTS AIM TO ENSURE COUNTRY’S POSITION IN REGION
US positions itself as a country concerned with issues of the world, an expert at St. Petersburg Center for Middle East Studies Alexander Sotnichenko told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, commenting on the ...RESULTS OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE ARMENIA'S JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP
Results of the second day of the Armenian Judo championship among youths and adults are known. As the youth national team coach Martin Sargsyan told PanARMENIAN.Net, all winners today represent ...CULTURE OF CONSUMING INFORMATION – ON A LOW LEVEL IN ARMENIA
“Very often, people in Armenia trust unreliable foreign sources rather than local media,” Deputy Head of Armenian Public Relations Association Arman Saghatelyan said. To avoid such sources’ influence ...RA NAS PRESIDENT: COMMUNICATION WITH ARMENIAN NATION WILL ALLOW TURKS TO DISCOVER HIDDEN TRUTH ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
“Armenia-Turkey rapprochement protocols signed in Zurich stipulate for creation of 10-12-subdivision interparliamentary committee. Creation of a committee will promote development of bilateral relations. ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED DURING CONFERENCE ON THE ASIA MINOR CATASTROPHE
On November 7, Pontian Greek Society of Chicago will host the annual academic conference on Asia Minor Catastrophe. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Pan-Pontian Federation of USA & Canada, the ...STEPAN SAFARIAN: EU HAS NO CLEAR POLICY ON THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
"The EU has no clear policy in respect to Armenia-Turkey relations," Stepan Safaryan, head of the parliamentary faction "Heritage" told a news conference in Yerevan today. According to him, the ...WILL FROCH BECOME WBA AND WBC CHAMPION BEFORE COMBAT AGAINST ARTHUR ABRAHAM?
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is looking forward to his next fight in the Super Six tournament. Whether or not WBA champion Mikkel Kessler is able to beat Andre Ward on November 21, he has ...JEMMA BAGHDASARYAN APPOINTED AS RA DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Today, by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decree, Jemma Baghdasaryan was appointed as RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. Prior to appointment, Jemma Baghdasaryan occupied the ...RUSSIA, WEST AND UNITED STATES SICK AND TIRED OF AZERBAIJAN’S THREATS
Azerbaijan’s bellicose rhetoric, whether to the point or not, becomes a shaman curse not fitting the context of regional tendencies, expert at Armenian Center for Political and International Studies Ruben ...KAYDENAU'S STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE RECOGNITION OF NKR HAS ALSO MESSAGE FOR ARMENIA
"The risk of renewed hostilities along the contact line between Armenia and Azerbaijan is large enough. This is evidenced by recent statements of the EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter ...RA STATE BUDGET WILL ALLOCATE OVER 242,4 BILLION DRAMS TO SOCIAL SECURITY SPHERE
“Because of financial crisis, 2010 social expenditures will be decreased by AMD 2 billion. Budget means are restricted, yet we kept our promise and social expenditures won’t be much reduced,” RA Minister ...VAHRAM ATANESYAN: RESUMPTION OF WAR WILL CREATE RATHER SOLVE PROBLEMS
United States’ recognition of NKR independence will be an optimal step for preventing Azerbaijan to resume military operation in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, Vahram Atanesyan, Head of NKR NA Standing ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS NOT TO BECOME BURDEN FOR NEW GENERATION
Armenian nation has experienced a lot of hardships, but the one the country is facing now is the most complicated, United Communist Party leader Yuri Manukyan told a press conference in Yerevan, commenting ...ANDRE WARD: I’M INSPIRED TO BRING AMERICA THEIR FIRST VICTORY IN SUPER SIX TOURNAMENT
At the midway point of training camp preparation for his first shot at a world title and his first bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated American boxer Andre Ward and his trainer Virgil ...ARMENIA SUPPORTS UPPER LARS CHECK-POINT OPENING
Armenia’s position on Upper Lars check-point opening is well known, which we’ve repeatedly stated, RA MFA press secretary Tigran Balayan noted, commenting on Russia’s and Georgia’s statements regarding ...ARTAK DAVTYAN: BY OPENING BORDER WITH ARMENIA TURKEY ABSOLUTELY IGNORES BAKU'S CLAIMS
“World is positively disposed to opening of last closed borders, and that may help resolve Karabakh conflict,” Artak Davtyan, Head of NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, ...ARMENIA INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING RELATIONS WITH KUWAIT
As part of his state visit to Kuwait, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the director of the investment fund of Kuwait Bader Mohammad Al Saadi. During the meeting the Armenian President ...RUGBY AND GOLF TO RETURN TO OLYMPICS S IN 2016
The International Olympic Committee announced in Copenhagen that rugby and golf will return to the Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Rugby and golf both made their Olympic debuts at the second modern ...SERZH SARGSYAN HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF OIC’S TAKING BALANCED DECISIONS ON KARABAKH
Within the frameworks of his official visit to Kuwait, President Serzh Sargsyan met with sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. During the meeting, Kuwaiti emir expressed belief that Mr. Sargsyan’s ...KURD ISSUE – TURKEY’S PRIMARY CONCERN
“In all probability, Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ ratification at Turkish parliament is to be expected next year,” Caucasus Institute Director, politologist Alexander Iskandaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ...ARMENIAN NEO-CONSERVATIVES URGE AUTHORITIES TO RESPECT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
The Central Committee of RA National Neo-Conservative Movement has expressed its protest against authorities’ counteractions and initiatives. Its members claim that Yerevan Municipality has twice rejected ...SERZH SARGSYAN MET KUWAIT’S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
Within state visit frameworks, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Kuwait’s Armenian Community representatives. RA President briefed Kuwait Armenians on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process and NKR ...NEW YORK TIMES LEAD ART CRITIC TO ATTEND OPENING OF KAFESJIAN ART CENTRE
Lead art critic of New York Times Michael Kimmelman will visit Armenian capital to participate in the opening of Kafesjyan art centre on November 8. Kimmelman will deliver a lecture on his Pulitzer ...CONTRACT OFFICERS WILL JOIN RA ARMED FORCES RANKS
On November 4, former reservists were awarded lieutenant ranks at solemn ceremony in RA Defense Ministry administration building. Presenting officer certifications, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan ...OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN ON NOVEMBER 6
Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (US) and Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasprzik are arriving in Yerevan on November ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1892 Death of Khoren Galfayan (poet). He was also known as Nar-Pey. He was born in 1831.
- 1918 The Cabinet of Ahmed Izzet decides that the Young Turk Leaders should be exposed to criminal liability for influencing the Ottoman Empire to participate in the First World War and for organizing the deportations and Genocide of the Armenians.
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