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FFA PRESIDENT: ARMENIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM NEEDS A GOOD COACH

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  President of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan summed up the year of 2009 at the press conference held on November 20. According to Ruben Hayrapetyan, Armenian Football Major League was in an interesting fight. According Hayrapetyan, the Armenian national team needs a good coach. So far, the team is coached by Vardan Minasyan. Federation is negotiating with several coaches. One of them, Sergio Markarian lives in Uruguay. "Until December 10 Markarian must respond to our proposal. Of course, it would be nice if he agreed to coach our national team," Ruben Hayrapetyan said. Ruben Hayrapetyan said, he believes in the good future of the Armenian football.

• BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER ELECTED EU PRESIDENT

  The European Union has chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy to become president of the European Council. He is seen as a consensus-builder who would not upstage the leaders of the big ...

• CBA PRESIDENT TO ATTEND MEZHGOSBANK COUNCIL MEETING IN MOSCOW

  RA Central Bank chairman Arthur Javadyan has departed for Moscow to attend a regular meeting of Mezhgosbank Council, the CBA press office reported. The bank’s activities during the past 9 months will ...

• SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TO COSPONSOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

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  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has informed the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) that he will once again support legislation calling for U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide. "We ...

• A MAJOR SECTION OF A 14TH CENTURY ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TBILISI COLLAPSED WEDNESDAY EVENING

  , after years of neglect by the authorities to repair the historic structure, reported the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday. The St. Gevorg of Mughni Church, built in 1356, ...

• ARMENIAN CAUCUS MEMBERSHIP GROWS TO 148

  The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomed the official announcement that Representatives Chris Murphy and Zach Wamp have joined the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues - bringing the total ...

• ARMENIA’S HATIS SCORED FIRST VICTORY IN EUROPEAN CUP GROUP QUALIFIER

  Armenia’s Hatis basketball club defeated Russia’s Chekevaty 103:99 in the European Cup group qualifier in Yerevan on November 19. Hatis will next play vs. Turkey’s Besiktas on November 26.

• MAJOR ARMENIAN TAXPAYERS’ SALES PROCEEDS DECREASE BY 11.3%

  The RA committee on state income has published the analysis of monitoring of 325 major taxpayers in Armenia. According to the report, the companies’ sales proceeds totaled AMD 162.1 billion, decreasing ...

• SAMVEL SHABOYAN ASSASSINATION DISCLOSED

  The assassination of Khosrov Reserve Director Samvel Shaboyan is disclosed. Those guilty are arrested, RA Police criminal office chief, colonel Hovhannes Tamamyan said. The crime was committed by Vedi ...

• GIA GHAZANCHYAN CONGRATULATED ARMENIA ON HATIS VICTORY

  Hatis basketball club coach Gia Ghazanchyan congratulated Armenia on his team’s victory over Russia’s Chekevata in the European Cup group qualifier. “We were determined to win. Otherwise Hatis would ...

• GEORGIAN PRESIDENT DENIES GUAM COLLAPSE

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili denies collapse of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development -GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova). “Uzbekistan and Moldova are not going ...

• YEREVAN HOSTING 3RD HEALTHCARE ORGANIZERS’ UNION CONFERENCE

  On November 20, Yerevan hosted 3rd Healthcare Organizers’ Union NGO conference. The conference aims to develop the organization’s 2010 action plan. Since 2007, the social organization, including 21 ...

• ARMENIAN YOUTH CLUBS AND CENTERS’ CONFERENCE HELD IN YEREVAN

  On November 20-22, Yerevan will host Armenian youth clubs and centers’ conference, organized by RA Youth Clubs’ Federation with the assistance of Sports and youth Affairs Ministry. The conference aims ...

• ARMENIAN TEAM GOALKEEPER ROMAN BEREZOVSKI MAY RETURN TO DINAMO

  Armenian Team goalkeeper Roman Berezovski, who played for Khimki football club this season, may return to Dinamo. Dinamo team management –offered contract stipulates for goalkeepers’ acting as back up ...

• ARMENIAN STATE BUDGET COLLECTS LESS REVENUE FROM BIGGEST TAXPAYERS WITHIN SEPTEMBER 2009

  State budget of Armenia received 14.9 billion AMD from the largest taxpayers in September 2009, 2.1 billion AMD less than during the same period of 2008. The data was published in "Analysis of generalized ...

• SAMVEL KARAPETYAN: ARMENIANS DO NOT DESECRATE GRAVES

  Baku’s statements on demolition of Azeri graves in Nagorno Karabakh are false, said Samvel Karapetyan, the head of Research on Armenian Architecture NGO. “There can be several gravestones in Aghdam which ...

• ARMENIAN SPORTS MINISTER WELCOMES REVIVAL OF ATIS

  On November 19, Atis basketball team gained 103:99 victory over Chevakatu of Russia. “Atis was one of the strongest basketball teams of USSR period. I warmly welcome the revival of Atis and believe the ...

• LA RON FRENCH THEATRE CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN CULTURAL UNION OF FRANCE

  La Ron theatre of Valence (France) hosted the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Armenian Cultural Union of France - USFAF, French Ararat periodical reports. During the event, UCFAF President Edmond ...

• SARGSYAN-ALIYEV MEETING NOT PROMISING

  The impending meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Munich is not promising, according to Heritage party member Armen Martirosyan. “Armenian authorities are incapable to hold Karabakh ...

• ARMENIA TO PAY $180 FOR 1000 CU M OF GAS FROM JANUARY 1, 2010

  Armenia will pay $180 for 1000 cu m of gas from January 1, 2010. RA Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan confirmed that the tariff for Armenia will be lowered. According to an agreement signed earlier between ...

• ARMENIA’S FIXED 17.5% ECONOMIC DOWNFALL IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2009

  Over the past 10 months, Armenia fixed a 17.5% economic downfall compared to the same period of last year. According to the official data of RA National Statistic Service, GDP in January-February comprised ...

• RUBEN HAYRAPETYAN: FFA DOESN’T NEED MONEY

  The President of the Football Federation of Armenia summoned a press conference on November 20 to sum up the outcomes of football tournaments held in 2009. “The 2010 national budget doesn’t envisage ...

• SCR TO LAUNCH YEREVAN-TBILISI-YEREVAN PASSENGER TRAIN

  On November 20, SCR will launch Yerevan-Tbilisi-Yerevan passenger train, South Caucasian Railways CJSC press service reported. In July 2009, a presentation of 12 carriages, which had undergone major ...

• RA POLICE: NIKOL PASHINYAN LEFT ARMENIA ILLEGALLY

  Nikol Pashinyan left Armenia illegally, chief of RA Police criminal office, colonel Hovhannes Tamamyan said. “Nikol Pashinyan like Tigran Ter-Petrosyan and Robert Sukiasyan left Armenia and returned ...

• ARNO BABAJANYAN CONCERT HALL TO HOST PREMIUM PRESENTATION OF “KANON” ON NOV. 23

  On November 23, Arno Babajanyan concert hall will host the premium presentation of “Kanon” film. This is the third motion picture from “Armenian Musical Instruments” series. The other two films screened ...

• NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED REACHES 83000 IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2009 IN ARMENIA

  According to RA National Statistic Service data, the number of unemployed reached 83000 in January-October in Armenia, increasing by 11,4% against last year’s index. Average monthly salary totaled AMD ...

• SARGSYAN-ALIYEV MEETING IS AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH DIALOGUE

  The meeting Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev will hold in Munich is a another attempt to establish dialogue, said Hovhannes Margaryan, member of Orinats Yerkir ...

• INVESTIGATION INTO ERGENEKON REVEALED LIST WITH TURKISH-ARMENIANS’ NAMES

  The investigation into an alleged illegal network known as Ergenekon has revealed that a civilian who was formerly employed by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had collected detailed information on Turkey's ...

• FFA PRESIDENT: ARMENIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM NEEDS A GOOD COACH

  President of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan summed up the year of 2009 at the press conference held on November 20. According to Ruben Hayrapetyan, Armenian Football Major League ...

• REHABILITATION CENTERS FOR PROBLEMATIC ADOLESCENTS OPERATE IN ARMENIA

  Over 9 months of 2009 there 155 cases of violence against minors have been recorded in Armenia, Colonel Hovhannes Tamamyan , Head of the Criminal Investigation department of Armenia's Police told a press ...

• VICE PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA FAMILIARIZED WITH PROBLEMS OF TAVUSH AND GEGHARKUNIK DWELLERS

  Deputy Head of the Armenian Government, the Minister of Territorial Administration of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan visited Tavush and Gegharkunik regions of the republic, where he familiarized works on gas ...

• CBA: WEEKLY SUMMARY REVIEW

    From November 16 to 20 Armenia's banks purchased USD 51.217.819 at AMD 386.85 per USD 1 and sold USD 64.782.402 at AMD 388.11 per USD 1 in the internal banking market.  Sale and purchase transactions ...

• KAREN CHENTERECHYAN: LAKE SEVAN HAS NOT NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES

  "There has never been registered so unfavorable conditions for the development of fisheries in Lake Sevan. We have irrevocably lost two species of trout, we try to preserve ‘Bahtaka’ and ‘Gegharkunik’, ...

• NEXT CIS GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS COUNCIL SITTING DUE IN MAY 2010 IN MOSCOW

  The next CIS Governmental Leaders Council sitting will take place in May 2010 in Moscow, CIS Executive Committee Secretary Sergey Lebedev told at Council sitting in Yalta. At the sitting, CIS Prime ...

• TRAPIZON THEATRE TO PLAY TOUR PERFORMANCES IN YEREVAN

  Trapizon Theatre of Art will stage for Armenian audience a play by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin. According to Turkish side, theatre was planning to play performances in Yerevan last year, however, Minister ...

• ARMENIA’S EXPORT VOLUMES REDUCED BY 40.7% IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2009

  According to the official data of RA National Statistic Service, Armenia’s export volumes in January-October 2009 comprised AMD 200.7 billion, having decreased by 40.7% in comparison with 2008. Monthly ...

• KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO HOST TALKS OVER KARABAKH ISSUE

  Kazakhstan agrees to host talks over Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Republic of Kazakhstan Deputy FM Konstantin Zhigalov said. At that he noted that regular meeting between Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers ...

• ARFD: MUNICH MEETING TO BE OF NO USE

  No specific steps will be undertaken before ratification of Armenian-Turkish Protocols, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun representative Ara Nranyan told a parliament briefing. Armenia’s ratification of Protocols will ...

• NO AGREEMENT ACHIEVED FOR ARMENIAN AND AZERI FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING IN ATHENS

  No agreement has been achieved for Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the margins of OSCE Foreign Ministers’ Summit due in Athens, FM Edward Nalbandyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter during ...

• "ORINATS ERKIR" BELIVES: RA GOVERMENT'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE GDP GROWTH IS VALID

  »The Armenia's draft budget 2010 ensures consistency of all previously envisaged programs,»  Heghineh Bisharyan , secretary of Orinats Yerkir national Assembly faction and and Hovhannes Margaryan, member ...

• REFUGEES’ RETURN MAY BE CONSIDERED AFTER FINAL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT

  If NKR Foreign Minister says his country was not introduced to Madrid Principles on Karabakh conflict settlement, it is necessary to believe him, FM Edward Nalbandyan told a joint news conference with ...

• IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS CRITICIZE RUSSIA'S DECISION TO POSTPONE BUSHEHR NUCLEAR STATION’S LAUNCH

  The Iranian Energy Commission will study Russian activities at the Bushehr Nuclear Station due to delays in the plant's launch, the Mehr news agency reported today. "We expect serous results at the Iranian ...

• OFFICIAL VILNIUS WELCOMES SIGNING OF RA-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

  Lithuania welcomes signing of Armenian-Turkish Protocols on normalization of diplomatic ties and opening of border, Lithuanian FM Vygaudas Ušackas told a joint news conference with his Armenian colleague ...

• ARMENIA AND LITHUANIA TO DEVELOP BILATERAL COOPERATION IN VARIOUS SPHERES

  Armenia and Lithuania intend to develop bilateral ties in different spheres, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan told a joint news conference with Lithuanian FM Vygaudas Ušackas. “My Lithuanian colleague ...

• HERITAGE DISAPPROVES OF 2010 DRAFT BUDGET

  “Parliamentary discussions over 2010 State Budget proved the document was unrealistic, since there are a lot of problems in terms of both incomes and expenses,” Heritage faction MP Armen Martirosyan told ...

• CIS STATES PRIME MINISTERS DISCUSS PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION IN AIR DEFENSE

  During the meeting of the CIS Council of the Heads of Government in Yalta necessity to establish an institution for cooperation in innovation and research fields was discussed, as well as issues of intellectual ...

• AGO GROUP FIXES PROGRESS IN ARMENIA’S EFFORTS TOWARDS OVERCOMING CONSEQUENCES OF MARCH 1 TRAGEDY

  National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamhyana has received members of CoE Ago Monitoring Group headed by Ambassador Stelian Stoyan, Romania’s Permanent Representative at the Council of Europe.  Welcoming ...

• ARA NRANYAN: IN 2010 THE SITUATION TO WORSEN FOR ARMENIAN CITIZENS

  "Armenia’s state budget for 2010 is not encouraging. In 2010 the situation will worsen for Armenian citizens, since private transfers from abroad reduced, price growth is observed, while the RA government ...

• ARMENIAN FOOTBALL TEAM 99TH IN FIFA RANKING

  Armenian Football Team was announced 99th in November 20 FIFA ranking. Armenian team went up 1 point with 323 points on its score. Currently, Armenia is ranked before Azerbaijani and Georgian teams (116th ...

• AGO GROUP WELCOMES NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS

  The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with members of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Ago Monitoring Group, headed by the Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council ...

• ARAM SAFARYAN: MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE ARMENIAN DIPLOMACY IS THE SOLUTION OF THE NKR STATUS ISSUE

  "Negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh settlement go around the status of Nagorno Karabakh, which can not be lower than the current one. The main objective of the Armenian diplomacy today is the issue of ...

• POWER OUTAGES CAUSE MANY TRAFFIC JAMS IN THE CENTER OF YEREVAN

  Today, on November 20, small center and Arabkir community in Yerevan have been de-energized at 6:00 p.m. local time, traffic lights stopped working, resulting in numerous traffic jams . "Now traffic ...

• BLACK SEA PEACEBUILDING PLATFORM DISCUSSED IN YEREVAN

  The National Citizens’ Initiative (NCI) and the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) today held, at the NCI headquarters, a working discussion devoted to the start of the ...

• NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS CONVENTIONALLY FROZEN

       The process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations has conventionally "frozen", Aleq Enigomshyan, Director of the "Monte Melkonyan" Foundation told a roundtable on "Current Situation of ...

• RPA CONSIDERS OPPOSITION LEADER’S STATEMENT INCAPABLE OF CHANGING POLITICAL SITUATION

  “The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has always attached importance to pro-Government and pro-opposition forces’ cooperation over problems faced by Armenia,” Vice Chair of RPA faction Galust Sahakyan ...

• LONDON LAB OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS “SWINE FLU” INCIDENCES IN ARMENIA

  “The tests samples of 5 Armenian patients suspected on A/H1N1 proved virus positive. London lab has confirmed incidences of swine flu in Armenia,” Health Minister Shushan Hunanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...

• ARMEN MARTIROSYAN: RA GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WANT TO STRUGGLE AGAINST OLIGOPOLY

  “Armenian Premier’s recent statement on importance of anti- oligopoly struggle is commendable, yet of purely declarative character, as practice proves,” Heritage parliamentary faction representative ...

• GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE CONTINUES INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 1-2 DISORDERS

  Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan has received CoE Committee of Ministers’ Ago Monitoring Group representatives headed by Ambassador Stelian Stoyan, permanent representative of Romania in Council of ...

• WORLD BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF IN MOSCOW

• ARMENIAN ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN SEMINAR ON TRADE FRAMES WITH EU

• TURKEY LAUNCHES PEACE PLAN TO END CONFLICT WITH KURDS

  

• AAA WELCOMES JOHN MACCAIN’S SUPPORT OF ARMENIA’S APPROACH TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY

  

• BASHAR AL-ASSAD EXPRESSED RELIEF OVER THE SIGNATURE OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT

  

• DELAY IN PROTOCOLS RATIFICATION PROCESS BY TURKEY IS NORMAL OCCURRENCE

• BAKU’S MEMBERSHIP IN COE MAY BE QUESTIONED

• INDEPENDENT: ARMENIA EMERGING FROM TROUBLED TIMES

• ARMENIAN SEISMOLOGISTS RECORDED EARTHQUAKE AT 3.5 MAGNITUDE IN IRAN

• BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER: CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ADDS A NEW DIMENSION TO THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP,

• 1740  Birth of academician Stepanos Adonts. He died in 1824.
• 1854  Rebellion in Ezdansh against the tyranny of the Sultan.
• 1903  Birth of actor Goorgen Gabrielian.
• 1923  The "Dashnak" Congress opens in Yerevan to "dissolve" the party.
• 1944  Creation of the Armenian Association of Cultural Ties with Foreign Countries.
• 1991  A Mil-8 helicopter has an accident while flying from Aghdam to Martooni (Artsakh).

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