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Published on November 30, 2009
NA VICE SPEAKER AND STATE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSED ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
- NA Vice Speaker Samvel Nikoyan has today received Eton Goldrich, Director of U.S. State Department’s Caucasus Office. At the guest’s request, Mr. Nikoyan briefed on National Assembly’s legislative and control functions, as well as the procedures of forming the parliament. Parties focused on Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, protocol ratification process, as well as the legislation concerning NGOs’ activity, RA NA press service reports.
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IRAN TO MAKE 250-300 TONNES OF NUCLEAR FUEL A YEAR
Iran's government has approved plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, according to state media. The government told the Iranian nuclear agency to begin work on five sites, with five more to ...IMF: GLOBAL ECONOMY STABLE BUT STILL HIGHLY VULNERABLE
The global economy remains very much in a holding pattern -stable, and getting better, but still highly vulnerable, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in London. Speaking at the annual ...LATVIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT ARMENIA
A Latvian delegation composed of representatives of 58 companies will be in Yerevan on December 10 and 11. Latvia’s President Valdis Zatlers is also expected to arrive, press office of the Armenian ...AUSTRALIAN ARMENIANS HOLD ADVOCACY WEEK EACH NOVEMBER
The Armenian community of Australia counts about 40-50 thousand people, Modus Vivendi center director Ara Papian said. “Armenians are mostly arriving from Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Egypt. Like in all ...PA POLICE DENY REPORTS ON ALIK SARGSYAN’S RESIGNATION
RA police deny reports on resignation of Major-General Alik Sargsyan, the police chief. “Reports are untrue,” the police press office told PanARMENIAN.Net. Some Armenian media reported that Sargsyan ...ABRAHAM-DIRRELL FIGHT GETS POSTPONED
January 23 Arthur Abraham-Andre Dirrell title fight during the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament gets postponed until March 7, BoxingTalk reported. Abraham is allegedly suffering from a severe ...TELCELL ENABLES TRAFFIC POLICE FINES PAYMENTS THROUGH ITS TERMINALS
Telcell payment system announced the launch of a new service on November 30. The company enabled payments of traffic police fines through its terminals. The procedure is supposed to take a couple of ...VIKTOR ALIKHANYAN SAMBO MEMORIAL OVER
A traditional sambo tournament in commemoration of honored coach Viktor Alikhanyan took place in Yerevan on November 28 and 29 on the initiative of RA Judo Federation and Yerevan Olympic Judo and Sambo ...ARMENIA PREPARING FOR INTERNATIONAL AIDS DAY
Photo exhibition "Say no to AIDS” will be held December 1 in Yerevan, 40 photographs of Karen Grigoryan will be presented to the public. Opening of the exhibition will be held at the "Moscow" Cinema ...ARMEN GRIGORYAN: ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS PROVED THEY ARE THE BEST
Armenian weightlifters won 12 medals, finishing third (after China and Kazakhstan) in the team event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Goyang, South Korea. “Our wrestlers proved they are the ...ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN ATHENS MONDAY
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov will meet on the sidelines of OSCE ministerial council in Athens on Monday. The two Ministers will continue ...808 PEOPLE WITH HIV OFFICIALLY REPORTED IN ARMENIA
808 people with HIV are officially reported in Armenia. “How many cases of infections should we have and how many healthy children have to lose their sick parents to make our people understand that ...EXHIBITION ON BERLIN WALL FALL 20TH ANNIVERSARY LAUNCHED IN YSU
Yerevan State University (YSU) is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Berlin Wall fall 20th anniversary. The opening ceremony was attended by German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt, RA Deputy ...STEPAN SAFARYAN: RPA TO BE MAIN POLITICAL FORCE IN ARMENIA
The 12th congress of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) was unprecedented, according to RPA member Karen Avagyan. “It turned a new page in Armenia’s political life,” he told a news conference in ...TREATY OF LISBON COMING INTO FORCE WON'T AFFECT ARMENIA-EU RELATIONS
With Treaty of Lisbon coming into force, Armenia-EU relations will not undergo any changes, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Karine Ghazinyan said. “Collaboration between Armenia and the European Union ...RA PRIME MINISTER’S JOINING RPA QUITE NATURAL
Rumors are afloat that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia offered the Prime Minister to join the party. “For about a year the Republican Party has advocated the view that the Prime Minister cannot ...13-YEAR-OLD BOY STABBED TO DEATH IN YEREVAN
Erebuni police department was alerted Sunday that dead body of a boy with numerous stab wounds was found in an apartment in the district’s central street. The alert on the incident was also received from ...KVIRIS PALITRA WEEKLY: MAJORITY OF READERS OPPOSED TO UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT OPENING
Kviris Palitra weekly measured its readers’ views on Upper Lars checkpoint opening, discussed between Georgia and Russia through the intermediary of Armenia. The majority (44,6% of 404 surveyed) were ...EU SHOULD ENCOURAGE RATIFICATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS BY TURKISH PARLIAMENT
European Friends of Armenia held a policy briefing at its Brussels office with H.E. Mr. Arman Kirakossian, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia responsible for International Organizations and Armenia-Turkey ...SCR IMPORTS NEW RAILWAY EQUIPMENT TO ARMENIA
South Caucasian Railways CJSC imported new road equipment to Armenia. The track measuring device, meant for scanning and discovering railroad track defects, was delivered to Armenia on Monday, SCR press ...NKR FOREIGN MINISTRY SENDS NA STATEMENT TO OSCE
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic addressed the OSCE a statement adopted by NKR National Assembly on November 25. A letter with similar contents was sent to OSCE Chairman-in-Office ...RA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE NOT TO COMMENT ON THE ESCAPE OF TWO LIFE PRISONERS
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Following the numerous requests from various media about the escape from Nubarashen penal institution of two life prisoners, RA Ministry of Justice reiterates that it refrains from publishing any information ...ATHENS TO HOST OSCE FOREIGN MINISTERS’ NON-OFFICIAL MEETING
Foreign Ministers from CSTO members states will have a non-formal meeting in Athens, Greece, to coordinate their positions on the clauses of CSTO Foreign Ministers’ meeting agenda and exchange views on ...ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS TO BE INCLUDED IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA
Turkish parliamentary committee on external relations will pass a positive conclusion on Armenia-Turkey protocols, RPA parliamentary group secretary Eduard Sharmazanov said. “Otherwise the meeting between ...HOVHANNES TUMANYAN’S SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY – WRITTEN BUT NOT PUBLISHED
Associate Doctor of Philology Susanna Hovhannisyan is the author of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s scientific biography, tremendous work depicting the great poet's life in a new light. “This is something absolutely ...STEPAN SAFARYAN: RPA SESSION RULED OUT POSSIBILITY OF COALITION SPLIT
Armenian-Turkish rapprochement created threats for the formation of a third polar, however, Republican Party’s 12 session eliminated such fears, Heritage faction leader Stepan Safaryan finds. “I don’t ...ST. PETERSBURG TO HOST CSTO PA MEETING
December 2 St. Petersburg will host a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO PA). Outcomes of the June, 2009 session of the CSTO PA are on Council's agenda. The ...ARMENIA TO HOST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON HEIFER PROJECTS
Annual conference on Heifer projects will launch in Tsakhkadzor on December 1-4. The conference will feature the following trainings: “Modern farm management in Israel and Armenia: comparative research”, ...90 PER CENT OF ARMENIAN MIGRANTS IN TURKEY ARE WOMEN
Yerevan hosted a seminar "Situation of Armenian migrants in Turkey”. Coordinator of the Armenian-Turkish Initiatives of Cooperation-Eurasia Fund Artak Shakaryan informed that the studies were conducted ...WORLD CHAMPION NAZIK AVDALYAN: I JUST DREAMED THOSE MOMENTS LASTED AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
Armenian athlet Nazik Avdalyan (69 w/c) has become a world champion, lifting 266 kilograms at the world weightlifting championships in Goyang (South Korea). Armenian national anthem was played in her ...NO TANGIBLE PROGRESS OBSERVED IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TALKS
We can observe tangible progress in Karabakh settlement talks in case bilateral meetings continue, Secretary of Republican faction Edward Sharmazanov finds. “Today’s meeting between Armenian and Azeri ...CONSUMER PRICES INCREASE BY 1.2% IN ARMENIA'S CONSUMER MARKET IN NOVEMBER 2009
2.4% inflation was registered in Armenia's consumer market in November 2009. Consumer prices increased by 1.2% in November, compared with October, the increase being a result of seasonal price changes, ...HOVHANNES HOVHANNESYAN: ARMENIA HASN’T OVERCOME INTERNAL POLITICAL CRISIS YET
President Serzh Sargsyan’s speech at the 12th RPA congress was full of ungrounded optimism, Armenian Liberal Party (LPA) leader Hovhannes Hovhannesyan said. “The President’s statement on Armenia’s overcoming ...EU CLOSES EYES TO TBILISI’S DISCRIMINATORY POLICY TOWARDS ETHNIC MINORITIES
In a letter addressed to EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, Yerkir Union of Non-governmental Organizations raised the problem of Georgian authorities’ discriminatory policy towards ...HASMIK POGHOSYAN'S VISIT TO ITALY FOCUSED ON CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
Between November 24 and 27, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan was off to Italy to take part in ICCROM's General Assembly. During her visit, Minister met with center's General Director Mounir Bouchenaki and ...ORHAN PAMUK: TURKEY REALLY COMMITTED THE MURDER OF OVER 1 MILLION ARMENIANS
Nobel Prize Laureate Orhan Pamuk conducted a tour to Europe to introduce his new novel titled “Museum of Innocence”. In an interview to Euro News TV Channel, he confirmed that Turkey really committed ...NEXT COURT HEARING AGAINST "DENO GOLD MINING" SCHEDULED ON DEC. 25
Оwners of Shaumyan village referred a claim to the court of the Syunik region against "Deno Gold Mining" company. Residents demand to stop the activities of the company in Shaumyan, which threaten ...ARMENIAN YOUTH JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPLETED
187 sportsmen from Yerevan and different regions of Armenia participated in the youth Judo championships of Armenia on November 28-29. As Tigran Babayan, head coach of the Armenian national judo youth ...VENTURE CONFERENCE TO HELP TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY ARMENIA
Press conference devoted to the program «Integration of Science, Technology and Business» held in Yerevan today. As a part of the program the Venture conference will be held on December 2 this year. According ...HOVHANNES HOVHANNESYNAN: ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT’S ECONOMIC POLICY BROUGHT COUNTY TO DEADLOCK
RA Premier should have faced non-confidence vote at 12th RPA congress, instead of being elected as party’s executive body member, Armenian Liberal Party (LPA) leader Hovhannes Hovhannesyan said. “Armenian ...ARFD: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ATTEND TO BAKU'S MILITARISTIC STATEMENTS
U.S. State Department's Caucasus Office Director Eton Goldrich visited ARF-Dashnaktsutyun's Christopher Mikalyelyan Center in Yerevan to meet with ARFD Supreme Council Chair Armen Rustamyan, ARFD Bureau ...ARMENIA READY TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS OVER SIMPLIFIED VISA REGIME WITH EU COUNTRIES
"Center for European Policy” organized a conference “Stability and security in the EU Eastern Partnership" on November 27 in Brussels. The conference was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ...NA SPEAKER-LED DELEGATION TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO KOREA
By the invitation of Korean Parliament Speaker Kim Hyong-o, Armenia’s parliamentary delegation, under the leadership of Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, will carry out a four-day official visit to Korea starting ...RA AND THE U.S EXPERIENCED IN MUTUAL COOPERATION IN LEGAL ISSUES
Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan received Andrea Tisi, Senior Attorney of Office for External Relations at U.S. Ministry of Justice on November 30. During the meeting the officials discussed ...NA VICE SPEAKER AND STATE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSED ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
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Today in Armenian history- 1808 The seige of Yerevan is lifted.
- 1815 Birth of public figure Serviche (Serovbe Vichenyan) in Constantinople. He died in 1887.
- 1859 Death of Nikoghayos Zoranyan (economist). He was born in 1821.
- 1920 The Sovietized Government of Azerbaijan recognizes Artsakh as a part of Armenia. It reversed this decision several days later.
- 1933 The "Dzor" power station's brought on line to maximum output.
- 1960 The State Museum of the Revolution opens in Yerevan.
- 1965 Opening of the ten-day Armenian Culture Festival in Sofia (Bulgaria).
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