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Headlines for December 15, 2009
ASHIB LAUNCHES BISTRAYA POCHTA RUBLE TRANSFERS
ASHIB (Ardshininvestbank) announced the launch of Bistraya Pochta ruble transfers. Bistraya Pochta money transfer system functions in CIS countries through more that 5000 points of service. ASHIB has ...NAZIK AVDALYAN BEST ARMENIAN SPORTSWOMAN OF 2009
The federation of sports journalists of Armenia conducted its traditional survey from December 3 to 15. As federation president Yura Aleksanyan told PanARMENIAN.Net, world champion Nazik Avdalyan was ...GAS SUPPLIES TO ARMENIA RESTORED
The pumping of gas to Armenia was resumed on December 14 at 9.30 pm, ArmRosgazprom press office reported. Russia has temporarily halted gas supplies to Armenia after an explosive device was found near ...TURKEY TO PUT NEW CURRENCY INTO CIRCULATION
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Turkey will remove the prefix “New” from its national currency “New Turkish Lira” as of 1st January 2010, introducing the second phase of its currency reform, trt-world.com reported. The coins are supposed ...ARMENIAN 2009 FUTSAL MATCHES OVER
The 5th round of Armenian 2009/2010 futsal championship took place on December 15. The tournament chart is as follows: 1. Qakhsi (Hrazdan) – 12 points 2. Erebuni (Yerevan) – 7 points 3. Europe (Yerevan) ...ORANGE ARMENIA LAUNCHES NEW YEAR MIRACLES PROJECT
Orange Armenia announced the launch of New Year Miracles project. According to Orange Armenia CEO Bruno Duthoit, choosing two identical numbers starting with 095 and 055, or connecting one number to ...CBA RATIFIES CRUYFF MEMORABLE COIN’S DESIGN
Within 2010-2011 World Football Kings coin series program frameworks, CBA ratified Cruyff, memorable coin’s design. The resolution was taken at CBA board meeting, led by CBA President Artur Javadyan. ...NEW BOOK FROM "SPIRIT AND WORDS" SERIES PRESENTED IN CANADA
Under the Auspices of His Eminence, Archbishop Khajag Hagopian, Prelate, the Armenian Prelacy of Canada held a book premiere for the recently published “The History of the Sourp Hagop Armenian Apostolic ...DARCHINYAN IS AFTER REMATCH BOUTS WITH DONAIRE, AGBEKO
WBC/WBA 115 pound champion Vic Darchinyan is after rematch bouts with Nonito Donaire and Joseph Agbeko after destroying Mexico’s Tomaz Rojas in two rounds at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, ...ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPERS DISPATCH TO AFGHANISTAN NOT TO IMPACT ON RA-CSTO RELATIONS
The dispatch of Armenian peacekeeping contingent to Afghanistan will not impact on relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, said Nikolay Bordyuzha, CSTO ...MARXIST PARTY OF ARMENIA QUITS ANC
David Hakobyan, the leader of Marxist Party of Armenia, announced Tuesday that his party secedes from the Armenian National Congress. “The bloc has failed to become a force capable to generate a new ...ARMENIAN TRANSLATION OF NORSULTAN NAZARBAEV’S “KAZAKH ROAD” PRESENTED IN YEREVAN
The Armenian translation «Kazakh Road», a book by Kazakhstan's President Norsultan Nazarbaev, was presented Tuesday in Yerevan. The book features the most complicated and striking moments of Kazakhstan's ...NATO SEC. GEN. VISIT TO MOSCOW CAN HELP CONTACTS BETWEEN ALLIANCE AND CSTO
The Collective Security Treaty Organization is willing to cooperate with NATO in case the Alliance is interested, CSTO Secretary General said. Nikolay Bordyuzha also voiced hope that the visit of NATO ...DAVID HAKOBYAN DOESN’T NEED ACTIVE PROPAGANDA FOR HIS NEXT ELECTION PROGRAM
I plan no major campaign at the next election into RA NA in N10 polling station. I see no special need or possess adequate financial recourses, Armenian Marxist Party leader David Hakobyan stated. ...CSTO SEEKS JOINT SOLUTION TO AFGHAN PROBLEM
The Collective Security Treaty Organization seeks a joint solution to the Afghan problem, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said. “The CSTO can work in several directions in Afghanistan, activities ...BOSNIAN BASKETBALL PLAYER CAN’T JOIN HATIS IN GAME VS. BESIKTAS
Bosnian basketball player Nura Imamovic can’t join Hatis Yerevan in a game against Besiktas Cola Turka. Just before the arrival in Yerevan, Imamovic injured her leg and will not be able to play for a ...ARMENIA EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS
Currently on a working visit to Paris, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian chaired a meeting of RA ambassadors to European countries and international organizations. The meeting was also attended ...CSTO RRF TO BE RE-EQUIPPED IN 2010
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will re-equip the Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) in 2010, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said during a Yerevan-Moscow TV space bridge. According ...SIX WORLD POWERS CANCEL MEETING ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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An upcoming meeting by six world powers on trying to curb Iran's nuclear program has been canceled at China's request, senior officials from three of the countries involved said Monday, AP reported. ...AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES INFORMATION WAR AGAINST EURONEWS
Azerbaijanis continue protests in connection with a Euronews “Nagorno-Karabakh – the wind of change” TV report, during which the journalist called Karabakh the original Armenian land. The Azerbaijani ...SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT ONE OF KAZAKHSTAN’S PRIORITIES WITHIN OSCE FRAMEWORKS
The problem of frozen regional disputes, especially Kharabakh conflict, is one of the key issues in OSCE agenda, according to Norbulat Alimbaev, Kazakhstan’s Chargé d'Affaires in Armenia. “During its ...INQUEST ESTABLISHES ARMENIAN CITIZEN’S GUILT FOR BEING AZERIS’ SPY
The Investigative Department of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has finished the inquest into the high treason case. The prosecutor exercising control over the legitimacy of procedures confirmed ...CSTO, IRAN COOPERATING TO SUPPRESS DRUG TRAFFICKING FROM AFGHANISTAN
Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha is satisfied with CSTO-Iran cooperation. Speaking during a Yerevan-Moscow TV bridge, he stressed that Iran is ...ARMENIAN PEACEMAKERS TO PASS 3-WEEK TRAINING IN GERMANY
German Ambassador to RA Hans-Jochen Schmidt on Thursday, December 17 will visit Armenian contingent, preparing for peacemaking mission in Afghanistan within International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ...GEOFFREY ROBERTSON LEGAL OPINION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMAINED UNOPPOSED IN UK PARLIAMENT
On 14th December 2009, Geoffrey Robertson QC, in a meeting organised by the British Armenian All Party Parliamentary Group, developed the conclusions of his Legal Opinion into the Armenian Genocide and ...1600 PEOPLE IN ARMENIA USED INTERNET BANKING SERVICES OF HSBC BY LATE NOVEMBER
By late November 2009 the number of clients of Internet banking services of HSBC Bank Armenia reached 1600, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia Timothy Slater told a PanARMENIAN.Net. According to him, by the end ...MARIA ATAYAN: ARMENIA MAY DECLARE ITSELF A COUNTRY ACCESSIBLE FOR TOURISM
Armenian National Tourism Office (Armenian NTO) in Russia and CIS Countries is a new NGO opened in Moscow this November. In conjunction with Fresh Advice communication agency, it launches Armenian tourism ...YEREVAN HOSTS VICTOR HAMBARDZUMYAN’S MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY
Renowned Armenian scientist, astrophysicist Victor Hambardzumyan’s memorial was unveiled nearby Yerevan’s observatory today, December 15. “The ceremony completes series of events dated to the 100th birth ...SIGNING PROTOCOLS, ANKARA INTRODUCED MAJOR OBSTACLES TO THEIR RATIFICATION
The European Union Council of Foreign Ministers hailed Turkey’s steps towards normalizing ties with Armenia. expressing hope for the ratification of the protocols as soon as possible, the European Armenian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND EU AMBASSADORS DISCUSS COLLABORATION PERSPECTIVES
RA President Serzh Sargsyan met accredited EU Ambassadors to RA and EC delegation head today, December 15. The parties exchanged views on expanding RA-EU collaboration agenda, last year’s results as ...YEREVAN STATE SPORTS COLLEGE SUMS UP 2009
December 15 the Yerevan State sports college of Olympic Reserve summed up 2009. As director of college Derenik Gabrielyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, there are 13 sports clubs in college, attended ...DIASPORA - TARGET AUDIENCE FOR ARMENIAN TOURISM
Diaspora representatives, striving to visit their native country, are the target audience for Armenian tourism, “Armenian National Tourist Office in CIS states” organization director Maria Atayan said. ...MACEDONIAN COACH STEVICA KUZMANOVSKI TO TRAIN BANANTS SPORTSMEN
Under a two-year contract signed on December 15 between Banants football club President Sargis Israyelyan and Macedonian coach Stevica Kuzmanovski, the Macedonian specialist will train Armenia’s team ...PRO-KURDISH PARTY DECIDES TO RESIGN FROM TURKISH PARLIAMENT
The lawmakers of the Turkey's Democratic Society Party (DTP), banned by the Constitutional Court, gathered on Monday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir and decided to resign from the Turkish parliament. ...VORONTSOV BARSEGHYAN: KHOSROV FOREST FACES NO PROBLEMS WITH TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
Yerevan Tuesday hosted a conference devoted to Khosrov Forest State Reserve. “The forest faces no or problems related technical equipment or maintenance. All problems are settled thanks to cooperation ...MICROSOFT TO HOLD “INNOVATIONAL TEACHERS’ FORUM” IN ARMENIA
To increase productivity and information value of education in Armenian schools, Microsoft will hold the first “Innovational Teachers’ Forum” in Armenia due on Wednesday, December 16. Within forum frameworks, ...NEW STAMP DEDICATED TO 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF KHACHATUR ABOVIAN UNVEILED IN YEREVAN
New stamp dedicated to 200th anniversary of the founder of new Armenian literature Khachatur Abovian unveiled in Yerevan. The official ceremony at the Yerevan State Pedagogical University after Khachatur ...GAREGIN AZARYAN: ARMENIA’S CEC DID NOT IMPAIR PASHINYAN’S RIGHTS AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE
“Parliamentarism Center” NGO leader Ruben Torosyan’s statement on the alleged fact that Central Election Committee did not inform the Prosecutor’s Office on nominating and registering “Haykakan Zhamanak” ...KAREKIN II THANKS NEWLY-APPOINTED SLOVAKIA AMBASSADOR FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met newly-appointed Slovakia Ambassador to RA Josef Migas in Holy Echmiadzin today, December 15. Welcoming Josef Migas, Karekin II expressed hope that the Ambassador ...SEVAN PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM FOR 2010 DISCUSSED IN YEREVAN
Today, the Presidential Committee for Sevan Issues held a meeting, attended by head of RA President’s Staff, Karen Karapetyan. Committee chairman Valdimir Movsesyan presented committee activity results ...FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF TURKEY’S POPULATION SUPPORT THE COUNTRY’S EU PROCESS
The survey conducted by Eurobarometer (under the European Commission in EU) showed that Turkish people’s support for EU process has dropped from 48 to 45 percent over the past 6 months. Fifty percent ...VIVACELL-MTS ENTERS INTO SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HATIS YEREVAN BASKETBALL CLUB
VivaCell-MTS has entered into a one-year sponsorship agreement with Armenia’s famous Hatis Yerevan Basketball Club. This was announced today during a press conference and official signing ceremony held ...RA PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: WAR IS NOT SOMETHING TO SCARE US
RA-NKR inter-parliamentary friendship group Tuesday convened its 7th session. Discussion focused on Karabakh peace process. “We seek for peaceful conflict settlement. We don’t want a war, but that is ...YEREVAN HOSTS PRESENTATION OF “BRILLIANT MAN OF LORI” BOOK ABOUT HOVHANNES TUMANYAN
Today, December 15, Yerevan hosted a presentation of “Brilliant man of Lori” book, portraying the life of writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. The book is authored by an expert at Tumanyan’s works, philologist ...ARMENIA AND NKR HAVE TO DEVELOP COLLABORATION IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
Yerevan hosted 7th RA NA –NKR NA interparliamentary collaboration sitting. Sitting agenda included “Demographic situation in Armenia and NKR” and “International organizations’ perception of Karabakh conflict” ...CHINESE-ARMENIANS MET IN BEIJING
On Saturday, December 12, the Armenian Embassy in China hosted a meeting with Chinese-Armenians. The event was attended by Armenians residing in Beijing, Shanghai, Jincheng. Guandjou and Honk Kong. In ...
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