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Headlines for October 04, 2011
LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC STADIUM ATHLETICS TRACK COMPLETED
The athletics track at London's Olympic Stadium, which will host next year's games, was inaugurated on Monday, October 3.
The red synthetic rubber track, made by an Italian firm, was tested by ...EU REPORT ON TURKEY MARKS LACK OF "ADEQUATE DIALOGUE"
A draft version of an annual European Union Progress Report on Turkey says that Turkey has been making progress on its way to EU accession concerning fields spelled out by the Copenhagen political criteria, ...PUTIN CALLS FOR FORMATION OF "EURASIAN UNION"
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for the unification of post-Soviet states into a "Eurasian Union" in an article published Tuesday, October 4, on the announcement of his planned ...FORMER YUKOS EXECUTIVE VASILY ALEXANYAN DIES OF AIDS AT 39
Former executive vice president of the Yukos oil company, Vasily Alexanyan, died in Moscow on Monday aged 39 of AIDS-caused complications, the Dozhd TV channel reported citing his relatives.
Alexanyan, ...MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO ATTACK U.S. TARGETS PLEADS NOT GUILTY
A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to attack U.S. targets using model aircraft, in a case that reignited concern about the risk of a home-grown militant attack, pleaded not guilty on Monday to the ...PACIFICA INSTITUTE LECTURES TO FOCUS ON LEGACY OF ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Pacifica Institute announced that Turkish-Israeli relations and other important issues facing Turkey today will be among a series of lectures at the Third Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival on October ...BOXER ANDRANIK HAKOBYAN BREAKS THROUGH TO 1/8 FINAL IN BAKU
Armenia's Andranik Hakobyan (75kg) beat Tomasz Jablonski 5:3, 7:4 and 6:5 in the 1/16 final of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
If wins the next bout, Hakobyan will qualify for ...NATO CONCERNED OVER POSSIBILITY OF MISSING MISSILES IN LIBYA
NATO said it is concerned about the possibility that large numbers of portable surface-to-air missiles, previously in the armament of Moammar Gadhafi's army, are missing in Libya.
"It is a matter of ...ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF U.S. AWAITING ARAM I VISIT
The Armenian community of the United States is awaiting the arrival of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and spiritual leader of Armenian Diaspora communities in the Middle ...ARMENIA MIDFIELDER: WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
Armenian national team held the only open training session ahead of the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers against Macedonia and Ireland.
Shakhtar midfielder Henrik Mkhitaryan and Metallurg forwards Gevorg Ghazaryan ...KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER EYES ARMENIA'S INVESTMENT FIELD AS FAVORABLE
Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shimali rates Armenia's investment field as favorable enough. As he told a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Tigran Davtyan in Yerevan on October ...ABBAS: PALESTINE WILLING TO RESUME PEACE TALKS WITH ISRAEL
Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta the efforts of resuming the stalled Israeli- Palestinian peace negotiations.
"The Palestinians ...ARMENIAN COMPOSERS' WORKS TO BE FEATURED AT PIANO RECITAL IN N.C.
Davidson College, North Carolina, U.S. will host a piano recital by Artist Associate Cynthia Lawing in Piano on October 20 evening.
Lawing will perform works by Armenian composers of the nineteenth and ...UEFA EURO 2012-COVERING WEBSITE LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA
Euro2012.am website dedicated to oncoming UEFA EURO 2012 was launched in Armenia.
"For more than a year, football fans worldwide have been expecting EURO 2012 finals. The decision to launch the website ...HERITAGE PARTY MEMBER SLAMS 2012 BUDGET AS SLUGGISH
Secretary of Heritage opposition party parliamentary group Larisa Alaverdyan has slammed the Armenian 2012 national budget as sluggish.
During a press conference in Yerevan, Mrs. Alaverdyan said the ...VIVACELL-MTS OFFERS TWICE LARGER INTERNET PACKAGES FOR POSTPAID SUBSCRIBERS
VivaCell-MTS postpaid subscribers can activate twice larger internet packages from October 1 through 31, 2011, the company said in press release.
For example, if subscribers' package is "inet 10" with ...AZERI CHESS FEDERATION PROMISES TO SECURE ARONIAN'S SAFETY
The 2011 Candidates Matches were originally awarded to Baku, Azerbaijan, yet were later moved to Kazan, Russia. Grandmaster Levon Aronian's unwillingness to play in a country where he couldn't feel comfortable ...ANOC: BAKU WON'T GO AWAY WITH ATTACK ON ARMENIAN BOXERS
The Armenian National Olympic Committee (ANOC) expressed displeasure over recent attack on Armenian boxers at Baku-hosted AIBA World Championships.
"Despite indignation over the incident, we have to ...GEORGIAN HOUSEHOLD GOODS MANUFACTURER IN TALKS TO ENTER ARMENIAN MARKET
Berta, the Georgian manufacturer of household goods and personal care products in Caucasus region, is looking for new markets. "The high production capacity of the factory gives us the opportunity to ...KAZAKHSTAN MAY JOIN EU'S TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
The European Union has invited Kazakhstan to take part in the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline project, European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Tuesday, October 4. In September the EU ...CRINA PRUNARIU: NATO NOT INDIFFERENT ABOUT KARABAKH CONFLICT
NATO has repeatedly stated the Karabakh settlement issue to be outside of the Alliance's scope, Romanian ambassador to Armenia said.
"This, however, does not mean NATO is not concerned over the issue," ...RPA: DIALOGUE IS NOT A PROCESS UNDER COMPULSION
Head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group Galust Sahakyan has commented on the Armenian National Congress's (ANC) decision to resume the dialogue with the authorities.
"Dialogue ...OSCE PRAISED RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Building trust to promote reconciliation is a necessary condition in resolution of protracted conflicts in OSCE region, OSCE Secretary General said.
"Assistance in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement ...EUROZONE LEADERS MAY BOOST BAILOUT FUND IN OCTOBER
Eurozone leaders will likely boost the firepower of their bailout fund at a summit later this month, Belgium's finance minister said Tuesday, October 4, as a push to impose larger losses on Greece's ...POLICE MUST PUT AN END TO UNSANCTIONED ANC RALLIES - RPA MEMBER
Police must put an end to non-stop unsanctioned rallies of Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc, according to ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group leader.
As news ...IAEA TO SEND EXPERTS TO ASSIST JAPAN NUCLEAR CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
The UN atomic agency IAEA said Tuesday, October 4, it is sending 12 international experts to Japan on October 7-15 to assist the country with clean-up efforts after the nuclear accident of Fukushima in ...GEORGES KAZAZIAN TO PERFORM AT BOOK PRESENTATION IN CAIRO
Jacinta Candinas's 'Cairo - Lucerna - Coira', a book published in 2011, presents the results of a series of postcard exchanges between Jacinta Candinas (Cairo) and Manuel Vázquez (Lucerna) and ...VENICE HOSTS ARMENIA - VENETO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
On October 4, National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) organized a Venice-hosted conference for Armenia - Veneto cooperation in tourism development. The initiative was supported by Italian ...RPA MEMBER SUGGESTS SETTING UP MOBILE TOILETS FOR ANC SUPPORTERS
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group leader suggested Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc to provide its supporters with chamber pots or set up mobile toilets.
...RPA WILL STICK TO ITS CHOICE FOR SARGSYAN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -RPA FACTION LEADER
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has a normal attitude towards the 2nd Armenian president Robert Kocharian, RPA parliamentary group leader said.
"We were a supporting power for him during ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 375,17 OCT 4
Deals amounting to $1,050 mln at an average rate of AMD 376 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Oct 4. The closing price totaled AMD 376.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 375,17 on ...ANGRY BIRDS RIO' NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE
Fans of the popular Rovio game Angry Birds Rio should be happy, as a new update for the iOS game is now available. Now, fans of the app can enjoy the final 15 levels of the game's "Airfield Chase" section, ...IRANIAN STUDENT OF TEXAS UNIVERSITY GOES ON TRIAL IN TEHRAN
A lawyer says an Iranian graduate student studying at the University of Texas has gone on trial in Tehran on charges of having "relations with a hostile country" and receiving "illegitimate ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT GEORGIA, EXACT DATE TO BE COORDINATED
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is expected to visit Georgia in autumn with the exact date to be coordinated in early October, a representative of Armenian Embassy in Georgia said.
As the Ambassador ...THREE FIRMS DISCUSSING POSSIBLE JOINT BID FOR YAHOO! INC
The private-equity firm Silver Lake, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Russia's Digital Sky Technologies are discussing a possible joint bid for Yahoo! Inc., according to Bloomberg's secret source.
The ...ANDRANIK HAKOBYAN WINS ENTRY TO 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS
Armenian boxer Andranik Hakobyan (75 kg) scored a crucial win in AIBA World Championships to secure entry to 2012 London Olympics.
In 1/8 finals, the Vice World Champion and World Cup holder beat Mexico's ...TURKEY TO HOLD MILITARY EXERCISE NEAR SYRIAN BORDER
Turkey's military will conduct an exercise in the southern province of Hatay, where more than 7,000 Syrians have taken refuge from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security forces. The October ...RUSSIA WON'T SUPPORT EUROPEAN-DRAFTED UN RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Russia will not support a European-drafted UN resolution on Syria, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, October 4, calling the draft "unacceptable" but not saying whether Moscow would veto ...STATE BUDGET REVENUE GROWS BY 9,7% OVER JAN-AUG 2011
The state budget revenues amounted to AMD 552,1 bln in January-August 2011 in Armenia, while expenditures totaled AMD 566,9 bln.
9,7% (AMD 48,8 bln) growth was recorded in the state budget revenues as ...HSBC BANK ARMENIA TO ANNOUNCE BEST TRADE CUSTOMERS
On October 5, HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc will hold its second Trade Award official ceremony and announce its Best Trade Customers of 2010.
Five customers will each receive Trade Award Certificates and symbolic ...U.S. EMBASSY IN BAKU ATTEMPTS TO "JUSTIFY" AMERICAN SENATOR'S VISIT TO NKR
The US Embassy is aware of press reports of a visit to Nagorno Karabakh by California State Senator Joseph Simitian. As a state senator, Simitian does not represent the United States Government, Spokesman ...NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE AWARDED FOR ACCELERATING UNIVERSE FIND
Three researchers behind the discovery that our Universe's expansion is accelerating have been awarded this year's Nobel prize for physics. Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the US and Brian Schmidt ...TURKEY DETAINS DOZENS OF KURDS FOR LINKS TO PKK
Turkish police detained more than 120 people across Turkey on Tuesday, October 4 as part of an investigation into alleged links between Kurdish activists and separatist guerrillas, security officials ...AUTHORITIES WILL CONTINUE REFORMS IN PURSUIT OF NATIONAL INTERESTS -RPA FACTION SECRETARY
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group secretary called the last 10 days very eventful for Armenia's political life.
As Eduard Sharmazanov stated at Armenian parliament, "Armenian ...DAVID HAYRAPETYAN WINS LONDON 2012 ENTRY AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Armenian boxer David Hayrapetyan (49 kg) representing Russia at Baku-hosted AIBA World Championships, made it to ¼ finals, thus gaining an entry to 2012 London Olympics.
In 1/8 finals, the Armenian ...ROBERT SCHORGENHOFER TO REFEREE ARMENIA VS. MACEDONIA EURO 2012 QUALIFIER
Austrian football referee Robert Schorgenhofer will service Armenia vs. Macedonia UEFA EURO 2012 Group B qualifier.
The match is due October 7, 8 p.m. Yerevan time at Vazgen Sargsyan stadium.
Armenia ...PACE, AZERI DELEGATION'S RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS UNWORTHY OF NOTICE - DAVID HARUTYUNYAN
The head of Armenian delegation to PACE believes PACE President and Azeri delegation to be ill founded in accusing Armenian delegation of non -constructive approach. "Armenian Delegation to PACE takes ...ANC COORDINATOR: DIALOGUE MAY ONLY BE RESUMED AT AUTHORITIES' REQUEST
Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc coordinator said continuing opposition-coalition dialogue no longer makes sense.
As Levon Zurabyan stated at Liberty Square, "from this moment on we'll ...MISHA ALOYAN MAKES IT TO WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS ¼ FINALS
Russian boxer Misha Aloyan (52 kg) scored a 15:11 win in a close struggle against Cuban Robeisy Ramirez at Baku-hosted AIBA World Championships. With his victory, Aloyan made it to ¼ finals, also ...
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