Month: June 2005

ARMENIAN FOOTBALLERS GOING TO MAKE MACEDONIAN TEAM WORRY
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 03:46
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Pressing will become the principal goal of the
Armenian footballers at the Armenia-Macedonia match, head coach of the
Armenian National Football Team Henk Wisman stated at today’s press
conference. In his words, Armenia is likely to get 1 or 3 points in the
matches with Macedonia and Romania. When commenting on the previous
match with the Macedonian team Mr. Wisman said that the Armenian
foorballers lost the game 0:3 due to the absence of pressing. He
also noted that after consultations with Head Coach of the Dutch team
Marco Van Basten, who made an analysis of the strong and weak points
of the Macedonian team, he came to the conclusion that Macedonia will
employ defense tactics this time. When answering the question whether
the Armenian team will play total football peculiar to the Dutch,
Mr. Wisman noted, “It is too early to speak of it. Such results cannot
be achieved in a week. 1 or 2 years are needed”. He also informed
that the initial composition of the team has been already fixed.

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN TODAY
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 03:20
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International Flower Festival with the participation
of representatives of Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia,
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Bulgarian will be held
in Yerevan today. Various events such as a contest in study of
flora among the parliamentarians of different states and an awarding
ceremony for achievements in art, science, business and economy will
be organized. Besides a 1-kilometer feast table for 3000 people
will be laid for the event participants. Armenian pop-stars and
well-known Russian art workers and singers – Armen Jigarkhanian,
Lidia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Josif Kobzon, Soso Pavliashvili,
Diana Gurtskaya, Valentin Yudashkin’s Fashion Theater as well as
popular Russian humorists are expected to take part in the festival.
Well-known Russian actor Leonid Yakubovich will act as compere,
RIA Novosti reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MACEDONIAN FOOTBALLERS ARRIVAL IN ARMENIA QUESTIONABLE
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 07:22
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday Turkish authorities did not let the
plane conveying the Macedonian National Football Team to Armenia. The
footballers were coming to Yerevan to participate in an elimination
match of the World Championship-2006 scheduled for June 4. The plane
of MAT airlines remained in the Turkish airspace for half an hour 20
kilometers short of the Armenian border and had to turn back. As A1
Macedonian TV Company reported that yesterday Turkish authorities
apologized to MAT airlines assuring that similar incidents will
not take place any more. According to Utrensky Vestnik Macedonian
newspaper, Ankara explains the incident by the fact that the “crew did
not have appropriate documents for crossing the Turkish airspace.” At
the same time Makfax conditioned the incident by the tension available
between Armenia and Turkey. Presently Macedonian Football Federation
is searching for ways for conveying the team to Armenia via another
air route avoiding Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EU DISCONTENT WITH AZERBAIJAN
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 06:56
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union is deeply concerned over the
violence committed by the police against oppositionists and journalists
during the rally in Baku on May 21, the EU statement says, Day.az
reports. “The EU calls upon the Azerbaijani leadership to secure
freedom of meetings due to the President’s decree of May 12 and hopes
that future rallies or meetings will not be dispersed. The EU also
hopes that the opposition will take all the necessary measures to
make demonstrations and rallies peaceful. The European Union will
closely watch the developments in the country”, the statements runs.

AD HOC COMMISSION REQUESTS EXTRA TIME
Armenpress
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: An ad hoc commission set up to look into
whether the government is able to pay back bank savings of thousands
of Armenians that depreciated rapidly immediately after the fall
of the former Soviet Union has asked the president to prolong their
authorities for another two months, saying they need extra time to
draw their final conclusion.
The head of the commission, Eduard Muradian, said they need extra
time as at a certain stage it appeared they need to examine also
international experience about how to tackle such problems. He said
the commission members are trying now to learn the experience of
some CIS member nations. He also said they need to specify the lists
of bank account holders, because they were made back in 1993. The
commission was established in 2005, February to examine some 3
million bank accounts of around 1.5 million clients of the former
Soviet Savings Bank
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AD HOC COMMISSION REQUESTS EXTRA TIME
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: An ad hoc commission set up to look into
whether the government is able to pay back bank savings of thousands of
Armenians that depreciated rapidly immediately after the fall of the former
Soviet Union has asked the president to prolong their authorities for
another two months, saying they need extra time to draw their final
conclusion.
The head of the commission, Eduard Muradian, said they need extra time as
at a certain stage it appeared they need to examine also international
experience about how to tackle such problems. He said the commission members
are trying now to learn the experience of some CIS member nations. He also
said they need to specify the lists of bank account holders, because they
were made back in 1993. The commission was established in 2005, February to
examine some 3 million bank accounts of around 1.5 million clients of the
former Soviet Savings Bank
–Boundary_(ID_dFZEmyF6IFxpf+vNGRPUBw)–

HEALTH MINISTRY TO SEEK $7 MILLION GRANT FOR TACKLING MALARIA AND TB
Armenpress
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: Armenian health ministry said it is going
to ask later this month the Global Fund for Fighting AIDS, Malaria and
Tuberculosis for a $7 million grant to fight against tuberculosis and
malaria. Elizabeth Danielian, a senior official of the health ministry,
said the Fund had released already money for fighting AIDS.
Also this year the French charity Medicines Sans Frontiers is to
launch a three-year and $3.8 million worth program to fight against
tuberculosis in Armenia. It will be a pilot program and will be tested
in Yerevan only.
Doctors indicate the growing number of TB cases in Armenia, but say the
mortality cases have decreased. Officially 6,165 people are registered
with TB, last year alone 1,600 new cases were revealed. The number of
mortalities was 148, including a child. Mortality rate per 100,000
people was 4.6, a 6.2 percent decrease over 2003. In Armenia people
with TB are eligible to free medical treatment.

FIRST FLIGHT FROM MUNICH ARRIVED IN YEREVAN
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 06:13
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 3 the first flight from Munich launched by
Lufthansa Airline arrived at the Yerevan International Airport of
Zvartnots. As Regional Director for Russia and CIS Gunther Ott said
during a press conference in Yerevan, the company will exercise three
Munich-Yerevan-Munich flights every week. The flights from Munich to
Yerevan are scheduled for Monday, Thursday and Sunday, flights from
Yerevan – on Monday, Thursday and Friday. As it was reported earlier,
Lufthansa offered special prices for the passengers departing form
Yerevan to Europe, North America and Africa. Starting with June 3,
2005 the passengers will have the opportunity to leave Yerevan for
any German city (Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dresden, etc.) for $229,
for any European city for $349, for Africa and North America for $559.
According to the source, the special offer is in power June 3-October
24. Tickets can be booked till June 30, 2005, IA Regnum reported.

THE GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES ACCEPTED THE ARMENIAN HELP GLADLY
A1plus
| 15:35:53 | 03-06-2005 | Social |
During the meeting of RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan with the
Georgian Parliament President Nino Burjanadze and Prime Minister
Zourab Noghaideli the sides spoke about the improvement of the social
-economical condition of Javakhq.
The RA Prime Minister offered to help the reconstruction of the roads
of Javakhq and the improvement of the social-economical conditions
of Javakhq. The Georgian officials have expressed their readiness to
gladly accept help from Armenia.
The information is provided by the agency “A-Info”.
From: Baghdasarian

KOCHARYAN HAS DECIDED TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION
A1plus
| 15:27:51 | 03-06-2005 | Official |
On June 2 Robert Kocharyan signed an order to establish annual
educational awards of the President in the field of informational
technologies.
The awards will be given to the best pupil and best students of the
bachelor degree, of the MA degree, and of the post-graduate course.

The Messenger, Georgia
June 3 2005
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PanArmenianNet: Georgia justifies itself to Azerbaijan
In the course of the Georgian-Russian talks over the terms and
conditions of withdrawal of Russian military bases that are still in
the Georgian territory, the Georgian party has taken into account the
interests of Azerbaijan, which protests against transit of Russian
arms to Armenia, reported Regnum news agency.
As reported by Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili, in the
course of the Georgian-Russian talks the Russian party insisted on
inclusion of an item on withdrawal of the bases to Armenia, however
the Georgian party “did not cede it” and resorted to “last
concessions” over the terms of withdrawal of the bases to rule out
such an item. As Zurabishvili explained, the Russian party insisted
on the stationing of the bases in Armenia motivating it additional
time is necessary to move these to Russia via the Black Sea. “We
agreed to it exactly for them not to be able to tell us they had to
withdraw bases in Gyumri, as you did not agree to additional time,”
the Georgian FM said. “Thus, we did all we could for the bases to be
withdrawn to Russia,” she noted. As noted by S. Zurabishvili, now “if
a part is withdrawn in the Gyumri direction, it depends not on us,
but a decision of Russia.” In the Georgian FM’s words, she has
discussed it with her Azeri counterpart during the ceremony of
opening the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline held in Baku May 25.
“Our explanations are understandable and acceptable to Azerbaijanis,”
S. Zurabishvili noted. “Azerbaijan sending a note to Russia and not
to us is very correct,” she added. As reported earlier, rail echelon
of 15 cars loaded with military equipment and ammunition withdrawn
from the Russian base in Batumi arrived in Armenia today. According
to data available, ammunition, chemical processing appliance and
antiaircraft emplacements are transported.
PanArmenianNet, June 2, 2005