Month: July 2009

"FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY" TO PRODUCE TANGIBLE RESULTS IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009

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30.06.2009 18:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As to whether the "football diplomacy" will produce
tangible results will become evident in October-November 2009,
Eurointegration NGO’s Chair Karen Bekaryan told a news conference
in Yerevan. "I don’t share the opinion that ‘football diplomacy’
produced no result. The passiveness observed at present will turn into
an active process at the end of October or beginning of November,"
the expert noted.

With regard to Karabakh settlement process, he stressed the importance
of anticipating new proposals, "Package solution is out of the
question. MG co-chairs will very probably propose new approaches
towards clauses not agreed upon," the expert said.

According to Bekaryan, Armenian-Tutkish normalization and Karabakh
settlement are really parallel processes, the question is whether
they will intersect. "The processes can be said to be parallel at
present. And in some sense, it is advantageous both for Armenia and
the entire region," he added.

SUPPORTING PREJUDICED OPINIONS DEEMED AS WRONG POLICY

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30.06.2009 19:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I don’t want to use rude words, but I think Zaruhi
Postanjyan suffers from megalomania. Accusations in my address are
not justified. To think of me torpedoing the initiative proposed by
myself is just absurd," David Harutyunyan, Head of Armenian delegation
in PACE, told journalists today.

Welcoming the pro-opposition parliamentarian’s proposal,
Mr. Harutyunyan disapproved Armenian MPs’ support to those who
"have prejudiced opinion on Armenia and openly make anti-Armenian
statements." Realizing and accepting Postanjyan’s lack of experience,
Mr. Harutyunyan was astonished by the statement she made in Yerevan,
expressing willingness to repeat the same step upon necessity.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

NEW STAMP "EUROPE 2009: ASTRONOMY" ISSUED IN ARMENIA

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30.06.2009 19:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A new stamp "Europe 2009: Astronomy" will be put into
circulation in Armenia, press office of HayPost reports. The official
ceremony will be held on July 1, at 28 Nalbandyan in the office N
10 of Haypost. The ceremony will be attended by the RA minister of
transport and communications Gurgen Sargsyan and the Head of European
Commission delegation to Armenia Raul de Lutsenberger.

TURKEY TO HOLD EXERCISES AT CAUCASIAN BORDERS

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30.06.2009 19:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey intends to hold military exercises on frontier
territories to Caucasus. The Turkish military servicemen will work
out a scenario to combat terrorism and face regional challenges. As
the Turkish headquarters staff stated, these will be planned exercises
not affiliated with the military maneuvers of neighboring countries,
the Turkish Hurriyet writes.

On June 29 large -scale military exercises Caucasus-2009 began in
southern Russia. Maneuvers will involve 8.5 thousand troops, 200 tanks,
450 armored vehicles and 250 artillery pieces.

NKR PRESIDENT SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

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30.06.2009 19:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ NKR President Bako Sahakyan sent greetings to
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on his 55-th birthday. "On behalf
of the people of Artsakh and myself I cordially congratulate you
on Your 55th birthday. With feeling of pride you can look at your
passed path because you have served faithfully to your nation and its
interests. Holding today the high post of the President of the Republic
of Armenia, you do everything possible to realize national goals and
ideas. I congratulate you once again on this jubilee and wish you
all the best. God give you long life, health and great success for
the sake of strong and prosperous future of the Republic of Armenia
and the Nagorno Karabagh Republic". NKR president wished long life,
health and great success to the RA president for the sake of strong
and prosperous future of Armenia and Artsakh.

VIVACELL-MTS LAUNCHEÑ NEW ON-LINE DICTIONARY SERVICE

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30.06.2009 19:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ VivaCell-MTS Company announced the launch of a
new service on-line dictionary , which allow customers to search
translations of words directly from their mobile phones. The dictionary
enables to translate into Russian from English, German, French,
Italian and Spanish.

To use the service, subscribers need to visit the VivaCell-MTS portal
(wap.vivacell.am) and follow the link "dictionary", VivaCell-MTS
website informes.

ARMENIA AND GERMANY HOPE TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS IN DEFENSE

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30.06.2009 20:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the
Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Mrs.Andrea Victorine, in connection
with completion of her diplomatic mission. Armenian Defense Minister
thanked the German Ambassador for effective cooperation, for her
personal contribution to development of friendly relations between
the two countries. Seyran Ohanian praised the efforts of Mrs. Andrea
Victorine, aimed at developing Armenian-German cooperation, especially
in military, scientific and military-medical fields, as well as
interaction within the framework of peacekeeping missions. By the
end of the meeting the sides expressed hope that the Armenian-German
friendly relations will strengthen more, including in the field
of defense.

METEOROLOGY SERVICE REFUTES RUMORS ABOUT 45-DEGREE HEAT IN YEREVAN

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30.06.2009 20:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Air temperature in Yerevan has never reached 45
degrees Celsius. The highest temperature in Yerevan, registered over
the last 3 years was +41.6 degrees Celsius, " Natalia Disharyan
Armenian meteorological service officer told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, commenting on rumors about expected 45-degree heat in
Yerevan. According to Armenia meteorological service, the temperature
is expected to decrease to +30 by July 5 in Yerevan. The temperature
between + 32 and +34 degrees Celsius and from 30 to 32 is expected
on July 1 and July 2 respectively.

228 DETAINEES GRANTED AMNESTY IN ARMENIA

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30.06.2009 21:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As of January 29, 2009, 228 detainees (including 5
women and 2 minors) were granted amnesty and released from penitentiary
institutions, RA Justice Ministry’s press service reports.

YOVANOVICH DEFENDING OBAMA BECAUSE OF HIS APRIL 24 STATEMENT

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01.07.2009 01:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. ambassador to Armenia learned that President
Obama’s words do have consequences, as she was peppered with criticism
from Armenian-Americans upset that Mr. Obama is backing off a campaign
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide, The Washington Times
reports. On a cross-country tour of Armenian-American communities,
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch has had to defend Mr. Obama while trying
to calm her listeners who are suspicious of a political double-cross.

"I know there is disappointment and even anger at President Obama’s
April 24 statement," she said at a meeting in Arlington, Mass.,
referring to Mr. Obama’s decision to avoid using the word, "genocide,"
in his address on the annual Armenian Remembrance Day.

"But President Obama went further in his statement than any previous
American president. While we must never forget the past, we also
must work together for a better future." In his April 24 address,
Obama refrained from using the term Genocide and referred to 1915
atrocities as "Mets Yeghern". During his pre-election campaign Obama
had many times promised to recognize Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Empire in case of being elected as US President.