Month: November 2009

KHOSROV RESERVE DIRECTOR MURDER -CRIMINAL REVENGE?

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19.11.2009 15:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Revenge could become a reason for the assassination
of Khosrov reserve director Samvel Shaboyan.

On June 20, 2009, Samvel Shaboyan’s bother Perchik Shaboyan shot dead
a thief in law, 49-year old Marzpetuni Petrosyan, also known as Marso.

The incident took place in Goravan village of Ararat region. Perchik
Shaboyan was detained.

Director of Khosrov reserve, 51-year-old Samvel Shaboyan was
assassinated on November 19 night.

Police said Shaboyan’s Toyota Prado was shelled by unknown. Law
enforcers counted 30 bullet holes in the car. Shoboyan, who was
sitting on the backseat, died from numerous bullet wounds.

A criminal case was initiated.

EUROSAI MEMBER STATES TO USE UNIFORM QUALITY STANDARDS

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19.11.2009 15:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions
(EUROSAI) has a goal to establish anti-corruption control in all
spheres," Head of Poland’s Supreme Control Chamber Yatsek Yazersaky
told a joint conference organized in RA National Assembly with Head
of Armenian Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakaryan.

At that he stressed the importance of EUROSAI member states’ using
uniform quality standards which help compare check-up results in
different state.

With regard to his country, Yazersaky noted that Polish Supreme Control
Chamber always checked correspondence between existing conditions
and corruptive risks. "We also check the legislation to rule out
possibility of legal acts increasing corruption risks," he stressed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RA GOVERNMENT GRANTS $500 MILLION BUDGET GUARANTEE TO STILL ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

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19.11.2009 15:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On November 19, RA government passed a resolution to
grant USD 500 million budget guarantee to Norashen company in order
to complete construction works started. Mortgage agreement will be
signed to guarantee the return of means granted.

Commenting on the resolution, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted
that similar budget guarantees are provided to construction companies
on stringent conditions (with 50% of construction works terminated).

Beside, the Premier noted that Armenian government has already granted
a total of AMD 3.5 billion budget guarantee as well as around AMD
12 billion mortgage crediting to create additional activity on real
estate market.

According to Prime Minister, budget guarantees provided are monitored
by the public; full reports are available at RA government’s official
website.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

IRAN REFUSES FROM IAEA’S PROPOSAL

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19.11.2009 15:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Tehran rejected the proposed UN plan on sending
the Iranian enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.

According to him, the government is considering the possibility of
exchanging uranium for fuel in Iran, the Iranian agency ISNA reports.

According to the U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly, the U.S.

are still waiting for Tehran’s formal response to the IAEA’s proposal.

Statements of Mottaki, according to him, do not "give us confidence"
that Iran would accept the offer.

In October, the IAEA submitted a draft plan under which more than 70
percent of low-enriched uranium will be sent from Iran to Russia and
France, where it will be processed into fuel for the medical research
reactor in Tehran. The plan is aimed at weakening international
concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, which, as the West believes,
will be directed to production of nuclear weapons. Tehran insists
that its nuclear program has exclusively peaceful character.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

BAKU SEES TURKEY AS TOUGH CUSTOMER ON GAS EXPORTS

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19.11.2009 16:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Amid a diplomatic chill, Azerbaijan and Turkey
opened a new round of talks November 16 on an energy export price.

Recent agreements on gas supplies to Bulgaria, Iran and Russia suggest
that Baku is exploring alternative export routes as a means to pressure
Ankara into paying significantly more for Azerbaijani natural gas.

Baku and Ankara have been unable to fix a mutually acceptable gas
price, even though talks have been going on since April 2008.

Azerbaijan claims that the $120 per 1,000 cubic meters (tcm) that
Ankara now pays, a price set in 2001, is 30 percent below international
rate, and does not correspond with the fresh influx of production to
come from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz Stage II gas field.

Baku is seeking to more than double the amount that Ankara pays,
to $250/tcm, EurasiaNet reports.

Article further says that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in October
declared that, given the stalemate with Ankara, Baku would consider
alternative export options, including Russia, Iran and Bulgaria.

In an October 29 interview with CNN Turk, Turkish Energy Minister
Taner Yildiz stated that the price Turkey pays for gas from Shah
Deniz is being discussed as part of a package with transit rates for
Azerbaijani gas traveling to Europe via Turkish pipelines. Ankara
proposes that Baku pay a "fairly competitive" price of $2.36 for each
100 kilometers of Turkish territory crossed by 1,000 cubic meters
of Azerbaijani gas – a price 24 cents lower than Russia’s own tariff
for the same distance, Yildiz claimed.

A diplomatic chill between the two longtime allies appears to be
hampering efforts to settle pricing differences. The October 10
signing of protocols for rapprochement with Azerbaijani foe Armenia set
Baku’s nerves on edge; a tussle over Turkey’s removal of Azerbaijani
flags from a World Cup qualifier soccer match attended by Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan, and Azerbaijan’s removal of Turkish flags
from a Baku cemetery further deepened the sour feelings. All flags
have since been restored, but suspicions seem to linger.

LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN

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19.11.2009 16:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas UÅ¡ackas will
pay a 2-day official visit in Yerevan on the invitation of Armenian
FM. Meetings with RA NA speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan; RA Economy and
Foreign Ministers, Nerses Yeritsyan and Edward Nalbandian and RA
National Security Council Secretary, Artur Baghdasaryan are on
Minister’s agenda, RA MFA reported.

EXHIBITION OF ANCIENT ARMENIAN BOOKS TO BE HELD IN MAINTZ, GERMANY

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19.11.2009 16:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2010, Armenia will celebrate the 500th anniversary
of Armenian printing art. In that connection it is planned to organize
an Armenian book exhibition in Maintz, Germany, RA Minister of Culture
Hasmik Poghosyan told German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt.

At that she noted that exhibition arrangement issues are at the stage
of discussion.

Minister also informed Ambassador about plans of organizing Armenian
youth orchestra’s concert in Young Euro Classic international festival.

UNDER-21 ARMENIA 4 — REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1

Sport News
November 17, 2009 Tuesday 3:03 PM BST

The Republic of Ireland Under continued their winless run in Group 2
of the Under-21 European Championship as Henrik Mkhitaryan plundered
a hat-trick to fire Armenia to a comfortable win in front of their
own fans.

Led for the first time by MK Dons midfielder Stephen Gleeson, the
Republic fell behind to Mkhitaryan’s opener after half-an-hour’s play.

Mkhitaryan made it 2-0 to the hosts in the 61st minute before
Plymouth’s Cillian Sheridan gave his side a lifeline four minutes
later, turning in James O’Shea’s cross.

Armenia continued to enjoy the best of the game, though, and
re-established a two-goal gap through Hovhaness Goharyan’s 20-yard
strike with 15 minutes to play.

Mkhitaryan slotted in a fourth, and his third, with an 82nd-minute
penalty.

The Republic now sit bottom of Group 2, swapping places with their
opponents, with just four points from six games.

BROKERS AND INVESTORS WAIT FOR ESTABLISHED PRICES FOR COMPANIES TO BE PRIVATIZED BY STOCK EXCHANGE

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19.11.2009 16:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Interest of investors in companies to be privatized
through the stock exchange, depends on their prices. "Investors always
be interested in, it all depends on prices," said General Director
of NASDAQ OMX Armenia Armen Melikyan , answering the question of
PanARMENIAN.Net.

The Government of Armenia September 2009 authorized privatization
of six companies with 100 per cent of government stake through the
stock exchange NASDAQ OMX Armenia. Six companies: Scientific Research
and Design Institute of Urban Development, "Atomservis", "Nedrolog",
"Yerevan water supply", as well as "Kaputak Sevan" (Sevan) and "Narek"
(Gyumri) to be privatized by similar method.

Director General of NASDAQ OMX Armenia expressed his disagreement with
the fact that brokerage companies have no interest to these companies.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

WINNING BY KO KESSLER OR WARD TO GAIN SAME POINTS WITH ABRAHAM

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19.11.2009 16:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Last press conference was held in the US before the
fight in the fringes of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament
in the super weight (up to 76.2 kg) between Mikkel Kessler and Andre
Ward, scheduled for November 21 in Auckland. "I will not say much
now because I feel like a nascent storm. I prepared for this battle
not for 6-8 weeks, but since 9 years. I badly want the title and am
in great shape ", he said.

"I am 150% ready to the fight. I have had excellent training and am
in incredible shape, " Fightnews.com quoted Kessler.

Recall that the group leader – Armenian boxer Arthur Abraham (Germany),
earned 3 points, 2 points from Carl Froch (England).

Jermain Taylor (USA) and Andre Dirrell (USA) lost and ranks last
places in the list.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress