Author: Andres-Papazian

President of Armenia receives Iran’s Energy Minsiter

15:28, 2 June, 2012

YEREVAN, JUNE 2, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan
received Saturday Iranian President’s special envoy, Energy Minister
Majid Namjoo, who conveyed to Serzh Sargsyan Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad’s invitation to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit to
be held in Tehran.

Greeting Majid Namjoo in his residence, President Serzh Sargsyan
stressed that Armenia highlights mutually beneficial cooperation with
a reliable neighbor and good friend like Iran, RA President’s press
service told Armenpress.

Welcoming the growth in the volume of goods turnover between Armenia
and Iran and pointing out the potential to increase this volume, the
interlocutors expressed hope that implementation of
programs – specifically in the energy sector – will contribute to
augmenting this volume.

Iranian Energy Minister informed that the construction of Armenia’s
Meghri City Hydro Power Plant and the third Armenia-Iran high-voltage
electricity line will soon launch.

Serzh Sargsyan and Majid Namjoo highly assessed the activity of the
Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission, whose regular session
is scheduled to take place in Yerevan in the coming days.

From: A. Papazian

8TH ARAM KHACHATRYAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TO BE OPEN FOR VIOLINISTS

ARMENPRESS
2 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 2, ARMENPRESS: 8th Aram Khachatryan International
Competition will be held in Yerevan June 6-13.

Culture Ministry of Armenia told Armenpress that this year the
competition will be open for “violin” profession.

The project is implemented with the support of Armenian Ministry
of Culture, “Aram Khachatryan” cultural foundation, Yerevan State
Conservatory after Komitas and under the high patronage of First
Lady of Armenia Rita Sargsyan, who is the honorary chairperson of
the competition’s Council of Trustees.

>From 2010 the general partner of the competition is CIS Interstate
Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation (IFHC), which helped to conduct
the program at a more high level and to spread the competition in CIS
states. Armenian Youth Foundation is the partner of the competition.

The geography of the participants of the contest is very broad, it
includes representatives from 20 countries of the world – Russia,
China, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, China, Korea,
Columbia, Italy, Spain, USA, Japan, Great Britain, and France.

The organizational committee of Aram Khachatryan International
Competition has defined the following awards — $ 15 000 and a diploma
of a laureate for the 1st place, $ 10 000 and a diploma for the 2nd
place, $ 5000 and a diploma for the 3rd place.

All the other participants of the finals will be awarded with diplomas
and $ 2000.

From: A. Papazian

UNE SERIE SUR LES LETTRES DE L’ALPHABET ARMENIEN
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
samedi 2 juin 2012

Voila une nouvelle serie de timbres qui va ravir les philatelistes
d’Armenie et du monde. Le 14 mai, la Poste armenienne a emis une
serie de sept timbres sur l’alphabet armenien. Chaque timbre porte
une lettre de l’alphabet. Cette serie est emise de 500 000 a un
million d’exemplaires.

La lettre ” Ayp ” d’une valeur de 10 drams

La lettre ” Pen ” d’une valeur de 25 drams

La lettre ” Kim ” d’une valeur de 50 drams

La lettre ” Ta ” d’une valeur de 70 drams

La lettre ” Yetch ” d’une valeur de 100 drams

La lettre ” Za ” d’une valeur de 120 drams

La lettre ” E ” d’une valeur de 280 drams

From: A. Papazian

STUDENTS OF RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN (SLAVONIC) UNIVERSITY DONATE BLOOD FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM LEUKEMIA

news.am
June 01, 2012 | 14:40

YEREVAN. – In the framework of the International Children’s Day on
June 1, students of the Russian – Armenian (Slavonic) University
visited children suffering from leukemia in the Hematological Center,
donated blood and handed out presents to the children.

As the press service of the Slavonic University informs Armenian
News-NEWS.am, the event was organized by the RAU Culture house and
the University’s Student council and was supported by Multishok
children’s magazine.

The organization of such events has become a tradition for RAU. The
students met Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan
who was also present at the Hematological Center.

From: A. Papazian

GREECE DEFEAT ARMENIA IN FINAL EURO 2012 WARMUP

Malaysia Star

June 1 2012
Malaysia

ATHENS: Greece concluded their Euro 2012 preparations with a
straightforward 1-0 win over Armenia in Kufstein, Austria, on Thursday
in their final friendly before the tournament

Fernando Santos’ side controlled proceedings from the kickoff and
went ahead in the first half through central defender Kyriakos
Papadopoulos’ header.

Greece missed two penalties in the second half with Celtic striker
Giorgas Samaras and Panathinaikos midfielder Kostas Katsouranis
both seeing their efforts saved by the impressive Armenia keeper
Roman Berezovsky.

Santos gave a first start to 19-year-old midfielder Kostas Fortunis
in place of the rested Sotris Ninis, and the Kaiserslautern player
pressed his claim with a series of direct runs and intelligent passing.

As was the case with the 1-1 draw with Slovenia four days earlier,
Greece again showed promising glimpses of their attacking game in
patches while always remaining solid in defence.

Dimitris Sapigidis went close to opening the scoring for Greece in
the 10th minute with a downward header from captain Giorgos Karagounis
left-wing free-kick which bounced over the bar.

After an uneventful spell of play, Greece then took the lead in the
23rd minute when Schalke defender Papadopoulos rose unmarked to head
home a Karagounis free-kick which was lofted into the penalty area
by the Panathinaikos midfelder.

Striker Fanis Gekas then narrowly missed adding a second when he
was centimetres away from connecting with a Salpigidis cross on the
half hour mark before then seeing a shot cleared off the line by an
Armenian defender.

Berezovsky ensured the scoreline stayed at just 1-0 when he brilliantly
pushed a Karagounis long range strike round the post just before
halftime. – Reuters

Greece goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis was called into action for the
first time in the match when he made a fine low save from Gevorg
Ghazaryan’s snap shot three minutes into the second half.

But it was Greece who should have added to the scoreline.

Substitute Samaras, who replaced Fortunis at halftime, won a penalty
19 minutes from fulltime after being fouled by Sargis Hovsepyan but
his poor side-footed effort was gathered comfortably by Berezovsky.

Substitute Giannis Fetfatzidis was then felled in the penalty area
by Artak Yedigaryan four minutes from time as he weaved his way
between defenders but again Berezovsky came to the rescue to save
from Katsouranis.

Greece face co-hosts Poland in the opening game of the championships
on June 8.

From: A. Papazian

ITALIAN BUSINESSMEN BRIEFED ON ARMENIA’S INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 1, 2012 – 22:05 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – On May 25, under the auspices of Armenian Embassy
in Italy, Venice hosted a business forum titled “Armenia- New Market
for Italian Companies”.

The event was organized by Armenian Economy Ministry, Armenian
Development Agency, InfoArmenia company, Municipality of Venice and
European business agency.

The forum brought together 80 Italian companies from Venice, which were
briefed on Armenia’s investment climate and the recent steps by Armenia
authorities aimed at boosting the country’s business environment.

Armenia’s recent progress in European integration, particularly launch
of negotiations on joining free trade agreements with the EU was also
presented to the guests, RA MFA reported.

From: A. Papazian

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA RECEIVES US SENATOR RICHARD DURBY

ARMENPRESS
1 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
received Friday US Senator Richard Durby.

Welcoming the guest, the President highlighted the activity of the
friends of Armenia in the Senate and stressed that the senators’
support to our country and people has had a great significance in
development of Armenia, and has promoted maintenance of stability in
the region, president’s press service told Armenpress.

President Serzh Sargsyan said that during the past 20 years the US
has extended financial, humanitarian and technical considerable aid
to Armenia, for which the Armenian President has expressed gratitude
to US people, the government and the legislative body.

The President thanked Senator Richard Durby personally for the
attention paid to Armenians’ issues at the Senate. Senator Richard
Durby has been the co-author of the Armenian genocide resolution
presented at the Senate in 2007 March.

The President and the US Senator discussed issues related to
development of Armenian-American relations, up-to-date regional issues
and challenges.

From: A. Papazian

SOLDIER SHOT DEAD IN THE RANKS

06:13 pm | Today | Official

Another death has been reported in the Armenian Army today.

Soldier Saro Samvelyan (born in 1993) was shot dead in yet unknown
circumstances in one of the military units stationed along the
southeastern direction at about 8.20 am.

An investigation is underway to determine the details of the incident,
reports the press service of the NKR Defense Army.
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Soldier shot dead in the ranks

06:13 pm | Today | Official

Another death has been reported in the Armenian Army today.
Soldier Saro Samvelyan (born in 1993) was shot dead in yet unknown
circumstances in one of the military units stationed along the
southeastern direction at about 8.20 am.

An investigation is underway to determine the details of the incident,
reports the press service of the NKR Defense Army.

From: A. Papazian

THE GRAND PRIZE IN KINOTAVR FILM FESTIVAL GOES TO ARMENIAN DIRECTOR

13:59 . 01/06

The Grand Prize of the 23rd Kinotavr Film Festival will go to the
world known Armenian film director Karen Shahnazarov.

ArmenPress informs making a reference to the official website of
the festival, the award will be handed to the “director who has
had significant contribution in the Russian cinematography and film
production, who doesn’t let us forget film is a big illusion”.

14 films are presented in the main competition programme. They include
Avdotya Smirnova’s “Kokoko”, Boris Knlebnikov’s “As Long As Night
Won’t Separate”, Vasili Sigarev’s “To Live”, Pavel Kostomarov’s and
Alexander Rastorguev’s “I Don’t Love You”, etc.

This year the director of the films “Muslim”, “Pop” and “72 Meters”
Vladimir Khotinenko will head the jury. The jury includes film
directors Nikolay Khomeriki, Alexey Fedorchenko, Alexander Kot,
Bakur Bakuradze, Anna Melikyan and actress Vera Glagoleva.

The festival will be held in Sochi, on June 3-10. Awards will be
handed in the nominations Best Director, Best Debut, Best Actress,
Bets Actor, Best Camerawork, Best Screenplay, etc..

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN-ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM IS HELD IN VENICE

news.am
June 01, 2012 | 14:47

YEREVAN. – A business forum, entitled “Armenia: New Market for Italian
Companies,” was held in Venice on May 25, and under the auspices of
Armenia’s Embassy in Italy, MFA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Around eighty Italian company representatives took part in the event.

Armenia’s Deputy Economy Minister Tigran Harutyunyan and Armenian
Development Agency Director Robert Harutyunyan, who had arrived from
Armenia to attend the Forum, spoke about the country’s current business
climate and the steps being undertaken to improve it.

The Forum participants were also informed about Armenia’s export-import
indicators and main domains, and renowned international rating
agencies’ assessments on the country.

Armenian Embassy’s adviser, B. Sahakyan, reflected on the Embassy’s
activities toward developing Armenian-Italian business ties.

It was stressed that Armenia could become a beneficial partner for
Armenia, in terms of exporting jointly-made products to the regional
markets.

And Director Arthur Ghazinyan of the Center for European Studies
presented the latest developments in Armenia’s relations with EU.

From: A. Papazian