PURCHASE AND SALE TRANSACTIONS OF 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS CARRIED OUT AT NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA OJSC ON NOVEMBER 26
Noyan Tapan
Nov 26, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Purchase and sale transactions
of 3.8 million dollars at the weighted average exchange rate of
385.8 drams per dollar were carried out at Nasdaq OMX Armenia OJSC
on November 26. According to the press service of the Central Bank
of Armenia, the closing price made 385.5 drams.
PRESS RELEASE
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada
H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada
138 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-689-7810
Fax: 212-689-7168
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November 25, 2009
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING ISSUE
A MILESTONE EDITION: CROSSROADS NUMBER 300
DAILY BIBLE READINGS
Bible readings for today, Wednesday, November 25, are: 1 Thessalonians
2:1-12; Luke 12:41-48.
Peter said: Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for
everyone? And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent
manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them
their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom
his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he
will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that slave
says to himself, My master is delayed in coming, and if he begins to
beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get
drunk, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not
expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in
pieces. And put him with the unfaithful. That slave who knew what his
master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will
receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know and did what
deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom
much has been given, m!
uch will be required; and from the one to whom much has been
entrusted, even more will be demanded. (Luke 12:41-48)
For listing of the weeks Bible readings click here
( y/PDF/dbr2009-11.pdf ).
SAINTS THADDEUS AND BARTHOLOMEW
This Saturday, November 28, the Armenian Church commemorates Saints
Thaddeus and Bartholomew, two of the twelve apostles, who were the
first evangelizers of Armenia, and were martyred there, giving the
Armenian Church its apostolic identity and earning them the title,
First Enlighteners of Armenia.
Thaddeus came to Armenia about 43 AD to preach
Christianity. He was martyred in southeastern Armenia. His tomb lies
in the Armenian monastery of St. Thaddeus (Iran) where a chapel was
built in the third century.
Bartholomew is believed to have arrived in Armenia about 66
AD. He was martyred in Hadamakert, southeast of Lake Van.
An apostle is someone who is sent, an emissary or ambassador
of the Kingdom of God, sent to announce the Kingdoms coming in Jesus
Christ, and authorized to claim men and womens allegiance to him. We
are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We
beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians
5:20)
Armenian Prayer of Thanksgiving
Let us be thankful for the plenteous gifts of our Lord God, who in
sweet bounty nourishes us day by day of His own will, that He may make
His servants share in spiritual goodness and in the heavenly kingdom,
according to the expectation of our hope. Almighty Lord our God,
preserve and have mercy upon us.
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NATO OR CSTO? WHERE DO ARMENIA’S INTERESTS LIE?
Tert.am
16:17, 25.11.09
"Taking into consideration all concerns, Armenia must think about where
its national interests lie today, to NATO or to CSTO," said Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) MP and Chair of
the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Defense, National Security
and Internal Affairs Hrayr Karapetyan while speaking to journalists
today. He is sure that today Armenia’s national interests dictate
that Armenia must do its best to have a more active role in CSTO
(Collective Security Treaty Organisatin), as well as continue its
cooperation with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Armenia is a CSTO member, and has been cooperating with CSTO since
2002, within the frames of the Individual Action Plan. In both CSTO
and NATO, according to Karapetyan, there are a number of concerns
for Armenia.
Karapetyan particularly stated that in NATO’s case, the fact that one
NATO member state arms and provides military support to another member
state in the same alliance gives cause for anxiety. The ARF-D MP was
referring to Turkey, which, being the NATO member country that has
the strongest military force, arms and provides military assistance
to Azerbaijan.
In CSTO’s case, according to Karapetyan, the deepening of cooperation
between Russia and Turkey also gives cause for concern.
The concerns mentioned above, according to the MP, must compel Armenia
to be better-oriented in the issue of becoming a part of military
alliances or in cooperating with them.
KALLIGRAFFITI EXHIBITION HELD IN NPAK YEREVAN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL ART
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.11.2009 17:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The NPAK Yerevan-based Center for Contemporary
Experimental Art hosted the Kalligraffiti exhibition.
"What is the role of the manuscript in the age of computerization?
What does the very letter as an image give us if it is in a foreign
language and do not know their alphabet? In this case only emotions
and aesthetic perception of forms remain…," exhibition’s curator
Arpi Hakobyan said. Kalligraffiti exhibition featured works of artists
from different countries.
ALIYEV’S BELLICOSE STATEMENTS INTENTIONALLY EMPHASIZES TURKEY’S PEACEMAKING ATTITUDE, SAYS ANALYST
Tert.am
22:57 ~U 25.11.09
If we take into consideration European audiences, Aliyev’s bellicose
attitude is connected to underlining Turkey’s peacemaking attitude,
said political analyst Alexander Manasyan, while speaking to
journalists today.
"There is a distribution of roles where, on the background of
Azerbaijan’s threats, Turkey must with certain steps present itself
as a worthy candidate for the European family," he said.
Manasyan didn’t exclude the likelihood that Baku may have sent a
letter to the Turkish forces, who are against the rapprochement with
Armenia, so that the latter complicates the ratification process of
the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, sell it to Europe and the international
community at a more expensive price, so that it is possible to get
concessions particularly in the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to the analyst, Turkey will delay the ratification process
till April 2010, pursuing an aim to prevent recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the US. "Besides, Turkey will ‘calm’ Azerbaijan
by presenting itself as an important player in the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement process," concluded Manasyan.
SARKISIAN SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO MUNICH, SAYS HOVANNESIAN
Asbarez
Nov 24th, 2009
ARF Bureau member Vahan Hovannesian
STEPANAKERT (ARF Press Service)-President Serzh Sarkisian should not
have gone to Munich for the OSCE-sponsored talks, in the wake Azeri
President Ilham Aliyev’s military threats against Armenia, said
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau member Vahan Hovanessian
during a press conference Tuesday at the Artsakh press club.
The ARF leader said that Armenia’s absence from the Munich meeting
would have been accepted by the international community since it
would have fallen within international norms of peaceful conflict
resolution principles.
"[Armenia] should have told the mediators that [Alieyv’s] announcement
was equal to pressure and we do not see the imperative to negotiate
under pressure," said Hovannesian, who added that Aliyev’s military
threats could not be seen as one of his regular such statements,
but an ultimatum.
On Friday, Aliyev said in comments televised across his country, that
if Armenia did not agree to "return occupied territories" Azerbaijan
would have no problem in seizing them through military force.
Hovannesian suggested that Armenia could have used Aliyev’s remarks
as weapon against Azerbaijan in the negotiation process, but failed
to do so.
The mediators should have been urged by Sarkisian to call Azerbaijan to
task on its unconstructive and damaging behavior, and by not attending
the Munich talks Armenia could have sent a clear signal to Azerbaijan
and the OSCE mediators that Armenia did not stand for such threats,
he explained.
"I have stopped believing the Minsk Group co-chairs’ announcements,
because they contradict themselves," said Hovannesian.
"Everything is being done to squeeze concessions from Armenia on
the Karabakh front, in order to make the Armenia-Turkey protocols
approval process easier," said Hovannesian, adding that the ARF had
been warning the Armenian government about such traps, in which,
the ARF believes, the Armenian authorities have fallen once before
by agreeing to take part in the rapprochement process.
"The best option is to not ratify the protocols. This would not be
such a frightening situation. The talks would begin from scratch or
from a point where Armenia would have an opportunity to bypass the
current dangers," said Hovannesian.
Hovsannesian, who also leads the ARF parliamentary faction in Armenia,
argued that Armenia’s response to Aliyev’s remarks-recognition of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic-is but one element of solving the problem.
He added that pursuing international recognition for Karabakh would
facilitate Stepanakert’s complete participation in the peace process.
In his remarks, Hovannesian also commented on Russia’s recent posturing
on issues related to Armenia, which he described as being Moscow’s
closest regional ally.
"I consider Russia’s current role in both Armenian-Turkish and
Armenian-Azeri relations to be very dangerous for Armenia," said
Hovannesian.
ARMENIAN, TURKISH PARLIAMENTS TO ESTABLISH COOPERATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.11.2009 10:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
met Monday with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin on the
sidelines of PABSEC plenary session in Moscow to exchange views on
the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations.
The two men assessed highly presidential efforts to establish ties
and agreed to encourage contacts between members of Armenian and
Turkish parliaments.
At that, Mr. Abrahamyan stressed the necessity of ratification of
the Armenian-Turkish protocols within reasonable terms.
THE TERCHOONIAN HOME FOUNDATION RAISES MONEY FOR THE TERCHOONIAN HOME ORPHANAGE
AZG DAILY
24-11-2009
Diaspora
Southfield, MI – On Saturday October 24th, 2009 the Terchoonian
Home Foundation’s 2nd Bi-Annual Fundraising Party took place and
was a complete success. The sold out crowd of over 500 people were
entertained throughout the evening with music and performances by an
authentic Mariachi band, Shrine Highlanders, Detroit Salsa Dancers,
Levendes Greek Band, Khoren Mouradian and "D-On-Knowns", violinist
Yervand Kalajian, and the headline singer for the evening Harout
Khatchoyan.
Mr. Herman Hintiryan, head of the Terchoonian Home Foundation, was
extremely surprised and pleased with the turnout and the amount raised
for the children. He says they were expecting a very modest turnout
given the economic climate being endured in the state of Michigan.
One of the high points of the evening took place at midnight with
the raffle being drawn. The grand prize of a Mediterranean Cruise for
two, generously donated by Yezekyan Fine Jewelry of Boca Raton, FL,
was won by Mr. & Mrs. Aram Churukian of Livonia, Michigan. Following
the raffle was another crowd favorite, the serving of soujouk and eggs.
The singers and performers went on into the early hours of Sunday
morning.
Mission Statement: The Terchoonian Home Foundation raises money and
other supplies for the Terchoonian Home Orphanage which is located
in Gyumri, Armenia.
Everybody at Terchoonian Home Foundation would like to express their
gratitude to everyone who attended, contributed, performed, and helped
with this event. Through everyone’s support the evening was extremely
enjoyable and successful.
ARMENIA THREATENS AZERIS WITH KARABAKH RECOGNITION
Nov 23 2009
Turkey
Armenian forces occupied the territory of 100,000 people and seven
surrounding Azeri districts.
Armenia said on Monday it could recognise breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh as
an independent state if Azerbaijan carries out its threat of military
action to take back the mountain territory.
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan and Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev held
talks on Sunday on the occupied territory at the heart of the South
Caucasus, a strategic crossroads between East and West and key transit
region for oil and gas to Europe.
In comments broadcast on Saturday, Aliyev warned that Azeri patience
was running thin and that without a breakthrough soon, Azeri troops
were ready to take back the territory by force if necassary.
Sarksyan’s spokesman Samvel Farmanyan said in a statement: "It should
be noted that Armenia so far has not recognised the independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh for one reason — so that it would not become an
obstacle to peaceful negotiation."
"If peaceful negotiations break down and military action begins, then
nothing stands in the way of Armenia recognising the independence
of Nagorno-Karabakh."
Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh erupted as the Soviet Union headed
towards its 1991 collapse. Some 30,000 people died and more than 1
million were displaced before a ceasefire in 1994.
Armenian forces occupied the territory of 100,000 people and seven
surrounding Azeri districts.
With no peace deal, soldiers on the frontline continue to be picked off
by landmines and snipers. No state has recognised Nagorno-Karabakh as
"independent."
Ankara says it wants Armenian forces to pull back before it ratifies
a deal to establish diplomatic ties with Yerevan and open the border
it closed in 1993 in solidarity with Azerbaijan.
Media reports in Azerbaijan and Turkey say about a possible Armenian
pullback from the Azeri districts adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh in
order to clinch the deal with Turkey.
Mediators from the United States, Russia and France gave little away
on Sunday after Aliyev and Sarksyan’s sixth meeting this year, saying
they made "important progress" but also met some difficulties.
They said they would work with the sides’ foreign ministers ahead of
an OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on Dec. 1-2. Reuters
OSCE: PROGRESS IN AZERBAIJAN-ARMENIA TALKS
eTaiwan news
Nov 23 2009
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a weekend
meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia produced
progress but no solution to their dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh
enclave.
The OSCE said in a statement Monday that the two presidents discussed
proposals put forward by Russian, French and American co-chairs of
the so-called Minsk Group.
It says "in some areas progress was made. At the same time, some
issues still remain open."
The four-hour meeting in Munich was the group’s sixth this year.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an enclave in Azerbaijan that has been under the
control of ethnic Armenian forces since a six-year conflict that
killed about 30,000 people and displaced 1 million before a truce
was reached in 1994. (AP)