Author: Chatinian Lara

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN HOSTS NEWLY-APPOINTED BELGIAN AMBASSADOR

Aysor
May 11 2010
Armenia

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan hosted Tuesday a newly-appointed
Belgium’s Ambassador to Armenia Stefan de Locker, who presented
his Credentials to Armenian President, a spokesperson to the State
Administration said.

President Serzh Sargsyan said he hopes Mr. Stefan de Locker will
contribute to strengthening of the Armenian-Belgian relations and added
is interested in deepening the cooperation with Belgium. The parties
also stressed the importance of cooperation within the framework of
the EU Eastern Partnership Plan.

Referring to the international issues, Mr. Stefan de Locker said
that the Belgian parliament welcomes efforts of President Sargsyan in
direction to normalisation of relations with Turkey. Parties talked
about the current stage of the settlement to the Karabakh conflict,
and discussed details of Sargsyan’s upcoming visit to Brussels.

ENTREPRENEUR OPENS SKIN BAR SPA IN HANOVER
By Lana Lagomarsini

The Patriot Ledger
730763/Entrepreneur-opens-Skin-Bar-spa-in-Hanover
May 10 2010
MA

She has dream and a goal

HANOVER — ANN SIMON: For Ann Simon, the American dream is alive and
well in Hanover with the recent opening of her new spa called the
Skin Bar.

Simon, who immigrated here from her native Armenia, has had a lifetime
of experience in the skin care industry. The Quincy resident, 62,
first came to this country from Armenia more than 40 years ago.

"I was a single parent, I raised two kids while working in the cosmetic
industry," Simon said. "Twenty years later, my job changed and I went
to aesthetics school."

After working in retail and as a makeup artist, Simon attended the
now-closed Quincy School of Beauty in 1996. After graduating, Simon
worked at Face Place and Spa in Hanover for 10 years. The idea for
Skin Bar came to Simon six months ago.

"I thought if I don’t do this, I won’t ever have the chance to even
try it," Simon said.

Skin Bar opened in February and offers services such as facials,
massages and nail work. Simon chose the name based on a client’s
suggestion.

"One of my clients told me they wanted someplace like a bar, so I
said OK like a ‘skin bar,’" Simon said. "They wanted somewhere they
can relax and hang out."

About 40 of Simon’s clients from Face Place have followed her to Skin
Bar, and new clients have come from the Hanover and Quincy areas.

Simon attributes her success to her hard work and her genes.

"Armenian people are those people that can survive," Simon said. "You
can knock them out, they get up and survive. I’m one of those people.

I’ve been knocked down many times in my life, but I had to go on
and do something of my own, to run my own place, and to do something
different."

The interior of Skin Bar was designed by Simon, who used photos from
old fashion magazines to decorate the space, along with silk throws
in the therapy rooms and tranquil music and wall paint.

"A year and a half ago, I never thought I would do something like
this," Simon said. "This is the only country where you can dream
anything. If you put your mind to it, you can do anything in this
country."

CIS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO OSCE CALL FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 10, 2010 – 12:01 AMT 07:01 GMT

Permanent representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and
Ukraine to the OSCE issued a joint statement on occasion of the 65th
anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

"May 9 will always be remembered as the day of victory over fascism.

Dozens of millions of people, who gave their lives for the freedom
of future generations, will live in our hearts. We bow our hears to
the veterans, who did not spare themselves for this victory.

Today, we face threats as nazi ideology, extremism and xenophobia. We
call on all OSCE member countries to resolve conflicts peacefully,
in compliance with the norms and principles of the international law,"
the statement says.

SERZH SARGSYAN PARTICIPATES IN THE MARCH-PARADE DEDICATED TO THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

ARMENPRESS
MAY 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
participated May 9 in the march-parade dedicated to the 65th
anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Armenpress correspondent reports from Moscow that in the morning the
Armenian president was welcomed in Kremlin by his Russian counterpart
Dmitry Medvedev after which Serzh Sargsyan was present at the military
parade.

At the end of the parade a wreath putting ceremony was organized to
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier after which all the participants with
one minute of silence paid tribute to the memory of the victims of
the Great Patriotic War.

Afterwards Serzh Sargsyan was present at the official reception given
by the Russian president and then the Armenian delegation arrived
back to Yerevan.

PROCEDURE OF LOCAL TRAFFIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN INTERNET-PROVIDERS SHOULD NOT AFFECT COMMUNICATION TARIFFS

ArmInfo
2010-05-10 16:57:00

ArmInfo. Local traffic exchange between Internet-providers should not
affect communication tariffs for subscribers, director of judicial
service of ArmenTel David Sandukhchayn told ArmInfo correspondent. He
also added that the decision of Public Services Regulatory Commission,
which regulates relations between the operators, has already formalized
the practice of the net connections, but formalization of this practice
will make it possible to prevent conflicting situations.

Regulation of relations between the operators on local traffic
exchange fixes the legal grounds not only for connection of separate
operators but also for creation of traffic exchange centres. ‘The
organizational and technical decisions may be different – there may be
one or several centres. But the legal basis for such centres activity
has been already created according to the above-mentioned decision of
Public Services Regulatory Commission. In particular, if the traffic
exchange centre is free of charge, it will have problems including
in the tax reports, without the above-mentioned decision. For this
reason, it is fixed in the decision that traffic exchange should be
free of change. This decision was adopted first of all for the user,
since fee for the local peer-to-peer would affect the price of the
Internet services for the final user. Anyway, it does not require any
big technical expenses from the operator, but the traffic tariff for
subscribers will reduce much’, – Sandukhchyan said.

BAKO SAHAKYAN RATES HIGH

A1Plus.am
07:29 pm | May 10, 2010

Official

On 10 May President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met managers
and representatives of several committees and offices of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation- Dashnaktsutyun’s Hay Dat at the head of
member of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun bureau Hakob Ter-Khachatryan.

Bako Sahakyan rated high the efforts of the Hay Dat directed to the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, defending rights of the Armenian
people and preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora.

The President also noted important the necessity of elucidating
different aspects of the Artsakh case, further deepening and widening
cooperation with Artsakh in this sphere.

On the same day, Bako Sahakyan met chairman of the Armenian Public
Council Vazgen Manoukyan.

Issues related to social and political life of the two Armenian states
were discussed during the meeting.

news.am, Armenia
May 8 2010

Aliyev boycotted Medvedev’s invitation

14:25 / 05/08/2010Ruling New Azerbaijan party (NAP) put high value on
President Ilham Aliyev’s back out of an informal summit of CIS member
states.

`It is a right step taken by President Aliyev. The main reason for
such a step is that the persons who participated in the occupation of
Shusha, leads Armenia. Aliyev’s step is a signal to Armenia,’ Trend
quotes NAP Deputy Chairman Ali Ahmadov.

`Azerbaijan once again shows that any relations with Armenia are out
of question before the liberation of the occupied land. This means
that it is necessary to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh within the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan to achieve peace in the South
Caucasus,’ Ahmadov stated.

Today is the 18th anniversary of Shushi liberation. The operation was
conducted under the `Wedding in mountains’ code name.

S.T.

Boxing: Darchinyan vs Barcelona for IBO bantamweight belt

15:52 08/05/2010 » Sport

WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan will move up to
bantamweight when he faces Eric Barcelona on May 20 in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. The fight has been approved for IBO
bantamweight title, according to Boxingscene.

Source: Panorama.am

SOCIAL DEMOCRAT HUNCHAKIAN PARTY TO HOLD RALLY DATED TO SHUSHI LIBERATION DAY

PanARMENIAN.Net –
May 7, 2010 – 12:31 AMT 07:31 GMT

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party to hold rally dedicated to Shushi
Liberation Day on May 8. A resolution on support will be conveyed to
the NKR representation, the party’s press office reported.

ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE GETS UNDERWAY IN TBILISI

Panorama.am
17:37 07/05/2010

Society

Armenian-Georgian scientific conference on "Tolerance as a Precondition
for Cooperation" got underway in Tbilisi Friday. The conference has
been organized by the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
and the Armenian Embassy in Georgia.

Opening speeches were delivered by the Rector of the Ivane
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgy Khubara, Georgian
Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Shashkin, Deputy Head of
the EU Representation in Georgia Robin Lidel, Georgian Minister for
Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili, Armenian Ambassador to Georgia Hrach
Silvanyan, Rector of the Yerevan State University Aram Simonyan and
Political Adviser to the EU Representative for the South Caucasus
Kaupo Kand.

The conference features high-ranking officials of the European Union
accredited in Georgia, diplomats, politicians, representatives of
non-governmental organizations.

On May 8 participants of the conference are scheduled to visit the
Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian
Embassy. The same day they will visit Khojivank, the Pantheon of
Armenian writers and public figures and will lay wreaths at the
memorial to commemorate the Armenian innocent victims, Armenian
MFA reported.