YURI MERZLYAKOV DENIES RUMORS ON WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2009 18:43 GMT+04:00
At a news conference convened in Yerevan, OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair
Y. Merzlyakov said the rumors on Russia’s intention to withdraw its
troops from Armenia in case of Armenian-Turkish ties normalization
are untrue. "To the best of my knowledge, withdrawal of Russian troops
is not on agenda at present," the Russian diplomat noted.
ARONYAN STILL STANDS A CHANCE
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[11:52 am] 06 March, 2009
Armenian GM Levon Aronyan stands a good chance to win the Linares
Chess Super Tournament. In the 12th round the leader of the tournament,
Russian GM Alexander Grishchuk, suffered a defeat giving his contenders
a chance to go ahead. Aronyan has been unable to beat his contenders
during the last four rounds.
Presently Aronyan is the 4th on the list with 6 points.
Alexander Grishchuk continues to head the super tournament with 7
points, followed by Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen with 6.5
points.
In the 13th round Levon Aronyan will play with Vassily Ivanchuk and
Grishchuk – with the World Chess Champion Vishwanatan Anand.
"THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS A FACT, WHETHER TURKS WANT IT OR NOT"
AZG Armenian Daily
26/11/2008
Armenian Genocide
"The Armenian Genocide is a fact, whether Turks want it or not",
announced Vatican inter-Christian unity council chairman, Cardinal
Walter Kasper before the delegation led by the Catholicos of the
Great House of Cilicia Aram 1st visited the Pope Benedict 16th.
In an interview to Vatican radio Cardinal Kasper said, "The Armenian
Genocide is an accomplished fact. It is a wound in the hearts of the
Armenians. Vatican declared its position on the issue during Pope
John Paul’s visit to Armenia. The Pope visited the Yerevan memorial
to the Armenian Genocide victims and called the incidents of 1915 a
genocide. Armenian Genocide is not an allegation but a reality. It’s
not a matter of term. It is an historical fact. It should be recognized
and remembered. I don’t know what Vatican is able to do to improve
the Armenian-Turkish relations, but it is also important to the
reconciliation of the Near East".
ARMENIAN-BELGIAN JOINT VENTURE EXPECTED TO BE CREATED
ARMENPRESS
Oct 8, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, ARMENPRESS: Armenian-Belgian business-forum opened
today in Yerevan. Within the frameworks of the forum meetings will
be organized between Armenian and Belgian businessmen. The chief goal
of their cooperation is to create a joint venture which will give an
opportunity to export Armenian products to the European market and
promote the import of Belgian products in Armenia.
According to the president of Belgium-Armenia business chamber Valery
Safarian their chief task is the development of bilateral relations
between Belgium and Armenia. The forum creates wide opportunity for the
development of activity of Belgian and Armenian trade institutions,
organization of new business-forums and consolidation of cooperation
between businessmen of the two countries.
He said this forum is a mutually beneficial cooperation between the
two states. It creates opportunity to acquire reliable partners in
every sphere of industry.
According to the leading specialist of Armenian Manufacturers and
Businessmen Union Inga Sargsian, the import of Belgian products will
give an opportunity to bring the Armenian industry closer to European
standards. Particularly import technology, food and Belgian carpets.
Nine Belgian businessmen, representing different spheres of industry,
take part in the forum. The whole delegation comprises of 15 people
including the ambassador of Belgium to Armenia.
This is the second business-forum organized by Armenian Trade
Industry Chamber and Armenian Manufacturers and Businessmen Union in
collaboration with Belgium.
ARMENIA: RATM TO ACQUIRE PLANT MIKA-CEMENT
ESMERK
Vedomosti Sibir
August 19, 2008 Tuesday
The Novosibirsk holding RATM (Siberia) plans to acquire the cement
plant Mika-Cement in Armenia. The holding is expected to buy from 75%
plus one share to 100%. The sum of the deal is not disclosed. According
to analysts, 100% of the plant cost from US$ 60mn (EUR 38.48mn) to US$
120mn. RATM intends to invest US$ 15-17mn to modernize the new asset
till summer 2009. The second production line, idle for ten years,
is to be launched at the plant. This will allow the enterprise to
reach the designed capacity of 1.2mn tons.
Acquisition of the Armenian plant is in line with the strategy of
RATM development envisaging increase in the total production of
cement by the enterprises of the holding to 10mn tons per year by
2014. The program also provides for construction of new enterprises,
US$ 2bn to be allotted by RATM for these goals.
"OBJECTS" BEING BUILT IN INTERVALS BETWEEN TREES IN IJEVAN
Noyan Tapan
Ju ne 20, 2008
YEREVAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Until 1990s, tall beatiful trees grew
in the center of the city of Ijevan and along the banks of the Aghstev
River, which gave a unique charm to this regional center of Tavush
marz. As NT correspondent reported from Tavush marz, over the past
ten years a lot of trees have been cut down mercilessly in order to
clear space for various facilities. "Deep pruning" of trees along
the highway, on the left bank of the river was done recently. The
huge trees were thrown into the river so that the flow will take them
away. The municipality has allocated areas for various "objects" on
the right bank, in the intervals between the trees. In the opinion of
local residents, the huge trees that "hamper" the newly-built shops
will dry up and die.
CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVES DELEGATES OF PRIMATE OF ASSYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Noyan Tapan
March 27, 2008
ANTILIAS, MARCH 27, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. On March 25
Catholicos Aram I received the two bishop representatives of
His Holiness Patriarch Zagga I Yuas, the primate of the Assyrian
Orthodox Church in the Great Cilician House. During the meeting the
two bishops consulted with Catholicos Aram I concerning a number of
important issues.
As the Mother Church of Antilias reports, after listening to the
patgam of the Patriarch, Catholicos Aram I introduced his own points
of view concerning the existing issues and passed his friendly wishes
to Patriarch Zagga I on the occasion of the Saint Resurrection festival
through the two bishops.
FOOTBALL: ARMENIA’S SQUAD FOR KAZAKHSTAN FRIENDLY
Agence France Presse — English
March 19, 2008 Wednesday 11:40 AM GMT
Armenia’s 25-man squad announced on Wednesday for the international
friendly against Kazakhstan at Yerevan on March 26:
Goalkeepers: Roman Berezovsky (Khimki/RUS), Gevorg Ksparov
(Rahahan/IRI), Mais Azizyan (Ulyss Yerevan)
Defenders: Sarkis Ovsepyan, Karen Dokhoyan (both Pyunik Yerevan),
Alexander Tadevosyan (Vitebsk/BLR), Agvan Mkrtchan (Gomel/BLR),
Robert Arzumanyan (Randers/DEN), Grair Mkoyan (Ararat Yerevan)
Midfielders: Genrikh Mkhitaryan, Karlen Mkrtchan (both Pyunik
Yerevan), Romik Khachatryan (APOP/Kinyras Peyias/CYP), Artur
Voskanyan (Vitebsk/BLR), Ararat Arakelyan (Metalurg Donetsk/UKR),
Artavazd Karamyan (Politechnica/ROM), Levon Pachadzhan (Gais/SWE),
Karen Aleksanyan (Banants Yerevan), Vaagn Minasyan (Ararat Yerevan)
Forwards: Gamlet Mkhitaryan (Rahahan/IRI), Arman Karamyan
(Politechnica/ROM), Ara Akopyan (Zimbru Chisinau/MOL), Samvel Melkonyan
(Metalurg Donetsk/UKR), Edgar Manucharyan (Ajax/NED), Gevorg Kazaryan
(Pyunik Yerevan), Robert Zebalyan (Kaliningrad/RUS)
Police disperse demonstrators at French Embassy
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.03.2008 12:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Police dispersed the opposition at the French
Embassy in Yerevan.
Earlier, a group of demonstrators gathered at the Embassy after
dispersal of the rally in Liberty Square. In response to police’s
urgent requests to abandon the site, they said "no one will dare to
beat them before the eyes of Embassy employees" and shouted "Levon"
and "Unity."
The Embassy is cordoned by the Police, traffic is blocked.
One of the demonstrators, who lost consciousness, was taken to
hospital.
The oppositionists put up resistance to the police operation that
started at 6.20 a.m. and then were forced to scatter. Presently,
Liberty Square is surrounded by policemen.
HIGH COURT REFUSES TO DELAY ARMENIAN VOTE
By Ruzanna Khachatrian
Radio Liberty, Czech Republic
Feb 11 2008
The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected former President Levon
Ter-Petrosian’s demand to postpone Armenia’s presidential election
by two weeks because of state television’s perceived biased coverage
of his election campaign.
Under the Armenian Electoral Code, a presidential election can be put
off if one of the candidates is deemed to be facing "insurmountable
obstacles" during the campaign. If those obstacles are not eliminated
by authorities within two weeks, the vote must be cancelled and held
anew 40 days later.
In its appeal to the country’s highest judicial body, the Ter-Petrosian
campaign claimed that the election coverage by the state-controlled
Armenian Public Television, which has been highly critical of the
ex-president, constitutes such an obstacle.
Ter-Petrosian’s representatives spent more than an hour trying to
substantiate the claim before the panel of nine judges headed by
Gagik Harutiunian.
In particular, they cited examples of what they consider violations of
legal provisions obligating Public Television to be impartial in its
news coverage. One of them, Artak Zeynalian, said the Ter-Petrosian
complained to the regulatory National Commission on Television and
Radio (NCTR) but never received a reply.
In its verdict read out by Harutiunian, the Constitutional Court ruled
that the alleged obstacles are not serious enough to be considered
insurmountable. At the same time the court said after four-hour
deliberations that Ter-Petrosian’s complaints are "legitimate" and
should be addressed by the NCTR, the Central Election Commission
and lower-level courts. It warned that their failure to do so could
"generate distrust in the election process."