LEVON ARONYAN TO PARTAKE IN THE GRAND SLAM CHESS TOURNAMENT
armradio.am
19.06.2008 16:59
Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan will participate in the Grand Slam
chess tournament to be held in Bilbao (pain) from 1 to 13 September.
His rivals will be Vishwanathan Anand of India, Vasily Ivanchuk of
Ukraine, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and
Teymur Rajabov of Azerbaijan.
The fund of the final of the Grand Slam equals 400 thousand euros. The
winner will get 100 000 euros.
NALBANDYAN: NEGOTIATING STEPANAKERT WILL BRING TO SOLUTION
Panorama.am
19:36 16/06/2008
There is no alternative way to the negotiating regulation of the
NKR conflict, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward
Nalbandyan and added that the war can not be considered a salvation. In
this regard he said that the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan will give an opportunity to keep the negotiations based
on the recommendations of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen.
Talking about the NKR to be a negotiating side, the Foreign Minister
mentioned that the co-chairmen always try to have meetings with the
NKR authorities also.
The president of Armenia and the Foreign Minister always hold meeting
discussions with the NKR side before meeting with the Azeri side. This
comes to prove that Nagorno Karabakh is indirectly involved in the
negotiations. "As to me, I guess that the direct involvement of the
NKR in the negotiations could contribute to the regulation of the
conflict," he said.
ARMENIA WILL EXPAND STRATEGIC COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA AND DEEPEN FRIENDLY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US
armradio.am
16.06.2008 14:04
RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian declared in an interview with
Russian "Nezaviksimaya Gazeta" newspaper that "we shall conduct an
active, intensive foreign policy based on the defense of interests
and pragmatism, which means greater involvement of international and
regional organizations in the country, reinforcement of relations on
both bilateral and multilateral bases."
The Foreign Minister declared that "the allied, strategic cooperation
with Russia is very important for Armenia, and we intend to expand
and reinforce it through new mutually beneficial projects."
"Armenia will deepen the friendly partnership with the US and will
apply greater efforts to get more involved in European integration
programs. From now on we are ready to reinforce the relations with
those countries with which we have friendly cooperative relations,
and we shall spare no effort to normalize our relations with the
countries with which we have unsettled issues," Edward Nalbandian said.
RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian expressed hope that the meeting
of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will allow continuing
the negotiations on the basis of Madrid proposals
"Public opinion polls were recently conducted in Azerbaijan, the
results of which reveal that 29% of the population support military
solution of the issue. It’s a very dangerous trend. I don’t think that
there could be another country in the world that would hail the tenfold
increase of its military expenses and every third citizen would wish
war. War cannot be a response, war cannot be a solution. There is no
alternative to the negotiation process," Edward Nalbandian stressed.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH COMMISSION FOR SOUTHERN CAUCASUS AFFAIRS
DeFacto Agency
June 13 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 12.06.08. DE FACTO. The issue referring to Italian
government’s initiative on the establishment of Commission for
Southern Caucasus Affairs in Rome was discussed at Armenia’s FM
Edvard Nalbandian’s meeting with Italian Ambassador to the RA Massimo
Lavezzo Kassinelli.
According to the RA MFA Press Office, in the course of the meeting the
parties considered the issues referring to the further development of
political, economic and cultural relations between Armenia and Italy.
The RA FM expressed his gratitude to Italian government for promoting
programs being realized in Artsakh by international organizations.
TO DISCUSS THE CANDIDACY OF THE AMBASSADOR
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Hayots Ashkhar Daily
June 12, 2008
Armenia
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Senate will convene a
hearing on June 19, regarding Mary Jovanovich’s candidacy as the US
Ambassador to Armenia.
We should remind you that on March 28 US President George Bush
officially nominated M. Jovanovich’s candidacy in the position
of the US Ambassador to Armenia. As we were informed from ARFD
Washington Office of Armenian Cause they asked the members of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Senate to address questions
to Mary Jovanovich regarding the Genocide of Armenians, as well as
the continuous attempts of Azerbaijan and Turkey to keep Armenia
in isolation, and the efforts of the USA to achieve democratic and
peaceful settlement of Karabakh.
ARMENIANS SAY LAST FAREWELL TO KAREN ASRIAN
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ARMENPRESS
June 11, 2008
President Serzh Sarkisian, Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian and
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian joined today thousands of Armenians
to say the last farewell to talented chess player Karen Asrian who
died suddenly on June 9.
Karen Asrian was only 28, but he was Olympic chess champion, three
times champion of Armenia and winner of many international chess
competitions.
The leadership of the country visited the Chess House in Yerevan were
Karen Asrian’s coffin was laid, to convey their condolences to Karen
Asrian’s family and relatives.
Levon Aronian, Vladimir Hakobian, Gabriel Sarkisian, Peter Leko of
Hungary, Michael Adams of UK, Alexander Morozevich of Russia and Boris
Gelfand of Israel who are in Yerevan for an international competition,
paid their last tribute to their friend.
DIVINE LITURGY CELEBRATED IN ARMENIAN CHURCH OF SACRAMENTO BY ARCHBISHOP HOVNAN DERDERIAN
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June 11, 2008
SACRAMENTO- ARMENIANS TODAY
On June 1 His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate,
accompanied by the newly ordained priests Khajag Shahbazyan and
Avedis Abovian, paid a pastoral visit to St. James Armenian Church in
Sacramento. The Primate assisted by the clergy celebrated the Divine
Liturgy and delivered the sermon.
ARMENIA TREE PROJECT MICRO-ENTERPRISE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL WINNER OF ENERGY GLOBE AWARD FOR SUSTAINABILITY
World-Wire
June 11 2008
Kofi Annan and Mikhail Gorbachev Address Evening Gala Program at European Parliament in Brussels
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, June 11, 2008 –/WORLD-WIRE/– The backyard nursery
micro-enterprise program being implemented by Armenia Tree Project
(ATP) was selected as the National Winner for Armenia of the Energy
Globe Awards, also known as the World Award for Sustainability. ATP
representatives attended the awards ceremony on May 26 at the European
Parliament, where the program was selected from among 853 projects
from 109 nations.
During the televised evening gala in the European Parliament,
an honorary Energy Globe Award was presented to Nobel Peace Prize
laureate Mikhail Gorbachev. Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering
and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso presented the
award to Mr. Gorbachev for his role as a cofounder of Green Cross
International.
The ATP program recognized by the Energy Globe Awards is mitigating
poverty-driven deforestation by creating micro-enterprise tree
nurseries in northern Armenia. These nurseries are owned by hundreds
of Armenia’s most impoverished families, who have doubled their annual
income by participating in the program.
"ATP initiated this program as a pilot project with 17 families
in 2004, and since then it has grown to include 400 families this
year who are growing reforestation seedlings," stated ATP Deputy
Director Jason Sohigian. "It has always been our goal that some of
the additional income be invested to reduce reliance on the forests
for heating and cooking fuel by creating an economy for a natural
gas infrastructure in these villages."
"On behalf of our field staff and the creators of this program,
we were honored to be recognized by the Energy Globe Awards for our
contribution to sustainable development in this remote rural region
of Armenia," added Mr. Sohigian.
"ATP was extremely proud to be selected for this prestigious award,"
noted ATP Development Officer Paul Yeghiayan who also attended the
event. "It has been our goal in recent years to reach out and make
inroads to the development community internationally."
"The award gala in Brussels represents a unique distinction for
the winners, whose projects target greater environmental protection
and sustainability in handling our resources, but also serves as an
accolade for the Energy Globe, which in its nine years has developed
to the world’s most prominent environmental award," read a press
release after the event. The television gala included remarks by
former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, as well as performances by
Dionne Warwick and Alanis Morissette.
ABOUT ARMENIA TREE PROJECT Since 1994, Armenia Tree Project
has planted and restored more than 2,000,000 trees and created
hundreds of jobs for impoverished Armenians in tree-regeneration
programs. The organization’s three tiered initiatives are tree
planting, community development to reduce poverty and promote
self-sufficiency, and environmental education to protect Armenia’s
precious natural resources. For additional information, visit the
web site
ARMENIA TREE PROJECT 65 Main Street Watertown, MA 02472 USA Tel:
(617) 926-TREE Email: [email protected] Web:
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US CONGRESS TO HOLD HEARINGS ON CURRENT SITUATION IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 11 2008
Washington. Husniyya Hasanova-APA. US Congress House of Representatives will hold hearings on the recent processes in the South Caucasus on June 18.
APA’s US bureau reports that Assistant Secretary for European and
Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried will answer the questions of the
foreign affairs committee members about the ongoing processes in
the South Caucasus, Georgian-Abkhazian conflict and recent progress
concerning Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Marie Yovanovitch’s appointment
as ambassador to Armenia will be discussed in the Senate committee
on foreign relations a day later. Armenian National Committee of
America stated that blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey,
peaceful solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be in the focus
of attention. In the previous hearings Richard Hoagland, candidate to
the post of ambassador, openly denied the so-called Armenian genocide.
EARTHQUAKE AT THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
armradio.am
11.06.2008 12:47
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was registered at the Armenian Turkish
border, 15 km to the West of Ararat city at 05.23 today.
The Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection informed Armenpress
that the earthquake measured 3 on the Richter scale at the epicenter.