Author: Toneyan Mark

Information security issue to be discussed at CSIT 2009
25.09.2009 14:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Seventh International Conference on Computer
Science and Information Technologies, CSIT 2009, will kick off in
Yerevan, Armenia, on September 28.

The aim of the conference is to encourage the exchange of scientific
and technological information between researchers in Computer Science
and Information Technologies.

The event will bring together 62 leading IT specialists from the
United States, Russia, Norway, Georgia, Brazil, Poland, Syria,
Ukraine, Germany, Canada and France, leaders of IT companies and
students.

The major topics will be the following: Algorithms, Automata and
Logic, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorial Analysis, Information
Theory and Coding Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Management
Support Systems, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Parallel
and Distributed Computing, Cluster and Grid Computing, Design and
Testing, Telecommunication and Networking, Information Technologies
and Applications.

The conference also includes a workshop on UNL (Universal Networking
Language), which will include 1-day international symposium to discuss
theoretical and technical issues on the basis of papers and demos,
3-day introductory seminar to UNL for people interested in knowing the
UNL or expecting to start working on it, the RA NAS press office said.

CSIT 2009 was initiated by RA Government, RA National Academy of
Sciences (NAS), NAS Institute for Informatics and Automation Issues,
Yerevan Scientific Research Institute for communication facilities, as
well as Synopsys Armenia, Unicomp, Hilink, Virage Logic, Enterprise
Incubator Foundation and Armenian Development Agency.

SAHIN TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN

News.am
14:27 / 09/24/2009

Newly appointed Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin intends
to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan, September 25.

Sahin told the journalists that Turkey always was and will be next to
Azerbaijan and will in no way hurt its Azerbaijani brothers, Turkish
Hurriyet daily reports. According to Turkish mass media, the focal
point of his visit is Armenian-Turkish relations’ normalization.

Earlier Mehmet Ali Sahin expressed hope that Karabakh conflict will be
settled in the near future. "Azerbaijan and Turkey are ‘one nation, but
two states’. Turkey will never infringe upon Azerbaijan’s interests. We
will always back Azerbaijan," he said.

‘PROTOCOLS SIGNED BY SERZH SARGSYAN HAVE NO LEGAL FORCE’: ARMAN MELIKIAN

Tert
Sept 17 2009
Armenia

"The last presidential elections in Armenia can not be trusted, and any
document signed by Serzh Sargsyan cannot have legal force, which the
signature of legitimate authorities would have," Nagorno-Karabakh’s
ex-Foreign Minister Arman Melikian stated during a press conference
today.

"Thus, I think no one in Armenia would take on the responsibility of
signing the Protocols," Melikian said.

According to him, there is an occasion, an opportunity, and pressure to
stir Armenian-Turkish relations. That is clear. How will the governing
authorities get out of that situation? Melikian asks.

It is that lack of legitimacy, according to Melikian, that propels
Sargsyan to begin the process of ratifying the Protocols, which is
generally absurd:

"That is the reason why he is trying to put responsibility on the
parliament, which is elected by the nation, and he is going to meet
with leaders of political parties…."

Noting that, in the case where the Kars Treaty is not announced void,
Armenia may become the political and economic attache of the most
powerful country in the region: a fate that Arman Melikian doesn’t
wish for Armenia.

ARMENTEL OPEN TWO NEW OFFICES IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.09.2009 19:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian operator of communication services ArmenTel
(trade mark Beeline) opened two new sales and service offices in the
center of Yerevan – at the North Avenue 4, and Vardanants Street 15/5,
press service of the company reports.

The new flagship office on the North Avenue will operate daily
from 9.00 am to 24.00, without weekends. "Design and comfort of our
offices comply with requirements of a dynamic market and represent a
new image of the company. Now it will be easier for us to take into
account the needs of each client ," ArmenTel’s CEO Igor Klimko said.

AHMADINEJAD: IRAN DOES NOT WANT ATOMIC WEAPONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.09.2009 20:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has
rejected a report that it conceals a document proving that Iran
is secretly developing atomic weapons and delivery vehicles. "The
IAEA has no concrete evidence that the Islamic republic had or has
a secret program to develop nuclear weapons," the representative of
the agency said.

Earlier, APdisseminated a release that IAEA’s experts are certain that
Iran already has the means to build a nuclear bomb and is currently
developing rocket carriers. AP recalled a secret document of IAEA. This
document is the clearest evidence that IAEA members share the views
of the U.S. in respect to Tehran’s atomic capabilities. Perhaps this
document is an appendix to the report, which, according to Washington,
deliberately withheld by the IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei. It
allegedly says that IAEA has "sufficient evidence" of Iran’s ability
to build an atomic bomb and overcome difficulties of elaboration of
delivery vehicles fitted with nuclear warheads.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in an interview
with NBC U.S. television said that Iran does not want atomic
weapons. "There’s no need. The events in the world are developing in
our expected scenario. Roll-out by Iran its nuclear program may not
be a matter of discussion", Ahmadinejad said.

On October 1, five countries, permanent members of UN Security Council
and Germany intend to discuss with Iran its nuclear program. The
representative of Iran to the IAEA Ali Ashgar Soltanieh called this
meeting a great chance. According to him, the Iranian nation has
opened the door, and the West should immediately take advantage of it.

ZHARANGUTIUN SENDS OFFICIAL LETTER TO RA GOVERNMENT WITH PROPOSAL OF SETTING REFERENDUM

NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Zharangutiun (Heritage) party Board
Chairman Armen Martirosian and head of the parliamentary faction of
the same name Styopa Safarian sent an official message to RA Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsian on September 16.

They mentioned that as far back as on September 3 Zharangutiun
made a statement on the 2009 August 31 press release of the Swiss
Foreign Ministry, RA and Turkish Foreign Ministries and two initiated
protocols. In addition to 10 steps on Armenian-Turkish relations
considered expedient and aimed at revelation of state-public-political
attitude and views, the statement suggested before the final signing
and ratification of the protocols, in the coming month putting the
documents to referendum, accompanied by the issue of confidence in
the RA President responsible for the RA foreign policy.

"On behalf of the Zharangutiun party and faction of the same name we
apply to you to exercise the responsibility and right reserved for you
by the RA Constitution and RA law On Referendum, that is, to initiate
and in the coming month to hold a referendum aimed at revelation of the
public opinion on coordinated and initiated documents, which will be
accompanied by the issue of confidence in the RA President responsible
for the RA foreign policy," the letter to the RA Prime Minister read.

ARARATBANK LAUNCH "ARARAT NEWS" TV PROJECT

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.09.2009 19:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On September 15 Araratbank has launched Ararat
news TV project, which will be broadcast on "Armenia" TV channel,
press office of the bank reports.

The "Ararat news" project will be aired every day at at 7:30 p.m.,
except Saturdays and Sundays, and highlight news about banking
industry. Viewers will be able to ask questions directly to the
Araratbank’s staff, regularly attending the studio.

ARMENIA RECOVERS ITS COMPUTER MARKET

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.09.2009 16:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s computer market is showing positive
tendencies for development, Unicomp Armenian Office Director , Armen
Baldryantold a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him, Computer
market in Armenia is still facing a hard situation, but there are
changes for better in comparison with the same period of last year.

In response to the question concerning most widely consumed computer
technology, Baldryan said that notebooks continue to remain popular
products.

IIHF mourns delegates
Armenian, Georgian officials killed in accident on way to congress

15-09-09 Back

The IIHF was deeply saddened by the information that delegates
from the Ice Hockey Associations of Armenia and Georgia died in a car
accident on their way to the Semi-Annual Congress in Tunis.

Karen Khachatryan (President), his wife Gayane Harutyunyan and
their son Levon Khachatryan from Armenia, and Denis Davidov
(Vice-President), Lasha Tsagareishvili (General Secretary) and his wife
Teo Berdzenishvili from Georgia drove in a jeep to Istanbul, Turkey, to
catch the flight to Tunis, Tunisia.

In the region of Erzincan in eastern Turkey, 300 km from the
border to Armenia and Georgia, the six persons were victims of a head-on
collision with a bus on Friday at 2:45am on the Erzurum-Erzincan
highway.

The International Ice Hockey Federation expresses its sincere
condolences to the families of the deceased and to the national member
associations of Armenia and Georgia.

IIHF President René Fasel:

"This horrific news was conveyed to us during our council meetings
in Tunis. We are all shocked and totally devastated by it. Our prayers
are with the families of the deceased delegates. The IIHF family is in
mourning."

TURKEY TO CHANGE ITS CURRENT POLICY ON ARMENIAN MONUMENTS?

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.09.2009 18:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The fact that Armenian monument on Turkish territory
no longer have stands bearing inscriptions on their Armenian origins
proves that they have been eliminated by Turkish nationalists,
Turkish historian, owner of Turkish Birzamanlar agency Osman Koker
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. "Turkish nationalists are in this
way attempting to prove that those territories were never populated by
Armenians. That’s their method of work," Turkish historian noted. Upon
entering Ani one can see no single inscription testifying to one-time
presence of Armenians, he added.

Nevertheless, Koker finds that country will soon change such policy
in relation to Armenians.