PEACEKEEPING OFFICERS IN GERMANY BEST STUDENTS
Panorama.am
17:02 15/06/06
Peacekeeping officers studying in Germany are the best students,
Renate Haike Patch, Germany ambassador, told a discussion organized
by George Marshal Center Alumni Armenian Association. The center is a
joint German-American establishment. Speaking about career advancement
of the center alumni, John Evans noted that 16 graduates have become
defense ministers, 21 have held other ministerial positions, 22 have
become ambassadors and so on. “There is a close link between them. In
a good sense I would say that it is a mafia in Europe and Asia,”
he said.

EXPORT OF ARMENIAN STONE DOES NOT EXCEED 2-3 MLN DOLLARS
Panorama.am
13:23 15/06/06
The export of the Armenian stone does not exceed 2-3 mln dollars,
Arsen Ghazaryan, chairman of industrials and entrepreneurs union told
a symposium today. He said this is not a good indicator and makes only
a small part of GDP. At present, Armenian stones are exported to NIS
countries, USA, France, Germany and Australia in small quantities only.
The leading companies in stone processing, like Multy Stone or Karart
are very young and have started newly to advance in the international
market. In his words, the annual growth of the field fluctuates from
25-20 percent.

OUR POLITICS IS FOOTBALL LIKE
Panorama.am
15:34 15/06/06
The upcoming parliamentary elections will not give up to football
championship in terms of interests, Aram Harutunyan, the leader of
National Concord Party told a press conference today, trying to make
forecasts on elections.
He noted that he thinks it unlikely that Unification for Armenia
will gain any support since president Kocharyan does not like when
pro-government parties lead their own game. Orinats Yerkir will shoot
11- meter who was knocked down in its own field. The possibility that
Orinats Yerkir will score a goal is 50:50 he said.
Unlike other politicians who think that Orinats Yerkir is just
playing a game, A. Harutunyan does not think so. He is sure that OY
pushed itself back to opposition. This was revival of the opposition
in the country which was dead after constitutional reforms, he
said.

RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY HOLDS A ROUND TABLE IN YEREVAN
Panorama.am
16:55 15/06/06
The Armenian branch office of Russian “Caucasian Institute of
Democracy” has organized a round table discussing Russian regional
policies in 90s and today.
Many experts, including renown in Armenia Sergei Shakariants,
Ashot Yeghiazaryan, Igor Muradyan, Sevak Sarukhanyan participated
in the round table. Present was also Oleg Hairapetov who is adviser
to Russian president staff on international and cultural relations
with foreign countries. Hairapetov is in Armenia at the invitation of
Armenian branch office of the Fund and delivers lectures at Linguistic
University after Briusov.

NA UNANIMOUSLY RATIFIED BUDGET PERFORMANCE
Panorama.am
18:12 15/06/06
Today the National Assembly extraordinary session once again violated
its administrative regulations. The session continued discussions
on 2005 budget performance. However, Justice block secretary Viktor
Dallakyan reminded Vahan Hovhannisyan, who was chairing the session,
that according to regulations NA had to ratify the budget performance
still yesterday.
Anyway, Vartan Khachatryan, finance and economy minister continued
discussions on budget performance.
It received 77 votes.

REGIONAL SEMINAR ON IMPROVEMENT OF PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
ArmRadio.am
16.06.2006 10:10
June 16-17 the Armenian National Committee on UNESCO will hold a
regional seminar on “Improvement of preservation of cultural heritage
through enhancement of the legal field.”
Secretary General of the Committee Karine Danielyan told “Radiolur”
that guests from abroad will participate in the seminar. It will
host representatives of all interested establishments and services
including representatives of RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs,
the Agency for Preservation of Monuments, Yerevan City Hall, and
ICOMOC Armenia Office.

SIXTH BOOK IN THE “EUROPEAN INTEGRATION LIBRARY SERIES” TO BE PRESENTED JUNE 16
ArmRadio.am
16.06.2006 10:20
On 16 June, AEPLAC will present the sixth book in the “European
Integration Library Series” – “The Fuel Market in Europe”.
This book is making an overview of the European fuel market and the
rules governing the field. Section 1 in the book gives a general
economic overview of the fuel markets in the EU countries. Different
quantitative and qualitative analyses are introduced which provide
a general idea of the current trends.
Section 2 describes in detail the general provisions related to the
chemical composition of fuel, as well as the monitoring systems and the
schemes prescribed by the EU and the national supervision mechanisms
to ensure compliance.
This component is especially important for environmental and quality
monitoring purposes.
Section 3 describes the Community framework for taxation of fuel
products as well as the relevant tax exemptions.
The event will host members of the Government, MPs, representatives
of the diplomatic missions, international organizations, businesses,
education and science, and the civil society.

DISCUSSION ON DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT TO BE HELD AT UN ARMENIA OFFICE
ArmRadio.am
16.06.2006 10:41
A round-table discussion will take place today in the UN Conference
Hall dedicated to the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
Specialists say the risk of desertification is very high in the
capital.
“For Stable Human Development” Association asserts that it is necessary
to create a special commission to solve the ecologic problems of
Yerevan city.

MEETING OF THE IMF AND WB DUTCH GROUP TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
ArmRadio.am
16.06.2006 11:00
June 17-18 the meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the
Dutch Group of the World Bank will be held in Yerevan. 12 member states
are included in the Dutch Group: Armenia, the Kingdom of Netherlands,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Israel, the Republic of Croatia, Cyprus,
the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Romania
and Ukraine.

CELEBRATION NEXT TO ZVARTNOTS TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ELISABETH II
ArmRadio.am
16.06.2006 11:14
On the occasion of birthday of Elisabeth II, Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the UK Embassy
in Armenia will hold an open-air celebration next to Zvartnots
Temple. British culture and cuisine will be presented. For this purpose
traditional British dishes, beer and Scottish whisky has been brought
to Armenia.