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Armenia-Turkey Relations Raised by Davutoglu in Munich
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 8 — Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu, who is attending the 46th Security Conference in Munich, met with US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheline Calmy-Rey on the sidelines of the conference, reports Anadolu Ajansi.
According to Davutoglu, the key issue discussed during the [...]
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Eurovision 2010: Armenia in the Second Semi-Final
YEREVAN (Tert.am) - The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Oslo, Norway, reports the ...
Turkey’s Education Minister Supports Naming School After Hrant Dink
YEREVAN (Tert.am) - Turkey’s National Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu has proposed that one of the country’s schools should be named ...
Armenian, Jewish Leaders Launch Petition for Genocide Recognition
YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly), February 5—US-based Armenian and Jewish community leaders launched an online petition urging people to sign a letter ...
Armenian Team To Winter Olympics Confirmed
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 4--The final list of participants of the Armenian delegation to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver (12th ...
Azeri Official Laments ‘International Support’ For Armenia
YEREVAN (RFE/RL), February 2--The chief foreign policy aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday accused Russia and the West ...
Azerbaijan Violates Ceasefire Agreement
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), February 1 -- On Monday the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Ministry of Defense informed ...
Business
Welcome to Armenia: Visa Procedure Gets Easier
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow.com)–Foreigners of Armenian and non-Armenian origin, who live in Armenia for a long time, will not have to prove any more that they have close relatives here in order to get a free of charge permanent residence status.
The National Assembly of Armenia in a second reading approved earlier this week draft amendments submitted [...]
Orange Plans to Bring iPhone to Armenia YEREVAN (ARKA), February 4–On Wednesday Bruno Dyutua, General Director of Orange said that the company plans to bring the Apple iPhone to the Armenian market.
“Our plans have not changed and very soon you will see the iPhone in the Armenian market, but I cannot tell the exact date. It will be a surprise for our [...]
Economy
Armenian Nominal Median Wages Rose by 9.5 Percent in December YEREVAN (ARKA), February 4–Armenian nominal median wages last December rose by 9.5 percent year-on-year to 131,850 dram, or $347. According to the Armenian National Statistical Service, the median wage in December grew by 27.5 percent from the preceding month, when it was 103,403 dram.
The highest median wage in December was in the southern province of [...]
Opened Border Won’t Affect Demand for Domestic Products YEREVAN (ARKA), February 3–The opening of the Armenian-Turkish border won’t affect demand for domestic products, Araik Vardanyan, executive director of Trade Chamber of Armenia, said on Wednesday.
He finds concern over possible dominance of Turkish goods on domestic market to the detriment of Armenian manufacturers groundless.
On the contrary, this will drive prices for some goods down.
Vardanyan [...]
Politics
Armenian Officials to Meet with Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, along with Foreign Affairs Minister Eduard Nalbandian, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan and His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will depart for the United Kingdom on February 9 for a three-day business visit.
During the visit, Sarkisian will meet with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham [...]
Washington Eager to Continue Strengthening US-Armenia Ties YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 8 — Washington is eager to continue the strengthening of the US-Armenia relations, informed James Stainberg, the first deputy of the US State Secretary during an interview with Armenian Public TV.
The diplomat noted that during his visit he discussed with President Serge Sarkisian questions of the expansion of U.S – Armenia relations in [...]
Special Report
Minister Designates 2010 As Year of Nature Protection YEREVAN (Tert.am) – The end of the year is commemorated not only with festivities, but also with ministers presenting reports on their activities over the year. Today, it was Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan’s turn.
As with all the other ministries, Harutyunyan noted that all the planned activities of this year were carried out and [...]
EIF and YSU To Establish Armenian-Indian IT Center YEREVAN (ARKA)–On Monday, Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) and Yerevan State University (YSU) signed a contract on cooperation in the frames of the program “On establishment of Armenian-Indian Center of Superiority of information and telecommunication technologies between the governments of Armenia and India.”
The contract was signed by Bagrat Yengibaryan, Chairman of the Board of EIF, Nerses Yeritsyan, Minister [...]
Social
Software Translates Eastern to Western Armenian Dialects YEREVAN (ARKA), February 3–In Armenia, with the participation of specialists of the Armenian language, a computer program that performs translation from the Eastern Armenian dialect to Western Armenian has been developed, the Minister for Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan informed.
“At the base program there are approximately 40,000 processed words, and now with a touch of a button, [...]
School Headmasters Required To Pass Certification YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia)–Beginning this year, the headmasters of all Armenian schools will be required to pass obligatory certification to determine if they fit their positions. The decision was announced by the Armenian Minister of Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, at a press conference on Friday.
He said that there are serious problems with the quality of management [...]
Arts and Culture
Vahe Arsen’s ‘The Return of Green Gods’ Translated into Dutch YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 3–On January 31, Maassluis cultural center in South Holland in the Netherlands hosted a book launch of a Dutch-translated version of “The Return of Green Gods,” a collection of poems written by Armenian poet Vahe Arsen. The book was translated by Anna Maria Martirosyan-Mattaar, reads a release issued by Armenia’s Ministry of [...]
Kusturica and The No Smoking Orchestra to Perform in Yerevan YEREVAN (Tert.am) — On March 5, Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra will be giving an exclusive performance in Yerevan’s National Opera and Ballet Academic Theater named after Alexander Spendiaryan.
The Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician of Bosnian origin won the Palme d’Or twice and has also received the French Ordre des Arts et des [...]
Sports
Armenian Team To Winter Olympics Confirmed YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 4–The final list of participants of the Armenian delegation to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver (12th of February 12-March 1) has been confirmed, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs informed.
Skiers Sergey Mikaelyan (Ashotsk, Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s 15 km), Christina Khachatryan (Gyumri,Cross-Country Skiing, Ladies’ 10 km.), Ani-Matilda [...]
Yerevan’s Ararat Team Has New Coach YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 3–Yerevan’s football team Ararat will be trained by the former player of Armenia’s national team Tigran Yesayan, who will present himself to the football club today, though his contract officially begins on February 1.
Assisting Yesayan will be former head coach Albert Safaryan and former senior Ararat player Tigran Gsbeyan. Training the goalkeepers, [...]