Archive for December 2009

Doubling ArmenTel 3G Network in Armenia Almost Complete

Dec 25th, 2009 | Category: Business

YEREVAN (ARKA)–About 70 percent of the work on doubling the 3G network of ArmenTel  telecommunications company have been completed in Armenia, General Director of CJSC ArmenTel (Beeline trademark) Igor Klimko told the reporters on Wednesday. Klimko noted that the project will be completed before December 25-28. According to him, the doubling will lead to a substantial [...]



Armenia Could Sell $250 Million Worth of Electricity to Turkey

Dec 25th, 2009 | Category: Economy, Lead Article, Politics

YEREVAN (ARKA)–Vazgen Safarian, chairman of a presidential Public Council’s committee in charge of financial and economic issues, said today Armenia could sell $250 million worth electricity to neighboring Turkey if both countries normalized their relations. Speaking at a news conference he said Armenian exports to Turkey may skyrocket to $300 million a year and apart [...]



Japan to Provide Grant to Armenian National Gallery

Dec 24th, 2009 | Category: Arts & Culture

YEREVAN (ARKA)–Armenian ministry of culture said the government of Japan will provide a 27 million Yen assistance to Armenia’s National Picture Gallery, which will be used to upgrade its artifacts restoration workshop. The grant agreement was signed Tuesday by Armenian culture minister Hasmik Poghosian and Yukikhiko Edjiri, a representative of the Japan’s Agency for International [...]



Pres. Sarkisian Inspects Housing Construction in Earthquake Zone

Dec 24th, 2009 | Category: Social

YEREVAN (Armenianow.com)–On December 23, President Serge Sarkisian visited the Lori and Shirak provinces in northern Armenia which suffered major damage during the devastating earthquake of December 7, 1988 to inspect the progress and quality of housing construction that would provide more than 5,000 families, now in makeshift residence, with permanent accommodation. The president first visited [...]



Dinks Book Translated Into Armenian

Dec 24th, 2009 | Category: Featured News

YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow.com) – The Armenian translation of Hrant Dink’s book (written in Turkish) titled “İki Yakın Halk İki Uzak Komşu” (Two Close People Two Far Neighbors), funded by the International Hrant Dink Foundation, was presented Wednesday in Yerevan. Hrant Dink, well-known Turkish-Armenian journalist, was assassinated by a Turkish national extremist in 2007, in front of [...]



Armenian-Turkish Normalization Process To Intensify in March or April

Dec 24th, 2009 | Category: Politics

Yerevan (Panorama.am) — The Armenian-Turkish normalization process may intensify in Turkey in March or April, the director of the CIS Institute Yerevan branch Alexander Margarov indicated during a press conference yesterday. He said that April will show whether Turkey is committed not only to reaching the next step in the negotiations but also to performing practical [...]



Turkey’s Davutoglu Signifies Vision for Peace

Dec 24th, 2009 | Category: Featured News, Politics

Yerevan (Panorama.am) — Turkey’s FM Ahmet Davutoglu highlighted six significant messages in Turkey’s foreign policy, among them the EU, North Iraq, Iran, the US, Israel and the Armenian-Turkish normalization process, according to Hurriyet daily. “Returning to the situation proceding the Armenian-Turkish protocols is not among the interests of any of the parties,” he said. “It [...]