By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 29 – “The awarding ceremony in the field of freedom of information, organized by Freedom of Information Center (FOIC), has a great importance,” said the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sarkisian. Sarkisian said that the most important thing is to keep the work of public institutions open [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 29 – Turkish nationalists want to gather in the Holy Virgin Cathedral of Ani to perform a group Muslim prayer, in an open protest to the liturgy that took place on September 19 in the Surb Khach Armenian church, located on the island Akhtamar in Van, Turkey. Ara Gochunyan, the editor of [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 28 — “Azerbaijan’s statement that it will accept the Madrid principles with certain exceptions is basically nothing but proof that it won’t accept,” said Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston. “In November 2007, the OSCE [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 28 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is going to realize 20 programs worth about €50 million in the Republic of Armenia in 2010, the representative of EBRD Yana Sivkova informed. “About 12-14 of the 20 provided programs are going to be released in the financial sector, [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 28 – About $180 million will be invested in the reconstruction of irrigation systems in the Republic of Armenia within the framework of the Millennium Challenges Program, according to the director of the Armenian program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Alex Russin. “Our goal is to reduce the poverty in [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 28 — At his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon spoke in support of pulling away the snipers from the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). According to the Secretary General, the retreat will contribute to the strengthening of the ceasefire [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 27 — Armenian Rock band Bambir representing the Republic of Armenia took third place at the EuroVoice 2010 music contest, held on September 23-24 in Athens, Greece. The band Secret from Cyprus took first place, and Marlain Angelides from the United Kingdom came in second. EuroVoice, an interactive music contest, was being [...]
