Bryza Confirmation Vote Set for Tuesday

Bryza Confirmation Vote Set for Tuesday

Matthew Bryza

* Kerry Schedules Bryza Confirmation Vote Despite Incomplete And Evasive Answers to Written Questions Submitted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, and Senators Barbara Boxer, Robert Menendez,and Russ Feingold

WASHINGTON—Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today announced that his panel will hold a vote next Tuesday, August 3, on the confirmation of Matthew Bryza, President Obama’s controversial nominee to serve U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, despite the nominee’s evasive and incomplete answers to a series of written questions submitted to him by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and key members of this influential panel, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

“Mr. Bryza’s evasive, unresponsive, and incomplete written answers to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, even more than his spoken testimony before this panel, confirm our reservations about his troubling track record, and clearly confirm that he is not the right person to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. “American diplomacy in the region would be well served by a fresh start, with

Only mutual concessions are possible: peace for peace: NKR President

“Peace for territories” principle is not only unacceptable in Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process but is full of unpredictable consequences for the region, Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan said in an interview with Interfax.

According to him, the cause of the conflict should be eliminated to reach final solution of the issue. Otherwise, according to Artsakh President, the conflict could re-occur in the future, even more intensively.

Bako Sahakyan expressed conviction that Karabakh-Azerbaijan dispute should be regulated basing on mutual concessions and the concessions should not be unilateral.

“Only mutual concessions are possible,” Sahakyan said highlighting that only this route can lead to

9,500 drams to visit the cemetery

Parents of soldiers who died in Armenian military units in peace organized today another protest near the government building.

Parents of soldiers who died in Armenian military units in peace organized today another protest near the government building.

In addition to presenting the circumstances of their sons' murders, they also told "A1+" about their extremely difficult social conditions.

"My wife and I are disabled. We don't have jobs and we have even eaten soil for the past three years because we have no alternative," said Suren Ohanjanyan, father of Tigran Ohanjanyan who was electrocuted according to an official version.

The parents of other soldiers said that they spend their small pension to, as they say, reveal their sons'

Servicemen awarded for saving their comrade-in-arms

According to Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's order, junior sergeant Sasun Gevorgyan and soldier Narek Gharakeshishyan were awarded "Vazgen Sargsyan" medals for acting courageously in a difficult situation and saving their comrade-in-arms.

Seyran Ohanyan handed the award to Narek Gharakeshishyan at the central military clinical hospital of the Ministry of Defense. Wishing him good health and soon recovery, the Defense Minister noted that his act of saving the friend endangering his own life deserves appreciation and admiration.

The same day Minister Ohanyan handed the medal to junior sergeant Sasun Gevorgyan at the administrative headquarters of the Ministry of Defense.

The Ghosts of Anatolia

It was in Jerusalem, in 1996, that I first learned of the "Armenian Holocaust," which occurred in Anatolia and other parts of the Ottoman Empire at the time of the First World War. I had spent several days in the Holy City with my wife just after I moved my medical career from the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, to the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and before I wrote my first published novel.

On that sunny spring day, we strolled down an alley on the edge of the Armenian Quarter and were struck by the difference between that quiet, sequestered part of Jerusalem, in the area around the perimeter of the Armenian Quarter where ordinary tourists were allowed to walk, and the other quarters (Christian, Jewish and Arab) of that enthralling city. We spoke with a policeman, who happened across our path, and he told us that it wasn't possible to see the homes and other areas of the Armenian Quarter unless you were Armenian, or were invited there by an Armenian friend.

Then, at the end of the alley, we came to a corner where a banner was pinned to a stanchion with a shocking photograph of a group of Armenian men hanging from scaffolds in Aleppo,

HSBC named Best Bank of the Year

In Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2010, HSBC Bank Armenia has been named
Best Bank in Armenia. The Award of Excellence was announced at a gala
dinner in London on Thursday July 8, 2010.

"We are delighted to see that HSBC's commitment to Armenia is being
recognized not only locally but also internationally": said Astrid
Clifford, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia.

HSBC Group won a total of 20 awards including Best Emerging Markets Bank
and Best Wealth Management House.

Euromoney said, "HSBC is one of the few institutions that can call itself a
truly global emerging markets bank, and with

Joaquín Boghossian signs contract with FC Red Bull

Uruguayan striker of Armenian origin Joaquín Boghossian has signed a four-year contract with Austrian champion FC Red Bull Salzburg, the club's website reports.

Boghossian joined the team in summer 2010. Before that, the Uruguayan striker played in Newell's Old Boys of Argentina.

With the Argentinean team, he held 24 games and scored 17 goals.

The 23-year-old footballer will replace Red Bull's striker Mark Janko who has been transferred to Holland's FC Twente.

 

 

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Joaquín Boghossian signs contract with FC Red Bull

Uruguayan striker of Armenian origin Joaquín Boghossian has signed a four-year contract with Austrian champion FC Red Bull Salzburg, the club's website reports.

Boghossian joined the team in summer 2010. Before that, the Uruguayan striker played in Newell's Old Boys of Argentina.

With the Argentinean team, he held 24 games and scored 17 goals.

The 23-year-old footballer will replace Red Bull's striker Mark Janko who has been transferred to Holland's FC Twente.

 

 

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Kosovo can be good precedent for recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh independence: Polish Senator

Kosovo can be a good precedent for the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh independence, Polish Sejm Senator, the head of Armenia-Poland deputy friendship group Lukas Abgarovic told Panorama.am, commenting on the UN court Thursday decision on Kosovo and its link with Nagorno-Karabakh.

“Kosovo case, which complies with the international law, should become precedent for Karabakh. Self-determination of people and territorial integrity: the issue can be solved basing on these principles. Thus, the doors open, it can be a very good precedent for Karabakh settlement,” he said.
 

Source: Panorama | Armenian news

Court Says Kosovo Independence Legal, Expect More States

The International Court of Justice just read that the independence of Kosovo did not violate the international law. According to HULIQ,
many states are eying Serbia's lawsuit because this ruling opens door to more independnet states such as Nagorno Karabakh from Azerbaijan as well as Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia from the Republic of Georgia.

The court rejected Serbia's claim on Thrusday that Kosovo violated the international law on territorial integrity when it unilaterally declared its independence. The court's opinion was different. The president of the International Court of Justice Hisashi Owada said international law contains no "prohibition on declarations of

47 cases of theft reported in a week

Forty-seven thefts have been reported in the Republic of Armenia over the last week, 22 of which have been recovered. RA police press service reports.

In the same period, 44 traffic accidents occurred in the republic which left three persons dead and 62 injured.

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Golden Apricot winners known

The 7th GOLDEN APRICOT International Film Festival is over, the closing ceremony of which was held in the Moscow Cinema. The Festival received 500 applications, about 120 films have been selected and showcased, 45 of which were in the 3 sections of the international competition. There were 5 international juries.

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Competition

1. GOLDEN APRICOT for the Best Feature Film went to the Turkish director Reha Erdem for the film Kosmos

2. SILVER APRICOT Special Prize for Feature Film went to Sergey Loznitsa for the film My Joy

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY Competition

1. GOLDEN APRICOT for the Best Documentary Film went to Pavel Kostomarov for

HSBC named Best Bank of the Year

In Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2010, HSBC Bank Armenia has been named
Best Bank in Armenia. The Award of Excellence was announced at a gala
dinner in London on Thursday July 8, 2010.

"We are delighted to see that HSBC's commitment to Armenia is being
recognized not only locally but also internationally": said Astrid
Clifford, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia.

HSBC Group won a total of 20 awards including Best Emerging Markets Bank
and Best Wealth Management House.

Euromoney said, "HSBC is one of the few institutions that can call itself a
truly global emerging markets bank, and with

HSBC named Best Bank of the Year

In Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2010, HSBC Bank Armenia has been named
Best Bank in Armenia. The Award of Excellence was announced at a gala
dinner in London on Thursday July 8, 2010.

"We are delighted to see that HSBC's commitment to Armenia is being
recognized not only locally but also internationally": said Astrid
Clifford, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia.

HSBC Group won a total of 20 awards including Best Emerging Markets Bank
and Best Wealth Management House.

Euromoney said, "HSBC is one of the few institutions that can call itself a
truly global emerging markets bank, and with

Armenia Rejects Report Turkey May Open Border

Armenia Rejects Report Turkey May Open Border

Turkey-Armenia border crossing

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Armenian officials on Friday were quick to dismiss a report that Turkey is considering temporarily opening its border with Armenia for a NATO disaster-relief exercise in September, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports.

The AFP news agency quoted an unnamed Turkish diplomat as saying Ankara has decided to participate in an exercise to be held in Armenia’s central Kotayk region by NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center.

The drills, scheduled for September 11-17, are expected to bring together up to 1,000 participants from two dozen NATO member and partner states.

Gyumri Mayor vs. GALA

On June 25, a court of general jurisdiction of Shirak marz is scheduled to start hearing into the case of Gyumri Mayor vs. Chap Ltd and the latter's counter-claim.
Recall that on November 26, 2007, the Mayor of Gyumri filed a lawsuit in a local court demanding to vacate the privatized the TV tower. Moreover, Vartan Ghukasyan fixed a price of 200.000 AMD.

The City Hall demands that GALA dismantle broadcasting equipment installed on the tower.

A hearing in the case began and was immediately discontinued in 2009, when the lawyer of GALA Karen Tumanyan motioned for a

Gyumri Mayor vs. GALA

On June 25, a court of general jurisdiction of Shirak marz is scheduled to start hearing into the case of Gyumri Mayor vs. Chap Ltd and the latter's counter-claim.
Recall that on November 26, 2007, the Mayor of Gyumri filed a lawsuit in a local court demanding to vacate the privatized the TV tower. Moreover, Vartan Ghukasyan fixed a price of 200.000 AMD.

The City Hall demands that GALA dismantle broadcasting equipment installed on the tower.

A hearing in the case began and was immediately discontinued in 2009, when the lawyer of GALA Karen Tumanyan motioned for a

Levon Ter-Petrosyan meets with Polish FM

On July 14, Armenia's first Preisdent levon Ter-Petrosyan met with Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski who is in Armenia on an official visit.

The interlocutors discussed issues relating to regional developments, including Armenia-Turkey relations, regulation of the Karabakh conflict and the perspective of Armenia-EU cooperation.

Among other issues, special reference was made to Armenia's inner-political issues, political prisoners, democracy and corruption. The parties highlighted the role of the European Union on the path of establishing democracy in Armenia.

Present at the meeting were Levon Zurabyan, Coordinator of the Armenian National Congress's Central Office, Zdislav Racinski, Poland's Ambassador to Armenia

Armenia to represented at 54th Venice Biennale

By a decision of the RA Ministry of Culture, Victor Mnatsakanyan was appointed Commissioner of the Armenian pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Armenia has been participating in Venice Biennale since 1995. The Armenian Pavilion was represented by Eduard Balasanyan, the founder of the Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAC) from 1995 to 2009. The 54th Venice Biennale entitled Universes in Universe will be held from June to November

Each country participating in the art exhibition should have its commissioner and curator to be responsible for the compliance of national projects with the biennale criteria.

The newly-appointed Commissioner, Victor

Armenia to represented at 54th Venice Biennale

By a decision of the RA Ministry of Culture, Victor Mnatsakanyan was appointed Commissioner of the Armenian pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Armenia has been participating in Venice Biennale since 1995. The Armenian Pavilion was represented by Eduard Balasanyan, the founder of the Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAC) from 1995 to 2009. The 54th Venice Biennale entitled Universes in Universe will be held from June to November

Each country participating in the art exhibition should have its commissioner and curator to be responsible for the compliance of national projects with the biennale criteria.

The newly-appointed Commissioner, Victor

USD 10m alloted to ARMECONOMBANK OJSC

On 30 June 2010, ARMECONOMBANK OJSC signed the second syndicated loan agreement for total amount of USD 10m with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Hayk Mkrtchyan, Deputy CEO, signed the agreement on behalf of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and Alexander Babayan, Principal Banker, signed on behalf of EBRD.
As announced at the Annual Meeting of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC held on 25 June 2010, today the second syndicated loan agreement was signed between ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and EBRD for on-lending to small and medium sized businesses. This is the first syndicated loan in the Caucasus region given the present financial

USD 10m alloted to ARMECONOMBANK OJSC

On 30 June 2010, ARMECONOMBANK OJSC signed the second syndicated loan agreement for total amount of USD 10m with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Hayk Mkrtchyan, Deputy CEO, signed the agreement on behalf of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and Alexander Babayan, Principal Banker, signed on behalf of EBRD.
As announced at the Annual Meeting of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC held on 25 June 2010, today the second syndicated loan agreement was signed between ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and EBRD for on-lending to small and medium sized businesses. This is the first syndicated loan in the Caucasus region given the present financial

Gyumri Mayor vs. GALA

On June 25, a court of general jurisdiction of Shirak marz is scheduled to start hearing into the case of Gyumri Mayor vs. Chap Ltd and the latter's counter-claim.
Recall that on November 26, 2007, the Mayor of Gyumri filed a lawsuit in a local court demanding to vacate the privatized the TV tower. Moreover, Vartan Ghukasyan fixed a price of 200.000 AMD.

The City Hall demands that GALA dismantle broadcasting equipment installed on the tower.

A hearing in the case began and was immediately discontinued in 2009, when the lawyer of GALA Karen Tumanyan motioned for a

Gyumri Mayor vs. GALA

On June 25, a court of general jurisdiction of Shirak marz is scheduled to start hearing into the case of Gyumri Mayor vs. Chap Ltd and the latter's counter-claim.
Recall that on November 26, 2007, the Mayor of Gyumri filed a lawsuit in a local court demanding to vacate the privatized the TV tower. Moreover, Vartan Ghukasyan fixed a price of 200.000 AMD.

The City Hall demands that GALA dismantle broadcasting equipment installed on the tower.

A hearing in the case began and was immediately discontinued in 2009, when the lawyer of GALA Karen Tumanyan motioned for a

RA MFA responds to Azerbaijani statements

The Foreign Ministry of Armenia has responded to recurrent bellicose statement of the Azerbaijani President.

"The recent statements of Azerbaijani top officials are the continuation of the June 18 provocation and seek to disrupt the negotiation process. In an attempt to withdraw from an agreement reached in St. Petersburg, Azerbaijani leadership deludes its people misinterpreting the talks and distorting history, geography, ethnography and international law.
Karabakh's right to self-determination cannot be limited to Azerbaijan's territorial integrity mentioned in one and the same speech for 13 times. Azerbaijan is again speaking in the language of threats and provocations.

The

Clinton disappointed the Turks

Turkish political scientists were disappointed in the fact that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visited the Armenian Genocide memorial complex.
A number of political scientists commented on the visit and mentioned that that factually registered the freeze of Armenian-Turkish relations.
Although the U.S. Embassy had declared that the U.S. Secretary of State's visit to the memorial complex was "private", Turkish political figures gave sharp evaluations and presented them to "Hurriyet" newspaper.

Representative of Turkey's ruling "Justice and Development" party Mehmed Jeylan said they weren't expecting such a step from their allies in relation to the normalization

“The Man from Paris” arrived in Yerevan

Armenian satirist Vardan Petrosyan has returned from Paris with two new performances "Joke of Destiny" and " Demeanour of Armenia." The first performance is an autobiography: each viewer can see his own life in its lines.

While writing "Demeanour of Armenia" the humorist was inspired by the novel "Wounds of Armenia" by Khachatur Abovian

""Our behavior is characterized as a consequence of our wounds. I tried to rub our wounds to make them noticeable," Vardan Petrosyan said at the "Mirror" club on July 5.

The performance focuses on major political and educational issues.It will be staged in educational

Armenia to represented at 54th Venice Biennale

By a decision of the RA Ministry of Culture, Victor Mnatsakanyan was appointed Commissioner of the Armenian pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Armenia has been participating in Venice Biennale since 1995. The Armenian Pavilion was represented by Eduard Balasanyan, the founder of the Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAC) from 1995 to 2009. The 54th Venice Biennale entitled Universes in Universe will be held from June to November

Each country participating in the art exhibition should have its commissioner and curator to be responsible for the compliance of national projects with the biennale criteria.

The newly-appointed Commissioner, Victor

USD 10m alloted to ARMECONOMBANK OJSC

On 30 June 2010, ARMECONOMBANK OJSC signed the second syndicated loan agreement for total amount of USD 10m with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Hayk Mkrtchyan, Deputy CEO, signed the agreement on behalf of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and Alexander Babayan, Principal Banker, signed on behalf of EBRD.
As announced at the Annual Meeting of ARMECONOMBANK OJSC held on 25 June 2010, today the second syndicated loan agreement was signed between ARMECONOMBANK OJSC and EBRD for on-lending to small and medium sized businesses. This is the first syndicated loan in the Caucasus region given the present financial

Lilit Mkrtchyan, Elina Danielyan play to ties

Armenian grandmasters Lilit Mkrtchyan and Elina Danielyan tied a game in the 7th round of FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Jermuk. With 5 points, Lilit presently shares the 2nd and 3rd places with Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) while Elina comes 6th with 3,5 points.

Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) tops the standings with 6,5 points.
In the 8th round Lilit Mkrtchyan will face Nana Dzagnidze and Elina Danielyan will play vs. Pia Kramling (Sdweden).

 

 

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Gyumri Mayor vs. GALA

On June 25, a court of general jurisdiction of Shirak marz is scheduled to start hearing into the case of Gyumri Mayor vs. Chap Ltd and the latter's counter-claim.
Recall that on November 26, 2007, the Mayor of Gyumri filed a lawsuit in a local court demanding to vacate the privatized the TV tower. Moreover, Vartan Ghukasyan fixed a price of 200.000 AMD.

The City Hall demands that GALA dismantle broadcasting equipment installed on the tower.

A hearing in the case began and was immediately discontinued in 2009, when the lawyer of GALA Karen Tumanyan motioned for a