Archive for July 5th, 2010
Queen wraps up Canadian visit
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 10:54 pm
Queen Elizabeth II will tour the headquarters of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion and will have a state dinner with the prime minister on the last full day of her nine-day visit to Canada.
The queen on Tuesday heads to New York. There she will visit the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and also [...]
South American surprise Uruguay takes on Dutch
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 10:52 pm
The World Cup turned sour for South America in the quarterfinals. Only one team from the continent advanced — Uruguay, the least likely of all to make the final four.
Yet here the Celeste are, ready to play the Netherlands on Tuesday night for a spot in the World Cup final. The last nation to make [...]
‘The Condition of Teaching Western Armenian in the Diaspora’ All-Armenian Conference Kicks Off in Tsakhkadzor
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 7:28 pm
“The Condition of Teaching Western Armenian in the Diaspora” All-Armenian conference, organized by RA Diaspora Ministry, kicked off July 3 at the House of Writers in Tsakhkadzor.
The conference is aimed at revealing the main issues, connected with teaching Western Armenian in the Diaspora, as well as finding solutions via constructive discussions and analyses, drafting development [...]
Armenia to participate in the International exhibition of drinks in India
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 6:17 pm
International exhibition of drinks will be held in India November 3-7 with the participation of businessmen from Armenia, Belarus, Lithuania, Georgia. Head of the international cooperation department of the RA Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Amiryan told Armenpress that exhibition of drinks of such format is being organized in India for the first time. [...]
Read More >>Armenian youth team on the second place in Dvorkovich Memorial
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 6:12 pm
Armenian youth team has scored 9 team and 14,5 individual points and is on the second place after the 6th round of the Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial which is being held in Moscow, Russia. The leader is the team of China which has scored 12 (18,5) points, Armenian Chess Federation reported.
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About 25 children from different provinces of the republic are in care-families taking care of them
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 6:08 pm
About 25 children from different provinces of the republic are in families taking care of them on the initiative of the Armenian Labor and Social Affairs Ministry. Head of the family, women and children affairs department of the ministry Lena Hayrapetyan told Armenpress that 18 of the children are from children’s houses and the rest [...]
Read More >>Armenian bloggers create alternative to Wikipedia
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 6:03 pm
Armenian bloggers have created wiki.hayqpress.com internet resource as an alternative to largest internet encyclopedia – Wikipedia. The created resource provides unbiased and neutral information on Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, PanARMENIAN.Net reported.
Founder of wiki.hayqpress.com, blogger Sedrak Mkrtchyan said that the decision to create such a resource was taken after a group of Azerbaijani internet users, known [...]
Felix Tokhyan: RA Constitution needs to be amended
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 5:47 pm
The Constitution of Armenia is not used completely, and it needs to be amended. Constitutional Court member Felix Tokhyan told at a news conference today.
According to the specialist, court judgements should be based on the Constitution. Meanwhile he mentioned that the court is not guided by the Constitution at present, Aysor.am reported.
“A person and his [...]
US Embassy: In the last twenty years the U.S. Government has spent over $1.8 billion on foreign assistance programs in Armenia
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 5:29 pm
On July 4-5, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Yerevan where she met with President Sargsian and Foreign Minister Nalbandian to discuss bilateral issues as well as issues related to regional peace and stability.
During her visit she also met leaders of civil society and praised them for their efforts to promote democratic values, including accountable [...]
Roza Otunbayeva: Kyrgyzstan will not rely on foreign aid
By Times.am at 5 July, 2010, 3:17 pm
Kyrgyzstan plans to use its own resources to recover from a wave of violence that hit the country in June, the country’s new president said on Monday, Ria Novosti reported.
“We will help ourselves, we will not rely on aid or handouts,” Roza Otunbayeva told reporters after a session of the member states of the Eurasian [...]
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