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RA President to make speech in Chatham House
February 05, 2010. During a working visit to London, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will make a speech on the Armenian-Turkish relations in Chatham House, an informed source in London told. According to the source, the UK intends to intensify activities in the Caucasus, specifically in the Armenian-Turkish process...
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Armenia to introduce e-governance in 2012
February 04, 2010. The electronic governance will be introduced in Armenia in January 2012. According to the press office of the Secretary of National Security Council, an inter-agency working group will elaborate a concept of introduction of e-governance within a three-year Armenia-EU program by September 2010...
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Armenia-Diaspora second annual forum launched
February 04, 2010. Washington will host the second annual “Armenia-Diaspora relations” forum from February 28 to March 2. The prospects of the Armenia-Diaspora relations, challenges all Armenians face will be in focus...
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GeoProMining to make additional investments in ACMC CJSC
February 04, 2010. GeoProMining Company is planning to invest additional resources in modernization of Agarak Copper Molybdenum Combine CJSC (ACMC). The volume of investments is not specified yet and the final sum will be known after reconstruction of the processing plant supposed to be finished within a 2-year period, the company said in a press release...
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First Armenian information and entertainment channel TV Armenia ru to operate in Russia
February 02, 2010. First Armenian news and entertainment channel TV Armenia ru will operate in Russia, miasin.ru reported...
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Armenia, Austria sign memorandum of cooperation in culture, education and science
February 02, 2010. Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan was in Austria on a formal visit from January 25 to 28...
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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra to give concert in Yerevan
February 01, 2010. Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra will give a concert in Yerevan on March 5. The concert is organized by Avantgarde Folk Music Club and the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. Emir Nemanja Kusturica (born 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician of Bosnian origin. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation, Emir Kusturica twice won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or...
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Beyzade Osman: Our family owed their lives to French Armenians
January 11, 2010. "Osman also said his family “owed their lives” to French-Armenians after their exile from Turkey. “We were penniless,” he told the Daily News. “Our Armenian friends helped us. There was an Armenian lady who welcomed us to her chateau and we lived there for a long time. I cannot deny the good deeds Armenians have done for my family,” grandson of Abdul Hamid II, an 80-year Beyzade Bulent Osman told the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News...
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