http://en.redtram.com/ News on "State & Community"  in "Transcaucasia" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:30:29 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 244006 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC UNION AGAINST U.S. CONGRESS' FINANCIAL AID TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH http://en.redtram.com/go/236298042/top100/ 236298042 Azerbaijan's Irali Public Union issued a statement to voice a protest against the decision of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to allocate $8 million to the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. According t... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:42:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298042/top100/ 244006 | AZERBAIJAN IS PLACED ON TIER 2 WATCH LIST OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS http://en.redtram.com/go/236298031/top100/ 236298031 US Department of State published its annual report on in Persons, according to it "Azerbaijan is a source, transit, and limited destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:42:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298031/top100/ 244006 | WEIGHTLIFTER NAZIK AVDALYAN AND ARMENIAN GRECO-ROMAN STYLE WRESTLING TEAM RECOGNIZED THE BEST ATHLETE AND THE BEST TEAM OF 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/236298020/top100/ 236298020 According to the results of polling conducted among sports journalists, champion of the world and Europe in weightlifting Nazik Avdalyan (69 kg) has been recognized the best Armenian athlete of 2009 gathering ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:42:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298020/top100/ 244006 | KHACHATUR ABOVYAN STAMP CANCELLED http://en.redtram.com/go/236298015/top100/ 236298015 On December 15, the official ceremony of the cancellation of a stamp dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Khachatur Abovyan took place in Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute after Khachatur Abovyan.The ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:42:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298015/top100/ 244006 | VIVACELL-MTS ENTERS INTO SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HATIS YEREVAN BASKETBALL CLUB http://en.redtram.com/go/236298009/top100/ 236298009 VivaCell-MTS has entered into a one-year sponsorship agreement with Armenia's famous Hatis Yerevan Basketball Club. This was announced today during a press conference and official signing ceremony held ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:42:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298009/top100/ 244006 | SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN TOUGHENED http://en.redtram.com/go/236298005/top100/ 236298005 On December 15, the U.S. Congress approved the law draft on toughening the punishments measures against Iran. Hence, the scale of petrol exported in Iran will be limited. The new law broadens the sanctions ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236298005/top100/ 244006 | RAILWAY TROLLEY HIT A MAN http://en.redtram.com/go/236297997/top100/ 236297997 December 15, at the railway station Bayandour-Gyumri, a trolley hit a 50-55 old-year person who was sitting on the rails. According to the engineer, the visibility was bad and he did not see the man in ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297997/top100/ 244006 | A FEDERATION OF ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS WAS SET UP IN BELGIUM http://en.redtram.com/go/236297989/top100/ 236297989 On December 12, 2009, a meeting of the Armenian organizations, unions and other structures took place in the city of Antwerp of Belgium where the proposal of the NUARD cultural union was discussed to ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297989/top100/ 244006 | NALBANDYAN'S MEETINGS IN PARIS http://en.redtram.com/go/236297979/top100/ 236297979 On December 15, the Armenian foreign minister who is currently in Paris on a working visit, participated in the conference of foreign ministers of the Francophonie international organization. 70 member ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297979/top100/ 244006 | THE CINEMATOGRAPH AND THE OLIGARCHS http://en.redtram.com/go/236297971/top100/ 236297971 Ruben Hayrapetyan's apology to Gagik Tsarukyan and to his party partners seems to be an unprecedented step for the Armenian governmental and oligarchic circles. The representatives of these circles are ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297971/top100/ 244006 | 1600 PEOPLE IN ARMENIA USED INTERNET BANKING SERVICES OF HSBC BY LATE NOVEMBER http://en.redtram.com/go/236297962/top100/ 236297962 By late November 2009 the number of clients of Internet banking services of HSBC Bank Armenia reached 1600, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia Timothy Slater told a PanARMENIAN.Net. According to him, by the end ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297962/top100/ 244006 | CHINESE-ARMENIANS MET IN BEIJING http://en.redtram.com/go/236297956/top100/ 236297956 On Saturday, December 12, the Armenian Embassy in China hosted a meeting with Chinese-Armenians. The event was attended by Armenians residing in Beijing, Shanghai, Jincheng. Guandjou and Honk Kong. In ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297956/top100/ 244006 | FM NALBANDYAN TO VISIT PARIS http://en.redtram.com/go/236297947/top100/ 236297947 Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan is set to visit Paris to take part in the Ministerial Conference of International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) member states, to held on December ... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:40:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297947/top100/ 143706 | Serzh Sargsyan: Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks can be successful only if Nagorno-Karabakh is directly involved in this process http://en.redtram.com/go/236292335/top100/ 236292335 ArmInfo. Everybody must know that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh was forced to protect its right to freedom in an imposed bloody war and that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh believes that, on the one hand, it has managed to restore the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:37:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292335/top100/ 143706 | Azerbaijani MPs protest against U.S. Congress assistance to Nagorno Karabakh. http://en.redtram.com/go/236292327/top100/ 236292327 ArmInfo. Azerbaijani MPs have expressed protest against U.S. Congress assistance to Nagorno Karabakh."Special discussions on U.S. Congress assistance to Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh should be held at the Parliament and we must address to the Congress," Trend News quotes Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:36:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292327/top100/ 143706 | A tourism center to operate in Khosrov reserve http://en.redtram.com/go/236292283/top100/ 236292283 ArmInfo. A tourism center will operate in Khosrov reserve. Head of World Wildlife Fund-Armenia (WWF-Armenia) Karen Manvelyan told ArmInfo correspondent that it is envisaged to open the center in the central section of Khosroc reserve. "Here tourists will be able Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:35:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292283/top100/ 143706 | In 2010 the Government will continue the work to further raise the level of Lake Sevan http://en.redtram.com/go/236292275/top100/ 236292275 ArmInfo. The Committee on Lake Sevan met in Yerevan today.The press service of the President of Armenia reports that the head of the presidential staff Karen Karapetyan also took part in the meeting.Chairman of the committee Vladimir Movsissyan reported on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:35:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292275/top100/ 143706 | Seyran Ohanyan: CSTO obliged to render military assistance to Armenia in case of military aggression against our country http://en.redtram.com/go/236292265/top100/ 236292265 ArmInfo. CSTO obliged under the alliance treaty with Armenia to render military assistance to our country in case of military aggression, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan says in an interview with Yerevan-based Azg newspaper."This is the response to the question Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:35:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292265/top100/ 143706 | Exchange rate of dram against US dollar and EUR http://en.redtram.com/go/236292254/top100/ 236292254 ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 380 drams for 1 dollar, 554 drams for 1 EUR and 12,5 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 381,5 drams for 1 dollar, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292254/top100/ 143706 | Two cases of 'swine' flu death in Armenia http://en.redtram.com/go/236292246/top100/ 236292246 ArmInfo. Two cases of 'swine' flu death have been registered in Armenia.As press-service of Armenian Health Ministry told ArmInfo, one of the victims of the H1N1 flu is a young pregnant woman, which was taken to the 'Erebuni' hospital from Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236292246/top100/