Author: Chavushian

SUSI KENTIKIAN TO DEFEND TITLES AGAINST CAROLINA GAITE JULY 4

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
11.06.2009 12:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Flyweight P4P Queen "Killer Queen" Susi Kentikian
(24-0, 16 KOs) will defend her WBA and WIBF flyweight titles against
WBA super flyweight beltholder Carolina Marcela Gutierrez Gaite
(15-1, 11 KOs) on the July 4 card at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena on the
"Universum Champions Night".

Unbeaten Susi Kentikian demonstrated her great boxing skills in a
spectacular fight with Elena "Baby Doll" Reid in March 2009.

"I was very satisfied with my last fight in March," double world
champion Kentikian said about her upcoming fight.

"I was very sharp that day and left Elena Reid with no chance. Carolina
Gaite is the current WBA world champion in the next higher weight class
and is, of course, another big challenge. Against this opponent I must
further develop to again satisfy the boxing fans with my determined
fight style and win very clearly."

RA PUBLIC COUNCIL PROPOSES EXTENDING AMNESTY TO PEOPLE ARRESTED ON CASES OF 2008 MARCH 1 EVENTS, AS WELL

NOYAN TAPAN
JUNE 10, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Public Council (PC) at the June
9 sitting made a decision to apply to RA President Serzh Sargsyan
with a proposal of granting an amnesty. Hovhannes Hovhannisian, the
Chairman of the PC Committee on Issues of Civil Society Establishment,
reported at the June 10 press conference. According to him, a stormy
discussion over the issue of amnesty took place at the PC sitting,
in particular, extreme approaches on extending the amnesty to people
arrested on cases of 2008 March 1 events were voiced. H. Hovhannisian
said that some Council members spoke against granting an amnesty to
participants of mass disorders and some were unequivocally for. As a
result, according to H. Hovhannisian, it was decided for the purpose
of sowing solidarity and tolerance in society to propose the President
extending the amnesty to people arrested on the March 1 cases, as well.

PC will propose not granting an amnesty to people, who did not serve
punishment in the past by amnesty, but again committed a crime in
the future. Besides, according to H. Hovhannisian, no amnesty should
be granted to persons convicted for grave crimes, as well as for
rigging elections.

As to proper amnesty, according to PC representative, it can be
expressed by three ways: release of a prisoner, reduction of the
punishment term, change of kind of punishment.

OPEC/OFID GENERAL DIRECTOR TO VISIT ARMENIA IN MID-JUNE

/ARKA/
June 8, 2009
YEREVAN

OFID/OPEC General Director Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish plans to visit
Armenia in mid-June, the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration
says, citing the Vienna meeting of RA Deputy Premier Armen Gevorgyan
with Al-Herbish.

During the meeting, the OPEC/OFID general director inquired about
implementation of the fund’s programs in Armenia. Al-Herbish and
Gevorgyan also touched upon new legal underpinnings and prospects of
bilateral cooperation.

A gift to all classical music fanciers will be presented at
`Perspectives XXI’ Festival jubilee
06.06.2009 17:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first concert within `Perspectives XXI’ 10th
International Music Festival framework was held 10 years ago – on
Oct. 25, 1999. On the same day of 2009, Yerevan will host a Jubilee
gala concert.

`4-hour festive concert will feature performances of world known
musicians,’ Festival Managing Director, Sona Hovhannesyan told today’s
news conference.
`Perspectives XXI’ 10th International Music Festival organizers chose
the biggest concert hall in Armenia for jubilee concert, although
acoustics in the hall is not meant for classical concerts.
`Even the large concert hall we chose is too small for a concert which
will host dozens of outstanding musicians. But inviting music virtuosi
in Armenia and not giving Armenian audience a chance to attend the
unique concert would be unfair,’ Festival Chairman and Art Director,
composer Stepan Rostomyan noted.
`Perspectives XXI’ 10th International Music Festival jubilee will host
representatives of European royal families and music festival agents
of world importance.
`We’re trying to give Armenian composers and musicians a chance to
gain world popularity.
Modern classical music created in Armenia never goes beyond the
country, whereas this music deserves more – it deserves world
acknowledgement,’ Festival Art Director noted.

DMITRY MEDVEDEV APPROVED RF NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR 2009-20

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.06.2009 17:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed
decree on approving RF National Security Strategy for 2009-20. The
document reflects the character of Russia’s national priorities
and the principles that will serve for the country as a guideline
towards achieving its goals. Russia’s national strategy priorities
include assistance to strategic stability and equal partnership
based on principles of mutually beneficial cooperation among states
in compliance with international law.

Russia intends to conduct rational and practical international
policy in compliance with international law. Such policy will include
cost-based confrontation, including a new armament race, development
of anti-terrorist cooperation and participation in conflict settlement
processes, the Kremlin press service reports.

EXCAVATIONS TO BE LAUNCHED IN TIGRANAKERT

Panorama.am
13:49 04/06/2009

The excavations of the ancient Tigranakert city found near
Agdam-Martakert highway in Nagorno Karabakh will be launched on 15
June and last till the end of August, Hamlet Petrosyan of the Academy
of National Sciences of Armenia to Panorama.am.

The Government of NKR disposed 35 million AMD for the excavations. It
is also planned to recover ancient materials and to publish a book
about Tigranakert.

THE PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR ST. PETERSBURG

AZG Armenian Daily
04/06/2009

Presidential

Armenian President Serzh Sargsian will pay a two-day working visit
to St. Petersburg to participate in the 13th international Economic
Forum, RA President’s press office reports.

Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serzh Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev’s
meeting is also anticipated in St. Petersburg.

Within the framework of the forum, President Serzh Sargsian will also
meet his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: BAKU HAS NOT YET LEARNT LESSONS FROM AUGUST WAR IN GEORGIA

ArmInfo
2009-06-03 14:13:00

ArmInfo. The military rhetoric of Aliyev-junior testifies that Baku
has not yet drawn proper conclusions from the August war in Georgia,
Stepan Grigoryan, Head of the Analytical Center for Globalization
and Regional Cooperation told media, Wednesday.

‘In this context, we should not expect any special steps by the
presidents at their upcoming meeting in Saint Petersburg’, he said.

‘The five-day war in Georgia should have become a serious lesson
for the bellicose Baku. It is a doubtless fact that any military
adventure in the region is doomed to failure from the very beginning
and pregnant with serious aftermaths’, S. Grigoryan said.

ARMENIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA INTERESTED IN EXPANDING COOPERATION

armradio.am
03.06.2009 13:44

The Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, received the
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Armenia, Lee Kyu-Hyung.

Minister Nalbandian attached importance to taking steps to promote
the cooperation between Armenia and the Republic of Korea in different
spheres.

Ambassador Kyu-Hyung underlined that the authorities of the Republic of
Korea attach great importance to the further expansion of multifaceted
relations with Armenia.

The interlocutors discussed a broad framework of issued related to
the Armenian-Korean political dialogue, trade-economic and cultural
relations.

The Ambassador of Korea presented to the Armenian Foreign Minister the
latest developments in Korea connected with the nuclear programs. In
this context Minister Nalbandian voiced hope that the efforts of the
international community would result in the resumption of six-sided
talks and the stabilization of situation on the Korean Peninsula.

ARMENIAN ART GALLERY TO SCREEN 16 FILMS ABOUT ARGENTINE TANGO

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.06.2009

/PanARMENIAN. Net/ Month of Tango will kick off in Yerevan on June 5,
with kind assistance of Armenian Embassy in Argentina. Argentine tango
will reign in Armenian National Art Gallery from June 5 to 28. 16
films will be screened every weekend. The Month will start with a
dancing program in The Club. Argentine tango is a social dance and a
musical genre that originated in Argentina and moved to Uruguay and
to the rest of the world later on. In the US, it is commonly confused
with ballroom tango, though this is a later derivation.

Argentine tango consists of a variety of styles that developed in
different regions and eras, and in response to the crowding of the
venue and even the fashions in clothing. Even though the present
forms developed in Argentina and Uruguay, they were also exposed to
influences reimported from Europe and North America.