‘At The Focus’ Archives
According to global competitiveness report, Armenia occupied the last but one line as to efficiency of anti-monopoly policy
According to global competitiveness report for 2010-2011, Armenia occupies the 138th place from among 139 researched countries as to efficiency of state anti-monopoly policy. Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today, Director of “Economy and Research” Research [...]
Five presidents to arrive in Armenia for CSTO summit
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Armenia to participate in the CSTO informal summit, representatives of Belarus Embassy in Yerevan. Earlier today Belarus president’s press service refused to give information. The only CSTO leader not to attend the summit is Uzbekistan’s [...]
Nagorno-Karabakh holds parliamentary vote
YEREVAN, (Reuters) - Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh held a parliamentary election on Sunday, a month after the collapse of a plan to end hostility between Armenia and Turkey and ease tension in the south Caucasus. Most candidates and parties insist on independence for Nagorno-Karabakh from [...]
Eva Rivas sets the stage on fire
Oslo, Norway - The Armenian rehearsal today saw some changes compared to the first one. Shining bubble chains were hanging above the stage, and more pyrotechnical effects were used to enhance the performance. The Armenian delegation had made some changes in the choreography to Apricot Stone: [...]
Azeri delegation disallows its weightlifter from participating in award ceremony
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu. After [...]
Karekin II did not attend Alley of Shahids
Azeri media reports saying that “Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II attended the Alley of Shahids in Baku” are false. Holy Etchmiadzin has already requested the Clerical Office of Caucasus Muslims to publish a disclaimer. According to the reports, Chairman of the [...]
26 PACE members signed statement on Armenian Genocide
Overall, as many as 26 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) already signed the document on the recognition of Armenian Genocide, NEWS.am correspondent reports from Strasburg. According to the statement, the recognition of Armenian Genocide will assist the [...]
Checks on presence of pirated software support to be held in large companies in Armenia
Checks on presence of “pirated” software support (SS) will be help in large Armenian companies. Mediamax reports that representative of Business Soft Alliance (BSA), as well as the interests of Microsoft in Armenia Narine Mkrtchyan said this in Yerevan today. She did not name definite [...]
Turkish ambassador in Washington on US president’s statement
The Turkish ambassador in the U.S. capital said on Saturday that Turkey would not accept whatever US President Barack Obama said regarding the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915. Addressing members of the Turkish community at the Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C., Ambassador Namik Tan [...]
Obama again dissapointed Armenians
We post the statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day, issued by White House. On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that ninety-five years ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began. In that dark moment of history, 1.5 million Armenians were [...]