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[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

An airport for Stepanakert/Xankendi?


http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2177415.html
The wikipedia article of the air base:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepanakert_Air_Base


http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2182802.html

You mean occupied Karabakh, aren't you?

[Newropean]

I don't mean anything, I quoted a newspaper article.

Don't shoot the messenger.


And you know, in this thread you can call it liberated Karabakh. Or Artsakh, if you wish.

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

I don't mean anything, I quoted a newspaper article.

Don't shoot the messenger.

So try to put news about Armenia itself not the economic news from the lands under Armenia's occupation. Those lands are still considered internationally recodnized parts of Azerbaijan so occupation does not mean news must be published as news about Armenian daily life.

[Newropean]

Are there any news of development in Karabakh in the Azeri section? Really?
I didn't check that.

[Newropean]

Sports news:
After a loss against Ireland and a draw against Macedonia, Armenia won for the first time in the Euro 2012 qualifiers against the leading team of group B, Slovakia.

Slovakia hopes dented as Armenia win in Yerevan



Second-half goals from Gevorg Ghazaryan and Henrik Mkhitaryan secured a sensational 3-1 win for Armenia against Slovakia in Yerevan.

The visitors had begun the day as joint-leaders of Group B following last month's win in Russia but they fell behind to Yura Movsisyan's 23rd-minute opener. Although Vladimír Weiss equalised before the break, Ghazaryan restored the hosts' lead soon after and Mkhitaryan then secured their first win of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying in the closing moments.

Vardan Minasyan's team made the early running though the first clear scoring chance fell to Slovakia. Miroslav Stoch won a free-kick near the byline and from his cross Martin Škrtel won the aerial duel with goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky but headed just wide.

Armenia's first effort of note came after 20 minutes when Marcos Pizzelli fired just wide of the right post and the same player was the architect of the opening goal three minutes later. His gorgeous through pass put Movsisyan one-on-one with Ján Mucha and the Armenia forward calmly shot through the goalkeeper's legs. Mkhitaryan almost made it two soon after but Mucha was equal to his fierce free-kick.

The goal clearly affected Slovakia, but they gradually recovered their stride and after Weiss had narrowly missed the top-right corner from distance, he made no mistake with his second opening. With 37 minutes played, the Slovakia coach's son and namesake received the ball in the area, beat two defenders and fired past Berezovsky from close range.

Within five minutes of the restart, however, Armenian were back in front. Mucha could only parry substitute Edgar Manucharyan's attempt and Ghazaryan drilled home from close in. Slovakia stepped up the tempo as they sought a second equaliser, but the Armenians still carried a threat on the counterattack. Movsisyan had a free-kick saved by Mucha, while Ghazaryan failed to score in a one-on-one situation.

The final word went to Mkhitaryan with a minute remaining. Ghazaryan was the provider with a short pass to the FC Shakhtar Donetsk playmaker who beat Mucha with a low shot inside the left-hand corner from the edge of the box.

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/mat...ort/index.html

[Newropean]

Another win for Armenia in the Euro 2012 qualifying round, beating Andorra 4-0.

Upbeat Armenia give Andorra no chance

Armenia followed up their impressive home win against Slovakia by posting a no-nonsense 4-0 defeat of Andorra, with Vardan Minasyan's side emerging as unlikely challengers in the unpredictable UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group B.

Gevorg Ghazaryan gave the home side a dream start with a fourth-minute opener and goals from Henrik Mkhitaryan and Yura Movsisyan added to Armenia's tally before the break to put the result beyond doubt. Marcos Pizzelli then struck on 52 minutes to send his side, at least temporarily, to the top of their qualifying section.

Still on a high from Friday's 3-1 triumph against Slovakia, Armenia hit the ground running. Sargis Hovsepyan headed against the bar from Mkhitaryan's cross on two minutes and shortly afterwards Ghazaryan surged down the left, beat two men and fired past José Antonio Gómes from 25 metres.

Movsisyan cut in from the right on 16 minutes, and although Gómes blocked his powerful shot, Mkhitaryan promptly tidied up from the rebound. Hovsepyan was the architect of Armenia's third, with the team captain beating his marker and crossing for Movsisyan to finish from close range.

The pressure barely let up after the interval, and after Pizzelli had hit the post with one effort, the same player then found the target courtesy of a powerful shot from distance. Andorra were given a little breathing space as Minasyan withdrew Movsisyan, Ghazaryan and Pizzelli in the later stages, but the scoreline was not affected.

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/mat...ort/index.html

Armenia is now second place in its qualifying group, which means that it really has at least a chance to get to the tournament in Poland and the Ukraine in 2012, that would be the biggest success for Armenian football so far.
On the other hand, I have my doubts whether they can really compete against teams like Ireland and Slovakia, as there are 6 games left and most of them are away games for Armenia.

[hakz2007]

Hayots Ashkharh: Tatev ropeway to be included in Guinness Book of Records

According to the daily, the longest ropeway in the world constructed in Tatev village (near Monastery of Tatev) should be included in the Guinness Book of Records, Bekor Papazyan, Executive Director of the Armenian National Competitiveness Foundation stated. According to him, negotiations are being held with the publishers.

As NEWS.am reported previously, opening of a 5.7 km-long Tatev-Halizror ropeway is scheduled for October 16. From October 23, the ropeway will be put into operation.

http://news.am/eng/news/34326.html

Slovenian President leaves Armenia

Slovenian President Danilo Türk has completed his visit to Armenia. The Slovenian delegation included 35 leading businessmen.

Suring the Slovenian leader’s visit, four Armenian-Slovenian agreements were signed, two of them being economic ones.

The Slovenian President held meetings with RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

The Slovenian leader and his wife laid wreaths at the Memorial to Armenian Genocide victims.

http://news.am/eng/news/34275.html

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

I don't mean anything, I quoted a newspaper article.

Don't shoot the messenger.


And you know, in this thread you can call it liberated Karabakh. Or Artsakh, if you wish.

Keep your provocations for yourself ok? Now you got what I say, next provocation like this and I will report you to the Mods. Keep posting!

[Newropean]

I should keep my provocations?
Isn't it you who comes to this thread searching for things that don't please you?

And I don't take orders from you, I will post if I want to and have time.

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

I should keep my provocations?
Isn't it you who comes to this thread searching for things that don't please you?

And I don't take orders from you, I will post if I want to and have time.

Keep your ignorance for yourself. I am a moderator at SSC and I warned you. More polemics will not give you any advantage so from now on just stick to the topic.

[Newropean]

So then, go ahead, why don't you post news about Nagorno-Karabakh in the Azeri section then?
There is an airport thread in the Azeri section, the airport reconstruction in Stepanakert surely deserves a post?

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

So then, go ahead, why don't you post news about Nagorno-Karabakh in the Azeri section then?
There is an airport thread in the Azeri section, the airport reconstruction in Stepanakert surely deserves a post?

First the current name for this city is Khankendi since it was renamed after the collapse of the USSR. Second, the airport in Nagorno Karabakh is reconstructed by separatists and it is not recognized by ICAO.

P.S. I warned you once and I am not going to follow your provocative arguments and so on. Keep on posting Armenian news only!!!

[Newropean]

The thread is for news and discussions. And that's what we are doing, we are discussing. I can't see anything wrong with that.

So, just to clarify, you don't want to post news about a separatist region in the Azeri section (like for example news from Abkhazia are included in the thread about Georgia), but you also don't want the news about this separatist region to appear in the section of the country it wants to join ultimatively (like news about Kosovo are included in the Albanian section).

Where are news about Karabakh supposed to be?
Or should they just be censored?

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by Newropean

The thread is for news and discussions. And that's what we are doing, we are discussing. I can't see anything wrong with that.

So, just to clarify, you don't want to post news about a separatist region in the Azeri section (like for example news from Abkhazia are included in the thread about Georgia), but you also don't want the news about this separatist region to appear in the section of the country it wants to join ultimatively (like news about Kosovo are included in the Albanian section).

Where are news about Karabakh supposed to be?
Or should they just be censored?

We went too far in this sensitive topic for any Azerbaijani. If you are so into posting news from there you can do it in Azeri section. You can not post news about the occupied lands of Azerbaijan in the section of the country occupant without clarifying the fact of occupation and belong of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan. There is no state there but a separatist doll regime which cleaned up the lands from Azerbaijani population in and around Nagorno Karabakh and was created mostly in order to hide the fact of a real occupation by Armenia (...and its bigger brother). Clear?

[hakz2007]

Armenia-Cyprus relations praiseworthy

PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 14, Armenian parliamentary delegation led by speaker Hovik Abrahamyan arrived in Cyprus, where he was met by President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Marios Garoyan.

After a meeting behind closed doors, the two men voiced confidence for further development of interparliamentary ties, which can be considered praiseworthy.

The delegation members also met with the Armenian community of Cyprus.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world...s_praiseworthy

WorldWorld's longest ropeway to open in Armenia

The world's longest ropeway will open on Saturday in southern Armenia, the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia has said.

The 5.7-kilometer (3.54-mile) ropeway will run to the 9th century Monastery of Tatev in Syunik Province, some 280 kilometers (174 miles) away from Yerevan.

The monastery, which has played an important role in the history of the region, being its major spiritual, political, cultural and educational center, was seriously damaged during an earthquake in 1931 and is now being reconstructed. The cost of the reconstruction is estimated at $45 million.

Visitors will have to spend just 11 minutes in a ropeway cabin to reach a promontory located more than 100 meters above the Vorotan River, on which the monastery is situated. The ropeway will run with the maximum speed of 37 km/h (23 mph).

Previously, a 4-kilometer-long (2.48-mile-long) ropeway in the United States' Santa Fe was the longest in the world.

Armeninan President Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church and other religious and state officials are expected to take part in the opening ceremony of the ropeway.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20101016/160976050.html

Profit of HSBC Bank Armenia for nine months AMD 3.9 billion

YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Profit of HSBC Bank Armenia grew by 30% over nine months of this year, compared with the same period of the previous year, to AMD 3.9 billion, HSBC Bank Armenia CEO Astrid Clifford said on Thursday.

She told journalists that the bank sustained losses in 2009 because of the currency devaluation. That is why the year-on-year profit growth was 30% in Jan-Sept 2010.

The bank’s credit portfolio grew 32% from AMD 63 billion to AMD 83 billion.

HSBC Bank Armenia, subsidiary of HSBC Bank Plc, was registered on September 25, 1995. HSBC Europe BV holds 70% of HSBC Bank Armenia shares. The remaining 30% belong to Wings Establishment.

In January 2009, HSBC Bank Armenia became a member of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.

According to ARKA News Agency’s data, the bank’s assets totaled AMD 126.7 billion and liabilities AMD 107.9 billion by late June 2010.

Its total capital amounted to AMD 18.8 billion, authorized capital AMD 7.6 billion and credit portfolio AMD 70.3 billion.

Liabilities to clients totaled AMD 201.9 billion and the profit for the first half of this year amounted to AMD 1.9 billion.
The bank has seven branches in Armenia. ($1= AMD 361.28).

http://www.arka.am/eng/banks/2010/10/15/21906.html

[ukiyo]

I guess just don't post news about Karabakh here for now.

[hakz2007]

True that.

[Newropean]

Construction Of Armenian-Iranian Power Plants Set For 2011


Energy Minister Armen Movsisian (L) and his Iranian counterpart Majid Namju launch the construction of an Armenian-Iranian power transmission line, 14Oct2010.

Armenia and Iran will start building two major hydro-electric stations on their border early next year, the energy ministers of the two states said after talks in Yerevan on Friday.

Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian said on September 16 that work on the $323 million project will start during his Iranian counterpart Majid Namju’s upcoming visit to Armenia.

However, the two men only signed a memorandum reaffirming their governments’ decision to launch the construction, which is due to take five years. “This year is coming to an end, so it will start next year,” Movsisian said at the signing ceremony.

His deputy Ara Simonian clarified that the construction will get underway next spring. “The construction will be done under direction oversight of the Armenian side and meet our technical standards,” Simonian told journalists.

“We, the ministers, are determined to announce the launch of this very important project as soon as possible,” Namju said, for his part. He said final details of the project will be worked out during Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s visit to Tehran slated for the end of this month.

Sarkisian and Namju discussed the matter at a meeting earlier in the day. According to the Armenian government’s press office, they both underlined its importance for the development of Armenian-Iranian relations.

The two power plants will be built on either side of the Arax river marking the Armenian-Iranian border and have a capacity of 130 megawatts each. They both are to be built by an Iranian company, Farad-Sepasad.

Movsisian said last month that Armenia will finance its share of the project with electricity to be generated at the facility and supplied to Iran . “We will need 15 years to pay back the [Iranian] investments with electricity supplies,” he said, adding that the plant will then become property of Armenia.

Namju and Movsisian inaugurated on Thursday the launch of another Armenian-Iranian energy project. It involves the construction of a third high-voltage transmission line linking the two countries’ power grids. The line will allow for a substantial increase in Armenian electricity exports to the Islamic Republic.

That electricity is to be generated at Armenian thermal-power plans using natural gas supplied from Iran. Iranian gas deliveries to the country began in May last year.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2191904.html

[robo_boss]

Gee, i totally forgot about this thread, it's been a while.
Galandar, why are so worried about the contents of this thread? Why are you even here? There's a whole Azeri section on SSC, where you guys bad-mouth the Armenians left and right, you dont see me going crazy over it. There's no ethnic feud going on in this thread, please keep it that way and dont turn it into a meaningless flame war, do it on the Azerbaijan forum if you really have to.

Newropean, thank you for keeping this thread alive. You should be able to post any subject that has anything to do with Armenia, and Karabakh does.

Cheers

[Newropean]

Thanks robo! Every moral support is welcome and needed!

By the way, in some days I will have a lot less time than I had during the last months, I might not be able to come back here as often as before.
Thus your efforts will be welcome, I hope you'll keep it alive here and you don't lack the "national spirit" that so many users of SSC display!

Some news again:

Armenia can become a trade bridge between neighboring countries

In the first half of 2010, foreign investments in the Armenian economy totaled $327.5, which is 4.9% more compared to the same period in 2009.

Specifically, Iranian entrepreneurs show greater interest in Armenia.

Currently, Iran is the second after Russia (1000 companies) by the number of enterprises with Iranian capital (818 companies) in Armenia. There are favorable conditions for unhindered inflow of Iranian investments, as the Armenian authorities pursue a free economic policy with liberal laws. Moreover, the Armenian Diaspora of Iran also contributes to the development of bilateral relations.

The trade turnover between Armenia and Iran amounted to USD 153mln in 2009. Aluminum, iron, steel, organic and non-organic components are exported from Armenia while plastics, items made of it, glass, etc are imported.

Iranian Minister of Energy Majid Namjou arrived in Armenia on a two-day visit this week. He met with Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan to discuss bilateral cooperation outlooks.

The two ministers signed three documents: memorandum of understanding between the two ministries, memorandum of ecological norms observance on the common border and Arax river, as well as draft agreement on construction, management, exploitation and transfer of Meghri hydropower plant.

Besides, Yerevan hosted an Armenian-Iranian business forum with participation of an Iranian delegation of 22 companies, including representatives of the industrial field, who also met with representatives of Armenian companies, as well as the RA Ministries of Energy, Agriculture, Transport and Communication, Urban Development, Economy, Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Armenian Development Agency (ADA).

Representative of the Iranian Trade and Investment Agency, Director of ENN simplex Seyed Babaei announced the intention to open the Agency’s branch in Yerevan.

Slovenia also showed interest in Armenia’s investment potential. In 2009, the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $9.5mln, with almost zero export from Armenia. Slovenia exported pharmaceutical goods, ethyl alcohol, perfume, cosmetics, etc.

Armenian-Polish relations also tend to develop. Polish Ambassador to RA Zdzislaw Raczynski said he is resolved to attract Polish investors to Armenian market.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/econo...ring_countries


(PS: Who tagged this thread with "Central Asia"? Central Asia is somewhere else..)