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At Turkey-Armenia match Turkish fans going to cover stands with Azeri flags
26.09.2009 15:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Fans of Bursaspor, most fervent fans in Turkey, are
preparing for Ñ?Ñ...е World Cup 2010 qualifying match
between Turkey and Armenia in Bursa.
Fans' group intend to cover all the stands by Azeri and
Turkish flags .
"This will a good address to the world that we are one nation and two
states," azerisport.com quotes a message of the Bursaspor fan group.
The match Turkey-Armenia will be held on October 14 in Bursa at the
Ataturk stadium and will begin at 11.00 p.m. (Yerevan time)
Demand for Internet boosted in Armenia
25.09.2009 21:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
26.09.2009 15:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Fans of Bursaspor, most fervent fans in Turkey, are
preparing for Ñ?Ñ...е World Cup 2010 qualifying match
between Turkey and Armenia in Bursa.
Fans' group intend to cover all the stands by Azeri and
Turkish flags .
"This will a good address to the world that we are one nation and two
states," azerisport.com quotes a message of the Bursaspor fan group.
The match Turkey-Armenia will be held on October 14 in Bursa at the
Ataturk stadium and will begin at 11.00 p.m. (Yerevan time)
Demand for Internet boosted in Armenia
25.09.2009 21:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
"Explosive" demand for Internet has been recorded in Armenia, ArmenTel
CEO Igor Klimko told a news conference today.
According to him, the Armenia's population use Internet 4.5 times more
this year compared to the previous year.
According to Igor Klimko, the traffic through the newly launched 3G
technology with the USB modems increases twice a week on average to
date.
Catholicos Garegin II to Head Celebrations Marking 20th Anniversary Of
`Reborn' Artsakh Diocese
2009/09/25 | 13:49
http://hetq.am/en/karabakh/artsakh-37/
Nagorno Karabakh
Anahit Danielyan
Tomorrow, celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the reopening
of the Armenian Church Diocese of Artsakh will kick off at the
monastery complex of Gandzasar, the seat of the Armenian Church in
Artsakh. Presiding over the celebrations that will last till September
28 will be His Holiness Garegin II, Catholicos of all Armenians.
On September 27, an exhibit entitled `Church Treasures' will be opened
at the Artsakh Historical-Geological Museum in Stepanakert. The
following day a photo and book exhibit focusing on the activities of
the church will open at the Culture and Youth Palace in Stepanakert.
Map distributed to Istanbul schools redraws borders of Turkey
Abbas GüçlÃ
ISTANBUL - Milliyet
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A CD prepared by Istanbul's provincial education directorate has
redrawn the map of Turkey to include parts of northern Iraq.
The mistake shocked even the directorate itself and placed education
officials in an awkward situation as it comes just after Education
Ministry school books got the dates of some national days wrong.
The ministry on Wednesday ordered that the CDs be taken back from
schools and parents who had received them, it was reported.
A CD was distributed to schools as part of the parent education
project and on it the map of Turkey included the cities of Mosul and
Kirkuk in northern Iraq as being within Turkey's borders. It also
shows the island of Cyprus and Armenia as part of Turkey. Parts of
Georgia and Bulgaria have also been depicted as within Turkey's
borders.
The project was prepared during the tenure of former Istanbul
education director, Ata Ã-zer, and the discrepancies have shocked
current director Muammer Yıldız.
The map mistake compounds the embarrassment from schoolbooks prepared
by the Education Ministry and distributed free of charge to students
also have some very glaring errors. The occasion of Victory Day on
Aug. 30 is omitted and an incorrect date is cited for Children and
National Sovereignty Day, celebrated on April 23. The day has been
marked as April 29 in the books.
`Such a map is unacceptable. It is a big mistake that can create
unnecessary debate. I am very sad,' said Yıldız, who initiated an
inquiry into the matter.
Yıldız said the information was compiled from various sources but
that no one noticed the discrepancies until after it was sent to all
Istanbul schools was even more shocking.
`It can't be used as an excuse that the map escaped the attention of
our people working on the project. I wish it hadn't happened. But
someone from among us should have spotted it and warned us,' said
Yıldız.
Istanbul was chosen as the pilot province to rate the effectiveness of
the project. The aim is to educate parents on various issues, ranging
from first aid to how to deal with children, prior to the start of the
school term. It was carried out during the week before schools started
alongside the `getting used to school' program for children about to
begin their education. Around 230,000 children began their first year
of primary school in the province of Istanbul this year.
The objective was to have an orientation week for all of these
children and their parents.
Government Moves To Cut Spending In 2010
Armenia -- A cabinet meeting in Yerevan.
28.09.2009
Anush Martirosian
Abbas GüçlÃ
ISTANBUL - Milliyet
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A CD prepared by Istanbul's provincial education directorate has
redrawn the map of Turkey to include parts of northern Iraq.
The mistake shocked even the directorate itself and placed education
officials in an awkward situation as it comes just after Education
Ministry school books got the dates of some national days wrong.
The ministry on Wednesday ordered that the CDs be taken back from
schools and parents who had received them, it was reported.
A CD was distributed to schools as part of the parent education
project and on it the map of Turkey included the cities of Mosul and
Kirkuk in northern Iraq as being within Turkey's borders. It also
shows the island of Cyprus and Armenia as part of Turkey. Parts of
Georgia and Bulgaria have also been depicted as within Turkey's
borders.
The project was prepared during the tenure of former Istanbul
education director, Ata Ã-zer, and the discrepancies have shocked
current director Muammer Yıldız.
The map mistake compounds the embarrassment from schoolbooks prepared
by the Education Ministry and distributed free of charge to students
also have some very glaring errors. The occasion of Victory Day on
Aug. 30 is omitted and an incorrect date is cited for Children and
National Sovereignty Day, celebrated on April 23. The day has been
marked as April 29 in the books.
`Such a map is unacceptable. It is a big mistake that can create
unnecessary debate. I am very sad,' said Yıldız, who initiated an
inquiry into the matter.
Yıldız said the information was compiled from various sources but
that no one noticed the discrepancies until after it was sent to all
Istanbul schools was even more shocking.
`It can't be used as an excuse that the map escaped the attention of
our people working on the project. I wish it hadn't happened. But
someone from among us should have spotted it and warned us,' said
Yıldız.
Istanbul was chosen as the pilot province to rate the effectiveness of
the project. The aim is to educate parents on various issues, ranging
from first aid to how to deal with children, prior to the start of the
school term. It was carried out during the week before schools started
alongside the `getting used to school' program for children about to
begin their education. Around 230,000 children began their first year
of primary school in the province of Istanbul this year.
The objective was to have an orientation week for all of these
children and their parents.
Government Moves To Cut Spending In 2010
Armenia -- A cabinet meeting in Yerevan.
28.09.2009
Anush Martirosian
The Armenian government announced on Monday plans to slash its
budgetary expenditures by 9 percent next year, citing the ongoing
economic recession and the resulting serious shortfall in its tax
revenues.
The government's draft budget for 2010 approved by ministers envisages
an even sharper reduction in state revenues which would dramatically
widen Armenia's public deficit.
Finance Minister Tigran Davtian said the austerity measures reflect
the economic situation in the country that has progressively worsened
this year amid a deepening fallout from the global financial crisis.
`We drew up the budget in a conservative regime,' he told journalists
after an extraordinary session of Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's
cabinet.
Armenia's state budgets have steadily and rapidly grown over the past
decade on the back of robust economic growth that came to an end last
year. The proposed 2010 budget, if adopted by parliament, will mark
the first cut in Armenian government spending since the economic
turmoil of the early 1990s.
A relevant bill drafted by the Finance Ministry calls for 859.6
billion drams ($2.23 billion) in budgetary expenditures, down from
945.4 billion drams budgeted for this year. The government has been
struggling to meet the 2009 target due to a significant fall in its
tax revenues resulting from the recession. The Armenian economy
contracted by as much as 18.4 percent in the first eight months of 2009.
The revenue shortfall will be mostly offset by anti-crisis loans
allocated to Armenia by Russia, the International Monetary Fund, the
World Bank and other international institutions. One of Davtian's
deputies, Vahan Aramian, told RFE/RL in late July that the government
will still have to cut its projected 2009 spending by about 4 percent.
The government has already failed to keep the 2009 budget deficit from
rising above the projected level of 40 billion drams. The deficit
totaled 67.5 billion drams in January-July 2009, according to the
Finance Ministry.
It is projected to surge to 183 billion drams as a consequence of a
25.2 percent drop in state revenues envisaged by the draft 2010
budget. According to Davtian, the government plans to use external
loans for financing half of the fiscal gap.
`Unfortunately, spending on debt servicing will rise next year,' said
the finance minister. `That is one of the reasons why we will be as
cautious as possible in attracting new credit resources.' That is why,
he added, the government will abandon earlier plans for further rises
in pensions, poverty benefits and other social spending.
Labor and Social Security Minister Gevorg Petrosian openly criticized
the measure. In particular, he demanded more government funding for
boarding schools, orphanages and seniors houses, offering to
personally show fellow cabinet members the dire conditions of those
institutions.
The complaint prompted a stern rebuke from Prime Minister Sarkisian,
who recalled a recent corruption scandal over the alleged misuse of
government funds by Petrosian's ministry. `When it comes to the
allocation of financial resources, we all recall the difficult plight
of our compatriots,' he said. `But once we start spending money
somehow we forget that those people live in dire conditions.'
budgetary expenditures by 9 percent next year, citing the ongoing
economic recession and the resulting serious shortfall in its tax
revenues.
The government's draft budget for 2010 approved by ministers envisages
an even sharper reduction in state revenues which would dramatically
widen Armenia's public deficit.
Finance Minister Tigran Davtian said the austerity measures reflect
the economic situation in the country that has progressively worsened
this year amid a deepening fallout from the global financial crisis.
`We drew up the budget in a conservative regime,' he told journalists
after an extraordinary session of Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's
cabinet.
Armenia's state budgets have steadily and rapidly grown over the past
decade on the back of robust economic growth that came to an end last
year. The proposed 2010 budget, if adopted by parliament, will mark
the first cut in Armenian government spending since the economic
turmoil of the early 1990s.
A relevant bill drafted by the Finance Ministry calls for 859.6
billion drams ($2.23 billion) in budgetary expenditures, down from
945.4 billion drams budgeted for this year. The government has been
struggling to meet the 2009 target due to a significant fall in its
tax revenues resulting from the recession. The Armenian economy
contracted by as much as 18.4 percent in the first eight months of 2009.
The revenue shortfall will be mostly offset by anti-crisis loans
allocated to Armenia by Russia, the International Monetary Fund, the
World Bank and other international institutions. One of Davtian's
deputies, Vahan Aramian, told RFE/RL in late July that the government
will still have to cut its projected 2009 spending by about 4 percent.
The government has already failed to keep the 2009 budget deficit from
rising above the projected level of 40 billion drams. The deficit
totaled 67.5 billion drams in January-July 2009, according to the
Finance Ministry.
It is projected to surge to 183 billion drams as a consequence of a
25.2 percent drop in state revenues envisaged by the draft 2010
budget. According to Davtian, the government plans to use external
loans for financing half of the fiscal gap.
`Unfortunately, spending on debt servicing will rise next year,' said
the finance minister. `That is one of the reasons why we will be as
cautious as possible in attracting new credit resources.' That is why,
he added, the government will abandon earlier plans for further rises
in pensions, poverty benefits and other social spending.
Labor and Social Security Minister Gevorg Petrosian openly criticized
the measure. In particular, he demanded more government funding for
boarding schools, orphanages and seniors houses, offering to
personally show fellow cabinet members the dire conditions of those
institutions.
The complaint prompted a stern rebuke from Prime Minister Sarkisian,
who recalled a recent corruption scandal over the alleged misuse of
government funds by Petrosian's ministry. `When it comes to the
allocation of financial resources, we all recall the difficult plight
of our compatriots,' he said. `But once we start spending money
somehow we forget that those people live in dire conditions.'
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