Armenia and world:

Is British Petroleum to regulate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

Not participating in the OSCE Minsk Group efforts to regulate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Great Britain is trying to force her interests through various organizations.

January 24, 2009
The desire to please the client at all costs very often has a dismal end. It becomes especially apparent in people who, to the best of their ability, try to give the black for the white and when settling conflicts are reluctant to consider others' viewpoints. Moreover, when discussing a conflict, for some reason they «do not notice» the public, at the same time taking refuge in democracy.
Economy:

Ara Grigoryan appointed Yerevan Brandy Company Managing Director

Mr. Cedric Retailleau, who had been the Managing Director of Yerevan Brandy Company since January 2007, is appointed as General Manager of Pernod Ricard Venezuela and Northern Cone.

January 23, 2009
Since January 1, 2009 the position of the Managing Director of the Yerevan Brandy Company has been taken by Mr. Ara Grigoryan, who had been the Managing Director of Pernod Ricard Ukraine and Pernod Ricard Minsk since January 2001.
Mr. Grigoryan will combine the position of YBC Managing Director with the position of the Pernod Ricard Minsk Managing Director.
Politics:

In 2008 the major event in the region was the visit of Turkish President to Yerevan

Towards the end of the current year we all witnessed the unprecedented venture of Turkish intellectuals "Armenians, we apologize" which once again proved the reluctance of Turks to reconcile themselves to their own history, as well as showed the profound

December 25, 2008
The year of 2008 was also a time of reformatting the South Caucasus Region. After the «five-day» war of Georgia against South Ossetia it became clear that new division lines were to be outlined in the region. No doubt unwilling to do it himself, President of Georgia made a «regal» present to RF that had long been waiting for an opportunity to gain revenge against the USA for the too profound an interference it had in the solution of Caucasus problems. The result was a much more chaotic bedlam in which even the most «skillful» states were unable to "catch a fish".
 
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