July 2004

1  NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian attends US Independence Day reception, confers with Ambassador John Ordway.

8  The National Citizens' Initiative convenes a specialized policy seminar on "The Trends of Economic Growth in Armenia," covered by Shant, ALM, Armenia, TV5, AR, Aravot, Yerevan, Yerkir, Mir, HaiTV, Etchmiadzin television, Avetis News, Armenian public radio, Arminfo, Arka, Armenpress, Defacto, Rosbalt, and Noyan Tapan news agencies.

9  NCI seminar is covered by Hayastani Hanrapetutiun and Haikakan Zhamanak dailies, Delovoy Express, and Ambion weeklies, and the Armenian news network Groong.

12  NCI seminar is covered by Noyan Tapan Highlights.

14  Raffi Hovannisian congratulates Ambassador Henry Cuny on the occasion of French National Day.

17  NCI seminar is covered by Masis weekly.

22  Raffi Hovannisian meets with members of the German Marshall Fund/ Project on Transitional Democracies Study Tour of the South Caucasus: Bruce Jackson, president of the Project on Transitional Democracies and of the US Committee on NATO; Daniel Twining, foreign policy director, and Ronald Asmus, senior transatlantic fellow, of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Randy Scheunemann, president of Orion Strategies; Robert Cottrel, Central European correspondent of the Economist; and Istvan Gyarmati of the Geneva-based Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces.

23 Hovannisian attends US Embassy reception to bid farewell to Ambassador John Ordway.

24  Raffi K. Hovannisian meets with Senator Said Kulcharoen, head of the House of Representatives Friendship Group of the Kingdom of Thailand and Norair Der Kevorkian, Armenia's honorary consul in Bangkok.

27  Raffi Hovannisian congratulates Ambassador Abla Abdel Rahman on the occasion of Egypt's National Day.

28  Hovannisian bids farewell to German Ambassador Hans-Wulf Bartels.