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Headlines for January 29, 2009

ARMENIA RANKS 43RD
UNESCO experts ranked Armenia 43rd based on the level of education taking into account literacy of the population and the factor of pre-school education. Kazakhstan placed first on the list of ratings, ...
TRANSFER FAILED
According to Greek mass media outlets, midfielder of the Armenian football team Levon Pachajyan will not transfer from the Swedish GAIS to the PAOK team of Salonic. We had already informed that Levon ...
ZAKARYAN UNDER ARREST
Inspector of the Kotayk division of the RA Justice Ministry’s Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts in the Microshrjan of Hrazdan city Hayk Babajanyan (born in 1981) was transferred to ...
FREE SYSTEM TO AVOID INCIDENTS
Based on the high rate of incidents due to gas outflows, “ArmRusGazard” had started the installation of alarms in multi-story buildings in collaboration with the government. In general, 14,000 alarm ...
NO DEADLINE FOR ARMENIA?
Women delegates of the Armenian delegation to PACE believe that there is no deadline for Armenia for the implementation of demands set forth by Resolution 1643 adopted on January 27. The 11th point ...
PM GIVES A STRICT WARNING
By the decision of RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Deputy Health Ministers Tatul Hakobyan and Abraham Manukyan were given warnings for bad conduct as government officials. It is believed that the ...
DRIVERS CHANGED THE AGENDA
A change was made in today’s agenda of the PACE session. The delegates will work until intermission, that is, 1 p.m. instead of the regular evening time. The discussion on the issue concerning results ...
SERZH SARGSYAN HAS FORGOTTEN TURKISH
Serzh Sargsyan had a brief conversation with Russian PM Vladimir Putin in the Swiss city of Davos. Nothing is clear regarding details of the conversation. According to “CNN Turk”, Serzh Sargsyan will ...
OUT OF THE PACE AGENDA
more images A tapestry representing the emblem of the Republic of Armenia is hung on the wall of one of the offices of the RA permanent representation in Strasburg. RA Permanent Representative to ...
ARAM MANUKYAN’S STATE IN REPUBLIC SQUARE?
The ARF Youth Union of Armenia appealed to Mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharyan today with the request to install the statue of Aram Manukyan in Republic Square. In the letter it is stated that January ...
WILL THE AZERI BE MORE RESTRAINED?
Twenty six PACE delegates signed under a statement by which Azerbaijan is trying to show prejudice and hatred against Armenia. The Armenian delegates put the document in circulation and the signatures ...
NO LANDINGS AT “ZVARTNOTS”
more images Airplanes flying to Yerevan from different directions were not able to make a landing at “Zvartnots” airport today due to foggy weather. There haven’t been any landings to date and it ...
WAITING FOR RA GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO SEVEN CASES
The European Court of Human Rights ruled against Armenia in 2008 with six verdicts. According to data of the European Court press service , the court registered violations of a fair trial(4), inhuman ...
DISCUSSED CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ATOMIC ENERGY BLOCK
more images Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammed ElBaradei. During the meeting the sides discussed issues relating to the ...
VISITED THE DETAINED DEPUTIES
As assigned by Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, NA Chief of Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan and Chief Adviser to the NA Speaker Victor Mnatsakanyan paid a visit January 29 to see NA Deputies ...
THREATENING MONEY EXCHANGE WORKERS
Police officers warned money exchange workers at the Gyumri central market that what they are doing is illegal and that they can no longer work in the market. There were also threats-“If you continue ...
“BJNI” APPEALS TO RA PRESIDENT
Director of the “Bjni” mineral water factory has filed an appeal/complaint to Serzh Sargsyan, the Prime Minister, Justice Minister, Ambassadors in Armenia and a number of other organizations with the ...
PM CONGRATULATES MANSURYAN ON 70TH ANNIVERSARY
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan sent a letter of congratulations to Tigran Mansuryan on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. The letter reads: “Honorable Tigran Mansuryan, I express my heartfelt ...