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The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs call on taking advantage of the positive moment after the March 5 trilateral meeting in Sochi and focus on the main issues in order to come to termsm on the Basic Principles ...ARMENIAN PM: EU UNDERSTANDS ARMENIA
"The technical and financial assistance will be provided to Armenia in its entirety as promised," said RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan as he summed up his three-day working visit to Brussels.
"We have ...PEOPLE'S TV: "WE ARE NOT GOING TO ABANDON THE IDEA"
If you think that your voice is not audible on television, create your on TV Company in the face of "People's TV."
Your vote given in the form of a token amount will make the existence of YOUR TV possible ...PROTESTERS DEMAND TO EXILE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS TO SIBERIA
Members of Hima (Now) Youth Initiative call on the Armenian authorities to exile government members to Siberia. Today they held a protest outside the government building, chanting "Send ministers to Siberia," ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN CONTINUES HUNGER STRIKE, CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTIONS
The founding leader of opposition Heritage Party, Raffi Hovannisian, who has been on hunger strike since March 14, continues his protest at Yerevan's Liberty Square.
Hovannisian went on an indeterminate ...RA PM: "GEORGIA'S EXPERIENCE WILL BE USEFUL FOR ARMENIA"
Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan today received Georgian Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Ramaz Nikolaishvili.
Minister Sargsyan highlighted the strengthening of economic ties ...ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN KILLED AFTER SWAP OF POWS
On March 17, an Armenian serviceman was wounded to death as a result of Azerbaijani firing in the eastern direction (near Askeran) of the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces, ...OSCE CIO REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR OSCE MG
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian today met with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis.
Greeting the guest, Minister Nalbandian noted that Lithuania was ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES GEORGIAN MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURES
Serzh Sargsyan received Friday Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructures of Georgia Ramaz Nikolaishvili.
The Armenian President hailed the intensive reciprocal visits and contacts on all levels.
The ...ON THE EXCHANGE
Deals amounting to USD 8 800 000 at an average price of AMD 370.63 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on March 18.
The closing price was AMD 369.75, reports the RA Central Bank.LEVON ARONIAN SMASHES AZERBAIJAN'S VUGAR GASHIMOV
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Azerbaijan's Vugar Gashimov (2:0) in the 5th round of the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament going on in Monaco. After the victory, Aronian keeps the ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO ALL VISITORS
Heritage founding leader Raffi Hovannisian expresses his gratitude to all those who have been attending Liberty Square to voice support and solidarity with the Heritage leader.
"People from Armenia and ...HAK RALLY INVIGORATES PROTESTERS
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Inspired by the fresh opposition rally at "recaptured" Liberty Square, the relatives of the March 1 victims today gathered outside ...AUDRONIUS AžUBALIS TO MEET WITH LEVON TER-PETROSYAN
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis is scheduled to meet in Yerevan with Serzh Sargsyan, Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, representatives of political parties ...CROATIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO VISIT ARMENIA
A Croatian delegation headed by Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic will arrive in Armenia on March 20 for a two-day official visit.
In Yerevan, Luka Bebic will hold meetings with Armenian Parliament Speaker ...SERZH SARGSYAN: "COOPERATION WITH OSCE IS IMPORTANT FOR ARMENIA"
Serzh Sargsyan received OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis. Sargsyan congratulated Lithuania on assuming the OSCE Chairmanship and underlined that cooperation within ...MINSK GROUP THE MOST EFFICIENT PLATFORM FOR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
On March 18, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met in Yerevan with the OSCE chairman-in-office, foreign minister of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis to discuss Karabakh peace process and regional ...POST-SCRIPTUM TO HOST TATUL HAKOBYAN
On March 18, the program "Post-Scriptum" will host Tatul Hakobyan, an expert with the Civilitas Foundation and the author of "Karabakh Diary; Green and Black or Neither War nor Peace."
You can send your ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1839 Hakobos Bishop Serobian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. He led the movement against Protestantism and encouraged the national movement against the amira. He supported the Skyootar Gymnasium.
- 1870 Birth of Sargees (Sako) Hambardzoomian, long-time revolutionary, public figure, and physician. He died in 1944.
- 1879 Birth of doctor Varazdat Galanchian, major of the British Royal Army and founder of plastic surgery.
- 1924 Birth of Levon Khatsherian, linguist and Armenologist.
- 1931 Founding of the Yerevan City History Museum.
- 1940 Kirov's synthetic rubber factory (now called "Nairit") was created out of the Yerevan Carbide factory.
- 1944 The "Sassuntsi Davit" Tank Division is created with the help of Diasporan Armenians.
- 1946 The five-year plan (1946-1950) for the Armenian SSR is adopted.
- 1949 Trolley buses were first used in Yerevan.
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