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Headlines for March 21, 2011POLICE PREVENT HOVANNISIAN'S SUPPORTERS FROM PUTTING CANOPY AT LIBERTY SQUARE
On March 20, on the sixth day of the "freedom fast" announced by Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian at Yerevan's Liberty Square, a group of Hovannisian's supporters tried to place a canopy above ...U.S. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BOMBING?
The U.S., UK and France are continuing strikes after the UN authorised action to protect Libyan civilians from government forces.
A missile strike has destroyed a building in Libya's capital, Tripoli, ...NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO DISCUSS HOVANNISIAN'S HUNGER STRIKE
The Armenian National Assembly cannot stay indifferent to the actions of Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian, according freelance deputy Victor Dallakyan.
"The National Assembly has no right to turn ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE
A silent meeting will be held at Liberty Square on March 22 in support of Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian who declared "freedom fast" last Tuesday. On the same day, at 1:00pm, Raffi Hovannisian ...POLICE NEED VIDEO RECORDS
"Police record opposition's rallies, marches and protest actions to have grounds in the future," a senior police representative said at the Aghvaran-hosted workshop on "Peculiarities of Information Freedom ...HAK NOTIFIES MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ITS NEXT RALLY
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) today notified the Yerevan Municipality of its April 8 rally to be held at Liberty Square on April 8.
The rally will start at 5:00 and will be followed ..."THE INCIDENT SHOWED THE AUTHORITIES' TRUE FACE"
It is already six days Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian has been staging a hunger strike at Liberty Square.
In the afternoon Hovannisian was visited by his teammates and ordinary citizens who came ...ARMAVIR RESIDENTS GO TO STREET OVER FRAUDULENT MAYORAL ELECTIONS
A group of people have blocked Armavir-Yerevan highway protesting the results of the March 20 mayoral elections in Armavir. Mayoral nominee Sevak Minasyan is among the protesters who demand "to nullify ...AZERBAIJAN FIRES 1300 SHOTS IN A WEEK
Some 200 ceasefire violations at the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces were reported during the last week. Azerbaijan fired 1300 shots at NKR positions, NKR Defense Army press ...OSCE MONITORING FAILS BECAUSE OF AZERBAIJAN'S REFUSAL
The Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic issued a statement saying that Azerbaijan prevented the OSCE Mission from conducting a monitoring-investigation in the territory of Akna settlement, ...CROATIA'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT ARMENIA
On March 21, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received a Croatian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic.
Minister Nalbandian said Armenia highly appreciates the relations with Croatia ...SUSPICIOUS BAG CONTAINED NO EXPLOSIVE
A suspicious-looking bag was found Friday in an electric train heading from Yerevan to Gyumri. The bag had been left unattended for a long time.
All passengers were immediately evacuated at Arteni station, ...VARDAN MINASYAN NAMES ARMENIAN SQUAD FOR EURO 2012 QUALIFIER AGAINST RUSSIA
The chief coach of the Armenian national football, Vardan Minasyan, has announced the Armenian squad for the Euro 2012 qualifying match with Russia.
GoalkeepersRoman Berezovsky (Khimki, Russia)Stepan ...ARONIAN BEATS ANAND IN AMBER CHESS TOURNAMENT
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian retains the lead the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament with 11.5 points.
In round 8, Aronian won India's Viswanathan Anand (1,5:0,5) taking 11,5 points ...MNATSAKANYAN INTENDS TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE OUTSIDE PRISON WALLS
Roman Mnatsakanyan, who was arrested in the wake of the disputed February 2008 presidential vote, learned about his release by sheer accident. "I did not know that I would be released on parole. On that ...TIGRAN KARAPETYAN TO GO TO LIBERTY SQUARE
A few hundred people are participating in the rally organized by People's Party (ZhK) leader near the Matenadaran (the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts).
ZhK leader Tigran Karapetyan explained the small ...POLICE VIOLATED HOVANNISIAN'S RIGHT
Armenia's newly-appointed Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has denounced yesterday's incident at Liberty Square in which police officers tore and broke an umbrella erected for hunger striker Raffi Hovannisian.
"Police ...TIGRAN KARPETYAN, RAFFI HOVANNISIAN EMBRACE AT LIBERTY SQUARE
During the March 21 rally near the Matenadaran, People's Party (ZhK) Leader Tigran Karapetyan announced that many of his proponents had mistaken the venue and assembled at Liberty Square.
"The authorities ...POLICE BEAT PROTESTERS IN ARMAVIR
Police reportedly have beaten up people protesting the results of yesterday's vote in Armavir. Some of the protesters were taken to police stations. Earlier in the day, a group of Armavir residents blocked ...DO NOT SPOIL NATURE!
March 21 marks the World Forestry Day.
"Forests have invaluable environmental, social and economic importance. They help maintain the temperature of the planet, provide oxygen, preserve water resources, ..."POST-SCRIPTUM" TO HOST REPUBLICAN SUKIAS AVETISYAN
...CITADEL DIRECTOR KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK
A man's body was found in Yerevan's Vagharshyan Street this afternoon. According to preliminary reports, Samvel Davtyan, 37, died of shock. No traces of violence were found on the body.Note that Samvel ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Our ancestors celebrated the New Year in this day as the reawakening of nature and the work of the farmer.
- 1615 According to a proclamation by the Polish King Sigismund the Third, Armenians were allowed to live and work in Dubrovitsa. This Armenian colony was obliterated in 1672 in the course of Turkish attacks.
- 1747 The Dutch award the Armenians of Indonesia the same civil rights as European free citizens.
- 1758 Birth of Ghookas Eencheechyan (armenologist and geographer). He died in 1833.
- 1763 Death of Catholicos Hakob the Fifth --Shamakhetsee. He was an important figure in the liberation movement of the 18th century. His birthdate is unknown.
- 1828 Tsar Nicholas the First defines the status of the Armenian Province. Major-General Tchavchevadze is appointed Governor of the Province.
- 1879 Birth of Anooshavan Vardanian, playwright, representative of proletarian literature. He was head of the Copyright Protection Department.
- 1888 Birth of Marietta Shahinyan (Bolshevik propaganda writer) in Moscow.
- 1942 Vahan Mirakyan (poet) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1866.
- 1981 Inauguration of the Arpa-Sevan tunnel.
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