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Headlines for January 20, 2012ARMENIA UNABLE TO BECOME "FREE" COUNTRY
Armenia was again rated as "Partly Free" in the latest edition of Freedom House's annual global survey of political rights and civil liberties.
The number of Partly Free countries stood at 60 or 31 percent ...BUS PASSENGERS HELD HOSTAGE ON BORDER
A bus transporting passengers from Istanbul to Yerevan is stranded near Bagratashen border checkpoint, on the Georgian side, with its 47 passengers held hostage by the Turkish and Georgian drivers of ...HEAVY SNOW BLOCKS SOME ROADS IN ARMENIA
All interstate roadways and mountain passes in Armenia are open for traffic as of January 20, 2012.
Only Selim mountain pass and Berd-Chambarak section is closed because of ground surface icing. Roads ...HAK STARTS RALLIES FEBRUARY 17
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) announced on Thursday about its intention to start a series of rallies on February17.
A legitimate government will be formed in Armenia only if the mechanism ..."YOUR THEME" TO FOCUS ON ELECTION ISSUES
On January 20, the program "Your Theme" will focus on election issues. Representatives of political forces will debate on proportional, majoritarian and mixed electoral systems and propose the best system ...U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERS ARABIAN SEA
U.S. aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" arrived in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, January 19, Navy officials said, a likely prelude to testing Iran's recent warning against sending a U.S. carrier through ...N. ZOHRABYAN: "DO NOT BEAT THE TABLE WITH YOUR FIST!"
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Naira Zorabyan calls on Europeans 'not to beat the table with their fists' when speaking to Armenian political forces.
Mrs. Zorabyan is going to voice her demand in Brussels ...HOW DO YOU PERCEIVE COURAGE?
The debate between the Republican MP Vardan Ayvazyan and Armenian National Congress (HAK) representative Felix Khachatryan turned into an argument. The two men were debating over electoral systems when ..."IF THEIR SKINHEADS DO NOT FOUL OUR CITY€¦"
Suren Abrahamyan, a board member of the opposition Republic Party, says he is ready to shake hands with the Republican Party of Armenia in case the authorities hold fair elections.
"If they do not rape ...FROM SQUEAKS TO GHOSTS
Twenty-nine out of the 41 parliamentarians elected by the majoritarian system have not uttered a word at the National Assembly for the past five years, Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun ...ARMENIAN REP SPEAKS AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Karen Nazaryan, delivered a speech at the UN Security Council discussion dedicated to the rule of law.
Mr. Nazaryan said that Armenia underscores ...JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN THE LIMELIGHT
On January 20, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook at a festive event dedicated to the day of the workers of judicial system. Mr. Sahakyan congratulated the representatives of the ...IFC LOANS $30MLN TO CREATE WORKPLACES
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will allocate Armenian "ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank" a loan of $30 million to develop micro, small and medium-sized enterprises ...SKIRMISH PARTICIPANTS ARRESTED
The police in Yerevan have revealed new details about an incident that took place near "NIKO" furniture store in the capital's Arabkir administrative district January 17. On the same day, Tigran H., 23, ...SHOTS FIRED NEAR BAR IN YEREVAN
Kamo Unanyan, 25, was detained at Champions sport-bar in Yerevan on Thursday evening.
Later it was revealed that at about 9:30 p.m., Jan. 19, Unanyan entered the bar and started an argument with the waiter ...NATURE €GOES MAD' IN IRAN
Some unusual phenomena were observed in Iran which were quite incompatible.
Abundant snow fell this night in the district of Julfa, catching locals unaware. Such an "anomaly" was observed a quarter century ...JOIN LET'S DO IT! ARMENIA
Young Biologists Association NGO has started its cooperation with the worldwide ecological movement "Let's Do It!". In 2012, from 24th of March until 25th of September, the movement aims to organize a ...PARLIAMENT RECEIVED 2203 LETTERS, ANSWERED ALL
In the fourth trimester of 2011, the Armenian Parliament received 2203 letters, 312 of which were addressed to the parliament speaker and 59 to the vice-speakers.
NA standing committees received 792, ...JUSTICE MINISTER SUGGESTS €X-RAYING' CANDIDATES
We need to reinforce our judicial system with high-quality specialists, says Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan.
"The issue has been included in the 2012-2016 strategy for judicial reforms. Any problem ...PROTESTERS TO RETURN TO PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE JAN 23
a group of Yerevan residents, who were staging a round-the-clock sit-in outside the president's residence, were forced to terminate the protest on Friday because of unfavourable weather conditions.
"We ...ARONIAN BEATS GASHIMOV
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Azerbaijan's Vugar Gashimov in round 6 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament going in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
Presently, the Armenian GM has 4,5 points.
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Today in Armenian history- 1780 The Armenian colony of New Nakhichevan (Rostov, Russia) is founded.
- 1921 Publication in Brussels of Abbot Matern Muret's memoirs. He witnessed the Genocide of the Marash Armenians by the Turks from January 20 to February 11, 1920 as a result of French perfidy. He called the killing of 20000 Armenians during that time enough to make any human insane.
- 1933 Opening of the Spendiaryan State Opera Building in Yerevan.
- 1989 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR establishes a special authority headed by Volsky in Artsakh. This authority is directly subject to the USSR Government rather than to Soviet Azerbaijan. In the summer, a National Council was formed which represented all strata of Artsakhs population.
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