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Published on January 21, 2012
STUCK AT CHECKPOINT
- Nearly 60 citizens of Armenia are currently "hostages" at the Russian-Georgian border located at the Upper Lars checkpoint and aren't allowed to enter Armenia.
"A1+" received the alarm from President of the "Middle: Center for Initiatives" in Vanadzor Hovhannes Ghazaryan. Armen, who has been "held hostage" for nearly a week, told Ghazaryan that even though the weather was better, drivers still aren't allowed to cross.
Citizens of Armenia had to rent homes and are now waiting for the Georgian side's permission. They already have doubts that the reason is the snow since there is no cleaning regardless of the weather.
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Headlines for January 21, 2012ANC AND ARF-D WON'T BOYCOTT MAJORITARIAN ORDER ELECTIONS
The Armenian National Congress won't boycott the elections for the National Assembly through the majoritarian order. "I am certain that the Congress is the force that can fight through the majoritarian ...ARAKELYAN SEES POLITICAL MOTIVES
Harutyun Arakelyan still hasn't officially received the decision on recognizing the 20th Special Congress of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar) as invalid.
"The Ministry of Justice has breached ...COMMUNISTS: TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN?
The Communists of Armenia say the upcoming parliamentary elections will be fatal for them.
"We will make it to the National Assembly with a brilliant victory and at least 17-18 percent of votes," First ...TIGRAN SARGSYAN ON "CLOSED BORDERS"
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in the opening of a conference entitled "Regulation of Closed Borders in Contemporary International Law" held at the sessions hall of the RA Government.
The ...SHOTS ON THE BORDER
According to operative data of the Defense Army, on January 15-21 the opponent violated the ceasefire regime nearly 200 times at the line of contact of the Karabakhi-Azerbaijani conflicting forces. The ...EMBARGO TO HELP ARMENIA'S ECONOMY?
The economic sanctions against Iran will serve as additional impetus for the Armenian-Iranian energetic projects, particularly the construction of a petrol reprocessing factory in the Syunik province. ...YOUNG WOMAN BURNED HERSELF?
There are new details about the body of a woman found in Gyumri.
The body of the woman found in the basement of the former building of the Polytechnic Institute in Gyumri is the body of resident of Savoyan ...ROAD CLOSURE
The RA Ministry of Emergency Situations informs that on January 21 at 09:00, the Berd-Tchambarak highway and the Selim mountain pass are closed.
The icy road has made the roads in Syunik and Shirak provinces ..."AMBIGUOUS BOUNDARIES" IN VIENNA
An exhibition showcasing works by Armenian artists Karine Matsakyan, Mher Azatyan and Karen Alekyan called "Ambiguous Boundaries" was held at the exhibition hall of the KulturKontakt Austria Center in ...HIGH PROFITS FROM CATTLE FARM GARBAGE
Farmer Mkhitar Manukyan offers an interesting solution for Armenian villagers to get out of the heavy social state, and that is to use the garbage of their cattle farms as a source of income instead of ...WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK SOLD
The world's most expensive book was sold for 8 million dollars at an auction. American bird expert, naturalist, artist John James Odubon's book "Birds of America" was sold for 7,922,000 dollars at Christie's ...OUR CULTURE MAKES THE LANGUAGE LIVES ON
Citizen of the UK of Armenian origin, organist, pianist and composer Artur Bobigian presented his album entitled "My Keys to Christmas" at Naregatsi Art Institute yesterday. This is Artur Bobigian's first ...BURNT WOMAN WAS MURDERED
Police officers today arrested 51-year old Gevorg Tadevosyan for murder.
He is suspected of murdering 22-year old Mary Davtyan, whose body was found in the basement of the former building of the Polytechnic ...CAUCASUS AUTHORS COURSE DRAWS TO AN END
The award and diploma handing ceremonies of the Caucasus Authors Course were held at the British Embassy in Tbilisi. During the past eight months, 11 Armenian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Ossetian and Abkhaz ...STATE DUMA TO PASS BILL?
The Union of Armenians of Sochi organization has launched a nationwide petition calling on deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to pass a bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
"Yerkramas" ...BIBLE BECOMES BESTSELLER
The Bible has been translated in modern Norwegian language and has become a bestseller, reports RIA Novosti.
According to the Bible Company of Norway, the new translation of the Bible has been sold in ..."I AM AN RA CITIZEN"
It was 91 years ago this day when the Republic of Armenia eliminated all ranks and classes and all Armenians living in the country were called citizens of the Republic of Armenia. In 1991, those same ...TSARUKYAN TO OWN H. TUMANYAN'S HOME?
The home of poet Hovhannes Tumanyan is on sale in Tbilisi. On that occasion, the delegation of the RA Ministry of Culture led by President of the Writers' Union of Armenian Levon Ananyan recently paid ...TURKS HOLDING DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS
Demonstrations against the January 23 discussions on the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial in the Senate will be held today in Paris.
Turkish presses say the demonstrations will bring together ...46 MILLION WOMEN OBLIGED TO ABORT
According to the World Health Organization, out of the 210 million pregnancies around the world, 46 million of them end with mandatory abortion and nearly half of them have been considered unsafe (they ...BROKERS LACK TRUST
Diaspora Armenians are mainly the ones calling real estate agencies in Armenia. Experts say citizens of Armenia prefer to purchase or sell their homes without brokers.
"It is a matter of confidence and ...ARONYAN STILL THE LEADING PLAYER
Armenia's representative Levon Aronyan tied the match with his opponent Vasily Ivanchuk after the 30th step in the 7th Vayk an Zee chess tournament.
Aronyan scored five points and held the leading position. ...STUCK AT CHECKPOINT
Nearly 60 citizens of Armenia are currently "hostages" at the Russian-Georgian border located at the Upper Lars checkpoint and aren't allowed to enter Armenia.
"A1+" received the alarm from President ...ESCAPES FROM COURT
Prisoner Edmund Tsaturyan today escaped from the first instance court of general jurisdiction of Shengavit district. The escape was "organized" in the restroom. For details, click here.
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Today in Armenian history- 1878 Birth of writer and public figure Vahan Tekeyan in Constantinople. He was a classic Western Armenian poet and a famous Diasporan writer.
- 1921 Degrees and ranks among Armenian citizens are abolished in favor of only one title for the Armenian population: Armenian Citizen.
- 1921 Degrees and ranks among Armenian citizens are abolished in favor of only one title for the Armenian population: Armenian Citizen.
- 1924 V.I. Lenin dies.
- 1928 Publication of the first issue of the anti-religious, political, scholarly, popular, and literary illustrated publication called "Anastvatz" (atheist).
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