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Member of the Armenian Pan-National Movement (HHSh) Hovhannes Igityan says the deformation of Armenia's political field starts from the point where the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has grown so close ...SHARMAZANOV REMINDS OSCE CHAIRMAN
Speaker of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov welcomes the statement by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Imon Guilmore on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ..."AUTHORITIES WILL BE RATIONAL TOMORROW"
The local self-government elections scheduled to take place tomorrow are the "prelude" to the upcoming nationwide elections, and the hottest struggle will be between the incumbent and former mayors of ...NEW DRAFT RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Saudi Arabia has disseminated a new draft resolution on Syria among members of the UN General Assembly. The resolution proposes the end of violence and the President's resignation.
According to the BBC, ...WHEN WILL HAK'S LIST BE READY?
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is preparing for the February 17 rally at Freedom Square with all possible means.
"As always, the local structures have been provided with the necessary advocacy materials ...600 SHOTS
The ceasefire regime on the line of contact of the conflicting Karabakhi-Azerbaijani forces has been violated nearly 160 times last week. The frontline subdivisions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have ...RA POLICE REPORTS
According to the bulletins of the RA Police, at 17:00 on February 10 there were 3 road accidents that left 3 people injured.
On February 9, police registered 4 road accidents, of which 3 were in Yerevan, ...AN ARMENIAN KILLED
The RA Consulate in Aleppo reports that Vigen Hayrapetyan of Armenian origin died in Syria yesterday.
On February 10, two explosions took place in central Aleppo, leaving 28 dead and another 175 with ..."ENTRANCE WITH BOOKS"
The RA Ministry of Culture and Flashmob Divizia are organizing a series of events called "Entrance with Books".
Citizens can participate in the events at several theaters, museums and concert halls by ...SOME ROADS IN ARMENIA ARE PASSABLE
At 10:00 this morning, interstate roads, roads of state significance and mountain passes are mainly passable, reports the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The Selim mountain pass is closed, and the ...PASSENGERS FORCED TO SPEND NIGHT IN WAGONS
Due to strong and long-lasting snow, the Southern Caucasus Railway CJSC has made some changes in the list of trips. The heavy conditions at the Jajur-Mayis section led to the delay of the departure of ..."HOW CAN THINGS LIKE THIS BE RENOUNCED?
My great-grandfather, Poghos Avetisyan, was a young, well-built priest and had managed to be the godfather for 40 homes throughout his lifetime. During the migration, the Turks killed his wife, and only ...BUSINESSMEN DON'T KNOW NATURE OF BUSINESS
There are many women in Armenia who are registered as managers and organizers, but really aren't. "For some reasons, their husbands or other male members of their families and friends have registered ...CAME TO VERNISSAGE WITH SHOVELS
Despite the weather, traders at the Vernissage have to pay 2,000 a day to do trade, even when there is no trade at all. The snow that has been falling in Yerevan for the past couple of days had completely ...SENTENCED 12 TIMES, COMMITS ANOTHER CRIME
On February 4 at 15:30, the representatives of the employment agency located at Mashtots Avenue in Yerevan called the police and informed that someone had stolen the agency secretary's mobile phone.
Police ...TRAIN WON'T LEAVE FOR TBILISI
General Director of Southern Caucasus Railway CJSC Shevket Shaydulin has postponed the departure of the Yerevan-Tbilisi international train.
The train was supposed to have departed from Yerevan Station ...ACTION IN CENTRAL YEREVAN
Environmentalists are currently holding an action in front of Margaryan Hospital at Mashtots Park, which is located in the middle of the Mashtots, Koghbatsi, Arami and Buzand Streets. Before the action, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1818 Birth of Anton Garagashyan (historian) in Constantinople. He died in 1903.
- 1829 Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Ambassador in Iran, poet and a friend of the Armenians, falls victim to Fateh-Ali Shah's brutal attack.
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- 1882 Birth of Garsoev (Garsoyan). He was a military figure, and a Professor of Naval Science. His rank was Captain, Second Level.
- 1884 Birth of Ashkharabek Kalantar (Lorees Kalantar) in Ardvee (Loree Province). Thanks to this professor of armenology, archeology, and history, many scholarly materials, including Anee's archeological collections, have survived.
- 1936 Birth of Paulo Cuneo, Italian architect and art critic. He was one of the founders of the Medieval Armenian Architecture Department at Rome University.
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