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Headlines for March 02, 2012S. HAMBARDZUMYAN TO PRESENT VIDEO RECORDING TO PUBLIC
Armenian-based businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan will soon announce which party she is going to ally with.
She will also give the recording of a November 14, 2011, altercation with Syunik governor Surik ...TWO DIE IN CAR ACCIDENT IN ARMENIA
Two persons died when a Mercedes E-230 went into a VAZ-2106 on Armavir-Gharaghala roadway on March 1.
As a result of the accident, the passenger of the Mercedes car Susanna Khnusyan, 47, died on the spot. ...CAPRICES OF WEATHER: MARCH €WENT MAD'
Snow is expected in some regions in Armenia on March 2-4. Snow will come in the eastern regions, mountainous and foothill regions on March 3, with sleet falling in valleys and fields.
No precipitation ...SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS CLOSED
Most interstate highways, roads, and mountain passes are passable in Armenia as of March 2.
Selim Mountain Pass is closed while Tsaghkahovit-Alagyaz and Gyumri-Bavra highways are difficult to pass, the ...EU OFFICIALS' VISIT TO KARABAKH INHIBITED
On 27 February, the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) defined the framework for the EU's relations with the South Caucasus for the near future.The European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) ...JOURNALISTS COLVIN, OCHLIK BURIED IN SYRIA'S HOMS
American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were buried in the Syrian city of Homs where they were killed in shelling nine days ago, according to videos posted on the Internet.
A ...IRAN'S MAJLIS ELECTIONS KICKED OFF
Iranians are voting on Friday in a parliamentary election which is expected to reinforce the power of the clerical establishment of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over hardline political rivals ...JAVAKHK ARMENIAN ADDRESS APPEAL TO RUSSIA
The strained relations between Georgia and Russia have directly affected visa-free regime between the two countries.
However, Georgia has recently introduced visa-free travel for Russians, with President ...HERITAGE MP ASHAMED OF PARLIAMENT
Heritage Party MP Larissa Alaverdyan today expressed concerns over the activity of the National Assembly, saying it adopts laws that trample human rights and closes all doors to democracy.
"I am ashamed ...HERITAGE, FREE DEMOCRATS HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
The Heritage Party today convened its seventh congress at the Government's session hall. However, Heritage did not declare its intention to participate in the parliamentary elections with a joint list ...PROTEST CONTINUES AT MASHTOTS PARK
Environmental activists continue protests at Yerevan's Mashtots Avenue against the municipality's decision to construct trade stalls at Mashtots Park.
Talking to A1+, activist Mary Khachatryan said policemen ...POST-SCRIPTUM TO HOST REPUBLICAN MP LERNIK ALEKSANYAN
The program Post-Scriptum will host on Friday ruling Republican Party MP Lernik Aleksanyan.
You can send your questions to ps@a1plus.am or call at 58 54 27.
The program will be webcast live at 3:20 ...BEWARE OF GOOGLE! INTERNET GIANT COLLECTS DOSSIER
Google has changed its privacy policy, allowing the company to 'dig deeper into your personal information.' Google's home page may still have the same clean, simple look it had yesterday, but that does ...EARTHQUAKE HITS RUSSIA
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Russia on Friday. The epicenter was near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, at a depth of 20 km, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reports.
There are no reports ...GEORGIAN MFA: "RUSSIA THREATENS GEORGIA"
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Moscow of "blatant threats."
This came after Russia deploy its helicopter regiment of airborne forces on the Russian-Georgian border, near the Russian ...FREEDOM FIGHTER LEFT HOMELESS
In 1994, freedom fighter Artsruni Vanyan managed to save his comrades-in-arms from the Hakob-Kamari blockade. As a result, Vanyan became disabled and lost his right leg. Today, the homeless family with ...ARMENIAN FM, OSCE MMEDIATORS DISCUSS KARABAKH ISSUE
Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received on Friday the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France), and the personal ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS
Serzh Sargsyan received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs - Jacques Faure (France), Robert Bradtke (USA) and Igor Popov (Russia) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk.
The ...RECONSTRUCTION WORK AT YEREVAN MARKET HALTED
After receiving reports about a questionable construction at Yerevan's Covered Market, Mayor Taron Margaryan sent a team to personally get familiarized with the situation. It turns out that the owner, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Vardanants Day of the Armenian Apostolic Church Calendar.
- 1902 Stepan Shahoomyan organizes a student strike at the Polytechnic Institute in Riga (Estonia). As a consequence, he is exiled to the Caucasus.
- 1916 "The Armenians and the War" magazine was publishing in Odessa from March to the following February .
- 1917 Creation of the Provisional Russian Government.
- 1931 Birth of the German orientalist and armenologist Alfred Gutschmidt. His studies focussed on the sources of Khorenatsi and Agathangeghos.
- 1931 Birth of Mikhail Gorbachov, the first and last President of the Soviet Union.
- 1981 Start of operations for Yerevan's subway. In 2001 it extends over 12 kilometers and has 10 stations.
- 1992 Armenia becomes a member of the United Nations.
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