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Headlines for March 14, 2012

GERMAN FM TO VISIT ARMENIA
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Armenia on March 16 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian. On the sidelines of the visit, Guido Westerwelle will hold meetings ...
SOME ROADS CLOSED IN ARMENIA
Most interstate roads, highways and mountain passes in Armenia are passable as of March 14. However, Berd-Chambarak roadway and Selim Mountain Pass are closed for traffic. Intensive snow-removal works ...
POST-SCRIPTUM TO HOST SHUSHAN PETROSYAN
The program Post-Scriptum will host on March 14 famous Armenian singer Shushan Petrosyan. You can send your questions to ps@a1plus.am or call at 58 54 27. The program will be webcast live at 3:20 ...
WATCH HRANT BAGRATYAN LIVE!
Armenia's former prime minister, a senior representative of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) Hrant Bagratyan is meeting journalists at the Hayeli (Mirror) club on March 14. A1+ will webcast ...
NSS: JUDGES ARE SUMMONED FOR QUESTIONING
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia dismisses the reports that judges are summoned to the NSS for questioning.According to press reports the NSS received information about a number of offenses ...
A1+ TO WEBCAST SUKIASIAN'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Pro-opposition tycoon and ex-member of parliament Khachatur Sukiasian will speak today after more than three years' silence. Khachatur Sukiasian voiced support in September 2007 for former President Levon ...
TAMAMYAN'S COURT HEARING ADJOURNED
The trial of former head of the Central Department of Criminal Investigation of the RA Police Hovhannes Tamamyan has been postponed. The court adjourned the sitting after Arayik Alvandyan, new lawyer ...
RUSSIA PREPARING FOR WAR AGAINST IRAN
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent a warning message to Iran through Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying that the upcoming P5+1 talks are Iran's last chance to avoid military ...
IRAN PRESIDENT DUE TO ANSWER MPS' QUESTIONS
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the Majlis session on Wednesday to respond to questions from lawmakers on a range of different issues, tehrantimes.com reports. The decision to summon ...
HAK WOULD NOT EXIST, BUT FOR LEVON TER-PETROSYAN
Armenia's former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan already sees his name among the top ten candidates of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK). Though Bagratyan did not participate in the discussions ...
SUKIASIAN KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH HIS FRIENDS
The atmosphere created in Armenia did not allow me to work at the National Assembly. Today I have a good chance to enter parliament with my teammates and contibute to competitiveness in Armenia, pro-opposition ...
TWO MINISTERS JOIN HHK
Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan, Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan, Chairman of the State Committee on Water Management Andranik Tadevosyan, today submitted membership bids to the ruling Republican ...
TWO MORE APPLICATIONS IN MAJORITY DISTRICTS
Armenian MP Seyran Saroyan again announced his intention to run for parliament by the majoritarian system. He has been nominated in majoritarian district N19 in Yerevan's Nor Nork community. nonpartisan ...
WATCH MONITORING RESULTS LIVE!
On March 14, the Urbat (Friday) club will host Chairman of the Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardian who will present the preliminary results of monitoring of the parliamentary race. You can watch the ...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SPENT FIRST NIGHT AT MASHTOTS PARK
About 27 environmental activists spent the night in a tent pitched at Mashtots Park in Yerevan after declaring a round-the-clock sit-in on Tuesday. They slept in the tent in turn and welcomed the morning ...
500 WOMEN GO ON STRIKE DEMANDING WAGE REVISION
About 500 female employees of Yerevan's former Garun garment factory have gone on strike demanding revision of their wages. The employees state they are not even paid the meager minimum wage of 32,000 ...
ARMAVIA, ZVARTNOTS AIRPORT REACH AGREEMENT
The dispute between Zvartnots International Airport and Armenia's national carrier Armavia Air Company has finally resolved. Armavia's spokesperson Nana Avetisova told A1+ that the companies had reached ...
STRONG QUAKE SHAKES NORTHEAST JAPAN
A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeast Japan late Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year's devastating tsunami. The strongest tremor, ...
FREE DEMOCRATS LEADER MEETS US DIPLOMATS
Leader of the Free Democrats party Khachatur Kokobelyan today met with the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Bruce Donahue, the head of political and economic agency Bart Putney and political officer Christopher ...
US AMBASSADOR: "RECONCILIATION IS POSSIBLE"
Real reconciliation between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis is possible, and we should all work for reconciliation, even if we succeed to reconcile only one person each time, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia ...
HAK REP: "SERZH SARGSYAN BROKE HIS PROMISE"
Member of the Armenian National Congress Vladimir Karapetyan today recalled the pre-election pledges of Serzh Sargsyan whereby he promised to reach such a regulation of the Karabakh conflict that would ...
ARTSAKH PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SITUATION IN REGIONS WITH OFFICIALS
On March 14, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan held a working consultation with the heads of regional administrations of the republic. They discussed issues related to socio-economic situation ...
GEGHAM GHARIBJANYAN APPOINTED RA AMBASSADOR TO UAE
By a March 12 decree of Serzh Sargsyan, Head of the National Assembly Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United Arab ...
ARMENIA STANDS FIRM ON EUROVISION BOYCOTT
By Anna Barseghyan - Caucasus Armenia has withdrawn from this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, following the death of a soldier that was initially blamed on Azeri troops. The boycott will ...