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Headlines for March 23, 2012NIKOL, RAFFI AND SAMVEL RUN IN THE SAME CONSTITUENCY
Nikol Pashinyan, a senior representative of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has issued a statement.
"On Thursday, March 22, I announced my candidature for a national parliamentary seat ...RA PREMIER: "NEVER HAVE ELECTIONS BEEN SO IMPORTANT IN ARMENIA"
A working group has been set up by the order of Armenia's Prosecutor General to compile, register and consider reports on electoral fraud. "Citizens should be confident that their signals about violations ...R. HOVANNISIAN: "LET'S NOMINATE JOINT CANDIDATES"
Heritage party founding leader Raffi Hovannisian today declared that to the last moment of his nomination for a parliamentary seat he did not know that Nikol Pashinyan, a senior representative of the ...SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON ASMA AL-ASSAD
Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of Syrian President Bashar, will be hit with a travel ban and have her assets in the EU frozen today, The Telegraph reported.
The four women closest to President Assad ...GERMANY SWEARS IN NEW PRESIDENT
Joachim Gauck was sworn in as German president on Friday, replacing Christian Wulff who was forced to step down over corruption allegations in February.
The former East German rights campaigner [Joachim ...G. JHANGIRYAN: "AUTHORITIES SENT MESSAGE TO PUBLIC"
The bill on 'Legal Regime of Emergency Situation' conflicts with the Armenian Constitution and aims to intimidate the public before the elections, member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) ...HOVANNISIAN IS READY TO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDATES
The Heritage party will have up to 25 percent proportional representation in parliament provided that Armenia holds free, fair and transparent elections on May 6, Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisian told ...MOLOTOV COCKTAILS EXPLODE OUTSIDE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN ANKARA
Two Iranian nationals have been detained on Friday after throwing Molotov cocktails into the grounds of the Iranian Embassy in Ankara earlier today.
According to the police, one of them is a 60-year-old ...ARMENIA, ETHIOPIA INTERESTED IN DEEPENING RELATIONS
The newly appointed Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Armenia, Kasahun Dender Melese, today handed over his credentials to Serzh Sargsyan.
Wishing the ambassador success in ...NKR SECURITY COUNCIL CONVOKES MEETING
On March 23, President of the Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked a meeting of the Security Council. The draft of the NKR Civil Defense Strategy was discussed during the meeting.
Director ...CLOSED ROADS IN ARMENIA
Most roads, highways and mountain passes are trafficable in Armenia as of March 23, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. However, some sections of roads are still covered with black ice.
Selim ...ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO SUBMIT NEW APPLICATION
Armenia's Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan received on Thursday environmental activists who are protesting against what they call an illegal construction of trade kiosks at Yerevan's Mashtots Park.
They discussed ...WATCH RAFFI HOVANNISIAN LIVE!
Heritage party founding leader Raffi Hovannisian is presently answering journalists' questions at the Urbat (Friday) Club in Yerevan.
A1+ is webcasting the press conference live.HEART CASES INCREASED IN KAPAN
Fourteen cases of myocardial infarction and stroke have been recorded in the therapeutic department of the Kapan Medical Center in March.
The number of heart cases has seen increase with the arrival of ...BUILDING COLLAPSE KILLS 7 IN ARGENTINA
At least seven people were killed and five others injured when a building under construction collapsed on Thursday in the northern Argentine city of Corrientes, Gazeta.ru said citing the police.
The reasons ...U.S. ARMENIANS CONVICTED IN BANK FRAUD SCHEME
Four members of an alleged Armenian organized crime ring were convicted by a federal judge in the USA on charges of identity theft and bank fraud.
After a five week trial, the four defendants were convicted ...FREE DEMOCRATS, HERITAGE TO ADOPT JOINT DECLARATION
The Free Democrats party started talks with the Heritage party a long time ago since the two parties have ideological similarities, member of the Free Democrats' board Armen Arakelyan told journalists ...HOVHANNES TAMAMYAN SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON
A Yerevan court today sentenced a former police official to four years' in prison after upholding the prosecutor's demand.
The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash districts ...EU BOOSTS COOPERATION WITH EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES
The European Commission will strengthen cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in youth in 2012 and 2013 by supporting capacity development ...OEK SPOKESPERSON OFFENDED
Susanna Abrahamyan, spokesperson of the Country of Law (OEK) party has been relieved of her duties at her request. This came after the party put Abrahamyan on the 36th position of its party-list.
Harutyun ...NEW BUSES TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION MARCH 24
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan met on Friday with Xuan Shu-Ping, Vice-President of China's Hayer-Bus Automotive Plant.
Yerevan Mayor thanked the Chinese government for the 249 urban buses which China donated ...SHUSHAN PETROSYAN SINGS FOR SERZH SARGSYAN
Serzh Sargsyan and his spouse Rita Sargsyan participated on March 23 the solo concert of Armenian Shushan Petrosyan at the Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre after A. Spendiarian.
Shushan Petrosyan ...TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS DECREASED, CAMERAS ALSO FIX VIOLATIONS BY PEDESTRIANS
In the past 66 days, the Traffic Police of Armenia have levied a fine of 145 million drams from drivers who violated traffic rules.
Since January 17, surveillance and speed cameras installed at some busy ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1886 Birth of Tsolak Khanzadian, linguist and translator. He died in Moscow, and is buried in Yerevan.
- 1887 Birth of Aristakes Vardanian, linguist and philologist. When he was 23, he become a monk of the Mkhitarist Congregation. He died in 1941.
- 1898 Death of Tigran Tshookhadjiyan - composer and creator of the first Armenian opera - in Smyrna. (He was born in 1836).
- 1904 Birth of composer and important artistic figure, Levon Khoja-Eynatian in Tbilissi.
- 1908 Tachat Terlemezian executes Davo, the traitor.
- 1923 Death of Hovhannes Toomanyan (writer) in Moscow (Russia). He was born in 1869.
- 1929 Birth of Rafael Chmshkian, famous weightlifter, world record-holder, international trainer, European and Helsinki Olympic Games champion.
- 1937 Abolition of the Transcausasian Federation.
- 1937 The 9th Extraordinary Congress of the Armenian SSR confirms the New Constitution for Armenia.
- 1954 The National Congress of Armenia's village doctors opens in Yerevan.
- 1956 Death of actor Goorgen Gabrielyan.
- 1966 Creation of the Armenian Radio and Television Symphonic Orchestra headed by Ohan Doorian.
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