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Headlines for April 16, 2012HAK CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE PROBE INTO INCIDENT
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has issues a statement saying that during the first days of the election campaign the authorities prevented the opposition bloc from disseminating campaign ...HAK CANDIDATES GIVEN MEDICAL REFERRALS
On April 15, Gayane Arustamyan, a candidate running in the May 6 parliamentary elections on the proportional ticket of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), reported the HAK campaign headquarters at 27/7 ...NIKOL PASHINYAN GIVING PRESS CONFERENCE
Member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) Nikol Pashinyan, who is running for parliament in Constituency N 7 is giving a conference at the editorial office of Haykakan Zhamanak daily at ...N. PASHINYAN: "YOU NEEDN'T HIDE BEHIND WOMEN, SAMVEL!"
Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian National Congress (HAK) candidate running for a single-mandate seat in parliament, keeps inviting his contender from the ruling Republican Party (HHK), businessman Samvel ...CANDIDATE DEMANDS THAT CEC WITHDRAW ALEXANYAN'S CANDIDACY
The group of assailants who attacked the members of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) in Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia district (Constituency N 7) on Sunday acted under the direct order of the Republican ..."WE ADORE SAMVEL ALEXANYAN AFTER GOD"
Opposition candidate in constituency N7 that covers Yerevan's western Malatia-Sebastia community has met new obstacles during his election campaign. A group of women has chained Pashinyan at 50 Admiral ...MEDVEDEV AWARDS RA PROSECUTOR GENERAL WITH MEDAL
By an April 14 decree of Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan was awarded with the Medal of Honor.
The medal was given to Mr Hovsepyan for his contribution to ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES BELARUSIAN FM
Serzh Sargsyan received on Monday Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov, who has arrived in Armenia on an official visit.
The interlocutors highlighted the importance of strengthening bilateral ...RA POLICE CHIEF LAYS WREATH AT POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
The Armenian Police today marks its eleventh anniversary. Within the framework of the festive events celebrating the holiday, Chief of Armenian Police, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Gasparyan, Collegium ...POLICE: 2.482.593 PEOPLE IN VOTER REGISTER
The number of voters in Armenia stands at 2.482.593, according to the official data released on April 16.According to the information provided by the Armenian Police, 684 people are registered in other ...A1+ TO WEBCAST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LIVE
Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, the International Scientific Institute of Metaphilosophy, Transformational Logic and the Argumentation Theory and the International Academy ...TEN HURT IN SUDDEN HALT OF ESCALATOR AT MOSCOW METRO
At least ten people were injured on Sunday when an escalator at the Komsomolskaya Circular Station of the Moscow metro suddenly came to a halt.
They were rushed to hospital shortly afterwards. Eight of ...NORWAY MASS KILLER'S TRIAL STARTS IN OSLO
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway, began on April 16. Breivik, 33, arrived at an Oslo courthouse under armed guard on Monday, clenching his fist ...ARMENIAN TERRITORY IN ISTANBUL GIVEN BACK TO ITS LAWFUL OWNER
The court, examining the case initiated by the Armenian St Nikoghayos church's fund against Istanbul City Hall, ruled in favor of the Armenian party, Armenpress reports citing Turkish Sahib.
According ...DEMONSTRATORS ATTACK HCA VANADZOR OFFICE, DEMAND CANCELLATION OF FILM FESTIVAL
A group of demonstrators in Armenia's Vanadzor city today attacked the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office, throwing eggs and stones and breaking the office windows.
Later, they intruded into ...HAYK HAKOBYAN WINS SILVER IN SNATCH
The European Weightlifting Championships wrapped up in Antalya, Turkey.
On the last day of competitions, Armenia's Hayk Hakobyan lifted 195 in the snatch and gained a silver medal in the super-heavyweight ...SAMVEL ALEXANYAN DISMISSES ACCUSATIONS
The campaign headquarters of Samvel Alexanyan, a pro-government candidate from a single-mandate constituency, has issued a statement.
The recent incident between residents of Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia ..."POLITICAL PARTIES AGREED TO NEUTRALIZE HERITAGE"
Vice-Chairman of the opposition Heritage Party Ruben Hakobyan says certain political forces in Armenia are engaged in anti-propaganda against his party.
"The three parties [Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), ...HHK MEMBERS SUBMIT WITHDRAWAL APPLICATIONS
Hovhannes Shahinyan, former head of Yerevan's Arabkir district, has reportedly submitted an application to withdraw from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).A few HHK members allegedly followed ...HAK DOES NOT PARTAKE IN CONFIDENTIAL MEETING
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and Communist Party of Armenia (HKK) had a meeting on April 16 during which they ...ARMENIAN FM, GERMAN OFFICIAL DISCUSS KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received on Monday Cornelia Pieper, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Minister Nalbandian underlined that the cooperation between ...HHK POSTER PLACED ON ARTASHAT MUNICIPALITY BUILDING
A1+'s camera today fixed a campaign poster of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) placed on the façade of the Mayor's Office in Armenia's Artashat city. It means that the building simultaneously ...LARGE GREEN ZONE NEEDED TO ARARAT CEMENT PLANT
Ararat residents are asking the country authorities to create a large green zone in situ that will mitigate the emissions of Ararat cement plant into atmosphere, EcoLur reports.
"Ararat town is considered ...WHY DID VAZGEN SARGSYAN'S BROTHER GO TO SERZH SARGSYAN?
Leader of the Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party Aram Sargsyan, who comes third on the proportional list of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), today explained during a meeting with Ararat residents why ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1879 Death in Moscow (Russia) of Stepanos Nazaryan, editor of the "Aurora Borealis". He was born in 1812.
- 1918 The "Messenger Book" daily is published in Tbilissi (Georgia): the first Soviet newspaper in Armenian.
- 1923 The Soviet of People's Committee of the Armenian SSR creates the State Cinema of Soviet Armenia (HayFilm).
- 1953 Academician Hrachia Atcharyan (linguist) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1876.
- 1958 Death of composer Vagharshak Srvandztian.
- 1959 The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet confirms the new Education Policy of Armenia.
- 1984 The US House of Representatives accepts a resolution (number 247) requesting that the Government announce that 1985 04 24 be designated a "National Day of Commemoration of Man's Inhumanity to Man".
- 1984 The Permanent People's Tribunal recognized the Armenian Genocide.
- 1998 An international seminar took place in the Sorbonne (Paris) on the Armenian Genocide. It was organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party and financed by the See of Cilicia.
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