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Headlines for May 02, 2012HAROUT PAMBOUKJIAN: "MY WORK IS TO SING"
During a May 1 concert at Yerevan's Liberty Square Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian reiterated that 'faith and unity can make it possible to move mountains.'
"May 7 will not be a victorious day ...TWO QUAKES HIT TURKEY IN TWO DAYS
Two earthquakes occurred in Turkey's coastal city of Izmir on May 1 and 2.
The first earthquake had a magnitude of 5, the other - a magnitude of 4.4, Turkish Anadolu news agency reports. No victims or ...THEY PAY AMD 20 000 TO SAUNA OWNERS, AND 5000 TO VOTERS
Yesterday evening, the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) held a campaign rally with residents of Gyumri in the city's Theatrical Square, which was followed by an argument among the rally attendees. When ...OEK SAYS IT DOES NOT GIVE OUT ELECTION BRIBE
The Rule of Law Party (OEK) has issued a statement dismissing media reports that the party is giving election bribe.
Some media have disseminated disinformation alleging that the OEK has been giving voters ...EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR €BLACKS'
Heritage Party representative Arman Musheghyan says he has sided with the party as he has never noticed tense interpersonal relations among the party members.
Musheghyan, who running for the National ...ARMENIAN ELECTION: "STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER"
By Richard Giragosian - Caucasus
As Armenians prepare to go to the polls on May 6 to elect a new parliament, the stakes could hardly be higher. This election is one of the biggest challenges the current ...GOVERNMENTS AND JOURNALISTS SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FREE PRESS
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has warned that close and non-transparent relationships between media and governments are a risk to pluralistic societies. In a statement to ...HHK SAYS IT SUPPORTS TSARUKYAN'S CANDIDACY
Serzh Sargsyan today held pre-election meetings with residents of Kotayk and Gegharkunik provinces.
When addressing the residents of Abovyan city, the country's leader said in part, "The Republican Party ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE EXHIBIT OPENS IN BEIRUT
On April 28, a temporary exhibition "The Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the Foreign Media" was opened in the hall of the Capuchins' church in Beirut.
The opening of the exhibition has been organized ...BHK LEADER: "NOTHING IS PRE-DETERMINED"
During a campaign meeting with residents of Armenia's Karbi and Ohanavan villages, Leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) Gagik Tsarukyan said the election outcome is not pre-determined.
"Nothing ...PARLIAMENT SESSION POSTPONED DUE LACK OF QUORUM
Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan had to postpone the NA session due to lack of quorum.
According to Article 44 (item 5) of the RA Law "On Rules of Procedure of National Assembly," ...GALUST SAHAKYAN: THERE WILL BE WAR
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) is not ready to become opposition after the May 6 parliamentary elections.
"I see no political prerequisites for it. Which force shall we oppose - the Armenian Revolutionary ...NKR MFA ON OPERATION OF RING
COMMENTARY OF THE NKR MFA INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
In late April - early May 1991, special police detachments (OMON) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, with the support of the USSR Interior ...NKR PRESIDENT AWARDS MEDAL TO YURY KHACHATUROV
President of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on Tuesday to award Mesrop Mashtots medal to the Chief of the General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces, Colonel General ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINSITER OFF TO ASTANA
A delegation headed by Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan today left for the Astana, Kazakhstan, to participate in the sitting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty ...WATCH GALUST SAHAKYAN LIVE!
Vice President of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Head of the Republican faction Galust Sahakyan is currently answering journalists' questions at the Post-Scriptum club in Yerevan.
A1+ is webcasting ...SHOTS HEARD IN BORDER VILLAGE
On May 1, at around 11:00 a VAZ-2107 vehicle rushed through the Armenian frontier village of Dovegh. People from the car shot a cock, stopped to pick it up and fled away The village elder Samvel Gorginyan ...HURRICANE BREAKS DOWN 3000 TREES IN MOSCOW
More than 3000 trees were uprooted or broken down as a result of yesterday's hurricane in Moscow. The storm damaged power lines and ripped roofs off homes.
The wind speed reached 17 m / s.
Three-seven ...HUNGARY HAS NEW PRESIDENT
The Hungarian parliament chose on Wednesday Janos Ader, a European Parliament lawmaker, to be the country's next president.
Janos Ader, was elected to a five-year term by a vote of 262-40. Ader, who is ...OSCE, EU TRAIN 14,000 ELECTION OFFICIALS IN ARMENIA
Training supported by the OSCE and the EU on the procedural and ethical aspects of election administration for precinct election commissioners will conclude tomorrow.
The training that started on 15 April ...ELECTORAL BRIBES GIVEN IN GYUMRI?
A group of residents of Armenia's northwest Gyumri city today crowded in the vicinity of a local church, waiting for pre-election bribes.
According to an eyewitness, who photographed the queue, people ...AVET POGHOSYAN MEETS OSCE /ODIHR OBSERVER
Avet Poghosyan, who is running for the Sunday parliamentary elections under the majoritarian ticket of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), met with OSCE /ODIHR observer Andreea Mocanu (Romania). The ...UNITED ARMENIANS SPENT AMD 350,000 ON CAMPAIGN
Campaigning for the May 6 parliamentary elections in Armenia ends on Friday. Throughout this period, the United Armenians Party has carried out its campaign in a 'travelling' vehicle. Today, the party ...DISMANTLING OF KIOSKS STARTS IN MASHTOTS PARK
Dismantling of controversial kiosks built in Yerevan's Mashtots Park started on Wednesday, following Mayor Taron Margaryan's order issued earlier today. This came after Serzh Sargsyan, together with the ...GERMAN MANAGER SERIOUSLY INJURED AT BAKU CRYSTAL HALL
A tragic accident took place at Baku Crystal Hall, which will be the venue of Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
The accident occurred last evening. German citizen Tulu Jonathan Friend, 23, who is working ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1219 Death of Armenian King Levon the Second (Kingdom of Cilicia).
- 1817 General Yermolov, Commander of the Caucasian forces and Governor of the Caucasus, stops in Echmiadsin on his way to a mission in Persia.
- 1869 Death of the Armenologist Victor Langlois. He translated Armenian historical sources into French under the sponsorship of Noobar Pasha.
- 1900 Death of Hovhannes Aivazovsky (seascape artist) in Feodosia (the Ukraine). He was born in 1817.
- 1916 The "France-Armenie" committee is organized in Paris. Members of the Academy and other political figures are members.
- 1917 The First Assembly of Western Armenians opens in Yerevan under the Presidency of General Andranik.
- 1919 The Publication of Constantinople's Extraordinary Military Tribunal's decision about the perpetrators of the deportations of Booyook Dere's (Constantinople's district) Armenian population.
- 1930 Creation of the Kanaker Power Station.
- 1965 Death of Hrachia Kochar (writer and public figure). He was born in 1909.
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