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Headlines for June 04, 2012AZERBAIJAN SHELLS ARMENIAN VILLAGE
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Azerbaijan shelled the Armenian village of Chinari in Tavush marz (province) this night.
According to the headman of the village, Samvel Saghoyan, three soldiers died and five were injured in the result ...HAKOB AVETIKYAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY
The founding session of the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (HRAK) and Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party (Armenakan-RAK) took place in Tekeyan Center in Yerevan on June 3. During the meeting, the ...WILL REPUBLICANS BECOME PUNCTUAL?
Republican Party (HHK) MP Mkrtich Minasyan says Tigran Sargsyan, who has been reappointed as prime minister of Armenia, was the best candidate for the position.
"I am convinced that Tigran Sargsyan has ...GOHAR POGHOSYAN APPOINTED SPOKESPERSON FOR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
Gohar Poghosyan has been appointed spokesperson for National Assembly (NA) Speaker. Poghosyan earlier headed the NA Press and Public Relations Department. She was dismissed during the tenure of office ...HILLARY CLINTON ARRIVES IN YEREVAN
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan a couple of minutes ago. At the airport, she was received by a delegation led by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
Hillary ...RA MOD: AZERBAIJAN LAUNCHED DIVERSIONARY ATTACK
On June 4, the Azerbaijani side grossly violated the ceasefire along the northeastern part of the Contact Line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces, trying to intrude into the villages of Berdavan ...PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE JUNE 4
A partial lunar eclipse is expected to take place on June 4, 2012.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon.
This lunar ...STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE: BEWARE OF SWINDLERS!
Recently, cases have been reported in the Armenian capital when citizens, by introducing themselves as tax inspectors of the corresponding territory, tried to extort money from economic entities, the ...PASSENGER JET CRASHES INTO TWO STOREY BUILDING
Three days of mourning have begun in Nigeria for more than 150 people killed when their plane crashed in the main city of Lagos, BBC reports.
The Boeing MD-83 ploughed into a printing works and residential ...WOLVES ENTER VILLAGE, KILL SHEEP
"I cried and cried but my son said my tears could not return the sheep," says 77-year-old Roza Hovsepyan, a resident of Lor village in Armenia's Sisian province.
On Sunday night, her granddaughter heard ..."ARTSAKH PEOPLE FIGHT FOR IDEAS"
The "Sociometer" research center conducted a survey in Artsakh at the threshold of local presidential elections. The polls conducted among 946 adults aimed to reveal the expectations of the population, ...SECRETARY CLINTON JOINS ARMENIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HONOR RIGHTS ADVOCATES
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, joined the U.S. Embassy, Counterpart International, the British Embassy, the OSCE, and the EU to honor individuals working to promote human rights, accountable ...CHIEF OF POLICE SURPRISED?
The National Security Service of Armenia has recently arrested Arsen Kyureghyan, a senior official at the RA Road Police, for taking 150 000 AMD to give a driving license. Kyureghyan, one of the friends ..."S. SARGSYAN LEADS PEOPLE TO NON-TRADITIONAL METHODS"
Why does Azerbaijan continually shell Armenian villages? "Azerbaijanis want to show that the status quo in Karabakh issue is not advantageous to them, therefore they seek new hostilities," says political ...FREE DEMOCRATS CONDEMNS AZERI SABOTAGE AT CONTACT LINE
The Free Democrats party condemns the recent Azeri sabotage at Armenian-Azerbaijani border which left three Armenian servicemen killed and several wounded.
"We believe that a peaceful settlement of the ...UNUSUAL ATMOSPHERE IN US EMBASSY IN ARMENIA
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today visited the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan where a reception was held in honour of the U.S. official.
Many high-raking officials, representatives of the public sector ...HILLARY CLINTON: BALL IS STILL IN TURKEY'S COURT
Today's meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton started with about two hours' delay.
The Armenian official spoke about the relations between ...SERZH SARGSYAN APPOINTS THREE MINISTERS
Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree to appoint three ministers in Armenia upon the proposal of the Prime Minister.
According to presidential decree, Edward Nalbandian, Seyran Ohanyan and Armen Yeritsyan ...SERZH SARGSYAN TO VISIT JAPAN AND VIETNAM
Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Japan on June 5-7.
In Tokyo, the Armenian leader will hold meetings with the top leadership of the country to discuss Armenian-Japanese relations. Serzh Sargsyan ...ARTSAKH TO HAVE VEGETABLE OIL FACTORY
On June 4, President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the village of Taghavard in Martouni region to get acquainted with the construction of the vegetable oil factory.
Mr. Sahakyan stressed the ...ON THE EXCHANGE
Deals amounting to $1 200 000 at an average price of AMD 408/USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on June 4. The closing price was AMD 409 / USD 1.
The closing price comprised 405/ USD 1 on May ...DOES KATE MIDDLETON IMITATE KIM KARDASHIAN?
British media criticized today the clothes of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, in which she appeared in the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Duchess of Cambridge took to the Thames ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1100 Birth of Nerses Shnorhalee (poet, historian). He died in 1173.
- 1679 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 7.0) occurs at Garrnee. After shocks continue till October.
- 1855 Khrimian 'Hayrik' edits 'The Eagle of Vaspurakan' periodical in Constantinople. From 1858 to 1864, it is published in Varada Monastery. It is republished in 1872 by Manuel Ananian in Constantinople.
- 1878 Defense treaty signed between England and Turkey to safeguard the eastern territories occupied by Turkey, in return for which Turkey cedes Cyprus to England.
- 1909 Archbishop Yegheesheh Doorian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1918 The Treaty of Ghars is signed between the representatives of Turkey and the Armenian National Council in Batum. Turkey is given extensive Armenian territories.
- 1925 The "Pioner Kanch" (Call of the Pioneer) newspaper was first published in Yerevan.
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