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Headlines for July 19, 2012STATEMENT BY CATHERINE ASHTON ON NAGORNO KARABAKH
Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashtonon Nagorno Karabakh
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission issued the ...DEMONSTRATORS ENTER GOVERNMENT BUILDING
The parents of soldiers that died in peace have entered the government building. The parents demand that the government officials come out and tell them why their sons were killed when the country isn't ...FIRST VOTING FIGURES ANNOUNCED
Based on the statistics provided by the Central Electoral Commission of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, at 12:00 there were 8070 voters (22.03%) in Stepanakert, 3,953 voters (33.95%) in Askeran region, ...HAK CALLS ON THE AUTHORITIES
Statement of the Armenian National Congress (HAK)
Today is the day of the subsequent presidential elections in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. We call on the NKR authorities to do everything possible to ...BAKO SAHAKYAN VOTED
On 19 July Artsakh Republic acting President at the Stepanakert polling station No 24.
Bako Sahakyan stressed the importance of the elections in the life of our republic, adding that they demonstrate ...SCR TRANSFERS SALARY IN KRIMSK
SCR Staff Transfers Daily Salary to the Fund of Assistance to the Victims of Flood in Krimsk
The staff of South Caucasus Railway has decided to transfer his daily salary to the fund of assistance to victims ...YOUR QUESTION FOR HMAYAK HOVHANNISYAN
Today "P.S." will host politologist Hmayak Hovhannisyan.
You can send your questions by calling at 58-54-27 or sending an e-mail to ps@a1plus.am.
Watch "P.S." at 15:20.CHARGE FOR BALLOON CASE
According to the criminal case being examined by the Department for Specially Important Cases of the Chief Investigative Department of the RA Police in relation to the incident that took place during ...POLICE SEARCHED THE HOME OF DEPUTY'S SON
The RA Police have provided details on the bandit attack organized by Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) Deputy Nahapat Gevorgyan's son, Artak.
By the decision of the court of first instance of Armavir ...MOTHER GOT ILL IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING
Gohar Sargsyan, mother of soldier Tigran Ohanjanyan who died in peace, lost her consciousness during a protest held at the government building today.
She came out of the building and is currently sitting ...RESIDENTS OF KOZERN DEMAND ANOTHER NOTE
The residents of Kozern quarter-district demand that the government annul the decision that it took in 2003 to recognize their properties as supreme public interest. The residents held a subsequent protest ...FIRE LEFT MITSUBISHI COMPLETELY BURNT
At 03:54 on July 19, a car parked in the yard of the 33rd house located at 1st Street in Pshatavan village of Armavir region was burning and there was gas outflow.
A firefighting crew left for the scene ...SALARY TRANSFERRED TO KRIMSK
The staff at South Caucasus Railways has taken a decision to transfer its day's salary to the fund established with the purpose of showing support to the victims of the flood in Krimsk. Currently, the ...200 DEAD IN A DAY
More than 200 people died after a clash between rebels and government forces in Syria last night, reports BBC.
The armed conflict continued all night long. According to opposition members, the government's ...HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED
On July 18 at 18:35, the RA Police received information according to which human bones had been discovered in the Amberd Canyon located in Aragatsotn region. A regional rescue team left for the scene ...ABORTIONS ARE DUE TO SOCIAL CONDITIONS
The nurses at the maternal ward of Alaverdi Medical Center have conducted 43 abortions in 2010, 67 in 2011 and 37 as of July 12, 2012. Head of the maternal ward, Lyuda Mkrtumyan says the number has reached ...CITIZENS' TERRITORIES GO TO THE CHURCH
Taking into account the importance of educational programs being carried out by the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), the RA Government has recognized citizens' lands in ...THEY WORKED ON SUNDAYS TO ISSUE PASSPORTS
During today's government session, RA Deputy Police Chief Artur Osikyan announced that there had been an unprecedented number of people applying for RA passports this year.
Whereas there were 171,000 ...DISCUSSION WAS HELD DURING CLOSED SESSION
Armenian ministers today avoided giving clarifications regarding Syrian-Armenian immigrants, and only Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan declared that he was not competent to answer such questions. However, ...TIGRAN ARAKELYAN: "THIS IS POLITICAL REVENGE"
"It's magical," this is how Armenian National Congress (HAK) youth activist Tigran Arakelyan described the criminal case instigated against him and his friends. Tigran Arakelyan has been in jail for the ...SAMVEL BALASANYAN MET WITH SERZH SARGSYAN?
According to "A1+"'s sources, deputy leader of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), potential Gyumri mayor candidate Samvel Balasanyan left the presidential residence a while ago. "A1+" wasn't able to confirm ...PRESIDENT'S PRESS SPEAKER CONFIRMED MEETING WITH SAMVEL BALASANYAN
As "A1+" already informed, according to our sources, deputy leader of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), potential Gyumri mayor candidate Samvel Balasanyan had a meeting with Serzh Sargsyan today. "A1+" ...RA OMBUDSMAN SIGNS 6-YEAR MEMORANDUM
RA Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan today signed a memorandum on cooperation with Director of Oxfam Great Britain Armenia Margarita Hakobyan, affirming the broad range of cooperation between the regional offices ...THEY EXCHANGED GIFTS
RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to Armenia Bassam Mohammad Al-Qabandi.
Minister Hranush Hakobyan greeted the ...PEOPLE CAN'T ENTER COURT
Stepan Voskanyan, who is the attorney for young activists of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) Tigran Arakelyan, Sargis Gevorgyan, Artak Karapetyan and David Kiramijyan, is currently reading his defense ...RA POLICE ARE IMPOTENT
All the instructions are given from above, say representatives of the "We Demand Punishing All Culprits of the Harsnakar Incident" initiative.
According to them, Ruben Hayrapetyan's letter of condolence ...HHK DEPUTY'S SON STOLE TWO CARS
Artak Gevorgyan, son of Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) Deputy Nahapet Gevorgyan, is suspected of stealing not one, but two cars in the Sardarapat village on July 18.
There was a lot of commotion in ...APPLAUSE IN COURTROOM
Rounds of applause were heard from the courtroom of the general jurisdiction court of the Kentron and Nork-Marash districts of Yerevan after Artak Karapetyan's defense speech in which Karapetyan said ...BHK ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE
Secretary of Prosperous Armenia Party's (BHK) faction Naira Zohrabyan informs that the BHK has decided to nominate NA Deputy Samvel Balasanyan in the elections for mayor of Gyumri.
"This morning I told ...HHK IN SESSION
The Executive Body of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) is currently in session.
According to some sources, several issues related to the upcoming local self-government elections will be discussed ..."IF ARTAK BROKE DOWN, THEY WOULDN'T BEAT HIM"
Representative of officer Artak Nazaryan's successor, advocate Ruben Martirosyan says the capsule was changed during the expert examination of the case related to the officer's death.
"There was no gunshot ...RA POLICE ADVISORY BOARD TO HOLD SESSION
On July 20, the advisory board of the RA Police will hold a session to discuss the results of activities implemented by the RA Police subdivisions and territorial bodies in the first half of 2012.
After ...FIRES BROKE OUT IN GRASSY AREAS
On July 19, the Crisis Management Center at the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations received alarms around fires that had broken out in grassy areas in different sectors nationwide.
A 100 square meter ...HAIL CAUSES DAMAGE IN MIDDLE OF SUMMER
Hail in Artabuynk village of Vayots Dzor region has damaged lands for farming in the village.
The amount of the damage caused is being verified, and the head of the agriculture department of the regional ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1854 Russian forces occupy Bayazet (Western Armenia).
- 1874 The Tsar publishes additional rules for Armenian schools, while keeping them as parish schools.
- 1890 The Hnchaks organize the Gum-Gapu demonstration in Constantinople.
- 1908 Death of Yeghia Demirtjipashian. He was born in 1851.
- 1914 Start of the First World War.
- 1918 Lenin, through the Government of Soviet Russia, decides to liquidate the National Soviets, Committees, the Security Council, and Armenian bourgeois-nationalist and counter-revolutionary organizations, that existed in Russia.
- 1921 The Red Army enters Meghri. The Zangezur area returns to Soviet Armenia.
- 1921 The organizer of the massacre of the Armenians of Baku, Jivanshir, is executed in Constantinople by Armenians.
- 1971 Death of writer Soghomon Taronetsi.
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