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Headlines for September 01, 2012SERZH SARGSYAN WISHES SUCCESS
Congratulatory Address by President Serzh Sargsyan on the occasion of Knowledge
" DayDear Schoolchildren,Teachers and Parents,Dear Students and Professors,
I congratulate you on the occasion of Knowledge ...MINISTER LEAVES FOR PARIS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan will leave for Paris to meet with the Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on September 2, the press service of Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.MFA: HUNGARIA'S DECISION IS UNFRIENDLY STEP
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
On 31 August, 2012 the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary has announced about its authorisation to transfer Ramil Sahib Safarov, ...VANADZOR NGOS SUPPORT MAYOR
A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the city of Vanadzor, such as Young Generation of Lori, Safe Childhood, and others, expressed their support for the incumbent mayor.
"Like many other ...USA ANTICIPATES EXPLANATIONS
The State Department of the United States expressed concern over granting pardon to Ramil Safarov.
"The United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani ...DOES AZERBAIJAN REPAY HUNGARY'S CREDIT?
Hungary's decision to transfer Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan may worsen the situation in the region, Club of Young Diplomats NGO said in its statement, condemning this step of Hungary. ...HUNGARIAN FLAG BURNED
During the protest organized by Hayazn union, the protesters burned the Hungarian flag outside the Consulate of Hungary.Prior to that, representatives of Hayazn union declared that "Hungary behaved like ...DO POLICE INTERFERE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS?
In the city of Sevan, the city police department has begun to interfere in the community head election process, expected to be tense from the very start.
According to reliable sources of A1+, yesterday ...WHAT WILL AZERBAIJANI REPRESENTATIVE SAY?
President of International European Movement, Jo Leinen,Chairman of working group of International European Movement on Enlargement and Neighbourhood, Ksenija Milenkovic,President of European Movement ...WILL SPECIAL SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BE CALLED?
It is not ruled out that a special session of the National Assembly will be called on September 5 to discuss the extradition of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan and granting a pardon to ...HRANUSH HAKOBYAN MAKES APPEAL TO DIASPORA
Armenian Minister of Diaspora Ms. Hranush Hakobyan issued a statement today that reads:
"DEAR COMPATRIOTS, Leaders of the traditional Armenian political parties, pan-Armenian structures, youth and women's ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASE-FIRE
By a summary of operating data of the NKR Defense Army, in the period of August 26 to September 1, the enemy has violated about 300 times the ceasefire regime at the line of contact of Karabakh and Azerbaijani ...ASHOTYAN ACCOMPANIES SON TO SCHOOL
The first thing that Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan did today was that he woke his son up, and "like any other parent, he told his son to study and behave well".
Armen Ashotyan's elder son, Gor, ...HUNGARY PUT UP FOR SALE ON EBAY
"Hungary for Sale" announcement was posted on www.ebay.com. Hungary is "sold" for 3 billion Euro. This is the price that Azerbaijani authorities paid so that of the criminal Ramil Safarov who killed Armenian ...MEETING IN MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN
A special meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council chaired by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II took place in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on September 1. The Supreme Spiritual Council expressed ...ARMENIAN OFFICER'S LIFE THREATENED
The statements that Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan made following Ramil Safarov's extradition are belated actions.
Former deputy of Heritage faction, the first Armenian Ombudswoman ...PROTEST ACTION IN GEORGIA
On 1 September 2012 the "Hayartun" Cultural Centre at the Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia and other organizations of the Armenian community of Georgia carried out a protest ...PIQUET PARTICIPANTS DEMAND CLOSURE OF HARSNAKAR
The pouring rain in Yerevan did not hinder activists of Vahe Avetyan social movement. Gathering outside Harsnakar Complex, they demand that the complex owner, deputy of Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Knowledge Day.
- 570 Signature of the Treaty between Armenia and the Byzantine Empire.
- 1387 Tamerlane's forces surround and occupy Fort Van (Western Armenia).
- 1850 The "Ararat" weekly is first published in Tbilissi (Georgia). Gabriel Patkanyan is the publisher.
- 1860 Creation of the "National Union" with the active participation of Meekayel Nalbandyan in Constantinople.
- 1860 The Armenian Benevolent Union is created.
- 1861 G.Yeranyan, N.Tashtchyan and T.Tshookhadjiyan publish the semi-annual "Armenian Lyre" periodical devoted to music.
- 1868 Opening of the Yerevan Gymnasium.
- 1868 Birth in Elizabetpol (Gandzak) of Melik Melikyan (Bolshevik politician). He was murdered in Baku in 1918.
- 1886 Minas Cheraz opens the Central College at Kalatia (Constantinople).
- 1894 The centenary of Armenian journalism is celebrated.
- 1920 The First Assembly of Eastern Peoples opens in Baku with Armenian participation.
- 1939 Start of the Second World War.
- 1958 The Agriculture and Agrochemistry Research Institute is founded within Armenia's Ministry of Agriculture.
- 1966 Continuing an unbroken practice since the thirties, Soviet Armenia sends petitions to the central authorities in Moscow to return Artsakh to Armenia. These petitions eventually are accompanied by mass protests in Artsakh, which lead to a crackdown by the Communist authorities.
- 1997 Arkady Ghukasyan (former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Artsakh) is elected President of Artsakh.
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