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Headlines for September 12, 2012

YOUR QUESTION TO ZARUHI POSTANJYAN
Today the guest of "Hetgrutyun" ("Postscript") program is deputy of Heritage faction Ms. Zaruhi Postanjyan. You can ask questions by dialing 585427 or via ps@a1plus.am. The program starts at 3:20 ...
GOVERNMENT WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE?
"Only a few petty officials are convicted, even though these people cannot manage those billions which were revealed during check-ups. High-ranking officials, however, go unpunished as a result," deputy ...
BHK TO FIELD ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
In all likelihood, Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will not join the opposition's process of fielding a single candidate to run in the 2013 presidential election. "We do not need that," BHK deputy Aragats ...
MONITORING
On September 12, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed ...
NEW PRIME MINISTER
On 11 September President Bako Sahakyan in accordance with Article 100, clause 1, paragraph 1.1 of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Constitution, presented the candidacy of Ara Haroutunyan to the National ...
4 ARMENIAN PASSENGERS KILLED IN ALEPPO/REVISED
The passengers of a Yerevan-Aleppo flight came under fire. As the main route to Aleppo has been closed, the Syrian national airline's plane took a decision to make a landing through another route. The ...
"POLICE DID NOT FIRE EVEN A SHOT INTO AIR"
Aram Melikyan is one of the victims of the September 9 incident in Bambakashat, Armavir marz (province). During a talk with A1+, Aram said that he was beaten up by "the son of MAP's Alik and his gang, ...
FLIGHTS TO ALEPPO TO BE SUSPENDED?
Neither Syrian Armenians nor the Syrian national airline know if the flights will be suspended after the passengers of a plane came under fire, as a result of which 4 Armenian passengers were killed and ...
EP TO PASS RESOLUTION ON SAFAROV
Five main political forces of the European Parliament have prepared draft resolutions. Each draft expresses concern over granting a pardon to Ramil Safarov and contains calls to Azerbaijan and Armenia ...
CYNICAL ATTITUDE NOT FORGIVEN
Hungary's cynical attitude cannot be easily forgiven. "What Hungary did is a manifestation of international cynicism and immorality. We should draw a lesson from it. We should not believe the promises ...
NUMBER OF VICTIMS GROWS
The number of Armenian passengers, who came under fire on their way from Aleppo Airport to the city and were killed, has increased. A representative of the Syrian Armenian community told A1+ that the ...
WITNESS OF MURDER NOT QUESTIONED
In Armenia the review of the case of a person sentenced to life in prison depends on the will of only one man. This man is Serzh Sargsyan. "All the cases have been placed under a taboo," said Vahagn Manukyan, ...
FLASH MOB IN DEFENSE OF PEDESTRIAN
As part of "Yerevan is My Home" program, the Youth Commission of the Urban Development Council of the Yerevan Municipality organized a flash mob in Erebuni administrative district's streets adjacent to ...
COMMOTION IN GYUMRI
In parallel with the recount of votes in electoral district No 34, new developments are taking place. Since the early morning several candidates for the Council of Elders have been complaining within ...
PUTIN'S EURO-ASIAN INITIATIVE AND ARMENIA'S "NO"
European UNION Foreign Affairs Journal (Libertas Blog) SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 HINTERLASSE EINEN KOMMENTAR On the eve of the visit of NATO SG to Armenia The Euro-Asian Union is an initiative proposed by ...
MINSTER LEAVES FOR CYPRUS
On the invitation of Foreign Minister of Cyprus Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan will pay an official visit to Cyprus on September 13-14. During the visit Minister ...
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
On September 12, purchase and sale transactions of $1,100,000 at the weighted average exchange rate of 409.4 drams per dollar were conducted at NASDAQ OMX Armenia OJSC. The closing price was 409.6 drams, ...
ONLY ORGANIZER TAKES PART IN PROTEST WITH AXES
The founder and only member of Don Quixote Humanitarian Fund Vardan Vardanyan with two axes in his hands staged a protest today near Monument to Martiros Saryan. He protested against pardoning the murderer ...
ARMENIANS KILLED AGAIN IN SYRIA
A sniper killed and injured seven people, including a child and a disabled person, in "Nor Gyugh" ("New Village") Armenian district. All of them were supposedly Armenians. The incident occurred at the ...
PRISONER SEWS UP HIS MOUTH
The lawyer of an inmate of "Nubarashen" penal institution called the hotline of Armenia's Human Rights Ombudsman, saying that the prisoner sewed up his own mouth and went on a hunger strike. In his words, ...
TICKETS TO ALEPPO RETURNED
After yesterday's shooting, Silva Khachatryan-Halepleyan has decided to return her plane ticket to Aleppo because she is afraid. Ms. Silva did not come to reside in Armenia permanently, nothing keeps ...