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Headlines for September 18, 2012TANKIANS APPEAL TO RA GOVERNMENT
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The recent controversy over Hungary's transfer of a convicted killer and his subsequent pardon and hero's welcome ...CIVILITAS CASE TO BE HEARD TODAY
A court hearing chaired by Judge Henrik Ter-Adamyan starts at Armenia's Court of Criminal Appeals today at 11 am. The court will examine the Civilitas Foundation's complaint that request reviewing the ...HOLLANDE TO DISCUSS «SAFAROV PROBLEM»
French President Francois Hollande will touch upon the release of Ramil Safarov at the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, scheduled to take place today. According to the Turkish newspaper ...«THE INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS» AND ARMENIA
The Muslims' protests triggered by 'The Innocence of Muslims» film are of importance to Armenia since there have been anti-American sentiments in Baku, too. Political scientist Richard Giragosyan expressed ...OSKANYAN ON SARGSYAN'S SOBERING CALLS
It is a fact that the government has not achieved successes in the last five years. The deputy of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) Vartan Oskanyan expressed this opinion. He wrote on his Facebook Page that ...E. NALBANDYAN: «AZERBAIJAN PRETENDS IT IS RAINING»
Commenting on the Safarov scandal, British Minister of State for Europe used only three words: «We are concerned». He preferred to speak about Yerevan streets. Minister of State for Europe David Lidington ...CRITICISM DOES NOT APPLY TO G. BEGLARYAN?
Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan interprets the criticism leveled by Serzh Sargsyan at the structure headed by him from a different point of view. «The criticism applies to the ..."SARGSYAN SAID: I AM NOT STUPID"
Is it time to replace the Armenian prime minister? Was President Serzh Sargsyan's dissatisfaction at the government on September 15 a hint at «getting rid" of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyam?
"I don't ...EUROPEAN BANKS TO ALLOCATE CREDITS TO ARMENIANS
The Presidency of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) has put forward an initiative: to start programs, under which European financial institutions will allocate credits at low interest ...CLERGYMEN EXPRESS SUPPORT
An annual meeting of the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) was convened in the island of Crete, Greece.
The meeting participants discussed, among other issues, the extradition ...JUDGE DID NOT LIKE COVERAGE
The court hearing of the complaint of the Civilitas Foundation, which requested reviewing the the National Security Service (NSS) decision to open a criminal case on 25 May 2012, has been postponed until ...MONUMENTS TO BE ERECTED IN YEREVAN
The ceremonies of unveiling the monuments, which were approved by the Painting Commission of the Yerevan Municipality's Urban Development Council, will be held during "Erebuni-Yerevan" festivities. Yerevan ...ISHKHAN ZAKARYAN IN TBILISI
Chairman of the RA Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakaryan is participating in the 3-day work of the 7th congress of supreme control bodies of European, Latin American, and Caribbean countries. The event started ...OLD TONIR DISCOVERED
Laying irrigation pipes in the area called "Vanki Dzor" in the village of Astghadzor, Gegharkunik province, the builders discovered an old tonir (a cylindrical clay oven) when they were digging holes ...VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN: HELP YOUR BROTHER
The first plane with humanitarian aid for victims of the civil war in Syria is expected to fly to Syria by late September.
"Help Your Brother" civil initiative has come up with the idea of loading the ...BORDYZHA: HOW CAN I SAY IT NOW?
Does Armenia face any danger from the neighboring country? «Rapid response forces operate within the framework of the CSTO and I can assure you that if aggression is committed by a state, the CSTO will ...MENTAL PATIENTS FORCED TO LOOK AFTER CATTLE
Hunan Navoyan, a pateint of the Vardenis mental hospital, is grazing a flock of hospital sheep in hills of Nerkin Shorzha.
Hunan was diagnozed with schizophrenia. He speaks inadibly in response to most ...
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Today in Armenian history- -484 Birth of Herodotus (historian) in Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey). He wrote about the Armenians in his book "Anabassis". He died in 425 BC.
- 1820 Birth of Chamik Aramyan (publisher) in Smyrna. He died in 1878.
- 1820 Hakob Kesaratsi, Grigor Sakayan, and Deli Baghdasar and then, are condemned to death for participating in demonstrations against the sultan in Constantinople.
- 1841 Demonstration, in Constantinople, by 3000 commoners against the Sultan and the Armenian gentry.
- 1903 Battle of Barsen. Nevroz Khan is killed.
- 1918 Murder in Baku of Melik Melikyan (Bolshevik politician). He was born in 1868 in Elizabetpol.
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