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Published on September 20, 2012
LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO STAND TRIAL ON SEPTEMBER 25
- The court hearing of the case of Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Samvelyan, deputy commander of the unit N. of the RA Ministry of Defense, will take place on September 25 in the Court of Avan and Nor Nork administrative districts of Yerevan. Judge Armen Vardapetyan will chair the court hearing, Pastinfo reported.
It should be reminded that enraged by the murder of Vahe Avetyan who was cruelly beaten up, Vardan Samvelyan armed with ammunition entered Harsnakar Restaurant on the night of July1, threatening to explode it.
After the negotiations that lasted several hours, Vardan Samvelyan was arrested and transferred to the disciplinary detention center of the Military Police of the Defense Ministry.
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On 20 September Artsakh Republic official delegation headed by President Bako Sahakyan left for Yerevan to partake in the festive events dedicated to the 21st anniversary of Armenia's Independence.
CENTRAL ...COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL TO NSS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan awarded the RA Prime Minister Commemorative Medal to First Deputy Director of the National Security Service adjunct to the Government Romik Harutyunyan for his significant ...PRIME MINISTER: LET THEM OFFER RESIGNATIONS RIGHT NOW
During the government session, Minister of Finance Vatche Gabrielyan proposed dismissing the head of the Procurement Support Center and his deputes.
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan accepted the proposal, ...KAREN MIRZOYAN TO SERVE AS MINISTER
The former Permanent Representative of the NKR to Armenia Karen Mirzoyan will hold the post of Nagorno Karabakh's foreign minister. The post has been vacant for about a year. Yerkir Television Company ...IF ELECTED, R. HOVANNISIAN WILL BECOME LAST PRESIDENT
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The government rejected today Hrant Bagratyan's proposal to raise the minimum wage from 32,000 to 72,000 AMD without listening to Bagratyan's arguments. In the opinion of Bagratyan, who is a deputy of ...FOR SHAME! BUT WHERE ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE?
"For shame! It is an important facility, which is the center of public attention. 700 million AMD was allocated from the state budget, the work has not been completed so far, and it turns out that the ...LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO STAND TRIAL ON SEPTEMBER 25
The court hearing of the case of Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Samvelyan, deputy commander of the unit N. of the RA Ministry of Defense, will take place on September 25 in the Court of Avan and Nor Nork administrative ...ROAS ACCIDENT IN TIGRAN METS AVENUE
A car was burned down near Sasuntsi Davit Monument in Artsakh Avenue, Yerevan, on September 19, at 9 pm. Two fire brigades and a team of the Crisis Management Center arrived on the scene.
A road accident ...90,799 PEOPLE DID NOT RETURN TO ARMENIA
According to the RA National Statistical Service, in January-August 2012 the number of people who arrived in and left Armenia was 1,386,447 and 1,477,286, respectively. There was a negative balance of ...LICENSE GRANTING PROCEDURE CHANGED
In order to receive a driving license, citizens are no longer required to submit a written application. Instead, after submitting the other necessary documents, they immediately will have his/her photo ...ORANGE OPERATORS TO TEACH DANCE AS WELL
This week is a Volunteering week in Orange. From September 17 to 24 in Armenia and in 15 other countries all over the world over 6000 Orange employees will contribute some of their time to different non-profit ...SMS-ES TO COST 1 AMD ON SEPTEMBER 21ST
Tomorrow, on September 21st Independent Armenia becomes 21 years old.
Only on this day all Orange customers will have the possibility to send congratulations through SMS to all Orange subscribers for ...RAIN FORECAST FOR SEPTEMBER 24
Cloudless weather has been forecast for a period of September 21-23, as well as for September 25. It will be raining in many regions of Armenia on September 24.On September 24, the air temperature will ...AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON LANGUAGE TO BE MADE
During the September 20 sitting, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Affairs, chaired by Artak Davtyan, discussed the package of amendments to the ...ISSUE OF NEW NUCLEAR POWER STATION DISCUSSED
The 56th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency convened in Vienna. The Armenian delegation headed by Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan attended the General ...WHY DOES SRC NOT GIVE TINS?
Armen Gevorgyan, the Head of the Agency of the State Register of Legal Entities at the RA Ministry of Justice, asked the Head of Government Staff David Sargsyan to provide explanations. On Septembre 18 ...«A COPY OF ARMAVIA'S PAYMENT RECEIPT WOULD SUIT US
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Russian forces occupy Fort Sardarapat.
- 1854 The Battle of Alma in the Crimea.
- 1908 Birth of Catholicos Vazgen the First. He died in 1994.
- 1918 A British Army firing squad summarily murders the 26 Baku Commissars of the Baku Commune (including Stepan Shahoomyan) somewhere on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
- 1962 The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet awards composer Avet Avetisyan the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
- 1990 The Azeri Turk attack on Martooni (Artsakh) is repulsed.
- 1992 Artsakh unsuccessfully petitions the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States and other countries for recognition of its independence.
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