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Headlines for November 16, 2007
PROCEDURE OR “PERSECUTION”: COMPANIES FRIENDLY TO TER-PETROSYAN GET UNEXPECTED VISITS FROM TAX OFFICIALS
Armenia’s first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s return to politics was officially launched by his dramatic October 26 speech in Freedom Square. Ter-Petrosyan marked his return to politics by sharp criticism ...SERZH V. LTP: SARGSYAN/TER-PETROSYAN SHOWDOWN ASSURED AS PM PUBLICLY ENGAGES
What has been known is now official: Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan will stand for President next February 19. (Last week Garegin Azaryan, chairman of the Central Electoral Commission announced February ...POSTHUMOUS PRAISE: HRANT DINK HONORED BY ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA; TWO MORE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH JOURNALIST’S DEATH
The Armenian Assembly of America has reacted to news reports that two Turkish solders have been arrested and charged with abuse of power in connection with January's shooting death of Armenian journalist ...TICK, TICK, TICK . . .: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR ASSEMBLY INTERNSHIP APPLICATION
Students have less than one month left to apply for the Armenian Assembly of America’s 2008 Terjenian-Thomas Summer Internship Program in Washington, DC. The application deadline is December 10, Click ...FIRST FOR WOMEN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GIVES DEPUTY SPEAKER POST TO AREVIK PETROSYAN
For the first time in the history of the Armenian Parliament, a woman has been named to the post of Vice-Chairman – the highest position so far attained for a female MP.Armenian lawmakers installed Arevik ...PAYBACK FOR POLITICS?: SUKIASYAN ENTERPRISES HURT BY TER-PETROSYAN AFFILIATION
Products produced by plants belonging to oppositionist tycoon Khachatur Sukiasyan remain scarce throughout Armenia as it appears the MP/businessman has been targeted for persecution because of his publicly ...DIGGING THE DIRT: “NEWS” OF THE WEEK CHALLENGES LTP TO ANSWER LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PAST
The political comeback of ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan as a possible contender in next year’s presidential election has brought in its wake some sensational news, which, however, hardly became a surprise ...CONFLICT STUDY: INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS URGE ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO KEEP PEACE PROCESS ALIVE
Armenia and Azerbaijan may plunge into another war unless they renew efforts to find a negotiated peace for the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a leading Western think tank studying conflicts around the world ...ANOTHER PUBLIC KILLING: ASSOCIATE OF TSARUKYAN GUNNED DOWN IN MARKET
Investigators are trying to piece together information leading to the murder last week of Sayat Davtyan, a godson of Armenia’s richest tycoon, National Assembly Deputy Gagik Tsarukyan. Davtyan, 47, was ...CONTROVERSIAL VERGE: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION URGES AUTHORITIES TO REVISE THE POVERTY CRITERIA
How poor is “poor” in Armenia? According to the official data the minimal food basket, the food supplies necessary for one person for monthly nutrition makes 13,266 dram ($40). Those surviving on less ...FARMING FOR FINANCE: EXPO OFFERS SHOWCASE FOR ARMENIAN PRODUCTS
ARMPRODEXPO 2007 international exhibition opened Wednesday and continues through Saturday in Yerevan, presenting processing and production samples mainly from Armenia’s food industry. “One of the major ...AT “HOME” IN UNREST: INSIDE TBILISI’S PROTESTS WITH A VIEW FROM ARMENIA’S PAST
Tbilisi met us in the night with blocked streets – though more passable than those in Yerevan. The closer we moved to the city center the higher we could hear the noise of thousands of oppositionists ...ENGINE TROUBLE: A LOCAL’S CRITICAL VIEW OF POST-SOVIET, BUT SOVIET-STYLE ARMENIAN REALITY
We hear it in the streets, in public places, on television: “These leaders are a bunch of thugs”. But how many dissenting voices question from where the lords now at the top rise: From among ourselves. ...SPORT: ARMENIA FACE TOUGH MATCH IN PORTUGAL BEFORE ENTERTAINING KAZAKHS IN YEREVAN
Football Euro-2008: Armenia will be hoping for a repeat of the Yerevan heroics when they step on the pitch of the Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa Stadium in Leiria on Saturday night to face the continent’s reigning ...
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