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SPORT: CUP SEMIFINALS IN SOCCER; ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM FIFTH IN EUROPE
Suren Musayelyan
Soccer In the first-leg semifinal matches of the Armenian Cup tournament midweek, FC Ulis Yerevan lost to FC Pyunik Yerevan 1-3, while FC Mika Ashtarak playing at home was held to a 1-1 draw by FC Banants ...NOT THERE YET: ARMENIAN, TURKISH FMS ANNOUNCE NO IMMEDIATE DEAL AFTER TALKS IN YEREVAN
Aris Ghazinyan
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey announced no agreement following a meeting in Yerevan on the sidelines of a regional forum despite speculations that a formal bilateral document could be signed ...OPEN COMMUNICATIONS: SARGSYAN-AHMADINEJAD FURTHER ARMENIA-IRAN ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES
Gayane Mkrtchyan 1
President Serzh Sargsyan returned from his visit to Iran earlier this week having signed a number of documents and with hopes that several major projects with the southern neighbor will get off the drawing ...COURT CONTROVERSY: CONVICTION OF JAVAKHK ACTIVIST IN GEORGIA SPARKS PROTEST AMONG ARMENIANS
Sara KhojoyanThe lengthy prison sentence passed on an Armenian political activist in Georgia has sparked protest among some Diaspora Armenian groups who believe Vahagn Chakhalyan has been wrongly convicted and demand ...SNOWSTORMS: EVENTFULL WEEKS IN REGION
Snowfall has swept over Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan from west to east. This event, unusual for April, took place immediately after the long-awaited meetings of the US and Turkish presidents in Istanbul. ...THOUGHTS NEAR ARARAT: GEOPOLITICS AS SEEN BY RESIDENTS OF A BORDERLINE VILLAGE
Karine Ionesyan
A full-flowing river, valleys of various shades, a poplar tree, a famous bird standing on one leg – the stork, and, of course, biblical Mount Ararat in the image of the Sleeping Beauty. This is how ...NKR IN FOCUS: BORDER TALK CENTERS ON PEACE SETTLEMENT
Naira Hayrumyan 1
After the visit of US President Barack Obama to Turkey, the country leader Abdullah Gul stated that the settlement of the Armenian-Turkish relations is impossible without settling the Karabakh issue between ...WEATHERING THE STORM: A COMMENTARY ON THE “HIDDEN” AND “HEAVY” HANDS OF ARMENIAN ECONOMICS
In one of the most profound and long-lasting economic theories, Adam Smith formulated the concept of the invisible or “hidden hand” to describe the underlying process of market economic forces. In his ...TIME FOR TRUTH: TURKEY RENEGED BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA MUST NOT
The Turkish government has bowed to pressure from Baku and retreated from its earlier negotiating stance that the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh issue was not a precondition to restoring bilateral ...WELCOME BACK: A NEW MIGRATION CENTER WILL PROMOTE ARMENIAN IMMIGRANTS
Naira BulghadaryanProvincial migration information centers have opened in Armenia to assist Armenians illegally living in European countries to settle in a new environment upon return to their homeland. The centers opened ...CARE AND CONCERN: CARITAS LIGHTS EMPTY LIVES OF ELDERLY
Naira Bulghadaryan
Vera Grigoryan eagerly waits for Naira every Tuesday. She takes small steps to walk to the building entrance, leans on her cane and stares at the steps below. Tuesday is the only day of the week that ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1879 Death of Chamik Aramyan (publisher) in Constantinople. He was born in 1820.
- 1904 Birth of Hrant G. Pastrmajian. He died in 1954.
- 1922 Aram Yerkanian and Arshavir Shirakian executed Behaeddin Shakir, the leader of the "special forces" and Jemal Azmi, former Governor of Trabizond, in Berlin. Both were active in implementing the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
- 1957 Twinning of Kirovakan (Vanadzor) and Batumi (Georgia).
- 1990 An International Scholars' Meeting titled: "The Armenian Genocide: History, Theory, Political Responsibility" and devoted to 75th Anniversary of the Armenian's Genocide, takes place in Yerevan. It lasts to April 21.
- 1997 The Legislative Assembly of New South Wales (Australia) adopts a decision to commemorate April 24 as a Memorial Day of the Armenian Genocide. It suggests to the Federal Australian Government to adopt a similar decision.
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