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Headlines for February 13, 2012BAKO SAHAKYAN IN ATHENS
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan is now in Hellenic Republic with working visit. On 12 February President visited Armenian churches in Athens. Bako Sahakyan partook at a Sunday mass serviced ...EARTHQUAKE HITS ARTASHAT
Magnitude 2.4 earthquake hit Armenia, 17 km northeast of the town of Artashat today at 07:47 by local time. It measured 3 in the epicenter.
Quake's hypocenter was at the depth of 5 meters, the Ministry ...FEBRUARY 14 IS THE FAMILY DAY
February 14, on Tiarn'ndaraj which is also declared as a family day by His Holiness Karekin II The Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians the Armenian Apostolic Church will serve a blessing ...PIRATES OFF NIGERIA'S COAST ATTACK CARGO SHIP
A piracy monitoring official says pirates off Nigeria's coast have attacked a cargo ship and shot dead its captain and chief engineer. Cyrus Mody of the International Maritime Bureau said the attack ...NATO SUPPORTS THE OSCE MINSK GROUP EFFORTS
On February 13 the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General's Special Representative ...S. OHANYAM RECEIVES JAMES APPATHURAI
Today the RA Defense Minister S. Ohanyan received James Appathurai who is the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General's Special Representative ...KENTRON ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT RESIGNED
Gagik Gyanjumyan the Head of Yerevan's from his job according to his own application today, the press service of Yerevan Mayor's Office reported.RUSSIA WILL SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO SYRIA
Russia said on Monday that a ceasefire needed to be established in Syria before a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping mission could be deployed, the Telegraph reports. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia ..."PUTIN IS MORE REALISTIC ABOUT NKR ISSUE"
"Putin has noted that the solution of Karabakh issue is really hard, it shouldn't have a military solution. Putin's approaches in Karabakh issue are more realistic," said Stepan Grigoryan during the press ...G. SAHAKYAN: HIGH QUALITY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD THIS TIME
"The reputation of Armenia and the Armenians in the world is on top and if those elections pass without incidents it will rise even more," RPA vice-chairman Galust Sahakyan told today. He mentioned ...ADELE TOOK A PRIZE IN GRAMMY AWARDS
The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele's trophy haul and the tragedy of ...ANC RALLY POSTPONED
The rally of the Armenian National Congress which was planned to take place on February 17 will take place on March 1 because of the bad weather conditions, the Congress office reports.EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT ISRAELI DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN INDIA
Two people injured in Indian explosion, while device found under car of driver for Israeli embassy in Georgia is defused, the Guardian reports.
Israeli diplomatic missions in India and Georgia have been ...BERD - CHAMBARAK, AND SELIM PASS ARE CLOSED AT PRESENT
As of February 13 at 17:30 the interstate, republican roads and mountain passes are passable.
Attention: Berd - Chambarak highway and Selim mount pass are closed. In spots black ice is possible. The ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1870 Birth of Nerses Ashtaraketsee the Fifth, later to become Catholicos and a figure of the National Liberal Movement. In 1814, while leader of the See of Tbilisi (Georgia), he founded the Nersessyan School. (He died in 1957).
- 1885 The Tsar closes Armenian Parish Schools in the Caucasus.
- 1891 The Tsar intensifies the national persecution of Armenians.
- 1894 Birth of Hambardsoom Khachanyan, famous actor of the Armenian stage.
- 1898 Birth of writer and critic Shavarsh Nardoonee. He died in 1968.
- 1921 Start of the Dashnak's anti-Bolshevik revolt.
- 1921 Armed forces of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation that had not already surrendered, start what became known as the "February Revolt" in Kesheeshkend (Yeghegnadzor) against the newly- created Soviet Armenian Government.
- 1925 Publication of the Large Soviet Encyclopedia.
- 1937 Death of seascape artist Vardan Makhookhian. He was born in 1869.
- 1963 The largest food-processing plant in Armenia (at Charentsavan-Lusavan) starts production.
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