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Headlines for March 16, 2012MOSCOW AIRPORT USED IN FUEL FRAUD
Photo caption: Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport where ticket prices were increased as much as 50 percent to cover the cost of fuel scams.
Phantom companies that sold fuel to Moscow's main airport at inflated ...RA DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS SPECIALIST GROUP
RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with a visiting group of specialists from the U.S. and Great Britain in Yerevan yesterday to discuss personnel management strategies within the country's military.
Taking ...POLICE TO ORGANIZE MASHTOTS PARK "ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION"
In a response to public criticism directed at the police for the tactics they employed to break up a protest vigil in Mashtots Park yesterday, the RA Police now says it will hold a roundtable tomorrow ...CONSTANTINOPLE ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE SUES FOR SANASARYAN SCHOOL
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople has filed a landmark suit in Ankara for the return of the historical Sansaryan School in the eastern province of Erzurum, this according to a Hurriyet News ...REPUBLICAN PARTY: LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD ACTIVISTS
The accompanying photo, showing a help wanted ad for activists for the ruling Republican Party in Armenia, has been making the rounds on various internet sites.
When I telephoned the number, I was greeted ...EVENING OF SONG AT MASHTOTS PARK THIS EVENING
Protestors have regrouped at Mashtots Park and say that Armineh Hayrapetyan and Vakhtang Harutyunyan will entertain the crowd with their original songs starting at 6pm today.
Yesterday, protestors marched ...DINK LAWYERS DEMAND PROBE OF TURKISH SECRET SERVICE
Lawyers for the family of Hrant Dink have demanded that prosecutors investigate archives of the Istanbul and Trabzon branches of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
They argue that such a probe ...GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER OFFERS HELP TO SETTLE REGIONAL CONFLICTS
Visiting Foreign Minister of Germany, Guido Westerwelle, noted that Germany is ready to help Armenia deepen its relations with the European Union and contribute to the settlement of regional conflicts. ...VREZH GASPARYAN APPOINTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S CHIEF OF STAFF
RA National Assembly President Samvel Nikoyan today appointed Vrezh Gasparyan as the Assembly's Chief of Staff.
After the resignation of Gegham Gharibjanyan, Gagik Mkheyan had been appointed Acting Chief ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1828 Start of the Persian Armenians' emigration to Eastern Armenia. Some 40 000 Armenians, lead by General Lazarev, returned home.
- 1845 Birth of philologist Norayr Byoozand.
- 1849 Birth of the German linguist Karl Brugman. He played an important role in the recognition of Armenian as a distinct branch of the Indo-European languages.
- 1866 Birth of Nerses Meleek - Tangian, cleric and philologist. He headed the Diocese of Atrpatakan and published works on Armenian philology and church law.
- 1888 Death in Constantinople of Stepan Papazian, teacher, author and editor of "Jamanak".
- 1905 Death of Kristapor Meekayelyan, one of the founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party. He was born in 1859.
- 1913 Birth of Eduard Aghayan (academician, philologist and linguist).
- 1917 The Armenian Cadet's create the Liberal - Bourgeois Popular Party in Tbilissi. By October, 1921 the Party had gone abroad to become one of the founders of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party.
- 1917 The Armenian Populist Party was founded in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1921 Treaty between Turkey and Soviet Russia (Treaty of Moscow). Nakhitshevan and Artsakh are arbitrarily placed within Soviet Azerbaijan without Soviet Armenias input into the matter.
- 1921 The Soviet-Turkish treaty is signed in Moscow. Armenian lands are given to Turks.
- 1921 England and Turkey exchange prisoners of war including some Turks who were responsible for the Armenian Genocide. Turks held on Malta are set free.
- 1924 Death of actress Yeranoohee Garagashyan.
- 1930 Death of Varlam Avanessov in Dilijan.
- 1944 Reorganization of the People's Commissariats of Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR.
- 1949 Opening of the First Congress of Armenia's Theatre Union.
- 1995 The Presidents of Russia and Armenia sign an agreement on Russian military bases in Armenia.
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