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Headlines for June 28, 2012

WHY ARE PROMINENT REPORTERS LEAVING ARTSAKH?
Vitaly Balasanyan is considered the main challenger to Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan in the upcoming presidential election. Recently, someone asked Balasanyan on his facebook page to list what he thought ...
AND YOU THOUGHT YOUR GOVERNMENT TOLD BIG LIES…
By Simon Black June 27, 2012; Yerevan, Armenia Despite being neighbors, there are no flights between Tbilisi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia. No reason to bother with air travel from one poor country to ...
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE FOR MOST ARMENIANS IN NEXT 5-10 YEARS
Ara Babloyan, who heads the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Health Care, Maternity and Childhood, told reporters today that a majority of Armenian citizens would be covered by universal health ...
THOSE ARRESTED IN HARSNAKAR BEATING INCLUDE MP HAYRAPETYAN'S BODYGUARDS
Yerevan Police Chief Narsik Nazaryan today confirmed that some of those arrested in the Harsnakar restaurant beating of army physicians included members of MP Ruben Hayrapetyan's personal staff of bodyguards. MP ...
CHIEFS ARE IN BIG DEMAND IN ARMENIA'S JOB MARKET
Haykuhi Gevorgyan, Director of the Youth Professional Orientation Centre, told reporters that the jobs most in demand today in Armenia are chiefs, retailers and the IT sector professionals. Gevorgyan ...
RA DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HEADS DELEGATION TO ARTSAKH
RA Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan is heading an Armenian delegation on a two day working visit to Artsakh for meetings with their counterparts. Regional Governors from Aragatzotn, Armavir, Shirak, ...
VODKA REFORM: GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO CREATE EQUAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTERS AND DOMESTIC PRODUCERS
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated today that the government would be raising the licensing standards for the importation of vodka, and thus levelling the playing field in favour of domestic producers. PM ...
US SENATE APPROVES MAGNITSKY BILL IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN OFFICIALS LINKED TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has unanimously approved a bill to impose financial and visa sanctions on foreign officials connected to human rights abuse. The bill is named after Sergei Magnitsky, ...
GERMAN JUGGERNAUT FAVORED TO WIN TONIGHT'S SEMI-FINAL IN WARSAW
At today's Euro 2012 semi-final match, the unstoppable German juggernaut takes on the experience of the Italians. It is a match-up with a long history. The teams have met 30 times - Italy winning 14 games ...
DOZENS ARRESTED FOR INTERNATIONAL CREDIT CARD THEFT
Twenty-four suspects from eight countries were arrested in Card Shop, an operation that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is describing as "the largest coordinated international law enforcement ...