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Headlines for March 16, 2007WEBSITE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR TECHNICAL REASONS
From the evening of March 14 and on March 15 Lragir.am could not be opened in Armenia. The site could not be updated for all this time too. The problem was fixed late in the evening of March 15. We apologize ...ONLY THE ABILITY TO THINK WILL SAVE THE NEGOTIATORS
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The meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan did not give a surprise although the co-chairs were preparing for the rendezvous in Geneva with special eagerness. To say that this eagerness ...VIDAL: WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION
On March 15 the presentation of four PSA videos of the Alphabet of Law series was held at the U.N. Yerevan office. The four new videos are on the basic right to vote, the sale of votes, electoral fraud, ...LONG-TERM OBSERVERS ARRIVED
The head of the OSCE Yerevan office Vladimir Pryakhin told our reporter on March 15 the first group of 13 observers of the OSCE Democratic institutes and human right bureau arrived in Yerevan on March ...ACNIS HOSTS FORUM ON DEMOCRACY AND FALSIFICATIONS IN THE UPCOMING ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) hosted today the second lecture in its international visitors’ series. Entitled “Promoting Democracy and Controlling Vote Fraud,” the ...COUNTRY OF MONOPOLIES
On March 16 the Collaboration for Open Society Initiative held a discussion on the relation of the Republic of Armenia and the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia. The author of the law is Speaker Tigran ...MANDATE IN RETURN FOR RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH ISSUE
Armen Ashotyan, running for parliament on the Republican ticket, N13, stated March 16 at the Pastark Club that he will abdicate from his mandate if the Karabakh issue is resolved. The member of parliament ...ASHOTYAN STINGS OSKANYAN
The Republican Party seems to have unsettled accounts with the foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan. It is possible that these accounts are with President Robert Kocharyan, but since the Republican Party ...AGHDAM IS OUR WHITE HOMELAND
The Armenian government gives no attention to the excavations by the Yerkir Union NGO near the city of Aghdam, which discovered the remains of the ancient town of Tigranakert and evidence to the ancient ...MINISTER OF CULTURE WAS INVITED TO OPENING OF SURB KHACH CHURCH IN VAN
In connection with the government decision on the cultural monuments which will not undergo demolition the Armenian minister of culture Hasmik Poghosyan stated in a news conference on May 16 that the ...
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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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