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Headlines for August 01, 2008TODAY THE NATIONAL ARMENIAN CONGRESS WILL BE BORN
The Center of the Popular Movement has released a statement which holds. “The rally of the Popular Movement on August 1 will be a turning point in the political life of Armenia. On this day, in front ...A BUILDING NEAR MATENADARAN
Recently one of the main topics of the government propaganda of Armenia has been the response of the Armenian businessmen abroad to Serge Sargsyan’s appeal and their willingness to make investments in ...POLICE PATROL ROADS TO YEREVAN
3From early morning today the police of Armenia patrol the roads to Yerevan. The police check all the cars and coaches. It is connected with the rally of the Popular Movement today.KARABAKH A RED CLOTH
The special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office Heikki Talvitie stated in Baku that the settlement of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh should be based on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, ...USAID TO SUPPORT DIASPORA COMMITTEE
On July 31 Hranush Hakobyan, the chair of the State Committee of Relations with the Diaspora of the foreign ministry, met with the USAID senior assistant coordinator for Europe and Eurasia S. Ken Yamashita ...NEW ROAD JUNCTION OPENS TO TRAFFIC IN YEREVAN
Today a new junction at the intersection of Tigran Mets and Khanjyan Street was opened to traffic in Yerevan. Mayor Yervand Zakharyan said in the opening ceremony the government allocated 1 million 845 ...YOUNG CONSERVATIVES JOIN ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
On July 31 the Union of Young Conservatives reasserted its commitment made in the UYC congress on May 9 to become part of the Armenian National Congress, and voiced confidence that by joint effort the ...GAGIK JHANGIRYAN’S SUIT WAS DECLINED
Today the administrative court of Yerevan declined the suit of Gagik Jhangiryan against the president of Armenia. Jhangiryan demands repealing the two February 23 decrees of Robert Kocharyan on dismissing ...WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE OF SECOND GENERATION REFORM
On August 1 the sociologist Aaron Adibekyan hosted at the Tesaket Club urged the government not to have the ordinary citizens pay the price of the second generation reform. The sociologist said when the ...GALUST SAHAKYAN’S EXPECTATIONS ARE ORDINARY, NOT STRONG
The deputy leader of the Republican Party Galust Sahakyan who was hosted at the Tesaket Club on August 1, made a statement-opinion on the opposition several hours before the rally of the opposition. Galust ...GOES ON DOING WHAT TER-PETROSYAN SAID FOOLS DO
In fact, Levon Ter-Petrosyan has already left politics, and his efforts aim to retreat, besides he owes morally to those people who are arrested, therefore he continues to take certain steps. The author ...GALUST LIKE ROBERT
On August 1 the deputy leader of the Republican Party Galust Sahakyan made rather tough statements on the opposition. His statements were in the spirit of Robert Kocharyan’s recent interviews. In particular, ...POLITICAL NOSTRADAMUS FORECASTS NEW OPPOSITION IN FALL
Galust Sahakyan who is famous for his political forecasts stated August 1 at the Tesaket Club that in fall when a lot of questions will have been answered a new opposition will emerge in the country which ...THE TRAIN OF BECOMING OPPOSITION LEFT
Nothing will happen to the coalition, and the coalition is not perpetual, and as to being opposition inside the government, those times have passed, the train has left, now it is impossible to be opposition ...AND AGAIN ON RECALLING RAFFI HOVANNISIAN
The deputy leader of the Republican Party Galust Sahakyan who held a news conference on August 1 at the Tesaket Club said he can call himself a political figure with a reservation and also said that being ...FIVE SERVICE CENTERS FOR TAXPAYERS
Five service centers for taxpayers will be set up in Armenia by the end of 2009, said the first deputy chief of the State Tax Service Aaron Chilingaryan. “Top specialists will be employed at the centers ...NOW IT’S COACH STATIONS’ TURN
The minister of communication and transport Gurgen Sargsyan stated August 1 that it is foreseen to put out the management of the coach stations of Armenia to international tender, ARKA reports. Gurgen ...WITH AMD 25 MILLION ASSISTANCE FROM VIVACELL, 3 NEW RECREATION GROUNDS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN THE CHARENTSAVAN
VivaCell, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), announces that today, with AMD 25 million assistance from VivaCell, 3 new recreation grounds have been opened in the city of Charentsavan. ...DECLARATION ON ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS READ
In the rally in front of Matenadaran the deputy leader of the Democratic Way Party Vardan Grigoryan who conducted the rally read the declaration of the Armenian National Congress. The declaration holds ...SIT-DOWN PROTEST WILL CONTINUE FOR 5 MORE WEEKS
In today’s rally in front of Matenadaran it was stated that the sit-down protest on North Avenue will continue for five more weeks, until the release of the report of the PACE monitoring committee. And ...MANUK GASPARYAN’S SON WILL RUN IN LOCAL ELECTION
The deputy leader of the Democratic Way Party Vardan Grigoryan stated in today’s rally that in the election of the mayor of Kanaker-Zeytun community of Yerevan in September the Popular Movement will support ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1680 Death of Catholicos Hakob the Fourth (Jughayetsee). He accompanied Israel Oree to Europe, seeking assistance from the Christian states for Armenian emancipation.
- 1766 Catholicos Simeon Yerevantsi sends a message to Tsarina Ekaterina (Catherine) the Second, asking for help on behalf of Armenia.
- 1812 The "Deetak Byoozantion" periodical was published until September 1816 in Constantinople.
- 1817 Birth of Hovhannes Aivazovsky (seascape artist) in Feodosia (the Ukraine). He died in 1900.
- 1862 Armenians meet in Constantinople and ask the Sultan to ratify the National Constitution.
- 1894 Defense of Sassoon (Western Armenia) against Turkish attacks.
- 1896 500 Kurds are brought to Constantinople by the Turkish Government to help carry out the Genocide of the Armenians there.
- 1903 Birth of Goorgen Mahari (writer). He died in 1969.
- 1905 Tsar Nicholas the Second abrogates his 1903 06 12 law closing Armenian Parish Schools. They are reopened.
- 1914 With the start of the First World War on this day, all previous agreements concerning Armenia were ignored. The Armenians were in imminent danger: in fact, the Armenian Genocide started eight months later.
- 1918 Opening of the First Parliament of the Armenian Republic under the presidency of Father Abraham (Aveteek Sahakian).
- 1919 The Armenian Parliament opens in Yerevan.
- 1919 The Azerbaijani Government and the Artsakh National Council sign a Provisional Treaty.
- 1934 Opening of the First Congress of Armenia's Soviet Writers.
- 1954 The All-Union Agricultural Exhibition reopens in Moscow.
- 1997 On the appointment of Artsakh President Kocharian to the post of Prime Minister of Armenia, by President Ter-Petrossian of Armenia, the minister of Foreign Affairs for Artsakh, Arkady Ghoukasian is elected President of Artsakh for a five-year term.
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