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Published on November 18, 2008
CITIZENS OF ARMENIA DIE IN TURKEY
In Turkey the bus traveling from Trapizon for Georgia crashed, killing four. Two were citizens of Armenia, two were citizens of Georgia. The bus ran into the transmission tower, Regnum reports, referring to the consular division of the Georgian foreign ministry. 25 passengers were injured. The dead passengers have not been identified yet since they had no documents and crossed the border illegally. The bus belonged to the Turkish travel agency Madmudtour.
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Headlines for November 18, 2008EDIK BAGHDASARYAN WAS ASSAULTED
1In the evening of November 17, Edik Baghdasaryan, chair of the Association of Investigative Reporters, editor of Hetq.am was assaulted by “unknown people”. Edik Baghdasaryan investigates breaches by the ...BRYZA MET WITH OPPOSITION
On November 16 the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the leader of the People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan, the leader of the Republic Party Aram Sargsyan and member of the political ...EYES WIDE SHUT
There is a type of people in Armenia, certainly patriotic, even very patriotic people making a group or a category or maybe a social group, who accuse anyone who utters a loud analysis, concern or even ...ARMENIA TO PLAY WITH AZERBAIJAN
After the fifth round on the World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, the men team of Armnia shares places 1-6 with the teams of Russia, Germany, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, England with 9 points. And the women’s team ...PRIME MINISTER PROPOSED CONSIDERING LOAN SOONER
Today Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the representatives of the World Bank Yerevan office led by country director Aristomene Varudakis. Tigran Sargsyan proposed that the representatives of the ...SETTLEMENT IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE SETTLEMENT
All through the settlement of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh there were moments when the situation appeared crucial, deciding, when the historical decision seemed close. For instance, a few years ...AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRALIA EXTENDED CREDENTIALS
The new ambassador of Australia to Armenia Margaret Twomey (Moscow) extended her credentials to Serge Sargsyan, the press office of the president reports. The interlocutors discussed the prospects of ...PRIME MINISTER VISITED EDIK BAGHDASARYAN
Today Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited Edik Baghdasaryan, chair of the Association of Investigative Journalists, the editor of Hetq.am, who was assaulted on the eve, at St. Grigor Lusavorich Medical ...IMF APPROVED LOAN FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN ARMENIA
On November 17, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three year, SDR 9.2 million (about US$13.6 million) arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility ...ARMENIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT PROPOSES FEDERATION IN GEORGIA
With aspiration to NATO and ethnic hotbeds of internal instability, Georgia is a source of instability in the region. The author of this thought is the leader of the Javakheti Union of Compatriots, Republican ...ARMENIANS OF JAVAKHETI ARE READY FOR EVERYTHING
The leader of the Javakheti Union of Compatriots, Republican Member of Parliament Shirak Torosyan again brought up the issue of Javakheti and the Armenians of Georgia on November 18 at the Pastark press ...MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WORRIES ABOUT BEHAVIOR OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH
On these days the problems with the Armenian church in Georgia has reoccurred. The story repeats, about which the Republican Member of Parliament Shirak Torosyan, the leader of Javakheti Union of Compatriots, ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS DISCUSSED RESUMPTION OF RALLIES
The coordinator of the Armenian National Congress was invited to the live talk show 25 Minutes on the Public Television on November 18 but the host Armen Dulyan called him and said the show will be put ...SHOW UP AFTER POLICE SUMMONS
Levon Zurabyan, the coordinator of the Armenian National Congress, confirmed on November 18 at the Pastark press club that the leaders of parties which are members of the ANC got the invitation of the ...DEFENDER CONDEMNED THE INCIDENT
On November 18 the human rights defender Armen Harutiunyan released a statement on the assault on the reporter Edik Baghdasaryan on the eve. Edik Baghdasaryan was beaten by three in the evening of November ...CITIZENS OF ARMENIA DIE IN TURKEY
In Turkey the bus traveling from Trapizon for Georgia crashed, killing four. Two were citizens of Armenia, two were citizens of Georgia. The bus ran into the transmission tower, Regnum reports, referring ...
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