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Headlines for June 08, 2012

RUSSIAN ROCKET? VIDEO
Yesterday at about 21:40, a bright spot was noticed in the sky of Yerevan. Some of the witnesses said it looked like an UFO, some others - a falling meteorite. It disappeared shortly. Something similar ...
LAWYERS ATTACK "BASTION"
A group of lawyers from the Chamber of Advocates are going on a one-day strike on June 11 against the judicial system, in particular the Court of Cassation. This action is unprecedented in the history ...
ORANGE CUSTOMERS FOLLOW EURO 2012 THROUGH SMSS
Alongside with the start of the European Football Tournament today launched one of Football projects of Orange SMS broadcast service, which will be a real event for all Orange football-loving customers ...
WILL BAKU BE PRESSURED?
Russian ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko made an important statement: "It is evident that in order to avoid bloodshed the parties to the conflict need to sign an agreement on non-use of force ...
NOT A LARGE-SCALE WAR
Interview with Gurgen Yeghiazaryan, former deputy minister of National Security, member of Social-Democratic Hnchakyan Party Can the incidents on the border lead to a large-scale war? I exclude such a ...
PRELUDE OF ABSORPTION OF ARMENIA BY WEST
The United States, NATO the European Union and Armenia have exchanged sufficient convincing signals on the absorption of Armenia by the Western community.The West has already drafted the scheme and iteration ...
ARMENIAN-UZBEK ARMED CLASH PREVENTED
According to Interfax, in Sverdlovsk, Russia the police prevented a clash between Armenian and Uzbek people. 70 people were involved in the incident, the organizers and 18 activists have been detained. ...
WHY WEST CHOSE SERZH SARGSYAN
It is already stated openly that the West is firming its foothold in Armenia. At the same time, both the positive and negative factors of this process are mentioned. As a positive factor, integration ...
GOLDEN APRICOT AND EUROPEAN UNION INTRODUCED "DIRECTORS ACROSS BORDERS" PROGRAM
Today, the Golden Apricot international film festival and the EU delegation to Armenia held a press conference and introduced the Directors Across Borders program. The program /DAB/ is meant for the filmmakers ...
ARMENIA AND VIETNAM SIGNED COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
Currently on an official visit to Vietnam, Serzh Sargsyan visited in the morning the memorial to the Fallen Heroes and Ho Shi Mini Mausoleum. Later during the day, Serzh Sargsyan met with the president ...
PRICES ARE SET IN SARGSYAN'S OFFICE
ANC member, economist Vahagn Khachatryan says prices in Armenia are set in Serzh Sargsyan's office. According to him, centralization is so high in Armenia and the oligarchic thinking is so extensive that ...
STATEMENT BY ANC
The Armenian National Congress made a statement on the recent incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact, offering condolences to the relatives of killed soldiers and the residents of border ...
U.S. EMBASSY HOSTS MILITARY TRAINING ALUMNI
Ambassador John A. Heffern hosted a reception for 154 graduates of the International Military and Education Training (IMET) Program on June 8 at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan. Since 2002, over 150 graduates ...
CORRUPTION COUNCIL HAS DONE NOTHING SERIOUS
Chairman of the Armenian Union of Employers Gagik Makaryan said in today's press conference that 30 councils adjunct to the government are headed by the prime minister. It is impossible to ensure effectiveness. ...
ARMENIA OF IMPORTANT MISSION
The U.S. ambassador John Heffern summed up the regional visit of the U.S. Secretary Clinton in his video blog, concluding his narration by the following interesting statement, "Secretary urged more reform ...