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Headlines for October 12, 2011YEREVAN DOLPHINARIUM TO RECEIVE NEW PRIVILEGES TO PRESERVE DOLPHINS
YEREVAN. - Armenian government will prolong the custom regime for temporary import for the Dolphinarium-Nemo Company for another three years. Armenian Ministry of Economy offered the issue and it was ...AZERBAIJAN NOT TO GO BEYOND OSCE MG FORMAT - RUSSIAN EXPERT
MOSCOW. - OSCE is the only structure dealing with the security of Europe, no matter Azerbaijan likes it or not, head of Russian Centre for Military Forecast Anatoly Tsyganok told Armenian News-NEWS.am ...AZERBAIJAN BUILDS DEFENSIVE WALL IN LINE OF CONTACT
Azerbaijan is building a stone defensive wall in the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Karabakh armed forces, Azerbaijani ANS PRESS news agency reports.
It is explained by the fact that "the residents ...ARMENIAN PASSPORT ISSUING PROCESS NOT STOPPED - POLICE FORCE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force denies news that the process of issuing new passports to Armenian citizens is stopped.
"There is no shortage of passport forms in Armenia, and Armenia's citizens can ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION'S NEXT RALLY COULD BE 24/7 AND TERMLESS - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) stated, on many occasions, about the meaninglessness of dialogue with the authorities, Haykakan Zhamanak daily's chief editor and opposition member ...ARMENIA - IRELAND 1:2
DUBLIN. - Armenian Henrik Mkhitaryan scores the goal at 62nd minute in EURO 2012 qualifier against Ireland in Dublin Arena Tuesday.
Earlier Irish Richard Dunne scored the goal at 59th minute. Armenian ...ARMENIA - IRELAND 1:2 - GOALS BY ARMENIAN MKHITARYAN AND IRISH DUNNE (VIDEO)
DUBLIN. - Armenian News-NEWS.am presents video of the goals by Armenian Mkhitaryan and Irish Dunne. Armenian Henrik Mkhitaryan scored the goal at 62nd minute in EURO 2012 qualifier against Ireland in ...ARMENIA - IRELAND (1:2) - IRISH DOYLE DISMISSED
DUBLIN. - Irish Kevin Doyle was shown the second yellow card and dismissed on 81th minute of the EURO 2012 qualifier against Armenia in Dublin Arena Tuesday.
Earlier Armenian Henrik Mkhitaryan scored ...ARMENIA - IRELAND 1:2 - ALL GOALS (VIDEO)
DUBLIN. - Armenian National Football Team lost in the EURO 2012 qualifier against Ireland in Dublin Arena Tuesday scoring 1:2. Earlier during the game Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovski was shown the ...AZERBAIJANI BRANDY BLUFF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - This year Armenian brandy yielded its place to the Azerbaijani one in the Russian market; it was consumed less and occupied second place, Yerkir daily writes.
"This fact is surprising, since ...THEY "BROKE" ARMENIAN ACTRESS' "MAN" - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian actress Anzhela Sargsyan's "man" is facing most serious problems in the criminal world, Zhamanak daily writes. "Our sources inform that criminal authorities visited Karen Areyan, prior ...AMERICAN-ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN AND PEDOPHILIA SUSPECT NOT ACCEPTING CHARGES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Despite news being spread, proprietor of Akhtala Mine Enrichment Plant, American-Armenian businessman Serop Der-Boghossian, who is charged with child molestation, in the last court session ...US OFFICIAL TO VISIT ARMENIA, GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller will visit Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on October 14-19.
Rose Gottemoeller plans to hold meetings ...I AM PROUD OF MY PLAYERS - ARMENIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HEAD COACH
After its defeat against Ireland in its final match in Euro 2012 qualifiers, Armenian national football team's head coach Vardan Minasyan congratulated the Irish, during the press conference held after ...CENSUS STARTS IN ARMENIA
A census commenced in Armenia on Wednesday and it will continue until October 21. The National Commission on Preparation and Conduct of Census was established, in this connection, and it is chaired by ...ARMENIA PLAYED VERY WELL IN FIRST PERIOD - IRISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HEAD COACH
After defeating Armenia in the final match in Euro 2012 qualifiers and going to playoffs, Irish national football team's head coach Giovanni Trapattoni stated that Armenian national squad head coach Vardan ...GRENADE WENT OFF NEAR HOUSE IN VANADZOR
YEREVAN.- An unknown threw a grenade at the doorway of a house in the city of Vanadzor, Armenia.
Late on Tuesday evening a woman told police an explosion occurred in the courtyard of her house, police ...RUSSIAN CITIZEN ARRESTED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN.- A 17-year-old citizen of Russia wanted by Russian law enforcers was detained in Armenia's capital on Tuesday.
The young man has been on a wanted list of the Russian investigators since February ...8-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN OVER IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- An 8-year-old girl was run over in the Armenian city of Gyumri on Tuesday.
According to police press service, the girl was hospitalized after she had been run over by VAZ 2106 vehicle.SIMON COX SAYS BEREZOVSKY'S SENDING-OFF UNFAIR
Forward of the Irish squad Simon Cox said he doubted that Armenia's keeper Roman Berezovsky touched the ball by his arm.
Spanish referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez red-carded Berezovsky during the Euro ...MERCEDES BENZ CAUGHT IN FIRE IN ARMENIA'S HIGHWAY
YEREVAN.- A Mercedes Benz overturned and was completely destroyed by fire on the night of October 12 in Etchmiadzin-Margara highway in Armenia.
The driver is hospitalized, an investigation is underway, ...DRIVER INJURED AS THREE CARS COLLIDED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - GAZ-311000, Lexus and Mercedes Benz collided on Tuesday at 02.30 p.m. on Movses Khorenatsi Street in Yerevan.
GAZ vehicle driver was injured and hospitalized as a result f the collision, police ...TURKS INTENDED TO USE ARMENIAN LETTERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Hayatsk daily presented Jerusalem St. Hagopiants College's former teacher Mehruzhan Babajanian's conversation with Christianity Professor Apraham Derian, who said the following:
"During my ...ARMENIAN KEEPER'S CLAIMS HAD SOME MERIT - THE INDEPENDENT
British The Independent commented on the match between Armenia and Ireland saying sending-off the keeper was not as right as it may seem.
"Luck was with the Republic before the break, the dangerous Armenians ...ARMENIAN CHURCH IN DIYARBAKIR RESTORED, FIRST MASS ON OCTOBER 23
Restoration has ended at St. Giragos Armenian church in Diyarbakir, Turkey, which is one of the largest churches in the Middle East. The official reopening and consecration of the church will take place ...ANOTHER CABLE-CAR SYSTEM TO BE BUILT IN ARMENIA
The Akhtamar Company is planning on constructing another cable-car system in Armenia. It will be built in Gegharkunik Region. In 2009, the Company acquired from the Swiss Leitner Company, and imported ...AUSTRIAN FM OFFERS MEETING OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger introduced an initiative to hold meetings of religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Caucasus Muslims Sheikh-ul-Islam Allakhshukur Pashazade ...LARGE FIRE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service, on Tuesday evening, received a call on a fire at the warehouse of capital Yerevan's watch factory.
Two fire brigades and an operative team from the rescue force committee, ...GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION DIALOGUE TO RESUME SOONER OR LATER - ARMENIAN MP
YEREVAN.- The Armenian National Congress (ANC) would never gamble and will reach the desired goal, namely Serzh Sargsyan's resignation, under people's pressure, said secretary of one of Armenian opposition ...IF ALL ARMENIAN UNITE, THEY WILL BE LESS POWERFUL THAN REPUBLICAN OR PROSPEROUS PARTY-MP
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will not resign as there are no grounds for it, ruling Republican Party MP Rafik Petrosyan told the journalists on Wednesday.
"The opposition claims authorities ...JAVAKHK-ARMENIAN ACTIVIST ENDS HUNGER STRIKE
Javakhk-Armenian activist Vahagn Chakhalyan, whom Georgian authorities had sentenced to 10 years in confinement and who is serving his sentence at a top-security prison in Georgia, ended his hunger strike ...I DON'T WANT TO TELL STORIES TO MY CHILDREN ANYMORE - ARMENIAN OF ISTANBUL
Representatives of the Armenian community of Istanbul met with Turkey's Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin and Bakirkoy Mayor Ates Unal Erzen.
Armenian community representatives stressed they express ...DRIVER INJURED AS TWO VEHICLES BURNED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A vehicle burned on Echmiadzin-Margara road on Wednesday. Burned Mercedes vehicle belonged to Karo Simonyan, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. The driver ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES EGYPT'S NEW AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Newly appointed Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia, Mohamed Alaaeldin Saad Elleissy, on Wednesday presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
President Sargsyan ...AZERBAIJANI MFA HAS HABIT OF MAKING ABSURD STATEMENTS - ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY
YEREVAN. - Statement by Azerbaijani MFA official that the relationship between Armenia and Russia cause instability in the region is another absurdity, MP from ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov ...EU OFFICIAL AGAIN EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER CONVICTS IN AZERBAIJAN
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton issued another statement on conviction of peaceful demonstrators in Azerbaijan.
"The High Representative recalls the previous ...EUROPEAN MEDIA SPREADS RUMORS ABOUT BIRTH OF SARKOZY'S SON
A son Vadim was born into the family of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said French Plurielles, with a reference to Luxembourg radio RTL2 citing an anonymous source at the Elysee Palace.
A reliable ...YEREVAN TO HOST CROSSING OF PARALLELS INTERNATIONAL ART SEMINAR
YEREVAN. - Yerevan will host Crossing of Parallels international modern art seminar on October 14-16. Discussions, lectures and presentations are planned within its frameworks.
Georgian and German modern ...$3,997,580 MUST BE INVESTED ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. - In 2012 the Government will implement measures to stimulate business development, and a part of the state budget will be directed toward the materialization of this policy, Armenian PM Tigran ...PACE NOT VOTED ON REINSTATING SUBCOMMITTEE ON KARABAKH - ARMENIAN MP
The matter of reinstating the Subcommittee on Karabakh was not voted on at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and Azerbaijani delegation head Samed Seyidov's declaration, that ...BOYS AND GIRLS TO SIT ONE METER FAR FROM EACH OTHER AT TURKISH SCHOOLS
ANKARA. - The Turkish society was surprised by the decision of the Muradpasha region administration, Antalya, Turkey.
The decision states that boys and girls should have their seats in a meter distance ...AZERBAIJAN NOT TO HESITATE IF IT HAD OPPORTUNITY OF BLITZKRIEG - EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Nagorno-Karabakh will not face a wide range of military actions, especially involving large forces on both sides, head of the Alte Et Certe analytical bureau Andrei Yepifantsev stated at the ...WHOLESALE PRICE OF INTERNET IS REDUCED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia on Wednesday fixed a new wholesale price for Internet, which is 35,600 drams (approx. $95 US) for 1MB/second, PSRC member Samvel ...ARMENIAN GYUMRI CITY HELD PROTEST AGAINST POVERTY (PHOTOS)
GYUMRI. - About 30 young people from different NGOs held protest under 'no to price increase' slogan on Wednesday. The event was organized by Oxfam Company, which runs worldwide actions under "Let's See ...NO DEMAND FOR EXPENSIVE US DOLLAR ON ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN.-No foreign currency transactions were made on NASDAQ OMX Armenia for the second consecutive day.
On Wednesday US dollar was offered at the rate of AMD 376/$1 but found no buyers. Armenian dram ...ARMENIAN PM TO ATTEND MEETING OF CIS HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS
YEREVAN.- Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will leave for Saint Petersburg on October 18 to participate in the work of a regular meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Governments.
The Armenian ...CIS MEMBER STATES' INTERIOR MINISTERS TO MEET IN YEREVAN
A regular meeting of the Council of Interior Ministers of the CIS member states will be held in Yerevan on October 13-15.
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Secretary of National Security Council Arthur ...ARMENIAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS SHOWED PROFESSIONAL GAME - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan commented on the Armenian national football match with Ireland in Dublin when distributing awards on education sphere.
"Armenian football players showed a ...ARMENIA HOSTS EVENTS DEDICATED TO ITALY'S WEEK
A number of events dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Unity will be held in Armenia on October 17-22.
The program of events will feature lectures, theatre performances, concerts and operas, ...ARMENIAN WORLD MAGAZINE PRESENTATION TOOK PLACE - PM IS EXCITED
YEREVAN. - The Armenian World magazine presentation took place in Yerevan on Wednesday. Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan also participated in the presentation.
The PM thanked the authors and founders of the ...WE NEED TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE YOUTH - PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with award winners and organizers of competition in creative and scientific works, held by the Union of Armenians of Russia and World Armenian Congress, ...
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