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ARMENIAN PRIEST DEFROCKED FOR EXPRESSING CONDOLENCE TO ERDOGAN
- An Armenian priest was defrocked for publishing condolence letter in Turkish press on death of Premier Erdogan's mother.
Members of the council of Armenian Surb Khach church in Istanbul's Uskyudar district decided to publish a condolence letter to Premier Erdogan on the occasion of his mother's death, Turkey-based Armenian Agos newspaper reports.
The move was negatively perceived by Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople Aram Ateshyan.
Ateshyan defrocked the priest of Surb Khch church Koryun Fenerjyan for publishing a letter without holding consultations with patriarchate.
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Headlines for October 18, 20111915 EVENTS WERE GENOCIDE - TURKISH MP
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ISTANBUL. - Turkish MP from Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, Altan Tan restated his words recently said in the international scientific conference in Artuklu University in Mardin, Turkey in the interview ...US JET LANDED BECAUSE OF DRUNK ARMENIAN
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WASHINGTON. - Airplane flying from New York to Los-Angeles had to land because of a fight instigated by one of the passengers. The identity of the passenger is revealed. He is Long Island resident of ...‘WESTERN ARMENIA: LOST MOTHERLAND' MOVIE PRESENTATION HELD IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY. - Western Armenia: Lost Motherland movie presentation was held in Australia, at the event organized by the Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC Australia).
The documentary movie showed ...AUSTRALIAN SENATOR CALLS TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN, GREEK AND ASSYRIAN GENOCIDES
Australian Senator Nick Xenophon reaffirmed the historical reality of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocides, paving the way for the Upper House to officially recognize these crimes against humanity.
Speaking ...IF WORLD WAS GUIDED BY AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT'S LOGIC, NEW STATES WOULD NOT HAVE EMERGED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Hayots Ashkharh daily conducted an interview with ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP and press secretary Eduard Sharmazanov:
Is it not worrisome [Azerbaijani President ...ARMENIAN MOD'S SEVERAL HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS TO BE ARRESTED? - NEWSPAPER
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YEREVAN. - Towards the autumn military service calls, several high-ranking officials are expected to be arrested in Armenian MOD, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"According to trustworthy sources, the reason ...ARMENIAN STUDENT DEFEATS RUSSIA'S FORMER CHESS CHAMPION
STAVROPOL. - Armenian school student Ara Beglaryan surprised everyone during the blitz chess championship being held in Kislovodsk, Russia, as he defeated Grandmaster Alexander Lastin, Russia's 2004 chess ...UEFA UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS: ARMENIA 3 - WALES 2
At UEFA Under-17 Championship qualifiers, which got underway in Serbia, Armenia's national football team played against Wales in Group 9 and defeated their opponent by a score of 3-2.
Serbia and Armenia ...ARMENIAN DELEGATION ATTENDS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ASSEMBLY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's parliamentary delegation, led by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, attended, in Berlin on Sunday, official opening of the 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary ...SERVICEMAN ARRESTED FOR DEATH OF SOLDIER IN KARABAKH MILITARY UNIT
YEREVAN. - A soldier is detained in connection with the death of Lance Corporal Yurik Nersisyan, who was serving at a military unit in Mataghis, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Along the lines of the ...AIR TEMPERATURE DOWN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The air temperature will go down by 3-7 degrees in Armenia in the coming days.
In Yerevan +15 degrees are expected, light rain is possible.
According to forecasts, precipitations are not likely ...ARMENIAN MILITARY DOCTOR DETAINED FOR RECEIVING BRIBE
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD's Yerevan Garrison Military Hospital's Head of Psychiatric Department, Medical Service Major Vaghinak Hovhannisyan, on Monday was taken into custody on charges of bribery.
As ...ARMENIAN PRIEST DEFROCKED FOR EXPRESSING CONDOLENCE TO ERDOGAN
1An Armenian priest was defrocked for publishing condolence letter in Turkish press on death of Premier Erdogan's mother.
Members of the council of Armenian Surb Khach church in Istanbul's Uskyudar district ...SCHOOL DAMAGED BY RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIAN GARNI
GARNI. - Walls of the school were damaged as a result of the recent earthquake occurred in Garni village of Armenian Kotayk Region.
As a result of the earthquake, the ceiling of the first floor of school ...MENTALLY ILL RESCUED FROM FIRE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations at 03.30 p.m. received a call about fire in Yerevan on Monday.
Fire was put out before the firemen arrived at the scene. The apartment was partially ...TWO INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENTS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A car accident occurred on Myasnikyan Avenue at around 4.00 a. m. on Monday The GAZ 3102 crashed into the concrete separation barrier. The diver was taken to hospital with physical injuries, ...SERJ TANKIAN SUPPORTS OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT
Front man of System of A Down Serj Tankian, Armenian by origin, voiced support for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"I hope that the Occupy Wall Street movement truly turns into a political force that ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION'S RALLY TO STAGE DECLARATIONS ON PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Rallies of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) cannot be considered a failure, ANC member Zoya Tadevosyan stated during a press conference on Tuesday.
"Our activities are carried ...IF ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION MEMBER ABANDONS COALITION MEMORANDUM, ITS IMAGE WOULD TARNISH - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - If ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party abandons the coalition memorandum, its image would tarnish, coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Lernik Aleksanyan stated during a ...BRIEFING ON KARABAKH'S RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION HELD IN US
On the occasion of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's twentieth anniversary of independence, the Armenian Assembly's Northern California Regional Council (NCRC) held a briefing featuring Robert Avetisyan, ...ARMENIAN INVOLVED IN MEDICARE FRAUD WAS PAID $5,000
Russian citizens, suspects in Medicare fraud, Igor Shevchuk and Arsen Bejanyan, Armenian by origin, received $5,000 each for using their personal data to open a bank account with forged documents.
They ...TAX RATES TO CHANGE IN 2012 - ARMENIAN FINANCE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia is discussing a new package of tax changes, which will probably be sent to the parliament at the end of October, Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan stated during ...ANCIENT CITY OF ANI VICTIM OF VANDALISM-EXPERT
YEREVAN. - An album dedicated to the history of Ani architecture will be published on the occasion of 1050 anniversary of the ancient Armenian city, expert on Armenian architecture Samvel Karapetyan said ...ARMENIA'S COACH HAPPY WITH RESULTS, NOT LAST MATCH
YEREVAN.- Head coach of Armenian football team Vardan Minasyan summed up results of Euro 2012 qualifying round during a press conference held on Tuesday.
According to him, young players are backbone of ...2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP STRONGER - ARMENIA'S COACH
YEREVAN.- Armenia's coach Vardan Minasyan said 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying group is stronger than Euro2012 group.
However, the coach considers it may be even better for the Armenian team as players ...WORLD BANK PREPARES NEW REPORT ON ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit for Europe and Central Asia Region presented a report entitled "Armenia: A Study of State Expenditure - Fiscal Consolidation and ...ARMENIAN FINANCE MINISTER REACTS TO STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE
YEREVAN. - Reforms in the business environment could cause certain problems for the collection of some types of tax, Armenian Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan on Tuesday told Armenian News-NEWS.am, ...ARMENIA'S KEEPER HAS NO INTENTION TO LEAVE - HEAD COACH
YEREVAN.- Goalkeeper of Armenia's national team Roman Berezovsky does not have intention to leave, coach Vardan Minasyan told journalists on Tuesday.
Minasyan stressed he had talked to Berezovsky who ...YEREVAN'S DEPUTY MAYOR LEAVES FOR STRASBOURG
YEREVAN.- First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan left on Monday for a three-day working visit to Strasbourg.
He will attend the 21st plenary session of Council of Europe's Congress of Local and ...GREEK COMPANY TO BUILD AUTOMATIC UNDERGROUND PARKING IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN
YEREVAN. - Greek Teotek company plans to elaborate and implement a project regarding automatic underground parking construction in Yerevan downtown, city hall press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Representatives ...VARDAN MINASYAN TO ARMENIAN SQUAD'S PLAYERS
YEREVAN.- Armenia's coach Vardan Minasyan said he is grateful to all the players for their professional skills and human qualities.
Minasyan said the players were happy to come to the matches of the national ...BAKU.AM WEBSITE ALSO AVAILABLE IN AZERBAIJANI
YEREVAN.- Baku.am website is now available in Azerbaijani language as well. The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute presents a unique website covering the social, cultural and business life of the Armenian ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRINCE OF MONACO
YEREVAN. - Vigen Chitechyan, Armenia's Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, on October 11 presented his credentials to Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco.
During the private conversation held ...BRITISH AMBASSADORS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS WELCOME UN RESOLUTION ON OLYMPIC TRUCE
British Ambassadors in the South Caucasus have welcomed adoption of a UN Resolution on the Olympic Truce entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". The resolution ...ARMENIA IS PROTECTED AGAINST ECONOMIC CRISIS - WORLD BANK OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - The economic crisis in Europe could firstly affect the countries of Southeast Europe, World Bank representative Yvonne Tsikata stated, during a briefing with news reporters on Tuesday, speaking ...OSCE REPORT CALLS FOR IMPROVED WITNESS PROTECTION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - International standards for the protection of witnesses, procedural measures during investigation and adjudication processes, and practical recommendations for improvement of witness protection ...SOCIAL SURVEY REVEALS 27.4% OF ARMENIANS MAKE OFFENSIVE REMARKS HEARING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS
YEREVAN. - Social survey results reveal that 72.1% of respondents have negative attitude towards homosexuals in Armenia, sociologist at "Socio scope" social survey center Arus Harutyunyan said at a press ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA TO VISIT GEORGIA
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will pay a three-day visit to Georgia in early November, said spokesperson for the Georgian President Manana Manjgaladze, Novosti Gruziya reported.
Earlier the Georgian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES HEAD OF POLISH NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday received Stanislaw Koziej, Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland.
Underscoring that relations between the two countries are growing regularly ...BREAD TO BE LABELED IN ARMENIA - GOVERNMENT
YEREVAN. - The sanitary hygienic norms related to production, packaging, and transportation of the bread are not maintained properly in Armenia, head of the Food Security State Service Control Arthur ...EXHIBITION ON ARMENIA'S LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT SYSTEM TO BE HELD IN COE SITTING
YEREVAN. - Armenian delegation, led by Deputy PM and Regional Governance Minister Armen Gevorgyan, will attend, in Strasbourg, France, in the 21st Sitting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY MOD AND US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSSED CFE TREATY
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy MOD Davit Tonoyan received U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary ...US DOLLAR GOES UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- The average US dollar/AMD exchange rate made AMD 377.25/$1 on NASDAQ OMX Armenia, Tuesday. It is the highest exchange rate registered over the last 4.5 months.
Sales totaled $1.5 million which ...ARMENIAN FM RECEIVES US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
YEREVAN. - The United States appreciates Armenia's contribution to international and regional security and underscores the collaboration with Armenia in those domains, US Assistant Secretary of State ...MOST OF YEREVAN SHOPS DO NOT MEET FOOD SAFETY DEMANDS
YEREVAN. - The monitoring in 2500 Yerevan grocery stores revealed that 80% do not meet food safety demands, said head of food safety department at the Agriculture Ministry Arthur Varzhapetyan.
According ...ALCOHOL QUALITY NOT INSPECTED IN ARMENIA?
YEREVAN. - Alcohol drinks are not inspected, head of the State Food Security Service Control Arthur Varzhapetyan said on Tuesday.
He explained it by stating that the Service gets no calls from medical ...UN READY TO CONTINUE COOPERATION WITH ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
YEREVAN. - UN pays importance to the role of education in society and is ready to continue cooperation with Armenian Ministry of Education and Science, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative ...US APPRECIATES ARMENIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECURITY
YEREVAN. - U.S. appreciates Armenia's contribution to international and regional security, and attaches importance to cooperation with Armenia in these areas, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for ...STATUS QUO IN KARABAKH CANNOT CONTINUE FOR LONG TIME - US OFFICIAL
BAKU. - U.S. as a mediator in Karabakh peace process within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group is ready to continue steps aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict, US Deputy Secretary of State ...ANOTHER HAYPOST OFFICE OPENS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Another office of Haypost opened in one of Yerevan districts on Tuesday.
"Haypost Marathon 2011" is in its final stage. Almost every day official reopening of one postal office takes place.
Management ...YOUNG MAN WHO RAPED 83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN ARMENIA WAS SENTENCED EARLIER
YEREVAN. - It was revealed that the young man who raped 83-year-old woman on Monday in Armenian Tavush Region was sentenced earlier for the sexual violation.
Armenian News-NEWS.am has informed that the ...ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN PMS MEET IN ST PETERSBURG
ST PETERSBURG. - Armenian and Russian PMs Tigran Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday in St Petersburg. The sides discussed issues of current economic situation and bilateral trade-economic cooperation.
"I ...ARMENIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES DIFFERENT VERSIONS ON BUSINESSMAN SUICIDE
YEREVAN. - Police investigates 6-7 versions on Armenian businessman, Aray chain store owner death case. Head of Abovyan city police department said he believes it is a suicide, Radio Liberty reports.
Regarding ...MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT IN ARMENIAN VANADZOR (PHOTOS)
VANADZOR. - A massive car accident occurred in Vabadzor on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. An Opel, Niva and Gazelle crashed into each other on Tigran Mets Avenue in front of Avangard cafe.
The Gazelle left the ...
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