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Headlines for December 03, 2011ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT MARSEILLE ON DECEMBER 7-8
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the 20th International Congress of the European People's Party on December 7-8, Nouvelle d'Armenie informs.
According to the invitation ...TEENAGE BOY ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE ON CAMERA IN TURKEY (VIDEO)
ANTALYA. - A 19-year-old S. O. complained of being neglected and jumped from the 8th floor of a half built building in Antalya, Turkey. The video camera of the Turkish DHA agency filmed the moment when ...KIM KARDASHIAN'S STORY STARTING WITH HER GRANDFATHER - SUN (PHOTOS)
The British tabloid The Sun dedicated a whole article to the famous socialite Kim Kardashian's family after visiting the village, were the family of one of world's most famous Armenian originates. The ...WHY IS AZERBAIJAN INVESTING IN VOLATILE NORTH CAUCASUS?
BAKU. - Azerbaijan's oligarchs who hold top official posts have discovered a new "hotbed" for investments; it is the volatile North Caucasus.
For several days, a representational group from the Azerbaijani ...CONDOMINIUM SERVICE CHARGES TO INCREASE IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Companies providing condominium services have also decided to follow the growing inflation in Armenia, Yerkir daily writes.
"According to our information, the charges of companies providing ...ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION CAN COOPERATE WITH RULING COALITION PARTY, IF IT LEAVES COALITION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - While the political field awaits ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan's answer to opposition Armenian National Congress' (ANC) leader, and Armenia's First ...I AM NOT ARMENIA'S POLICE CHIEF, BUT RATHER ANTI-EPIDEMIC STATION CHIEF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan recently joked that in reality he is not the police chief, but rather the anti-epidemic station chief, since he is combating against mice, toads, and ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY MP AND PRESS SECRETARY TO BECOME DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BY SPECIAL SESSION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - During National Assembly's (NA) next session, which will get underway on Monday, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will be unable to bring to fruition one of RPA Board ...ARMENIA'S BERD-CHAMBARAK HIGHWAY CLOSED DUE TO SNOWSTORM
YEREVAN. - All highways in Armenia, except for the Berd-Chambarak, are open, as of Saturday, 10 p.m.
The Berd-Chambarak Highway is closed due to snowstorm, the Ministry of Emergency Situations Press Service ...POLISH AND ROMANIAN OFFICERS HOLD LECTURES AT ARMENIA'S MILITARY INSTITUTE
YEREVAN. - Polish and Romanian lecturers, from the international expert group that provides assistance to Armenia's military-education reforms, were in the capital Yerevan from Monday to Saturday.
The ...ARMENIAN CARGO TRUCKS AT UPPER LARS BORDER CHECKPOINT START MOVING
YEREVAN. - With the help of special heavy trucks provided by Armenia, Armenian cargo trucks at Upper Lars border checkpoint have started to move on Saturday. Georgia's Minister of Infrastructures and ...BODY OF A 77-YEAR-OLD FOUND IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - On Friday, Armenia's Rescue Service received a call from the police hotline that a capital Yerevan apartment resident was not answering to the telephone calls and doorbells, and that there ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT MEETS WITH EDUARDO EURNEKIAN
STEPANAKERT. - On Friday, President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, Bako Sahakyan met in Buenos Aires with renowned Diaspora Armenian philanthropist, Eduardo Eurnekian.
Issues related ...KARABAKH'S INDEPENDENCE NOT SUBJECT TO SPECULATIONS - BAKO SAHAKYAN
President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited on Friday Argentinean Council on Foreign Relations (CARI) located in capital Buenos Aires to deliver a lecture.
President touched upon the ...TWO CAR ACCIDENTS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Opel Calibra vehicle crashed with a VAZ 21-07 in Yerevan on Friday at around 11.00 a.m.
The driver of the Opel Calibra was taken to hospital with physical injuries, the press service of the ...ARMENIAN TEENAGER SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH FATHER'S GUN - POLICE
MASIS. - The police station of Masis city received a call on Friday at around 9.00 p.m. informing that 17-year-old Aram A. from Darakert village was delivered to hospital with gun injury.
As the press ...MAN WANTED FOR TRAFFICKING BROUGHT TO ARMENIA FROM RUSSIA
YEREVAN. - Artyom Aydinyan, 31, who was wanted for trafficking, was brought to Armenia by Moscow-Yerevan flight on Friday evening. The group of Armenian policemen accompanied him.
Aydinyan has been wanted ...WANTED CONVICT ARRESTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The police officers of the criminal investigation department and of Masis police station discovered and arrested previously convicted 25-year-old Tigran Margaryan in Masis on Friday.
He has ...US VICE PRESIDENT WISHES THAT ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS BE RATIFIED QUICKLY
During his meetings in Turkey with the country's president and parliament speaker, US Vice President Joe Biden also reflected on the matter of the regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations.
Biden expressed ...SYRIA CLOSES ONE OF ITS CONSULATES IN TURKEY
Syria has closed consulate in the city of Gaziantep (Ayntab) in Turkey.
A sign saying that the consulate is closed appeared near the entrance, Hurriyet newspaper reports.
The newspaper says no official ...ROBBERY AT ANOTHER YEREVAN POST OFFICE
YEREVAN. - An unidentified person holding a knife robbed a Haypost Company post office branch, in Armenian capital Yerevan's Arabkir Administrative Region, on Saturday morning, and stole 23,177,000 drams ...WHICH ARE "RIGHT" CHOICE AND "RIGHT" GOVERNMENT IN ARMENIA?
YEREVAN. - The intellects speak before every election, but afterward neither the people, nor the political parties listen to them, poet Razmik Davoyan stated, during a press conference on Saturday, adding ...JUNIOR EUROVISION 2011 KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA TONIGHT
YEREVAN.- The opening ceremony of Junior Eurovision 2011 will be held this evening in Yerevan. The ceremony will be held at 11:30 pm at Karen Demirchyan Concert and Sports complex in Armenia's capital. ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE MORE THAN 220 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire more than 220 times, in the past week, at the line of contact between Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.
Through different weaponry, vanguard subdivisions ...TURKEY PROHIBITS SELLING HUNTING WEAPONS TO TOURISTS AFTER SHOOTING IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL. - Turkish police prohibited to sell hunting weapons to tourists after the Libyan citizen attacked security employees at Topkapi, one of the most famous tourist centers in Istanbul on November ...YEREVAN TO HOLD GREEN ECONOMY CONFERENCE
YEREVAN. - German society for international cooperation (GIZ) organizes Armenian-German conference on Green economy on December 6. Its motto for this year is "Responsible economic action - sustainable ...ARMENIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WILL COMPETE FOR SUMMER OLYMPICS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's long-jumpers Vardan Pahlevanyan and Arsen Sargsyan, archer Melik Janoyan, and young triple-jumper Levon Aghasaryan are competing successfully to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, ...NEW DETAILS ON ROBBERY AT YEREVAN POST OFFICE BRANCH
YEREVAN. - New details are ascertained on Saturday morning's robbery at a Haypost Company post office branch in Armenian capital Yerevan. A person wearing a mask had entered the branch and, threatening ...ARMENIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES BOARD VISIT NATIONAL HERO'S TOMB
YEREVAN. - In honor of Armenian National hero Movses Gorgisyan's 50th birthday anniversary Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan and the Armed Forces board visited Tsitsernakaberd memorial on Saturday to ...ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN IWF GRAND PRIX - RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S CUP
YEREVAN. - Armenian weightlifters will not participate in the IWF Grand Prix - President's Cup, to be held on December 16-18 in Belgorod.
Ruben Aleksanyan and Hripsime Khurshudyan in the categories of ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SENDS MESSAGE TO DISABLED WAR VETERANS
YEREVAN. - Observing the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Armenia's Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan on Saturday sent a message to Armenian war veterans and military servicemen who became ...YEREVAN MAYOR VISITS EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY YOUNG ARMENIAN WOMEN
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan visited exhibition-fair organized by the Association of Armenia's young women.
Margaryan got acquainted with the products and did some shopping, municipality press ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS DISABLED WAR VETERAN
YEREVAN. - Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, on Saturday, Armenia's Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan and senior commanders of the Armed Forces paid visits to disabled veterans ...THERE ARE CLOSE TO 100 THOUSAND UNEMPLOYED DISABLED PERSONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - There are close to 180 thousand disabled persons in Armenia, as of November 1, and they receive 10-14 thousand drams (US$ 26-$37) of disability pension from the state, "Pyunik Armenia Union ...DOES PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER MEET WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT?
YEREVAN. - Spokesperson of Prosperous Armenia Party leader does not know whether the party leader Gagik Tsarukyan has met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. Tsarukyan's spokesperson Khachik Galstyan ...STUDENT COMPETITION-EXHIBITION OPENS IN ARMENIAN ARTISTS' UNION
YEREVAN. - The opening ceremony of student competition-exhibition took place in the Armenian Artists' Union on Saturday. The youth organization of Republican Party of Armenia and Yerevan State Academy ...ARMENIA'S SYUNIK REGION RENOVATED
MEGHRI. - Reconstruction works of Armenia's Meghri city streets and bridges have been completed, Armenia's deputy PM, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan was informed about that at ...ANOTHER SERVICEMAN DIES IN ARMENIAN ARMY
YEREVAN. - Armenian serviceman Narek Davtyan's corpse with a wound under the jaw was revealed on 00.55 a.m. during the shift change on Saturday, head of Armenian MOD PR department Meri Sargsyan informed ...US CITIZENS BOUGHT RECORD NUMBER OF GUNS DURING "BLACK FRIDAY"
A record number of guns was sold in the U.S. during the "Black Friday" on November 25, the deputy assistant director of FBI Jerome Pender informed.
He informed that on "Black Friday" the FBI received ...ARMENIA'S GYUMRI CITY HELD RALLY FOR PROTECTION OF DISABLED PEOPLE
GYUMRI. - Armenia's Gyumri city held rally on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities for the protection of disabled people on Saturday.
The rally participants once again spoke ...
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