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Headlines for December 10, 2011ARMENIAN MIGRANT WINS CASE AGAINST FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN EU COURT
An illegal Armenian migrant won the case against French government in the EU court.
Court of Justice of the European Union considered the dispute between the French government and citizen of Armenia Alexander ...SCANDAL IN TURKEY: VIDEO CAMERA RECORDS HOW POLICE BEAT WOMAN (VIDEO)
A video clip appeared in the Turkish media were police beat an arrested woman in the police station. As the Turkish Hurriyet informs, the police were realizing an operation in a club in Izmir. 37-year-old ...KIM KARDASHIAN TO OFFER DINNER WITH HER ON NEW YEAR
As the British Daily Mail informs, the 31-year-old Kim Kardashian has decided to give a New Year party in one of the clubs in Las Vegas. Anyone who wants can meet New Year sitting with celebrity around ...KARABAKH MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
YEREVAN. - December 10 marks 20th anniversary of referendum on independence of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Back in 1991 referendum on independence was held in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region when ...AZERBAIJANI POLITICIANS SHOULD LEARN DEMOCRACY IN KARABAKH
YEREVAN. - Nagorno-Karabakh state institutes are fully established and independent, ruling Republican Party MP Hovhannes Sahakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Karabakh registers 20th anniversary of its ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES ON INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM AND CONSTITUTION DAY
STEPANAKERT. - Marking December 10, that is, the day of the state independence referendum and Constitution Day of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, NKR President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory ...ARMENIAN CULTURE MINISTER TO BE DISMISSED? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Minister of Culture, Hasmik Poghosyan, will soon be dismissed, Zhoghovurd daily writes, referring to its sources.
"There are rumors that Public Radio's director Armen Amiryan will ...PERSONNEL CHANGES CONTINUE AT YEREVAN CITY HALL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The personnel changes are continuing at Yerevan City Hall, Hraparak daily writes.
"The Mayor's chief advisor Davit Melkonyan is relieved of his duties, and another advisor, Hrachya Muradyan, ...DECADENT MOOD WITHIN ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A decadent mood is established, within the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), after Samvel Nikoyan's and Eduard Sharmazanov's elections as National Assembly (NA) Speaker ...ARMENIAN MILITARY POLICE CHIEF IS DISMISSED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD Military Police Chief Aram Ter-Sahakyan is relieved of his duties, Hraparak daily writes, referring to the information it received on late Friday evening.
"To note, he was appointed ...FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SEMI-CONSTRUCTED BUILDING IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A call was received on Saturday that a fire had broken out at the rooftop of a semi-constructed building in Armenia's capital, Yerevan.
Ten firefighting squads, two automatic ladder trucks, ...SHORTAGE OF LAMB MEAT IN YEREVAN STORES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Lamb meat is in short supply at the stores and supermarkets, in Armenian capital Yerevan, and it is not even sold at several supermarket chains. And in some places, it can be purchased only ...ARMENIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKING INTO RULING COALITION PARTNER'S PHILANTHROPY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force and Chief Prosecutor's Office have launched a so far informal large-scale inquiry, at the country's hospitals, to determine the means by which the ruling coalition's ...ALL ARMENIAN HIGHWAYS ARE PASSABLE
YEREVAN. - All highways in Armenia are passable as of Saturday 8:30 a.m.
There are no motorways that are closed or difficult to pass, the Ministry of Emergency Situations Press Service informed Armenian ...HUMAN RIGHTS DAY TO BE MARKED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - December 10 is Human Rights Day. The Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms are also specified in the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, and the institution of Human Right Defender is ...6 NEW SEISMIC STATIONS COULD BE BUILT AROUND ARMENIA'S NUCLEAR PLANT
YEREVAN. - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will study the proposal to build six new seismic stations around Armenia's Nuclear Power Plant. Such accordance was reached during Friday's meeting ...IRAN CONSTRUCTS NEW POWER LINE WITH ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TO ENTER EUROPE
The new power transmission line which is being constructed in order to increase the volume of electricity exchange between Iran, Armenia and Georgia will become a new route for electricity transit and ...ARSENAL DISCOVERED AT HOME OF ARMENIAN VILLAGER
YEREVAN. - On Friday, Armenian police officers found large amount of weapons and ammunition at the home of Artak Z., 32, a resident of Parakar village.
In the home, the officers discovered a TT pistol, ...ARMENIA ARRESTS MAN WANTED IN CZECH REPUBLIC FOR MURDER
YEREVAN. - Russian citizen is arrested in Yerevan wanted for murder in Czech Republic.
Police arrested Artavazd Barseghyan, 31, a citizen of Russia at 9.45 a.m. on Friday. He was wanted for murder and ...IS FAMOUS TURKISH WRITER'S LOVER ARMENIAN?
NEW YORK-Turkish famous writer, Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk was seen in New York with Istanbul Armenian artist Caroline Fisekchi.
As the Turkish Sabah informs the Armenian artist and Pamuk were photographed ...AIR TEMPERATURE TO DROP IN ARMENIA: SNOW IS EXPECTED
YEREVAN.- The air temperature is expected to drop throughout Armenia on Saturday and snowfall is expected.
In Yerevan there might also be fog and glaze. At day time the air temperature in the capital ...ARMENIAN POLICE OBSTRUCT PROTEST NEARBY RUSSIAN EMBASSY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force is obstructing the protest nearby the Russian Embassy, in the capital Yerevan, Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent reported.
A group of citizens launched a demonstration, ...TURKEY'S FORMER GOVERNMENT MASOCHISTS, INCUMBENT - SADOMASOCHISTS - KURDISH MP
The only Kurdish MP in Turkey's parliament Hasip Kaplan slammed Turkey's government and ruling Justice and Development Party.
The MP seriously criticized government's work on the 2012 budget choosing ...ARMENIA REGISTERS ROAD ACCIDENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia registered several road accidents on Friday.
Two VAZ vehicles crashed on Sevan-Martuni-Getap road at 1.00 p.m. on Friday. One passenger was injured and hospitalized, police press service ...ARMENIA'S POLICE DETAIN SEVERAL WANTED
YEREVAN. - On Friday, officers from Armenia's Police force detained, in Gyumri city, Ashot Karamyan, 42, who, ever since Monday, was wanted on charges of illegal trafficking of drugs, or psychotropic ...IS ARMENIA'S CUSTOMS SYSTEM HINDERING ONLINE COMMERCE?
DILIJAN. - The development of online commerce is an important tool for raising business productivity in Armenia, Economy Minister's advisor Vahe Danielyan stated during Saturday's informal meeting of ...HEAD OF ARMENIAN ART UNION SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION
YEREVAN. - On late Friday night, an Armenian capital Yerevan court sentenced president Narek Hartunyan of Narekatsi Art Union to close to two months in prison.
And thus the court ruled in favor of the ...ARMENIAN MOD TO BE MORE CAREFUL WHEN FORMULATING CRIMINAL CASES
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD possesses the statistics on the soldiers' deaths and their causes in the army, but it still deems early to publicize them, Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan stated on Saturday, ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE HOSTED FAREWELL CEREMONY FOR LEBANESE PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's presidential residence hosted the farewell ceremony for the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Saturday, who was in Yerevan for an official visits.
The two presidents previously ...TURKISH MFA CAUTIONS FRANCE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
ISTANBUL. - Turkey's MFA issued a statement with respect to the bill, which criminalizes the denial of the Armenian Genocide, which is recently included in the agenda of the French National Assembly. ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE AROUND 200 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary, using different weaponry, violated the ceasefire around 200 times, at the line of contact between Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, in the past week.
For the most part, ...IN ANGOLA, SON KILLS FATHER OVER REAL MADRID-BARCELONA MATCH PREDICTION
MOSCOW. - The upcoming match between Real Madrid and Barcelona football clubs, in the Spanish first league, became tragic for a family in Angola, as the son killed his father during a dispute over the ...ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN DISAPPOINTED WITH JUSTICE MINISTER
YEREVAN.- Armenian Ombudsman said his biggest disappointment in 2011 that Justice Minister expressed his solidarity to respective highest judicial body after he requested the initiation of disciplinary ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MARCHES ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
YEREVAN. - Off- parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) activists marched on the occasion of International Human Rights Day on Saturday.
Several hundred demonstrators marched to Russian ...ARMENIA TO INFORM SERVICEMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD held round-table discussion on the occasion of International Human Rights Day headed by Deputy MOD Ara Nazaryan on Saturday.
MOD, Armed Forces and military study institution representatives ...MURDERS AND SUICIDES REDUCED IN ARMENIA - MOD ASSURES WITH NO STATISTICS
YEREVAN. - Armenian servicemen will be more tolerant as a result of measures implemented by the Armenian MOD, Deputy MOD Davit Tonoyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am in exclusive interview.
Tonoyan said that ...HEAVY SNOWFALL STARTS IN ARMENIA
There is heavy snowfall in most of Armenia, but the motorways are still open.
As of Saturday 4:30 p.m., there are no roads that are closed or difficult to pass in Armenia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT ITALY
YEREVAN. - On December 12-15, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to Italy and the Vatican.
During his stay, the President will meet with the Pope, President of Italy, Chairman ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF REVEALS EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT NOTORIOUS GANG CRIMES
YEREVAN. - Crimes of the notorious gang arrested in September in Yerevan are proved by investigation, Armenian Deputy Police Chief Nerses Nazaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am in the interview regarding ...RUSSIAN POLICE OFFICERS SUSPECTED IN MURDERING ARMENIAN
Four police officers of Russia's Orenburg region are suspected in murdering the arrested local resident who is a native Armenian.
34-year-old native Armenian resident of Russia Armen Sargsyan was killed ...LOOK AT ARMENIAN SKY AT NIGHT
YEREVAN. - Armenia can observe partial lunar eclipse from noon till night on Saturday.
Head of the Armenian Astronomic Society Areg Mikaelyan explained Armenian News-NEWS.am that eclipse will last for ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT TO BE MOUNTED IN NEW YORK STATE PARK
TROY. - A monument dedicated to the Armenian Genocide victims of 1915 will be mounted in one of the parks in New York state. Priests Bedros Shetilyan and Stepanos Dudukyan sanctified the place where the ...HEAD OF YAZIDI COMMUNITY WANTS OFFICE FOR YAZIDI PEOPLE IN ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION
YEREVAN. - Armenia is a state for Yazidi people. Yazidi culture is developed only in Armenia, head of the Yazidi of the World union Aziz Tamoyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent adding that 41,000 ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Russian officers premiere - in Yerevan's Sardar Palace - Griboedov's (Russian Ambassador in Persia) comedy "Grief of the Mind".
- 1864 The Senate exiles Meekael Nalbandyan (author and political activist) to Kamish.
- 1901 Start of the Armenian Students' Congress in Riga (Latvia). Stepan Shahoomyan heads the revolutionary social-democrat block at the ten-day meeting.
- 1903 Birth of Goorgen Janibekyan (actor). He died in 1956.
- 1917 The Caucasian Army's Second Assembly opens in Tbilissi. Decisions are taken on Soviet governance in the Caucasus.
- 1920 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR nationalizes banks.
- 1922 Opening of the First Council of the Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Transcaucasus. The next congresses took place in 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1935.
- 1991 Artsakh holds a referendum on independence in the presence of foreign observers subject to the Soviet laws in legal effect at the time. 82% of the electorate (as determined by the latest available census of January 1989) voted 99.7% in favor of secession according to the 1990 04 03 Soviet law that was valid and internationally recognized at that time. Based on the results, independence is declared by the Supreme Council on 1992 01 06.
- 1998 Death of Manouk Atoyan (engineer) in Javakhk (Georgia). He was born in 1925.
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