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Headlines for December 22, 2011CHROMITE STOCKS IN ARMENIA ARE ESTIMATED 561 THOUSAND TONS
YEREVAN. - The chromite (Cr-203) stocks in Armenia are estimated 561 thousand tons, head of the Mineral Resources Agency at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia, Khachik Saponjyan informed ...TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION CALLS TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
ISTANBUL. - We should not oppose the bill penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide in the French Parliament's agenda and raise our voice against policy of denial inside Turkey, commission struggling ...ARMENIA'S CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX DECREASES
YEREVAN. - Consumer confidence index (CCI) in Armenia decreased during the fourth quarter of this year, Central Bank of Armenia statement reads. The index decreased by 5.3% compared to the analogical ...FOREIGN TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA HAVE INCREASED IN 2011 - ECONOMIST
YEREVAN. - During 2010 transfers worth of $1 billion were made through Armenian banks and in 2011 the volume of transfers rose even more. According to official information in the first half of 2011 the ...ARMENIA'S POLICE FORCE WILL HAVE "ANGELS" - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - With Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan's idea, a new division will be established in the country's Police Force, and it will carry out external activities, specifically during mass events, ...I DO NOT WANT TO BE JUST MP; I WANT TO HAVE PARLIAMENTARY FACTION - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The People's Party Chairman Tigran Karapetyan will not be nominated with the majority system in Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections, but the Party will run in the elections with the ...INSPECTIONS AT RESTAURANT OF ARMENIAN REGIONAL GOVERNOR'S BROTHER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian State Revenue Committee carried out inspections at Narek Restaurant-Hotel Complex, which belongs to the brother of Sargis Sahakyan, Governor of Aragatsotn Region, Zhoghovurd daily ...WE NEVER HOPED ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTNER WOULD COOPERATE WITH OPPOSITION - OPPOSITION MEMBER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In a conversation with opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Coordinator Levon Zurabyan, Aravot daily asked him whether they still hope the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party ...ARMENIA'S BERD-CHAMBARAK HIGHWAY DIFFICULT TO PASS DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY
All highways and mountain passes in Armenia are passable as of Thursday 8:30 a.m. Solely the Berd-Chambarak Highway is difficult to pass, due to high winds and poor visibility, and there is snowfall at ...ARMENIA TO CHAIR UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE
YEREVAN. - UN Eastern European Group confirmed Wednesday Armenia's Permanent Representative to UN, Karen Nazaryan's nomination as 2012 Chairman of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations.
This ...TURKEY'S PM PREPARES TO IMPOSE 3-PHASE SANCTIONS AGAINST FRANCE BECAUSE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
ANKARA. - The journalists asked Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan about Turkey's steps should the French National Assembly pass the bill that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
And Turkey's ...ARMENIA'S ENERGY SECTOR PERSONNEL CAN BE PROUD - PM
YEREVAN. - December 22 is the day of energy sector employees, and, during the Armenian Government's session on Thursday, PM Tigran Sargsyan congratulated these professionals on this occasion. He said ...IN 2012, ARMENIAN VILLAGERS WILL RECEIVE LOW-PRICED FERTILIZERS
YEREVAN. - On Thursday, the Government of Armenia allocated one billion drams (approx. US$ 2,617,163), from its reserve fund, to purchase nitric fertilizers and sell them to the villagers at a low cost. ...LARGE FIRES IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call Wednesday, in Armenia's Lori Region, that a grass-covered area was burning nearby the Tashir city cemetery.
A firefighting squad was dispatched to ...FATHER PLACES BOMB INTO CAR OF DAUGHTER'S LOVER IN ARMENIA
SISIAN. - Not being able to sever his daughter's relation with her lover, a father in Armenia's Sisian city placed a bomb into the lover's automobile to kill him. Sisian Police Precinct Chief, A. Davtyan, ...ARMENIAN PM VISITS YEREVAN THERMAL AND ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan visited Thursday capital Yerevan's thermal and electric power plant.
The plant's total capacity is 271.7 megawatts, and owing to its efficiency, the electricity ...THREE PEOPLE INJURED AS AMBULANCE TURNS OVER IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - An emergency vehicle turns over as a result of an accident in Armenia.
The vehicle turned near Kosh village on Yerevan-Gyumri road. The driver, the doctor and the nurse were injured and hospitalized, ...OLD WOMAN RAN OVER IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
YEREVAN. - An unknown vehicle hit-and-run an old woman in Yerevan city Artsakh Street on Wednesday. The woman is hospitalized, police press service informs. Investigation is underway.DEBATES ON ARMENIAN BILL KICK OFF IN FRENCH PARLIAMENT
The debate on a bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial kicked off in France's National Assembly.
The bill is introduced by MP Valerie Boyer and supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment ...IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT ARMENIA ON DECEMBER 23
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive on a visit to Armenia on Friday, Armenian Ambassador in Tehran Grigor Arakelyan told IRNA agency. The visit is made at the invitation of Armenian leader ...ARMENIA'S PUBLIC FOOD SECTOR WILL NO LONGER BE CERTIFIED
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia reached a decision Thursday to stop the provision of certificates in the country's public food sector.
As Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan informed, this process ...STEVIE WONDER AND DEMIS ROUSSOS TO VISIT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Stevie Wonder and Demis Roussos will visit Armenia on the occasion of 55th anniversary of the Armenia's First Channel and 85th anniversary of the Public Radio, executive director of the Public ...IF THIS CONTINUES, ARMENIA WILL NOT HAVE MINES IN 10 YEARS - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia says we have a 10-percent industrial growth, in the case when there is no such thing, former PM and opposition Armenian National Congress member Hrant Bagratyan stated ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WILL BE RIGGED TO THE UTMOST - FORMER PM
YEREVAN. - There is no prospect with Armenia's authorities, and there will be serious problems in 2012, former PM and opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Hrant Bagratyan stated during a ...TURKEY MUST RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO TURN OVER PAGE OF 1915 EVENTS - FRENCH MP
Only Turkey's recognition of the Armenian Genocide can turn the page of the 1915 tragic events, the head of Armenia-France parliamentary friendship group Francois Rochebloine said in French parliament ...FRENCH MPS STAND FOR PENALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
France communists and the lefts support the bill penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, said MP Jean-Paul Lecoq speaking at the debate in French parliament.
According to him, communists and the lefts ...IN MOSCOW, KARABAKH PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN OFFICIAL REOPENING OF ARMENIA STORE
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan attended, in Moscow on Wednesday, official reopening of the Armenia Store, after its general remodeling.
Bako Sahakyan noted that ...FRENCH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES PROCESS LAUNCHED 13 YEARS AGO - MP
Armenians were violently killed in the territory of Turkey in 1915. It is a human tragedy and must be called genocide, said Rene Rouquet, MP from Socialist Party of France.
"It is an honor for the French ...ARMENIAN BILL A HAND EXTENDED TO TURKISH DEMOCRATS - FRENCH MP
France should be proud of passing a bill penalizing the genocide denial, MP from French Union for a Popular Movement Christian Estrosi said on Thursday.
Honoring Armenian people, the French will contribute ...CURRENT BILL IS FINALIZING CONSISTENT STRUGGLE OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA - FRENCH MP
Bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial can inspire Turkish society to throw off the denial pressure and come to terms with the past, said French MP Dominique Souchet.
"Turks offer to set up a ...CAR CRASH IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2107-model vehicle and a Daewoo Nexia collided at an intersection in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Thursday.
Driver of the Daewoo Nexia received injuries and was taken to hospital.
An ...WE RATE HIGHLY RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN COMMUNITY'S CARING ATTITUDE TOWARD ARTSAKH - KARABAKH PRESIDENT
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan attended and addressed "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund's gala dinner party held in Moscow on Wednesday.
In his address, President Sahakyan ...PARIS HAS NO INTENTION TO DEFAME TURKEY - FRENCH SOCIALISTS
Denial policy is not an opinion it is lie on a state level, said French MP from Socialist Party Sylvie Andrieux.
She recalled that a law against racism and discrimination was adopted 30 years ago but ...ANKARA THREATENS TO ERECT ALGERIAN "GENOCIDE" MONUMENT IN FRONT OF FRENCH EMBASSY
ANKARA. - The Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gokcek, stated that, should the French National Assembly pass the bill that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian Genocide, they would erect, in response, a monument ...WANTED MAN CAUGHT IN BAGRATASHEN CHECK POINT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police detained a 23-year-old man attempting to enter from Georgia to Armenia at 8.00 p.m. at Bagratashen check point on Wednesday.
He was wanted since December 16 charged with intentionally ...DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUST NOT REMAIN UNPUNISHED
Our Armenian friends fell victims to the first genocide of the 20thcentury, said MP Henri Jibrayel speaking in the French parliament on Thursday.
He stressed that the denial must not remain unpunished. ...FRANCE GIVES PLACE TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN ITS COLLECTIVE MEMORY- RICHARD MALLIÉ
France adopted law on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 2001, Union for Popular Movement MP Richard Mallie said on Thursday in the French Parliament during the discussion of the bill on penalizing ...STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE CONTINUES INSPECTIONS AT ELECTRICITY NETWORK OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) is continuing its inspections at Electricity Network of Armenia (ENA) Company, the latter's general manager Yevgeny Bibin stated, during a press conference ...ARMENIA'S TOP 10 ENTERPRISES TO RECEIVE WORK SAFETY AWARDS
YEREVAN. - The award ceremony for Armenia's top ten enterprises, along the lines of work safety and health care, will be held Friday at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
This event will be held ...WE MUST REESTABLISH JUSTICE-FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY
PARIS. - There are five reasons why we should vote for the bill, French Socialist Party MP Francois Pupponi said on Thursday at the French Parliament during the discussion on the bill penalizing denial ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS RECOGNIZED BY TURKEY - PATRICK DEVEDJIAN
French MP Patrick Devedjian said he is impressed by Turkey's manifestation of force.
"When I see display of force in our territory I understand what happens in Turkey. For instance, the suspicious murder ...MANY COUNTRIES APOLOGIZED FOR CRIMES THEY COMMITTED - FRENCH LAWMAKER
French MP Richard Mallie called on the Turkish leadership to apologize for the committed crimes, namely for the Armenian Genocide.
"Many countries have apologized for the things they did - occupation ...GENOCIDE DENIAL UNACCEPTABLE IN FRANCE-MP
PARIS. - Denial of the Genocide is unacceptable in the territory of France. Otherwise the state approves agree with those who make such statements, French Socialist Party MP Patrice Calmejane said during ...NATURAL GAS SUPPLY TO ARMENIA WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
YEREVAN. - as of Thursday 2 p.m., Georgia's gas transfer company officially informed ArmRusGazprom Company.
The Georgian company will be carrying out accident repairs at Ghazakh-Saguramo gas pipeline, ...FRAUDSTERS LURE MONEY IN ARMENIA COVERING THEMSELVES BY CONVERSE BANK
YEREVAN. - Fraudsters appeared in Armenia who lure money from people presenting themselves as representatives of the charity action conducted by Converse Bank. Armenian News-NEWS.am received a message ...RUSSIAN COMPANY HAS NOTHING TO DO IN ARMENIA'S NUCLEAR PLANT - ENERGY MINISTER
YEREVAN. - No new contract will be signed with Russian Inter RAO UES company with respect to the asset management of Armenia's Nuclear Power Plant, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Armen Movsisyan, ...FRENCH PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL CRIMINALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
France's National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.
The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who ...FRANCE SHOWS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY DO NOT HAVE TIME LIMITATION- ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement on Thursday regarding the bill banning denial of the Armenian Genocide adopted by French parliament.
By passing the bill, France ...TURKEY SHOULD REALIZE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL SOONER OR LATER-MP
YEREVAN. - Adoption of the bill penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide by the French Parliament is an extremely important step for preventing and punishing the crime, Prosperous Armenia Party MP Naira ...MINES COMPRISE 0.3 PERCENT OF ARMENIAN TERRITORY
YEREVAN. - 8,500 hectares, or close to 0.3 percent of Armenia's total territory, is being exploited in the country for the mining industry, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Armen Movsisyan, stated ...FRANCE PASSES ARMENIA BILL BY MAJORITY OF VOTES - LE FIGARO
The bill banning Armenian Genocide denial was adopted by a majority of votes, French Le Figarowrites.
MPs from the Union for a Popular Movement (UPM), New Centre, Socialist Party and Communist Party voted ...KARABAKH DEFENSE ARMY COMMANDER SUMS UP 2011
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army Commander, and Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Movses Hakobyan held press conference Thursday, and presented the processes that took place ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSSES UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA WITH US CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES
YEREVAN. - Armenian off parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) representatives Levon Zurabyan and Avetis Avagyan met with the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in ...TURKEY RECALLS ENVOY FROM FRANCE AFTER ARMENIA BILL APPROVED
Turkey recalled its Ambassador from Paris after French parliament approved the bill that makes it a crime in France to deny the Armenian Genocide.
Tahsin Burcuoglu was recalled to Ankara, Today's Zaman ...ARMENIA'S JUSTICE FIELD MAY CONTAIN FLAWS - PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's justice field may often contain some flaws, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at the session on the issues of legal-judicial system on Thursday.
The session summed up the series ...FRENCH SENATE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER ARMENIA BILL NEXT FEBRUARY
French Senate is expected to consider the bill banning the denial of the Armenian Genocide next February, several months ahead of the presidential elections in France, Nouvelles d`Arménie writes ...GREEK AMBASSADOR COMPLETES MISSION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a farewell meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Greece Ioannis Korintios on Thursday.
As the press service of Armenia's president ...GAS AND ENERGY PRICES NOT TO GO UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian gas and energy prices will not go up next year, Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan said on Thursday.
According to him, the energy price will not go up ...OPENING PRESENTATION OF NEW CHARITY FOUNDATION TAKES PLACE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Hovhannes Sage Catholicos of Odzun charity foundation's opening presentation took place in the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) university in Yerevan on Thursday.
The foundation was created to bring ...ELECTRIC NETWORKS OF ARMENIA TO MAKE AMD 7 BILLION INVESTMENTS
YEREVAN. - Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC will make investments amounting to AMD 7 billion ($18.5 million) next year, head of the Company Yevgeni Bibin said at a press conference on Thursday.
Bibin ...EURASEC IS TO FINANCE ARMENIAN INDUSTRIAL GIANT
YEREVAN. - A political agreement on EurAsEC anti-crisis foundation financing Nairit factory has been signed, Armenian minister of energy and natural resources Armen Movsisyan announced during a press ...TURKEY LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURES AGAINST FRANCE
PARIS. - The protest action organized by the Turkish community in front of the French Parliament had a very bad impression on the French MPs, head of the European office of the ARF Armenian Judgment and ...TURKISH FACEBOOK USERS INSULT FRENCH MP ON HER WALL
Turk Facebook users slammed French MP Valerie Boyer on her account's wall.
Valerie Boyer introduced the bill banning the Armenian Genocide denial which was approved by the French parliament hours ago.
Turkish ...ARMENIAN MOD HAS FAREWELL MEETING WITH GREEK AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD Seyran Ohanyan met with the off going Greek Ambassador to Armenia Ioannis Korinthios on Thursday.
Ohanyan thanked the Ambassador for his contribution in developing Armenian-Greek ...FRANCE'S DECISION TO DAMAGE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY - ERDOGAN
ANKARA. - After the bill on penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was adopted by the French Parliament, the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a statement.
The Turkish PM stated that the French ...ANTI-FRENCH FLIERS POSTED IN TURKISH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Turkey's Union of Merchants and Artisans (TESK) came up with a statement after the French National Assembly passed the bill on criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide on Thursday.
As the Turkish ...TURKISH PM WANTS TO STOP ANY RELATION WITH FRANCE
ANKARA. - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared about the measures to be applied against France after the French Parliament has adopted the draft bill on penalizing denial of the Armenian genocide.
Erdogan ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN BELIEVES FRENCH SENATE TO SUPPORT ARMENIAN BILL
YEREVAN. - By adopting the bill on penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, France proved its commitment to support universal values and the Principle of justice, Armenian ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliament ...ANCA CALLS US PRESIDENT TO CARRY OUT PROMISE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON. - Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) made a statement on the adoption of the draft bill by the French Parliament, which intends criminal responsibility for the denial of the Armenian ...ARMENIAN BANK ORGANIZES CHARITY AUCTION TO HELP SICK CHILDREN
YEREVAN. - Armenian Ameria bank organizes a charity auction on Friday in order to help children who suffer from cancer and hematologic diseases.
As the bank's official website informs, all the money received ...HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT GETS IN CAR ACCIDENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Head of Armenia's Sevan region investigation department Artavazd Margaryan had a car accident. The accident occurred on Thursday at 04.00 p.m. on the Yerevan-Sevan road. The press service of ...US ENVOY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ARMENIANS ARE AGAINST HIS APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR IN AZERBAIJAN
The U.S. Ambassador in Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza hopes that the Senate will confirm his appointment to lead the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, day.az informs.
"It is difficult for people in America ...ARMENIAN CHESS TEAM BEAT TURKEY: 3.5-0.5
During the 5th round of Women's World Chess Team Championships in Mardin, Turkey Armenia's national team beat Turkey's team by a score of 3.5-0.5 and landed on 6th place by collecting 4 points.
Armenian ...KARABAKH DEFENSE ARMY GETS NEW WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh government of its Defense army is concerned about the incidents in the army which have mortal outcomes. Karabakh Minister of Defense Movses Hakopyan informed reporters ...
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