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AZERBAIJAN TO REPLACE GEORGIA IN TRANSFERRING NATO SHIPMENT
- TBILISI. - Azerbaijan will replace Georgia in transferring NATO shipments to Afghanistan, Medianews agency of Georgia informs.
"Azerbaijan has replaced our Sky Georgia airline company in transferring cargo from Europe to Afghanistan, for NATO's coalition forces," the company's director Giorgi Kodua announced. In his words, some problems had risen in the Georgian company, and Azerbaijan came to its assistance.
"At present, the shipments are carried out by planes flying under the Azerbaijani flag, and the commercial profits likewise belong to Azerbaijan. But the Georgian economy is suffering from this," the company's director stressed.
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Headlines for December 26, 2011CAR EXPLODES IN DOWNTOWN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - An automobile exploded in Armenia's capital Yerevan.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) was informed about this incident on Sunday, and subsequently an operational team was dispatched ...GAS POISONING IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received information Monday that the residents of an apartment in capital Yerevan were poisoned by carbon monoxide.
Davit Mkrtchyan, 56, and ...ISRAELI PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
Israeli Knesset's (parliament) Education, Culture, and Sports Committee will examine Monday the matter of declaring an Armenian Genocide remembrance day in the country.
The Committee, led by Alex Miller, ...ARMENIA'S SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS CURRENTLY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE
YEREVAN. - All of Armenia's highways, roads, and mountain passes are open for traffic as of Monday 9:00 a.m.
But the Selim Mountain Pass is currently difficult to drive at the Gegharkunik Region section, ...HACKERS BREAK INTO COMPUTER OF PERSON BEHIND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL IN FRANCE
Hackers broke into the computer of French ruling party member Valerie Boyer, the MP who had introduced to the French National Assembly the bill that criminalizes the denial of Armenian Genocide.
In addition, ...MURDER ATTEMPT AT ARMENIA'S ASHTARAK CITY
ASHTARAK. - There was a murder attempt, in Armenia's Ashtarak city on Sunday, and three people were hospitalized as a result, Police Force Ashtarak Precinct Chief Artur Aristakesyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...ANKARA, BAKU TO SIGN MEMORANDUM ON CONSTRUCTION OF AZERBAIJAN-EUROPE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
Turkey and Azerbaijan will sign Monday a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a consortium to build a natural gas pipeline, which will stretch from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz deposit to ...ISRAEL HAS NO RIGHT TO DISREGARD FIRST GENOCIDE OF 20TH CENTURY - ISRAELI MP
The Jewish state has no right to disregard the first genocide of 20th Century, Israeli Knesset's (parliament) Meretz Party MP Zahava Gal-On stated on the air of an Israeli television.
"I am the daughter ...TURKEY IS GEORGIA'S GREAT FRIEND AND PARTNER - GEORGIAN PRESIDENT
BAKU. - Turkey is Georgia's great friend and partner, in the political and economic sense alike, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated during his meeting in Tbilisi with a Turkish parliamentary ...ARMENIAN FOIL-ROLLING PLANT OPERATES SUCCESSFULLY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's ArmenAl Foil-Rolling Plant—which is a part of the Russian RusAl Company—in capital Yerevan, for the first time surpassed its planned production level, which is 25 tons ...AUTOMOBILE HITS CONCRETE TRESTLE OF RAILWAY BRIDGE IN GYUMRI
YEREVAN. - A GAZ 3110-model car crashed into the concrete trestle of a railway bridge in Armenia's Gyumri city, on December 24.
The driver received injuries and was transferred to hospital, Police Force ...TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE ON ARMENIAN REGIONAL ROAD
YEREVAN. - ZIL MMZ 45021- and VAZ 21099-model vehicles crashed on Armenia's Sardarapat-Norapat Highway, on Sunday.
VAZ 21099's driver was injured and subsequently taken to hospital.
An investigation is ...FATAL CRASH ON ARMENIA'S REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A Ford Transit and a GAZ 66-model car collided on Armenia's Aparan-Vanadzor Highway, on December 24.
As a result, Ford Transit's driver, Georgian citizen Guruli Shalvani, died on the spot, ...TWO PEOPLE INJURED AS MERCEDES TURNS OVER IN ARMENIA (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Mercedes Benz vehicle turned over at 3.00 a.m. on December 25 in Davit Anhaght and Rubinyants crossroad in Yerevan.
As a result of the accident, the driver and the passenger were injured and ...ONE DIES, FIVE INJURED IN ARMENIAN REGIONAL ROAD ACCIDENT (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - A major accident occurred in Gavar-Sevan road in Armenia's Gegharkunik Region on December 24.
GAZelle truck, VAZ-2121 and VAZ-21010 vehicles crashed in yet unclear circumstances, Armenian Ministry ...SMUGGLED JEWELRY FOUND IN BRA OF RUSSIAN CITIZEN
YEREVAN. - Police detained Mareta Nagdalyan, 51, citizen of Russia, from Yerevan-Moscow flight at Zvartnots international airport on December 25.
As a result of searches, police found smuggled jewelry ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SHOULD BE STUDIED IN ISRAELI SCHOOLS - KNESSET MP
Armenian Genocide must be studied in the Israeli schools as Jewish people should be the first to recognize tragedies of the past, MP Zahava Gal-On said during the discussion held in the Knesset committee ...MASS KILLINGS OF ARMENIAN POPULATION SHOULD NOT BE CHALLENGED - KNESSET SPEAKER
The fact of massacres of peaceful Armenian population 96 years ago should not be challenged, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said on Monday.
Speaking during the discussion held by Knesset's committee on ...TURKEY WOULD RESPECT ISRAEL MORE IF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS RECOGNIZED - GEORGETTE AVAKIAN
Turkey would respect Israel more if Tel-Aviv recognized the Armenian Genocide, said Georgette Avakian, member of the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) Jerusalem office.
Speaking at the debate on the Armenian Genocide ...ARMENIAN NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION'S CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT ARE ATTEMPTS TO "STAY AFLOAT" - PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION MP
YEREVAN. - Armenian parliamentary opposition Heritage Party's greatest accomplishment in 2011 was its chairman's 15-day hunger strike at capital Yerevan's Liberty Square, Heritage MP Anahit Bakhshyan ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP FEARS ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS' FATE COULD BEFALL UPON KARABAKH ISSUE
YEREVAN. - Not believing that the Madrid Proposals can resolve the Karabakh problem, Armenian opposition Heritage Party's Parliamentary Faction leader Styopa Safaryan is, and continues to be, among the ...NEW YEAR CELEBRATION UNDERGONE CALENDAR AND CONTENT CHANGES
YEREVAN. - In older times, New Year celebration table was full of grains and not meat, ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan told the journalists on Monday adding that granular and leguminous products symbolized ...KUWAIT'S EMBASSY OPENS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia FM Edward Nalbandian received Monday Kuwait's newly appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Bassam Muhammad Alqabandi, who presented the copy of his credentials to Nalbandian.
Armenia's ...ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN CONSULTATIONS HELD IN RUSSIAN MFA
YEREVAN. - Armenian-Russian bilateral consultations were held, at Russian MFA on December 23, during which security issues were discussed.
The parties examined export control, and specifically reflected ...TURKISH -ISRAELI RELATIONS WILL HARDLY IMPROVE IN NEAR FUTURE
YEREVAN.- Turkish -Israeli relations will hardly improve in the near future, said Armenian expert in oriental studies Ruben Safrastyan.
"Relations between two countries remain complicated and U.S. spares ...ARMENIAN BUTCHERIES SELL HORSE AND DEAD CATTLE MEAT
YEREVAN. - Horse and dead cattle meat was sold to people at one of the butcheries near the Gum market on Movses Khorenatsi Street in Yerevan, spokesperson of the Food Safety Inspection at the Armenian ...CONSIDERING DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS GREAT MISTAKE
YEREVAN. - It is a great mistake to consider denial of the Armenian Genocide as freedom of speech, Head of the Oriental studies institute of Armenia's National Academy, professor Ruben Safrastyan told ...GAS SUPPLY TO ARMENIA RESUMES
YEREVAN.- Georgia resumed supplies of Russian gas to Armenia on Monday morning, ArmRusGazprom informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Natural gas supply to Armenia was temporarily suspended by the Georgian side ...ISRAELI MFA ANNOUNCES APPROACH FOR RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
TEL AVIV. - At the sitting of the Commission on Education, Culture and Sport at the Knesset, Israeli MFA announced on Monday's session its approach on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman ...ARMENIA, IRAN WANT TO INCREASE TRADE VOLUME UP TO $1 BILLION
Armenia and Iran agreed to increase the volume of trade turnover up to $1 billion, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in an interview with IRNA agency.
According to him, the agreement was ...TURKEY, AZERBAIJAN SIGN AGREEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
ANKARA. - Agreement on the construction of the Trans Anadolu (Trans Anatolia) natural gas pipeline was
formally signed Monday at Turkey's Energy Ministry. The document was signed by the Turkish Minister ...ANKARA MAYOR WISHES TO CHANGE CAPITAL'S FRENCH-NAMED STREETS
ANKARA. - The Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gokcek, stated that their protest, which is launched against the French National Assembly's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of Armenian Genocide, ...TURKISH SOCIETY FAVORS AZERBAIJAN BUT INTERESTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES SOMETIMES DIFFER -EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Turkish society favors Azerbaijan, but the interests of both countries not always coincide, head of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Ruben Safrastyan ...TWO PEOPLE INJURED AS FOUR CARS CRASH IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
YEREVAN. - GAZ-3110, Hyundai, VAZ-21213 and Mazda vehicles crashed in Saralanj Street in Yerevan on Monday.
Two passengers of VAZ are injured and hospitalized, police press service informs. Investigation ...TEEN COMMITS SUICIDE IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
YEREVAN.- Another suicide was registered in Armenia's capital.
Hrant Barseghyan, 16, jumped off the bridge in the center of Yerevan on Sunday evening. Rescuers took out his body from the river and handed ..."ZERO PROBLEM WITH NEIGHBORS" SERVES FOR TURKEY'S NEW OTTOMAN CHALLENGES - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The motto "zero problems with neighbors" are just words no moves are taken, head of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Ruben Safrastyan said on Monday.
According ...FOOD SOLD AT SALE IN ARMENIA NOT OUT IF DATE
YEREVAN. - Food sold in Armenian supermarkets at the sale is not out of date in, spokesperson for the food safety inspection at Armenian Ministry of Agriculture Babken Pipoyan said on Monday.
According ...ARMENIAN YOUNG MAN BLACKMAILS HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND WITH NUDE PICTURES
YEREVAN. - An Armenian citizen A. N., 25, became a victim of blackmail by her ex-boyfriend.
Bashkhik Martirosyan called his ex-girlfriend and demanded AMD 50,000 ($132), otherwise he would upload her ...TURKEY'S INFAMOUS ARTICLE 301 COULD CHANGE
On the air of Turkey's state-run TRT television, the justice minister Sadullah Ergin also reflected on the Turkish Penal Code's notorious Article 301, which makes it illegal to insult Turkey, the Turkish ...ARMENIA'S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS DEPENDS ON 2012-2013 ELECTIONS - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's European integration process depends on the 2012-2013 elections.
Head of European Integration organization Karen Bekaryan told reporters on Monday.
According to him, if the parliamentary ...ARMENIA'S STATE BUDGET DEFICIT IS 3 TIMES LESS THAN EXPECTED
YEREVAN. - In January-November 2001, Armenia's state budget was fulfilled with around a 38.1-billion-dram (AMD) deficit, thereby comprising a mere 39 percent of the annual plan, the Ministry of Finance ...ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE SEES NO FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING ON MONDAY
YEREVAN. - No foreign currency trading was conducted at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Monday.
The stock exchange saw no substantial change in the supply and demand rates. The banks expressed a ...RUSSIA WILL ASSIST IN RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
Russia will continue sparing no efforts to resolve conflicts in the CIS area, first of all conflicts on Karabakh and Transnistria, Russian FM Sergey Lavron said in an interview with Interfax agency.
"Assisting ...ISRAEL'S KNESSET TO CONTINUE DEBATE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Knesset's committee on education, culture and sport will gather once again to continue debates on the issues related to recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, said committee's head Alex Miller summing ...TURKEY MUST RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - RUSSIAN LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Turkey must recognize the Armenian Genocide, while Armenia must get back its lands, said head of Russia's Liberal-Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
"We welcome the decision by French lawmakers. About ...DURING NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TRANSPORT WILL WORK ACCORDING SCHEDULE - YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan instructed those responsible to organize works at New Year holidays properly, Margaryan said at the meeting on Monday.
According to the head of the transport management ...ARMENIA'S ARMAVIR REGION HAS NEW POLICE CHIEF
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Chief, Lieutenant General Vladimir Gasparyan appointed a new police chief to Police Force's Armavir Regional Precinct.
The new police chief is Aram Zakaryan who, prior to this ...AZERBAIJAN TO REPLACE GEORGIA IN TRANSFERRING NATO SHIPMENT
TBILISI. - Azerbaijan will replace Georgia in transferring NATO shipments to Afghanistan, Medianews agency of Georgia informs.
"Azerbaijan has replaced our Sky Georgia airline company in transferring ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN OPENING CEREMONY OF NEW HOSPITAL
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh [Artsakh] President Bako Sahakyan visited Karabakh's Martakert city on Sunday to participate in a solemn ceremony of opening a newly-built regional hospital.
The President ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT VISITS MINING FACTORY OF THE "BASE METALS" COMPANY
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Artsakh Republic [Nagorno-Karabakh] Bako Sahakyan visited mining factory of the "Base Metals" company.
The President underlined that the factory is considered a significant ...VETERANS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC WILL RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID AS NEW YEAR PRESENTS
STEPANAKERT. - The President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan signed an order on December 24 according to which 370 veterans, participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic ...ARMENIAN CUSTOMS OFFICERS DISCOVER WEAPONS IN BAGGAGE (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - A few days ago the officers of Armenia's State Revenue Committee (SRC) discovered weapons in the baggage addressed to Alfred Harutyunyan in Bagratashen. According the declaration, the baggage ...ISRAEL NOT TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BECAUSE OF NETANYAHU?
TEL AVIV. - Representatives of Academy, MPs, and public figures stood for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide at the Israeli Knesset. MFA representatives also did not reject the fact of the tragedy. ...YEVGENIA DOLUKHANOVA TO REPRESENT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - GM Yevgenia Dolukhanova was transferred from Ukrainian chess federation to Armenian. FIDE has officially approved the transfer.
Dolukhanova is a champion of Ukraine in 2009. Besides, she won ...2011 WAS PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR ARMENIA - DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan met the acting head of OSCE Office in Yerevan Carel Hofstra and discussed cooperation results of the 2011.
It was mentioned that the year certainly ...SOCIALISTS IN FRENCH SENATE DEMAND TO PASS BILL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PARIS. - Head of Socialist group at French Senate François Rebsamen turned to the government to register bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide as soon as possible, Les Nouvelles d'Armenie reports.
To ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA GIVES NEW YEAR PRESENTS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND CHILDREN
YEREVAN- Regional organizations of RPA prepared New Year presents for 30,000 families in need and also presents and surprises for 35,000 children.
Some political forces consider this action as electoral ...SMALL BOY HANGED HIMSELF IN RUSSIA BECAUSE OF COMPUTER VIRUS
In Altai an eight year old boy committed suicide. The police think that a computer virus might be a possible cause of the suicide.
The tragedy occurred on December 24. The police managed to find out that ...TRAFFIC JAMS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Because of electricity issues 3 trolleybuses have stopped in Yerevan city Arshakunyats avenue due to which there is a traffic jam for already an hour.
According to the information of the Armenian ...ARMENIAN WOMEN'S CHESS TEAM SIXTH IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
During the Women's World Team Chess Championships in Turkey China's team ranked first place, although China lost against Ukraine (1.5-2.5) in the pre-final round, but so did India and thus lost the chance ...
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