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Headlines for January 12, 2012COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN COE FOLLOWS ATTENTIVELY TO HRANT DINK CASE
Long-standing systemic shortcomings in the administration of justice in Turkey adversely affect the protection of human rights, report by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg ...TURKISH WRITER PAMUK'S ARMENIAN GIRL-FRIEND REJECTS GOSSIPS
ANKARA. - Artist, girl-friend of Turkish famous writer, Noble Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, Caroline Fişekçi, Armenian by origin, rejected information spread by Hurriyet Daily News that Pamuk has left ...IF TEHRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ WAR IS TO BREAK OUT - EXPERT
Iran will not block Strait of Hormuz, director of the Russian/Eurasian Program, German Council on Foreign Relations Alexander Rahr told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"If Tehran makes that move, war will break ...ENERGY INTERESTS AMONG CASPIAN SUPERPOWERS COULD LEAD TO WAR IN NAGORNO KARABAKH - EXPERT
Conflicts in the Caspian regions based on collision of energy interests are quite possible, director of the Russian/Eurasia Program, German Council on Foreign Relations Alexander Rahr told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...ARMENIAN COURT OF APPEAL DID NOT ACCEPT COMPLAINT ON CASE OF MANVEL HAZROYAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian Court of Appeals did not accept complaint on the case of Manvel Hazroyan, who killed four of his co-servicemen, Hazroyan's lawyer Edmond Marukyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Earlier ...HOW FIERCE WILL AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMISTS?
By Tatevik Hayrapetyan
BAKU. - The Azerbaijani authorities continue to exert pressure against their citizens in order to somewhat reduce their religious tendencies.
As case in point, capital Baku's mayor, ...DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT APPOINTED AS ACTING CHIEF
YEREVAN. - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armenian Parliament Gagik Mkheyan is appointed as acting Chief of Staff, when its head Gegham Gharibjanyan is on leave.
According to Armenian News-NEWS.am sources, ...US ENVOY IN AZERBAIJAN DID NOT FULFILL WASHINGTON'S EXPECTATIONS - ARMENIAN CAUSE
Matthew Bryza's activities in Azerbaijan as U.S. Ambassador did not satisfy Washington, ARF Dashnaktsutyun member responsible for Armenian Cause issues Kiro Manoyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...IMPRISONED TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER CALLS UPON HIS PARLIAMENT TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Ragip Zarakolu—a well-known Turkish human rights defender and director of Belge Publishing House, in Turkey, who is imprisoned within the framework of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) affair—forwarded, ...YEREVAN'S DEPUTY MAYOR WILL GO ON VACATION AND NOT RETURN TO DUTY- NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Deputy Mayor, Vahagn Arakelyan, has gone on vacation and he will not return to this office, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"Vahagn Arakelyan was appointed to the ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS PERSON WHO DROVE INTO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE GATE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Vachagan Isoyan, who, while driving a GAZ 2410-model car had hit the Armenian Presidential Office gate on November 17, was released from custody on December 27. And as the Police Force informed, ...ARMENIA'S POLICE CHIEF PERSONALLY BEATS FORMER OFFICIAL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Norik Mirzakhanyan (a.k.a. Kartol), who was arrested on December 12, 2011, on charges of using illegal drugs, was released soon thereafter, Hraparak daily writes.
"He [Mirzakhanyan] was the ...DOWNFALL EXPECTED IN MOST PARTS OF ARMENIA
Light downfall is expected in separate areas of Armenia on Thursday and Friday.
Also on these days, variable cloudy skies with a small chance of downfall are expected in the capital Yerevan. No downfall ...BELARUSIAN TRACTOR SERVICE CENTERS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Along the lines of his visit to the Belarusian capital Minsk, Armenia's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan toured the Tractor Plant of Minsk, during which the parties ...TOYOTA PRADO GOES OFF ROAD, ROLLS OVER IN ARMENIA'S REGION
YEREVAN. - A Toyota Prado went off road, at Armenia's Yerevan-Gyumri Highway on Monday, and rolled over for yet unknown reasons. The vehicle's driver was Gyumri city resident, Garik Gevorgyan, 57. ...AFTER 48 YEARS, TURKEY ALLOWS OPENING OF NEW GREEK SCHOOL
The government of Turkey permitted the country's Greek community to open a school on Gokceada Island.
This decision by the government is very important for the Greeks in Turkey, because for a long ...TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A road accident occurred Wednesday at Armenia's capital, Yerevan, in the vicinity of the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex.
A Range Rover, which crossed into the opposite lane, subsequently ...ROCKSLIDE AT ARMENIA'S KAPAN CITY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call Wednesday, from the residents of a building in Kapan city, that a rockslide had occurred from the hillside nearby their building.
The firefighting-rescue ...HIT-AND-RUN IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The driver of an unidentified automobile hit a 21-year-old in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on Wednesday.
The young man received injuries and was transferred to hospital, Police Force informed ...WOMAN RAN OVER IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
YEREVAN. - Opel Vectra vehicle ran over 45-year-old woman at 6.40 p.m. in Yerevan on Wednesday.
The woman was injured and hospitalized, police press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. Investigation ...WOMAN'S EX-HUSBAND BREAKS INTO HER HOME IN ARMENIAN CITY
YEREVAN. - A woman filed a complaint Wednesday, at Armenian Police Force's Artik City Precinct, that her gold jewelry and cellular phone, all totaling 450,000 drams (approx. US$ 1,165), were stolen from ...TWO DETAINED FOR KEEPING AND USING DRUGS IN ARMENIA
GYUMRI. - Police detained on Thursday at 10.00 a.m. Hakob B., 44, who was wanted since Dec. 21, 2011, for keeping, making and delivering huge amount of drugs and psychotropic substances. He is currently ...KARABAKH CONFLICT TRANSFORMED TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM - IRANIAN SPEAKER
Turkey and Iran are Muslim, fraternal countries, therefore coordination is necessary for seeking solution to the regional problems, Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani told Anadolu agency ahead of his visit ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INCREASES QUANTITY OF HYGIENE ITEMS PROVIDED TO FEMALE INMATES
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia adopted a decision Thursday, according to which the country's female prisoners will now receive ten—instead of five—hygiene items per month.
According ...POLICE OFFICERS DISCOVER SYRINGES AND DRUGS IN BALCONY OF HOUSE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police officers of Charentsavan city department detained a citizen on Wednesday who is accused of keeping drugs: the police officers had discovered syringes containing different liquids in ...MAN COLLECTS HEMP UNDER BRIDGE IN ARMENIA
GYUMRI. - Police officers have detained a man accused of keeping drugs in Armenian Gyumri city on Wednesday at 6.30.
As the press service of the Armenian Police informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, the man ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ARMY BUILDING MATTERS WITH ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES' DEPUTY HEAD OF GENERAL STAFF
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan met Thursday with First Deputy Head of the General Staff of Armenia's Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Enrico Apryamov, and Deputy ...ARMENIA WILL HARDLY HELP FRENCH ECONOMY BUT CAN THANK PARIS FOR GENOCIDE BILL
YEREVAN.- Armenia can thank France with a symbolic gesture - purchasing French goods, said head of Consumers Association of Armenia Armen Poghosyan.
"For instance, Yerevan municipality can purchase French ...ARMENIA CANNOT BE PERSUADED TO JOIN SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN.- Western states realize that they cannot oblige Armenia to joint the sanctions against Iran, expert in Oriental studies Mher Baghdasaryan told journalists on Thursday.
He recalled that Armenia ...THERE ARE "TOURISTS, IMMOVABLES" IN ARMENIA'S POLICE FORCE - POLICE CHIEF
YEREVAN. - The personnel changes at Armenia's Police Force are geared toward making the activities more efficient, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan told news reporters during a briefing on Thursday.
In ...ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF COMMENTS ON DISMISSAL OF PASSPORT AND VISA DEPARTMENT CHIEF
YEREVAN. - During Thursday's briefing with news reporters, Armenia's Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan reflected on the dismissal of Police Colonel Norayr Muradkhanyan, now former Chief of Police Force ...NO PROOFS IRAN HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN.- Iran's threats and warnings can be considered as a response to the sanctions, expert in Oriental studies Mher Baghdasaryan told journalists on Thursday.
He recalled that the world community ...YEREVAN WILL NO LONGER HAVE "TRAFFIC POLICE" - ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF
YEREVAN. - The term "traffic police" will cease to exist in a foreseeable future, at least in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan stated Thursday.
"Soon we will cover the entire ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE FILES LAWSUIT FOR RETURN OF BUILDING
ISTANBUL. - Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, filed a lawsuit so that the building known as Sanasaryan Han (large building) be returned to Istanbul's Armenian ...ARMENIA'S CURRENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS 50 PERCENT - OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - Only 342 of Armenia's 1,400 schools made use of the permission to extend the winter break for two more weeks, Education and Science Ministry's Public Education Department Chief Narine Hovhannisyan ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION'S MAIN DEMAND RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT SARGSYAN
YEREVAN.- The only guarantee for the Armenian National Congress (ANC) at the forthcoming elections is active public participation, said Lyudmila Sargsyan, member of the Congress.
According to her, motto ...BELARUS READY TO EXPORT GOODS TO ARMENIA
MINSK. - Belarus is ready to intensify cooperation with Armenia not only on trade-economic relations but also within international organizations, including CSTO, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ...IRANIAN SPEAKER HOLDS MEETINGS IN TURKEY
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani arrived in Turkey to hold meetings with country's top officials.He already held a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday and plans ...ARMENIA'S POLICE FORCE DOES NOT TOLERATE VIOLATION AGAINST IT - POLICE CHIEF
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force never tolerates any violation against a police officer, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan said Thursday, commenting on the recent kidnapping and beating of a police officer ...GREEK CITIZEN KILLED IN ARMENIA'S ALAVERDI CITY
ALAVERDI . - Vasil Shahverdyan shot and killed Gagik Kilinkarov, Greek by originб at 2.15 p.m. on Thursday in Armenia's Alaverdi city, head of Lori Region police Anubakh Habaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Police ...WHICH PROBLEMS MAKE ARMENIANS TURN TO PSYCHOLOGISTS?
YEREVAN. - Armenians most of all turned to psychologists on family problems last year, psychologist Mariam Mehrabyan told the journalists on Thursday adding most of them were divorcing couples.
People ...INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS IN ARMENIA: PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
YEREVAN. - The institute of psychologists is not yet established in Armenia. Armenian citizens gradually get accustomed to the practice of turning to the psychologist, psychologist Mariam Mehrabyan told ...ARMENIAN CHIEF OF POLICE SPEAKS WITH PARENTS OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN ARMY
YEREVAN. - Following the Armenian government's session, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan conversed with the parents—of the soldiers who died while in service—who had again gathered in front ...IRELAND'S PRIORITY PROGRESS TOWARDS SETTLEMENTS OF PROTRACTED CONFLICTS IN OSCE AREA
During the year of its presidency in OSCE Ireland will seek ways to make progress towards lasting settlements of protracted conflicts in the OSCE area, said incumbent OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon ...CHIEF OF ARMENIAN POLICE SAYS HE IS A GOOD SINGER
YEREVAN. - Chief of Armenia's Police Vladimir Gasparyan by the request of the journalists on Thursday commented on the fact that his nine-year-old daughter Angelina likes singing and even has some videos.
"My ...NEW DETAILS FROM MURDER IN ARMENIA'S ALAVERDI CITY
YEREVAN. - Vasil Shahverdyan confessed Thursday, to Armenian Police Force's Alaverdi City Precinct, that he killed Gagik Kilinkarov with his firearm, Armenian News-NEWS.am's Lori Region correspondent ...ARMENIA OUTSTRIPPED ITS NEIGHBORS ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON SAFETY
Armenia has outstripped its neighbors on nuclear-weapon safety, American Nuclear Threat Initiative NGO made the rating together with Economist Intelligence Unit Company.
The rating features how nuclear ...ANONYMOUS BENEFACTOR PROVIDES FIREWOOD, CLOTHING TO HOMELESS FAMILY IN GYUMRI
GYUMRI. - An anonymous benefactor answered to the call of Shirak Center's video, entitled "The little girl, who was violated against, lives in a poor family," which Armenian News-NEWS.am also posted. ...ARMENIA RANKED 39TH IN ANNUAL INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
Armenia is ranked 39th in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom issued by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal.
Armenia's economic freedom score is 68.8, making its economy the 39th freest in ...ARMENIA'S POLICE CHIEF DENIES BEATING OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Chief of Police, Vladimir Gasparyan, denied having beaten Norik Mirzakhanyan (a.k.a. Kartol, which means "potato"), who works at Etchmiadzin City Hall.
"I have no contact with ...NEW VICAR OF ATRPATAKAN DIOCESE OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH APPOINTED
Editor of Hask clerical journal of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), head of the communication and information department of Cilicia Catholicosate (Lebanon), Abbot Grigor Chifchian is appointed a vicar ...US DOLLAR CONTINUES GAINING VALUE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - US Dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian Dram (AMD) continues to increase, but at a slower pace.
As a result of Thursday's trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, one dollar's average ...PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
PACE Co-rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan on 16-17 January.
Talks are scheduled with the President of the Republic Serzh Sargsyan, the President ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENT DISCUSSES DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES WITH ARFD
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan met with the members of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsakh central committee headed by the organization representative Davit Ishkhanyan on Thursday.
The ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION OFFERED BILL ON 100% PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM
YEREVAN. - Armenian parliamentary opposition parties, Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), have put into circulation bill on Elective Code changes, which supposes transferring from current mixed system ...CANADA MARKS 20 YEARS OF RECOGNITION OF ARMENIA'S INDEPENDENCE
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on Thursday on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Canada's recognition of Armenia's independence:
"Twenty years ago today, ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL DEPOSITORY EXPANDS SERVICES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Depository provides issuers with notification services about the movement of their shares, NASDAQ OMX Armenia's PR department informs.
The above mentioned service is widely ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1846 The second Russian - Armenian "Kovkas" newspaper was published with the initiative of Father Hakob Karinian and P. Mikayel. It was published until 1848, in Tbilisi.
- 1903 The Tsar confirms the confiscation and nationalization of Armenian Church property and estates.
- 1904 Death of Bishop Mambreh Markosian, painter and monk of Jerusalem.
- 1933 Yerevan's tramway service is inaugurated.
- 1945 Opening of the First Congress of Creative Artists in Yerevan.
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