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TURKISH HOSTEL TO BE OPENED IN ARMENIAN TUMANYAN'S HOUSE-MUSEUM IN GEORGIA
- YEREVAN. - House-museum of Armenian famous writer Hovhannes Tumanyan in Tbilisi, Georgia will be sold, Armenian community in Tbilisi informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Part of the house-museum was sold to a businessman in 1990s, who is going to sell it to a Georgian-Turkish company Geo Turan. The latter will build a hostel for Turkish citizens. The company has offered Tumanyan's grand-grandchild Alain Tumanyan to sell the other part, however, received a negative response.
Armenian Ministry of Culture expects information from Georgia to understand the situation and take corresponding measures, head of the Ministry press service Gayane Durganyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
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Headlines for January 16, 2012TURKEY PLAYS DANGEROUS GAME IN REGION - IRAQI PM
Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki responded in a harsh manner to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements made with respect to Iraq's domestic matters.
In an interview with El-Hurra television, the Iraqi ...SWINE FLU CASES RECORDED IN TURKEY
Turkey's Health Ministry informed that cases of the H1N1 virus were recorded in the country this winter.
The Ministry's representative noted that although they came across cases of the swine flu, these ...ARMENIA'S ARARAT FC WILL NOT INVITE FOREIGN PLAYERS
By Khachik Chakhoyan
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Ararat Football Club was unsuccessful at the country's Premiere League in the past season.
On January 7, the Club resumed its trainings for the ...VIC DARCHINYAN TO FIGHT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Former Armenian world boxing champion Vic Darchinyan, who turned 36 last week, will fight, on April 1, against Japanese Shinsuke Yamanaka for the WBC bantamweight title, ARMBOXING.com informs, referring ..."THE DESCENDANTS" GETS GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
The awarding ceremony of the Golden Globe - an award given by Hollywood foreign press association (HFPA) was given in U.S. last night.
"The Descendants" by Alexander Peyn won the best drama of 2011 award. ...STUDENT, INSTEAD OF BUSINESSMAN, IS KILLED IN RUSSIA
KRASNOYARSK. - A first-year student at the Federal University of Siberia became the target of a hired assassin, who was supposed to kill a well-known businessman.
According to preliminary data, the ...DEATH TOLL IN COSTA CONCORIDA CRASH REACHED SIX
The rescuers, working in a crash site of Costa Concorida cruise ship, have found a corpse of a man. So the number of victims reached six. Fourteen people were declared missing.
Though only 3 days passed ...IN VIENNA, ARMENIAN CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN WILL ATTEND "EUROMONEY" FORUM
YEREVAN. - An Armenian delegation, led by Central Bank (CB) Chairman Arthur Javadyan, headed for Vienna to participate in the Euromoney Central and Eastern European Forum, which will be held Monday and ...REMITTANCES TO ARMENIA REDUCE AT END OF 2011
YEREVAN. - Individuals sent US$ 141 million non-commercial remittances to Armenia in November 2011, Central Bank's November report informs.
In the year past, this transfer of funds reached its peak in ...PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA TO HOLD MEETINGS IN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - John Prescott, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Co-Rapporteur on Armenia, will visit the National Assembly (NA), on Monday at noon, NA Public Relations Department ...STREET-CONTROL CAMERAS, SPEED-MEASUREMENT DEVICES IN OPERATION IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Traffic- and street-control cameras, and speed-measurement devices are in operation in Armenia's capital Yerevan, as of Monday, Police Force informs.
Also, more such equipment will continue ...ARMENIA'S SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS IS CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC
YEREVAN. - All of Armenia's motorways are passable as of Monday 11 a.m., but Selim Mountain Pass is closed, the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The Ministry also advises ...STUDENT KILLED INSTEAD OF BUSINESSMAN IN RUSSIA IS ARMENIAN
Armenian student was killed in Russia's Krasnoyarsk.
A murder was committed on January 13. Killer fired at Hovhannes Sahakyan when he came out of the house of his friend - businessman to start a car. ...CRIMINAL CASE LAUNCHED INTO KIDNAPPING OF ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICER
A criminal case is launched into the kidnapping and subsequent beating of a police officer in Armenia's Artik city on January 10. And Shirag Region's resident Anushavan Baghdasaryan is charged with kidnapping ...WHO WILL BE SECOND IN COMMAND OF ARMENIAN RULING PARTY'S ELECTION HEADQUARTERS?
YEREVAN. - Deputy chiefs of the campaign headquarters of the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will become known probably by the end of January, Armenian News-NEWS.am's informed sources ...ARMENIAN CENTRAL BANK ISSUES "WUSHU," "JUDO" COMMEMORATIVE COINS
YEREVAN. - Within the framework of the "Art of Fighting" International Numismatic Program, Armenia's Central Bank issued "Wushu" and "Judo" commemorative silver coins.
Their nominal value is 1,000 drams ...SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call Monday informing that a person had jumped into capital Yerevan's Hrazdan Gorge.
A rescue squad and an operative team are dispatched to the scene, Rescue ...CAR CRASHES INTO CONCRETE POLE ON ARMENIAN HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2107 went off road, at Armenia's Yeraskh-Yerevan Highway on Sunday, and crashed into a concrete pole.
As a result of the accident, passenger, and capital Yerevan resident, Arayik Zakaryan, ...RATIFICATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO STATES - SABINE FREIZER
Ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols will improve relations between two neighboring states, said Sabine Freizer, European Program Director at the International Crisis Group.
Sabine Freizer said ...WILL ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES' DISCUSSIONS RESULT IN UNITED BLOC?
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party is conducting talks with the opposition Armenian National Congress, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, and Free Democrats Party, during which they are discussing ...IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS, AZERBAIJAN WAS ABLE TO AFFECT TURKISH AUTHORITIES - INTERNATIONAL EXPERT
Baku is convinced that Turkey closed its border with Armenia because of the Karabakh conflict, and that it will not reopen it unless Armenia removes its troops from Karabakh, Sabine Freizer, the European ...MINISTER NALBANDIAN CONFIRMS MEETING OF ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS
YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister confirmed reports on forthcoming meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents.
"The sides have reached an arrangement to hold a trilateral meeting, the place ...GEORGIAN CITIZEN STEALS WALLET OF YOUNG WOMAN IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Another theft, which was committed in the Armenian capital Yerevan by Georgian citizen Mikhail Muradashvili, 33, is revealed.
To note, Police Force officers detained Muradashvili, on December ...ARMENIA FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS CONCERNING IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM
YEREVAN.- Armenia stands for peaceful settlement of the situation over Iran, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told journalists on Monday.
"Armenia always stressed necessity of peaceful solution to the ...THREE TEENAGERS STEAL MONEY AND CIGARETTES IN STORE IN ARMENIA
GYUMRI. - Armenia's Artik police received call on Jan. 13 that AMD 70,000 ($184) and cigarettes have been stolen from a store.
Police found out that 17-year-old Sargis M., Alexander H., and Aghasi B., ...7-YEAR-OLD GIRL POISONED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE IN ARMENIA'S AREVIK VILLAGE
YEREVAN. - Akhuryan police received call that a 7-year-old girl was poisoned from carbon monoxide in Armenia's Arevik village and hospitalized on Jan. 15.
It was found out that she was poisoned due to ...UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT CLOSED DUE TO BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS
Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian border is closed due to bad weather conditions, Russia's border service reported.
Traffic was temporarily suspended from the Georgian side on Monday, Interfax-Russia ...SUICIDE ATTEMPT PREVENTED IN ARMENIA'S SYUNIK REGION
KAPAN. - Syunik Region police department received a call on Sunday saying that a resident in Kapan is going to commit a suicide by jumping from the ninth floor.
Rescuers arrived at the scene, Armenian ...TURKEY'S ARGUMENTS AGAINST GENOCIDE BILL UNTENABLE - ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN.- Turkey's arguments against adoption of a Genocide bill by the French Senate are untenable, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told journalists on Monday.
"The arguments presented by ...HRANT DINK'S MURDER TRIAL VERDICT IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY - TURKISH NEWSPAPER
ISTANBUL. - The court ruling into the murder of Hrant Dink—the founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian weekly, who was killed in 2007—is expected to be issued on Tuesday, ...HERITAGE PARTY ADDRESSES PACE CO- RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA
PACE Co- rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott was handed a letter by Heritage Party during the meeting in the National Assembly on Monday. The letter reads as follows:
"Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen,
Parliamentary ...AZERBAIJAN HAMPERS ARRANGEMENT TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENTS IN FRONTLINE - ARMENIAN MFA
YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan is hampering finalizing the arrangement on investigation into incidents in the line of contact, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at a Monday press conference.
Recalling ...BIRTHS IN ARMENIA WILL SOON BE LESS THAN DEATHS - DEMOGRAPHER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's current population is 2.8-2.9 million, demographer Gagik Yeganyan stated during a press conference on Monday.
He also added that the absolute birthrate in Armenia is reducing, and ...26 FAMILIES MAY LEAVE ARMENIA - OPEN LETTER TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Over 7 years have passed since 26 families in Amiryan Street, in Yerevan downtown, who lived in areas of state requirement, received neither the land according to contracts, nor apartments, ...ARMENIAN MFA OUTLINES 2012 FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
YEREVAN.- One of the main priorities for 2012 will be work on Karabakh peace process, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told journalists on Monday.
According to him, in 2012 the Ministry will ...ACTIONS OF AZERBAIJANI LEADERSHIP FULLY CONTRADICT EARLIER STATEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS - KARABAKH MFA
Armenian News-NEWS.am posts the comments issued by the Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Ministry on Azerbaijan's position regarding the request to increase funding for the Office of the Personal Representative ...US FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA MADE $44.7 MILLION LAST YEAR
YEREVAN. -U.S. and Armenia continued their close cooperation on the issues of bilateral interest in 2011, Armenian MFA's 2011 report reads.
Activities were carried out to strengthen political and trade ...3 CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR MAYORAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIAN CITY
HRAZDAN. - Three candidates will run for the mayoral elections in Armenia's Hrazdan city.
The said candidates are Hrazdan's incumbent mayor—the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) ...FRENCH ACTRESS OF ARMENIAN DESCENT ROSY VARTE PASSES AWAY
PARIS. - French famous actress of Armenian descent Rosy Varte died on Jan. 14, said her husband Pierre Badel.
She worked with Jean Vilar at Théâtre national populaire - TNP, where Varte and ...KARABAKH'S CAPITAL SET TO START 24-HOUR WATER SUPPLY
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan held a consultation, on Monday, devoted to improving the water supply system of capital Stepanakert.
The President stressed that ...KARABAKH HAS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE DEPUTY CHIEF
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree Monday, whereby Colonel Gagik Sargsyan is appointed NKR National Security Service Deputy Chief and State Protection ...ARMENIA AND RUSSIA DEEPENED AND ENLARGED RELATIONS IN 2011 - MFA
YEREVAN. - Strategic-allied relations between Armenia and Russia were marked by steps directed to the further deepening the cooperation, elaboration and realization of project perspectives, Armenian MFA ...ARMENIA, IRAN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP RELATIONS IN 2011
YEREVAN.- Relations between Armenia and Iran continued to develop in 2011. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited Iran at the invitation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in March, says the 2011 report issued ...YEREVAN'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO HAVE NEW BUSES
YEREVAN. - The first group of buses—139 in total—are imported from China and are already in Armenia's capital, Yerevan. The next group is also expected in the coming days, and these new buses ...ARMENIAN MFA SUMS UP RESULTS: EUROPE
YEREVAN.- 2011 was marked by expansion of high level political dialogue and cooperation with the European Union, says the 2011 report issued by Armenian MFA.
President Serzh Sargsyan attended the Eastern ...WORLD COMMUNITY RESPONDED ADEQUATELY TO TURKEY'S DESTRUCTIVE APPROACHES - ARMENIAN MFA
YEREVAN. - In 2011 Turkey strongly opposed ratification of the protocols signed to normalize relations between Armenia and Turkey, says the 2011 report issued by Armenian MFA.
"Destructive approaches ...ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN RELATIONS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACTIVELY IN 2011 - ARMENAIN MFA
YEREVAN. - Armenian-Georgian relations continued to develop actively in 2011. Bilateral visits on various levels were significantly activated, as well as an active political dialogue was run, Armenian ...$1 APPROACHES AMD 389
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Dram (AMD) continues to lose value against the US Dollar and other currencies, and Monday was not an exception.
One dollar's average exchange rate comprised AMD 389.47, at NASDAQ ...ARMENIA DEEPENED POLITICAL DIALOGUE WITH EUROPE IN 2011
YEREVAN.-During 2011 Armenia was consistent in deepening political dialogue with the European states and development of cooperation in various fields, says the report issued by Armenian MFA.
The head ...HUNDREDS OF ARMENIANS STUCK IN KAZBEGI-UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT IN GEORGIA
YEREVAN. - Over 350 people, mainly citizens of Armenia, who are to enter Russia through Georgia, cannot pass Kazbegi-Upper Lars checkpoint because of bad weather conditions, Vzgliad reports quoting Rustavi-2 ...ARMENIA AND WORLD COMMUNITY REGISTER HARMONIZED POSITION ON KARABAKH IN 2011
YEREVAN. - The year 2011 reaffirmed the harmony of the positions of Armenia and the international community achieved during the recent years; and the developments which took place stressed the correctness ...OSCE TO MONITOR LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT.- OSCE will hold a regular monitoring on Tuesday in the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
The monitoring will be held in the direction of Kuropatkino ...TURKISH HOSTEL TO BE OPENED IN ARMENIAN TUMANYAN'S HOUSE-MUSEUM IN GEORGIA
YEREVAN. - House-museum of Armenian famous writer Hovhannes Tumanyan in Tbilisi, Georgia will be sold, Armenian community in Tbilisi informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Part of the house-museum was sold to ...PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SYSTEM IS ARMENIA'S DOMESTIC ISSUE - PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's political powers should be concerned about the system of holding parliamentary elections no matter majoritarian, proportional or mixed, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of ...OSCE HEAD READY TO SHARE IRELAND'S EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH CONFLICTS
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore is ready to share Ireland's experience in dealing with the conflicts in his message titled "Building confidence and reducing tensions." Ireland took over chairmanship ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENT RECEIVED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan received on Monday Personal Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
They discussed issues on the current situation ...UNPLEASANT INCIDENT OCCURRED AT MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIAN DELEGATES AND PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The meeting between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Co-Rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott and Armenian delegates did not work out, coalition member Prosperous Armenia ...ARMENIA EITHER TO HOLD NORMAL ELECTIONS OR TO FACE CATASTROPHE - PAP
YEREVAN. - The key issue in the meeting between Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Co-Rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott was the upcoming parliamentary ...ARMENIAN RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES TO WIN ON PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has already decided on the electoral system for the upcoming elections, RPA source informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to the source, polls claim ...ARMENIAN OFF PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION REMINDS PACE ABOUT "MARCH 1" TRAGIC EVENTS
YEREVAN. - Off parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan met with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Co-Rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott ...ARMENIA'S CHIEF COACH OF NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HEADED TO SPAIN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's chief coach of national football team Vardan Minasyan headed to Spain to watch the play of the national team player Marcos Pizzelli, Armenian Football Federation press service informs ...
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