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ARMENIA COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL PROVIDED WITH DIGITAL BOARDS AND TABLETS
- The National Education Ministry of Turkey included an Armenian school of Istanbul in the digital learning pilot program.
According to Turkish Zaman, the National Education Ministry of Turkey will divide 12 thousand tablets and digital boards among 52 schools located in different cities.
The Armenian Esayan college will be included in the program.
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Headlines for February 06, 2012TURKS SUBSTANTIATE FRANCE'S GENOCIDE BILL BY FILING LAWSUIT ON ITS BASIS
By Artur Hakobyan
Interesting developments have unfolded after when Ahmet Karadag, a 57-year-old resident of Turkey's Gaziantep (Ayntap) city, filed a lawsuit against the French President, France, French-Armenians, ...ROADS ARE PASSABLE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable as of Monday 8:30 a.m.
But there is hidden ice on some parts of Selim Mountain Pass, and of roads in Alaverdi, Dilijan, ...NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEMANDS RELEASE OF ARMENIAN JOURNALIST
YEREVAN. - The National Press Club of Armenia issued a statement in defense of Haykakan Zhamanak daily's journalist, Hayk Gevorgyan.
"The National Press Club calls upon the law enforcement and the justice ...31-YEAR-OLD ARMENIAN WOMAN SUFFERS FROM BREAST CANCER
Yelena Kalashyan, 31, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2010, no longer has sufficient financial resources to continue undergoing full cancer treatment.
She had undergone surgery, but she ...26-YEAR-OLD MAN IS KILLED IN ETCHMIADZIN CITY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a call from a hospital, on February 4, informing that the dead body of Vagharshapat city resident Artak Simonyan, 26, was transferred to the hospital, and that ...YEREVAN TAXI DRIVER FOUND DEAD IN CEMETERY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a distress call, on February 4, informing of the dead body of a man in a capital Yerevan cemetery.
The police officers, who were dispatched to the said cemetery, ...MERCEDES CRASHES INTO CURB IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A Mercedes Benz crashed into the dividing curb at an intersection of Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday.
As a result the vehicle's driver sustained injuries and was taken to hospital, Police ...RESTRAINT ORDER AGAINST ARMENIAN JOURNALIST IS COMMUTED
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court held a hearing, on Monday, on the restraint order of Haykakan Zhamanak daily's journalist, Hayk Gevorgyan.
The ...ONE-YEAR-OLD BABY POISONED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - One-year-old Irina P. was poisoned and hospitalized in Yerevan on Monday.
Her health condition is satisfactory, while nothing is available on reasons of the poisoning Armenian Ministry of Emergency ...ARMENIAN AMERICANS URGE OBAMA TO FULFILL CAMPAIGN PLEDGE
Members of Congress and the Armenian Assembly expressed strong concerns regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks on the Armenian Genocide at a town hall meeting last week, reported the Armenian ...ARMENIA'S 4TH-CONVOCATION PARLIAMENT STARTS FINAL SESSION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's 4th-convocation National Assembly (NA) will commence its final, 11th session on Monday.
A total of 97 MP's are registered for the session, Armenian News-NEWS.am's reporter informed ...PROTESTORS TRIED TO BROKE INTO SYRIA'S CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL
About 300 people organized a demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday protesting against developments in Syria.
According to Turkish Zaman, the protestors gathered in front of the consulate of Syria made statements ...ARMENIA WILL ADOPT LAW ON INDUSTRY
YEREVAN. - In 2012, Armenia's National Assembly (NA) is expected to adopt a law on industry, chairman Vazgen Safaryan of the Union of Domestic Goods Producers stated during a press conference on Monday. ...ARMENIAN GRANDMASTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN AEROFLOT OPEN FESTIVAL 2012
Two Armenian Grandmasters will participate in Aeroflot Open Festival 2012 to be held on February 6-17 in Moscow. Vladimir Hakobyan and Hrant melkumyan will represent Armenia.
Three Open Tournaments (A, ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS SHOULD REMAIN ON ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT'S AGENDA - SPEAKER
YEREVAN. - The Armenian-Turkish protocols' withdrawal from the Armenian National Assembly's (NA) agenda is within the President's powers, NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan stated during NA's session on Monday, ...ARMENIA'S INCOME DOES NOT DRAW NEAR INFLATION - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The increase in the income of Armenia's residents remains behind the inflation rate, Armenian Consumers' Association Chairman Armen Poghosyan said during a press conference on Monday.
In ...ARMENIAN JOURNALIST HAYK GEVORGYAN RELEASED
YEREVAN. - Minutes ago journalist of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Hayk Gevorgyan was released.
Hayk Gevorgyan was taken into custody on February 3 and transferred to prison. He is accused of hitting a citizen ...RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ARRIVES IN ARMENIA TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov arrives on a visit to Armenia on Monday to discuss the issues related to economic cooperation with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
The focus of the ...RULING COALITION MEMBER ORINATS YERKIR PARTY TO HOLD CONGRESS ON MARCH 3
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir Party will hold congress on March 3, head of Orinats Yerkir parliamentary group said at a press conference on Monday.
The party is currently in the process ...ISRAELI FM OPENLY SPEAKS AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman for the first time publicly spoke against recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
His position supposing not to threaten strategic partnership with Azerbaijan was ...CORRUPTION RISKS IN ARMENIA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM ARE NOT REDUCING SUFFICIENTLY - MINISTER IS CONCERNED
YEREVAN. - The principals' competitions were held in Armenia's more than 900 schools, from September 2011 until the end of December, and as a result complaints and dissatisfactions were expressed for ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTNER "TORPEDOES" OTHER PARTNER'S LAW PROPOSAL
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Parliamentary Faction did not take part in National Assembly (NA) voting on the bill concerning limitations to financial operations, and ...ARMENIA COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL PROVIDED WITH DIGITAL BOARDS AND TABLETS
The National Education Ministry of Turkey included an Armenian school of Istanbul in the digital learning pilot program.
According to Turkish Zaman, the National Education Ministry of Turkey will divide ...COALITION PARTY CONSIDERS WRONG TO CHANGE TO 100% PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir party considers it is not a good time to change to 100% proportional system in Armenia prior to the parliamentary elections, head of Orinats Yerkir parliamentary ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES' LEADERS DISCUSS JOINT PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Chairman Khachatur Kokobelyan of Armenia's non-parliamentary opposition Free Democrats Party and chairman Raffi Hovannisian of the parliamentary opposition Heritage Party discussed the chances ...IF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS PROVED, TURKEY WOULD APOLOGIZE - TURKISH MINISTER
Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis, was interviewed by Al Jazeera English television, during which he stated that Turkey would apologize if the Armenian Genocide is proved by historical and ...ANOTHER THREAT AGAINST TURKEY FROM IRAN
Iranian Major General Hossein Salami voiced threats against Ankara.
Salami told Fars haber agency that the countries, territories of which are used by the enemies of Iran, would be attacked, Turkish Milliyet ...ARMENIAN SOLDIER IS KILLED IN KARABAKH FRONTLINES
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army conscript Marat Dimaksyan, 20, received a fatal gunshot wound, on Sunday at 7:20 p.m., at a military position at the line of contact between ...ARMENIA'S UNIVERSITIES ARE AMONG LARGE TAXPAYERS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's State Revenue Committee (SRC) publicized the list of the country's top-1,000 taxpayers for 2011, which includes the educational institutions, too.
And the list's most taxpaying ...FORMER DEFENDANT IN ARMENIAN JOURNALIST'S MURDER CASE DISCLOSES NEW DETAILS
ISTANBUL. - Erhan Tuncel, justified for the Armenian Agos newspaper chief editor Hrant Dink murder case, has disclosed new details about the assassination.
In an interview with Turkish Star newspaper ...INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED AGAINST TURKISH MINISTER WHO DENIED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Prosecutor's Office of Switzerland's Canton of Zurich launched an inquiry against Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis.
The proceedings were launched after when Bagis had stated in Zurich, ...PROJECT ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH LAUNCHED
A new regional project on impartial information exchange among Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh was launched. The project is initiated by Yerevan press club in partnership with Azerbaijani and ...DIASPORA-ARMENIAN EDUCATORS' YEARLY TRAINING PROGRAM TO BE HELD IN SUMMER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Education and Science Ministry has commenced preparations for the 2012 training program for the Armenology studies teachers, principals, and teaching inspectors at Diaspora-Armenian ...WHY HAS ARMENIA'S CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS DROPPED?
YEREVAN. - In line with the publication of the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the country's construction business has dropped by 11.5 percent in 2011, in comparison with the previous year.
Construction ...RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY COMMENTS ON COALITION PARTNER'S RECENT MOVE
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MPs consider coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party's (PAP) recent actions as a PR move, violation of coalition agreements.
The ruling coalition's ...NEW WINDOWS 8 WITHOUT START
New version of Windows will not have the button Start, blogger Paul Thurrott said.
Beta version has no Start for Windows 8, as well as all the functional menu following the Start, the blogger said quoting ...ARMENIAN SOLDIER WHO DIED IN KARABAKH WAS KILLED BY FELLOW SERVICEMAN
YEREVAN. - It has become apparent that the 20-year-old soldier of a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) border military unit who died on Sunday was killed by a fellow serviceman.
According to preliminary ...DOLLAR AGAIN TUMBLES DOWN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) again started to fall in Armenia's financial market.
The average USD/AMD exchange rate made AMD 387.42/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia ...AZERBAIJANI HACKERS CRACK ARMENIAN SAMBO FEDERATION WEBSITE
YEREVAN. - It is already for a week that Armenian Federation of Sambo official website, sambo.am is not available.
According to the website creator Alteza Company, the website was cracked by Azerbaijani ...OLYMPIC CHAMPION ARMEN NAZARYAN THINKS ABOUT COMEBACK
Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan is thinking about return to the competition.
In an interview with Bulgarian Tema Sport, Nazaryan said he had not made final decision but is training ...ARMENIA'S ARMAVIA MAKES ALL FLIGHTS TO EUROPE DESPITE BAD WEATHER
YEREVAN. -Armenian Armavia air company operated Yerevan-Paris flight without delay on Monday despite bad weather in Europe, Armavia's spokesperson Nana Avetisova told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"Yerevan-Paris ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1300 Death at the age of 53 of the Cilician Armenian King Levon the Third. He was the eldest son of King Hetoom the First.
- 1905 Fighting breaks out between Armenians and Azeri Turks in Baku, Yerevan, Gandja, and Shooshee.
- 1919 Opening of the Second Conference of Western Armenians, which first accepted formula about "Political Program of United and Independent Armenia".
- 1919 Start of the Western Armenians' Second Conference. There were 55 participants.
- 1980 In Bern (Switzerland) Swiss police arrest Hrair Max Kelinjian, a member of the illegal political organization "Justice Fighters for Armenian Genocide". He killed the Turkish Ambassador in Bern. After a trial lasting two years, he was condemned to two years' imprisonment.
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