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Published on February 10, 2012
TURKISH ELDERLY MAN GUARDS ARMENIAN CHURCH
- TRABZON. - Hasim Kantekin, 78, guards St. Amenaprkich Armenian Church (built in 1424) in Trabzon, Turkey.
Hasim Kantekin told Anadolu agency that the church is located on his territory which he has inherited from his father. The old man informed that he does not keep anything in the church.
He said that he has done everything to preserve the church, or else it would have fallen down years ago.
"Anyone who wants to visit the church, takes the keys from me and enters it," he said.
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Headlines for February 10, 2012FRENCH MP VALERIE BOYER BELIEVES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO ADOPT GENOCIDE BILL - INTERVIEW
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents the interview of the author of the bill criminalizing denial of genocides, Union for Popular Movement (UMP) MP Valerie Boyer published in Nouvelles d'Arménie.
Were ...ARMENIA TO DEVOTE SONG TO FRANCE
YEREVAN. - As a token of gratitude to France in connection to the Senate's adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, a song will be composed initiated by ...TURKISH ELDERLY MAN GUARDS ARMENIAN CHURCH
TRABZON. - Hasim Kantekin, 78, guards St. Amenaprkich Armenian Church (built in 1424) in Trabzon, Turkey.
Hasim Kantekin told Anadolu agency that the church is located on his territory which he has inherited ...22 CASES ON INCITEMENT TO SUICIDE ARE FILED IN ARMENIA IN 2011
In 2011, 22 cases were filed on incitement to suicide in Armenia, the Armenian Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In 2010 21 cases had been filed.
The punishment for incitement to suicide and incitement ...ARMENIAN CITY DOES NOT HAVE APPROVED PLAN
VANADZOR. - Works are done towards developing a city plan for Armenian Lori region's capital Vanadzor, as the city does not have an approved plan, the head of Vanadzor City Hall Architecture and Urban ...YOUNG MAN WHO RAPED GIRL IN ARMENIA HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED YET
YEREVAN. - Vardan Gh, 25, who in December 2011 raped a 10 year old girl, is imprisoned but has not been sentenced yet, inspector Edgar Alexanyan informed.
To note, Edgar Alexanyan informed earlier that ...ARMENIAN MP IS "HOSTAGE" IN NATIVE VILLAGE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Yerkir daily's reporter looked for MP Lyova Khachatryan everywhere in the National Assembly building, but he was nowhere to be found, the daily writes.
"It became apparent that the MP is not ...ARMENIA TO RECEIVE €1.5 BILLION IN CASE OF FREE ELECTIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - If Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections receive a positive evaluation by European observers, the government, which will be formed as a result of these elections, will receive hefty donations ...CONTINUING SNOWFALL IS NOT OBSTRUCTING ARMENIA'S ROADS
YEREVAN. - Despite the heavy snowfall, Armenia's interstate highways and local roads are not closed as of Friday 8 a.m.
And solely the Berd-Chambarak Highway and Selim Mountain Pass are closed. All equipment ...ARMENIAN CITY MAYOR BUYS HOMES IN FRANCE, US - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - All through his ten-year tenure, Armenia's Hrazdan city Mayor, and the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia member, Aram Danielyan has "made" millions of dollars. According to Zhoghovurd ...REMAINS OF GODDESS ANAHIT'S STATUE MUST BE GIVEN ARMENIAN "PASSPORT" - NEWSPAPER
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YEREVAN. - The hand and head of the statue of Goddess Anahit are kept in a museum in Great Britain. And Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan has proposed to transfer them to Armenia, Azg daily ...ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENTAL "SAUNA" IS VERY HEALTHFUL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - "Would anyone liked to have seen our [Armenia's] ministers, Cadastre Chief, [capital] Yerevan Mayor, [State Revenue Committee] SRC Chairman, and also the PM in a sauna?
This is not at all about ...SNOW FORCES ARMENIA'S ZVARTNOTS TO CANCEL FLIGHTS
YEREVAN.- Snowfall forced Yerevan's Zvartnots international airport to cancel all the flights.
All the flights have been canceled since Friday morning, civil aviation department informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...DEFENSE MINISTER INVITES LITHUANIAN COUNTERPART TO ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Lithuania, Ara Ayvazyan, met on Thursday with Lithuania's National Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene, and they discussed Armenian-Lithuanian relations.
The interlocutors ...QUAKE RATTLES ARMENIA'S APARAN CITY
YEREVAN. - A magnitude 2.7 tremor was registered in Armenia, at 8:13 a.m. local time, 11 km northeast of Aparan city.
The earthquake measured magnitude 3-4 at the epicenter, the Ministry of Emergency ...SOME MOTORWAYS ARE CLOSED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. -Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Friday 11:10 a.m.
But Selim Mountain Pass, the Berd-Chambarak, Verin Getashen-Madina highways, ...ARMENIAN AMERICANS POSE TEN QUESTIONS FOR HILLARY CLINTON
Armenian National Committee of America Chairman Ken Hachikian posed ten questions to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. policy on the Armenian Genocide, in his February 9 letter to the ...20 VEHICLES STRANDED BY BLIZZARD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A vehicle went off road on Thursday, at Armenia's Gavar-Martuni Highway, and it got stuck in snow.
A rescue team was dispatched to the scene, and as a result the VAZ 2121-model car was moved ...49 SNOW-RELATED FRACTURES RECORDED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - From Tuesday to Friday, Armenia's Emergency Medical Assistance Service responded to forty-nine calls that were made from the streets, the Service's Director Taguhi Stepanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In ...YEREVAN MAN STEALS CELL PHONE IN PLAIN VIEW
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Police Force detained, on Thursday from a capital Yerevan street, a 40-year-old man on suspicion of committing theft.
The suspect confessed to stealing from a room ...SEVERAL CRIMINALS DETAINED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police officers have detained a young man in Artashat, Armenia, on Thursday. He has been wanted by the police since January 26 for inflicting physical injuries.
As the press service of the ...ARMENIA'S DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER COMMENTS ON CONDUCT OF RULING PARTY MPS
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly (NA) MPs should not vote in place of their absent colleagues, NA Deputy Speaker, and the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party representative, Samvel Balasanyan ...CASPIAN SEA HAS FROZEN
The as a result of the snowstorm which is affecting Azerbaijan for the past several days. And now the people are easily walking on the Sea, even well out into several-hundred meters off the coast.SNOW TO CONTINUE IN ARMENIA WELL INTO NIGHT
YEREVAN.- Heavy snowfall will continue in Armenia well into Friday night, said representative from Armenian Hydrometeorology Center.
Gagik Surenyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the Republic is currently ...20 TRUCKS HEADING TO ARMENIA STUCK ON GEORGIAN BORDERS
YEREVAN.- The trucks heading to Armenia got stuck on Georgian borders because of heavy snowfalls.
Herbert Hambartsumyan, head of Armenia's Association of International Road Carriers, said overall 20 vehicles ...WOMEN RECOGNIZED ROBBER IN TV PROGRAM IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Two women recognized the robber having stolen their bags in a TV program.
Police detained Arthur Karapetyan, 36, on Jan. 24 suspected for robbery, police press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Syuzanna ...DISABLED TURKISH ARMENIAN JOURNALIST PETITIONS TO EUROPEAN COURT
The physically challenged Armenian journalist Cevat Sinet, who lives in Turkey's Batman Province, has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), since he could not protect his rights ...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS GOOD FOR ARMENIA'S AGRICULTURE - MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The current heavy snowfall in Armenia is good for agriculture, the Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan said during a press conference on Friday.
"The more the snow falls, the harvest will ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY FAVORS PROPORTIONAL ELECTION SYSTEM SINCE INDEPENDENCE, BUT NOW…
YEREVAN. - Changing to proportional election system is discussed ever since Armenia's independence, stated Gagik Minasyan, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP, commenting on the ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY TO DISCUSS ELECTORAL LIST NEXT WEEK
YEREVAN.- The newly elected executive body of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia will discuss the list of candidates next week, MP Gagik Minayan told the journalists on Friday.
Asked whether the elections ...ARMENIA'S FORMER PM CRITICIZES BILL ON LIMITING CASH TRANSACTIONS
YEREVAN. - The bill on limiting cash transactions has but one objective: to form a financial-oligarchic capitalism in Armenia, former PM and opposition Armenian National Congress member Hrant Bagratyan ...OVER 800,000 TOURISTS WILL VISIT ARMENIA IN 2012 - OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - In 2010, 684 thousand tourists visited Armenia. In 2011, this was 758 thousand, which is a 10.3-percent increase from the previous year. And in 2012, the number of tourists will exceed 800 ...CHIEF OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION HATAY PROVINCE ARRESTED IN TURKEY
The chief of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) of Hatay province was arrested in Turkey on Friday.
According to Turkish CNNturk, the police arrested 44 people within the framework of the anti-terrorism ...RULING COALITION ORINATS YERKIR MP OCCUPIED SEAT WITHOUT BRIBE
YEREVAN. - Armenian ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir party MP Hovhannes Margaryan called his party 'a home' at parliamentary briefings. Margaryan said his future depends on the party and he will ...US NOT TO LAUNCH WAR AGAINST IRAN FEARING TO LOSE IRANIANS' AFFECTION - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Serious people in the West will consider lots of factors prior to launching military actions against Iran, Oriental Studies expert Ruben Safrastyan said at a press conference on Friday.
The ...AZERBAIJAN MAY DEMAND KARABAKH AS COMPENSATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan may demand compensation, such as Nagorno-Karabakh or Iranian territories, for the participation in anti-Iranian actions, Oriental Studies expert Ruben Safrastyan said at a press ...RULING COALITION MPS FALSIFY VOTING IN PARLIAMENT AND DURING ELECTION LATER - OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - As ruling coalition MPs falsify voting results in the Armenian parliament now, later they will do the same with election results, parliamentary opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun group MP Vahan ...COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT RULING COALITION MPS DO SECRETLY? - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - If Armenian ruling coalition member parties falsify voting results unhidden, then one can imagine what they can do secretly, parliamentary opposition Heritage group MP Larisa Alaverdyan said ...ARMENIA WANTS TO DEVELOP MICE TOURISM
YEREVAN. - Armenia will soon attempt to develop MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) Tourism, Deputy Economy Minister Ara Petrosyan stated during a press conference on Friday.
In ...NO ARMENIANS INJURED IN ALEPPO EXPLOSION-PRELIMINARY DATA
YEREVAN. - No Armenians were injured in the explosion in Aleppo downtown, Syria, Armenian MFA spokesperson Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, explosions took place near the building ...CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT WITH ARONIAN'S PARTICIPATION TO BE HELD IN LONDON
The next Candidates Tournament is scheduled for Oct. 23-Nov.13 this year in London, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told Russian Sport-Express.
The full World Championship cycle list for 2013-2014 includes ...BELARUSIAN LEASING COMPANY TO ENTER ARMENIA'S FINANCIAL MARKET
YEREVAN. - The Belarusian Promagroleasing leasing company wishes to enter Armenia's financial market, and, in all likelihood, it will soon open its branch in the capital Yerevan, Agriculture Minister ...HEAVY SNOWFALL CAUSES MAYHEM IN YEREVAN'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
YEREVAN. - No public transport vehicle has stopped operations in Yerevan as a result of the heavy snowfall, Yerevan City Hall Transport Department Chief Henrik Navasardyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...HERITAGE PARTY ON EPP OBSERVER STATUS AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Armenian Heritage Party issued a statement on Friday on European People's Party observer status and political corruption in Armenia.
"The Heritage Party is pleased to have been granted observer ...EXCHANGE RATE "DISAGREEMENTS" AT ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN. - The NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange did not see any foreign currency trading on Friday. And this was due to the great divide between the sale and purchase exchange rates.
The US dollar was ...WOLVES AND JACKALS ATTACK NAGORNO-KARABAKH
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh government will allocate measures to regulate population of predator animals this year.
AMD 18 million ($46,315) is intended to reduce number of wolves and jackals, which ...ARMENIANS IN TURKEY TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEIR SHRINES AT RISK
Malatya city hall's recent destruction of the "Final Prayer" chapel at an Armenian cemetery has spurred Armenians in Turkey into action about other endangered sites all around the country, Hürriyet ...TURKISH FM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTIONS
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the U.S. where he held a number of meetings with Congressmen and Senators.
During the meetings Davutoglu expressed concern over resolutions on the Armenian ...FREE SYRIAN ARMY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPLOSION IN ALEPPO
The oppositional Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for a series of explosions in Aleppo, BBC reports.
Twenty five people died and 175 people were injured as a result of two explosions in Aleppo ...ARMENIA NOT TO CANCEL SCHOOL CLASSES YET
YEREVAN. - The heavy snowfall since the beginning of the week has not obstructed the classes at Armenia's schools, the Education and Science Ministry's Public Education Department Chief Narine Hovhannisyan ...LAW ON TRADE AND SERVICE AMENDMENTS RATHER PR
YEREVAN. - Law on Trade and Service amendments are rather PR moves than real changes, Star Supermarkets Network Executive Director Vahan Kerobyan told the journalists adding viewpoint of huge companies ...ARMENIA MUST OFFER INTERESTING INVESTMENT PROJECTS TO KUWAIT - PM
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received Kuwait's Ambassador to Armenia, Bassam Muhammad Alqabandi.
Sargsyan expressed a conviction that the relations between Armenia and Kuwait will further deepen ...ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REOPENED
YEREVAN. - Armenian international Zvartnots airport reopened and flights operate in accordance with schedule, spokesperson of General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia Nelli Cherchinyan told Armenian ...SPECIAL PROGRAM TO COLLECT DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENTS TO BE INSTALLED IN ARMENIA (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian Government convened on Friday National Road Safety Council Armenia (NRSCA) regular session.
Head of the Government assigned Armenian police to study program on submitted data analyses ...ARMENIAN CAPITAL UNDER SNOW (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Snow falls during the week completely covered Armenian capital Yerevan with snow carpet, in addition no cleaning vehicles were found, Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports. Moreover, ...ARMENIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND US AMBASSADOR DISCUSS UPCOMING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Attorney General Aghvan Hovsepyan received on Friday the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern and discussed issues on developing mutual cooperation, Attorney 's Office press service ...PRICE INCREASE TO SLOW IN ARMENIA - CENTRAL BANK
YEREVAN. - Inflation rate will likely diverse 4±1.5% over this year, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) monetary policy for the first quarter of 2012 reads.
It is based on the supposition that there ...ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE CHIEF PROTECT CITIZENS FROM SNOW
YEREVAN. - There are many police officers gathered in downtown Yerevan currently. The reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am also noticed Armenian Police Chief Vova Gasparyan in downtown Yerevan, who left ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND RULING MP TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Representatives of Armenian National Assembly, including ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Gagik Melikyan and Deputy Speaker (RPA) Edward Sharmazanov, are within CIS IPA observation ...POPE RECEIVES ARMENIAN MINISTER OF DIASPORA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, who is on working visit to Italy since Feb. 7, was received by the Pope of Rome Benedict XVI on Wednesday.
The Minister together with the Armenian ...ARMENIAN AND BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION IS TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The Belarusian delegation of the Armenian-Belorussian inter-parliamentary cooperation commission lead by co-chair of the commission, deputy president of the Belorussian House of Representatives ...COME HOME AND MY ARMENIA PROJECTS DISCUSSED IN ARMENIAN REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora held a consultation in Armenian Ararat Region's Administration on Friday which was dedicated to the preparation works of Come Home and My Armenia projects.
The ...NA/NE JOURNALISTIC COMPETITION HELD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Na/Ne journalistic annual competition solemn ceremony was held in Yerevan on Friday.
Over 24 out of 136 works received awards in traditional and special categories.
In 'Printed Article' category ...WHERE PASSENGERS OF DUBAI-YEREVAN FLIGHT WILL SPEND NIGHT?
The crew of the passenger airplane of the Flydubai airline which was conducting the Dubai-Yerevan flight decided to land in the airport of Erbil city because of snow fall in Armenia, the press secretary ...SEVERAL CARS ARE CAUGHT IN SNOW IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Around 30 cars were stuck in snow because of a blizzard on the Yerevan-Sevan road in Armenia, the Chief of Armenia's Traffic Police Arsen Arshakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am from the scene.
As ...ARMENIAN KILLED IN SYRIA
ALEPPO. - Due to double explosions in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday an Armenian man died, the spokesperson of the Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"As the Armenian Consulate in Aleppo ...
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Today in Armenian history- 440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet.
- 1828 Signature of the agreement proposed by the Persian Monarch. It was concluded at Turkmenchay. According to this agreement, the Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828 was terminated. Yerevan and Nakhijevan, as well as the whole of Transcaucasia, were joined to Russia.
- 1918 The Transcaucasian Seim opens in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1935 Birth of Zori Balayan (physician, Artsakh movement activist).
- 1939 Death of Archbishop Torgom Gooshakian of Jerusalem. He was a literary figure and philologist .
- 1950 Death of Armen Tigranyan (composer) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1879.
- 1960 Completion of the Karadak-Kazakh-Yerevan gas pipeline. The torch at Yerevan's Lenin square is lit.
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