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Published on February 11, 2012
ARMENIA "SUFFERS" FROM FORBES - NEWSPAPER
- YEREVAN. - Last year the Forbes Magazine published the rating chart of the world's worst economies, and in it Armenia was in second spot, only behind Madagascar, Apaga weekly writes.
"In response to that publication, the country's [Armenia's] numerous statesmen quickly criticized the Magazine's data. Then everyone began to forget about this publication, especially since this was 'convenient' for many. The qualitative full value of Forbes' rating chart leaves a feeling of equivocalness, [and] the given publication seems to 'smell' the scent of oil which is extracted not too far away. Had Armenia's economy been on another qualitative level, no one would have dared to send our country to the world's 'economic garbage.' The world already has all the grounds to laugh at us, especially when we, on the level of senior officials, attempt to prove that we are not dashing down the abyss, as Forbes has unjustifiably written, but rather we are just approaching the edge of that abyss," Apaga writes.
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Headlines for February 11, 2012AMERICA'S ARMENIANS PROTEST AGAINST INVITATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIER TO EVENT
The Armenian National Committee in America (West Coast) sent an open letter to the Democratic Party headquarters in California protesting against the invitation of the Progressive faction Genocide denier ...FRENCH MP HOPES INTERESTED PARTIES NOT TO PRESS CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
PARIS. - French Socialist MP Francois Pupponi released a communiqué, where he turned to some MPs and Senators who have appealed to the Constitutional Council against the bill criminalizing denial ...INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM SUPPORTS GENOCIDE LAW
At the end of its federal council session the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) voted for supporting the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide with a majority ...ARMENIAN PLANT DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGY OF DIGITAL STONE PRESSING MACHINES
YEREVAN. - Armenian Mars Company developed technology of digital stone pressing machines. As the director of the company told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am, the machines are already in mass production. ...COMPANY TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURES FOR ARMENIA'S FIRST FREE ECONOMIC ZONE
YEREVAN. - The Sitronics Armenia Company will build infrastructures for Armenia's first free economic zone (FEZ), the Company's General Director Armen Khachatryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. He added ...WE CAN STILL QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS - ARMENIAN NATIONAL FREESTYLE WRESTLING TEAM HEAD COACH
By Khachik Chakhoyan
YEREVAN. - The members of Armenia's national freestyle wrestling team are currently training to qualify for the Olympics and competing in the European Championship. And so far, only ...URAL FC DEFENDER CHEATED ARMENIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION MANY TIMES - AFF PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenian Football Federation (AFF) President Ruben Hayrapetyan responded to the complaint of one of the fans of Denis Tumasyan, current Russian FC Ural defender, that Tumasyan is no longer ...ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION EXAMINES TWO OPTIONS FOR PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LIST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) continues to discuss the principles for forming its proportional election list for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Zhoghovurd daily writes. ...PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITES ARE ALLOWED IN ARMENIA? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Pursuant to Armenia's law, the posting of pornographic content in Armenia's websites are prohibited and are punishable, Aravot daily writes.
"In all normal countries, the filtering method functions ...ACCORDING TO ARMENIA'S DIASPORA MINISTRY, THE VATICAN IS NOT INDEPENDENT STATE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - It has become clear that Armenia's Diaspora Ministry is either unaware that the Vatican is an independent republic, or it does not recognize the Vatican's sovereignty, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP TO BECOME STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY RECTOR? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Karen Avagyan, who is also RPA Youth Organization Board Chairman for the past six years, wishes to become the rector of Yerevan State ...ARMENIA "SUFFERS" FROM FORBES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Last year the Forbes Magazine published the rating chart of the world's worst economies, and in it Armenia was in second spot, only behind Madagascar, Apaga weekly writes.
"In response to that ...SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN AGREED NOT TO WAR
Sudan and South Sudan under the mediation of the African Union signed a non-aggression treaty, said former South Africa President Tabo Mbeki.
The agreement specifically mentions that both sides respect ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-PASS MOTORWAYS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. -Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Saturday 10 a.m.
But Selim Mountain Pass, Aghveran-Charentsavan and Berd-Chambarak highways, ...GEORGIAN HIGHWAY LEADING TO ARMENIAN BORDER IS CLOSED FOR TRAILERS, BUSES
TBILISI - Due to heavy snowfall, travel at Georgia's Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars Highway, which leads to the Armenian border, is prohibited for trailers and for buses seating more than thirty passengers, ...ARMENIAN CARTOONIST'S WORKS TO BE DISPLAYED IN FRANCE
PARIS. - The works of Armenian cartoonist Krikor Amirzayan will be exhibited in Valence, France, from February 24 to 26, Nouvelles d'Arménie magazine informs.
Amirzayan is a recognized cartoonist ...WELL-KNOWN COLLECTOR ARRESTED WITH PICASSO PAINTING AT PRAGUE AIRPORT
The employees of Prague airport arrested well-known collector who tried to take out of the country Picasso's "Portrait of a Sitting Woman".
The experts of the National Museum were called to the scene. ...PLANE CONDUCTING DUBAI-YEREVAN FLIGHT RETURNS TO DUBAI FROM ERBIL
YEREVAN. - The Flydubai airline company's Dubai-Yerevan passenger flight, which on Friday landed in the airport of Iraq's Erbil city, due to heavy snowfall in Armenia, has returned to Dubai, the company's ...ROOF OF ARMENIAN VILLAGER'S HOUSE CAVES IN DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call on Saturday informing that the rooftop of the house belonging to M. Manukyan, a resident of Lernapar village in Aragatsotn Region, had caved in.
The ...ARMENIA'S BUSINESSWOMEN WILL COME TOGETHER
YEREVAN. - The "Armenian Young Women's Association" NGO (AYWA) is carrying out the "Women's Entrepreneurship Development in Armenia" Project to stimulate women's involvement in the business sector, AYWA ...AMERICANS SPEND TO $17.6 BILLION ON VALENTINE'S DAY
Americans will spend $17.6 billion on gifts for Valentine's Day.
Twenty percent of Americans plan to present jewelry and 17% - gift certificates.
One-third of Americans consider the best gift is sweets, ...YEREVAN CITY HALL DEEMS AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE'S WORDS ABSURD
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan City Hall deemed absurd the Azerbaijani presidential representative's words that they could "help recreate the historical downtown" of Yerevan.
Commenting on the news ...ARMENIAN CHESS GRANDMASTERS FACE EACH OTHER AT AEROFLOT OPEN
MOSCOW. - Armenian Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan defeated national team member, Grandmaster Vladimir Hakobyan in Round 4 of the Aeroflot Open chess tournament being held in Moscow.
Melkumyan received 3 ...ASTRONAUTS TAKE PHOTO OF UNUSUALLY BRIGHT NORTHERN LIGHTS (VIDEO)
NASA astronauts created video based on photos taken from the International Space Station (ISS) They took photos of unusual Northern Lights over 380 km above the Earth, which was caused due to geomagnetic ...BEST GOALS OF THE WEEK (VIDEO)
TVGOLO presents top-ten goals of the week. And this time the top ten also includes the goal by the Brazilian footballer Bruno Correa, who was a former forward at Armenian capital Yerevan's FC Banants, ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 160 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 160 times in the past week.
Through different weaponry, the Azerbaijani ...HEAVY SNOWFALL DISRUPTS ARMENIA'S TRAIN SCHEDULES
YEREVAN. - The heavy and long-lasting snowfall in Armenia caused several changes in the schedules of trains departing from the country.
As a result of the difficult conditions created at the Jajur-Mayisyan ...TURKEY DEMANDS NATO TO INSTALL ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE BASE IN ITS TERRITORY
Turkey demanded that anti-missile defense bases were installed in its territory, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told in the interview with NTV correspondent.
Rasmussen stated that Russia's ...TURKEY'S ERDOGAN UNDERGOES SURGERY
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan underwent a surgery for the second time on February 10, says the statement issued by Premier's office.
As Turkish Hurriyet reports, the statement mentioned ...WASHINGTON MUST CONCENTRATE ON ACHIEVING BREAKTHROUGH ON KARABAKH - BRYZA
ISTANBUL. - Washington should focus on a breakthrough in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which will be followed by Turkey-Armenia reconciliation as a consequence, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew ...YEREVAN CELL PHONE THIEF WAS CONVICTED 12 TIMES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a call on February 4, from am employment agency in the capital Yerevan, informing that the agency secretary's mobile phone was stolen from the office.
It was ...ARMENIAN MAN HAD STOLEN ELECTRIC BATTERIES FROM TRUCK IN 2010
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Police Force detained, on Friday from an apartment in Artashat city, Aramayis Sargsyan, 31, on suspicion of committing theft.
It was found out that, back in Fall 2010, ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY KICKS OFF ELECTION CAMPAIGN
STEPANAVAN. - In the lead-up to the parliamentary elections, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) delegation, led by PM Tigran Sargsyan, met with the residents of Stepanavan city in ...INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN TURKEY FOR ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN TURKISH ARMY
ISTANBUL. - The "Justice" Initiative has launched in Turkey, and it is devoted to Sevag Balikci—the Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military unit while serving in the Turkish ...TWO PEOPLE DIE DUE TO SEVERE FROSTS IN GEORGIA
TBILISI. - Two people died due to severe frosts in Georgia on Saturday.
45-year-old man died in Tbilisi hospital, while doctors try to save the other man's life. Both men were homeless, Georgia News reports ...NO SNOW EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Snow and partly fog are expected in Armenia on Saturday evening, whereas no snow is forecast between February 12 and 14.
The wind will blow from the southwest, at 5-10 m/sec., and it will reach ...TURKEY PLANS TO APPEAL TO UN FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR SYRIA
ANKARA. - Turkey intends to turn to the UN appealing to launch a campaign for providing humanitarian aid for Syria, Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday.
The Minister said that he had already requested ...TURKISH MINISTER SAYS HE CAN REPEAT HIS WORDS ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ELSEWHERE
Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis voiced anti-Armenian statements during his recent interview with Euronews.
In response to the Euronews correspondent regarding the investigation launched ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1818 Birth of Anton Garagashyan (historian) in Constantinople. He died in 1903.
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