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Headlines for February 13, 2012THIS TIME TURKS "PUNISH" FRANCE, OVER GENOCIDE BILL, WITH PARACHUTES
The Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK) likewise spoke out against the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide.
THK General ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY MAYOR DEFEATS OPPOSITION CANDIDATE IN HRAZDAN CITY
As a result of the mayoral elections held in Armenia's Hrazdan City, Aram Danielyan—the incumbent Mayor and the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia member—defeated Sasun Mikayelyan—the ...TEHRAN ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF ASSISTING IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN IRAN
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Tehran was summoned to Iranian MFA, on Sunday, where he was given a protest note demanding an end to the Israeli special forces' anti-Iranian activities in Azerbaijan, MFA's ...CLOSED MOTORWAYS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Monday 8 a.m.
But SelimMountainPass and the Berd-Chambarak Highway are closed, and there ...ARMENIAN BANK INCREASES DEPOSIT INTEREST RATE UP TO 13 PERCENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Unibank has increased interest rates of "Profitable+" term deposit thus increasing the profitability of the deposit for physical persons. Now "Profitable+" deposit can be placed at ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY CANDIDATE BECOMES SPITAK CITY MAYOR IN ONE-MAN RACE
YEREVAN. - As a result of the mayoral elections held Sunday in Armenia's Spitak city, in the Lori Region, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia member, and the sole contender, Gagik Sahakyan ...QUAKE JOLTS ARMENIA'S ARTASHAT CITY
YEREVAN. - A magnitude 2.4 tremor was registered in Armenia, on Monday at 7:47 a.m. local time, 17 km northeast of Artashat city.
The earthquake measured magnitude 3 at the epicenter, the Ministry of ...SEISMIC ACTIVITY INCREASES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The weekly consultation at Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) was held Monday, and it was chaired by Minister Armen Yeritsyan.
A number of minor earthquakes were registered, ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT IS IN GREECE ON WORKING VISIT
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Sunday visited the Armenian churches in Athens. He also attended at a Holy Mass, at the St. Mary Church, which was served by Primate ...ARMENIAN CHESS GRANDMASTER SUFFERS DEFEAT AT AEROFLOT OPEN
MOSCOW. - Armenian national team member, Grandmaster Vladimir Hakobyan, drew with his Kazakh opponent in Round 6 of the Aeroflot Open chess tournament being held in Moscow.
But Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan, ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION DECIDES ON RESTRAINED, CORRECT ELECTION "BATTLE" AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
YEREVAN. - Leaders of the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia Party, and Rule of Law Party held a session.
They discussed and recorded their readiness to run in the ...BMW CRASHES INTO ELECTRICITY UTILITY POLE IN ARMENIAN VILLAGE
YEREVAN. - A BMW 318 went off road and ran into an electricity utility pole, in Armenia's Tavush village in the same-name region, on Sunday.
The vehicle's driver and two passengers sustained injuries ...RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TO BE RESUMED ON TUESDAY
YEREVAN. - Railway communication between Yerevan and Tbilisi will be resumed on Tuesday. Those passengers who could not get to Tbilisi on Feb. 10 and 12 can leave on Tuesday, spokesperson for the South ...LEADER OF EACH PARTY SHOULD HEAD ELECTION LIST - REPUBLICAN MP
YEREVAN.- The representative of ruling Republican Party of Armenia said Serzh Sargsyan is the leader regardless of whether he would head the proportional list.
Head of RPA parliamentary group Galust Sahakyan ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY "DEFEATED" THE OPPOSITION, ELECTIONS, PEOPLE ALIKE - OPPOSITION MP
YEREVAN. - The losers in the elections must have a political will to congratulate the winning nominee, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Karen Avagyan stated, during a press ...ROOF OF ARMENIAN POET-WRITER'S HOUSE-MUSEUM NO LONGER IN DANGER OF CAVE-IN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Recue Service received a distress call, on February 10, informing that the rooftop of the great Armenian poet and writer Hovhannes Tumanyan's house-museum in the capital Yerevan could ...TROLLEY-BUS BURNS DOWN IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
YEREVAN. - An alarm was received that a trolley-bus is burning near a bridge in Yerevan on Feb. 11.
Firemen arrived at the scene, however, local residents had managed to put out the fire, Armenian Ministry ...WOMAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN YEREVAN APARTMENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call, on February 11, informing that a capital Yerevan apartment resident was not answering to the telephone calls and the door knocks.
The rescue ...YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FUNCTIONS NORMALLY SINCE SUNDAY
YEREVAN. - Yerevan international Zvartnots airport resumed its regular flights on Feb. 12, General Administration of Civil Aviation spokesperson Nelly Cherchinyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...SHEVARDNADZE PREDICTS RUSSIA AND GEORGIA TO ENTER NATO
Former President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze announced that Russia and Georgia would enter NATO in the near future.
Once both Georgia and Russia would be included in the Alliance, which would facilitate ...LAST DEFENDANT ON HRANT DINK MURDER CASE IS ACQUITTED, TOO
ISTANBUL. - A court in Istanbul also acquitted Coskun Igci, one of the nineteen defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink—the founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION ADOPTED POLICY OF DEFEAT - RULING MP
YEREVAN. - Voters' participation in Armenia's Spitak mayoral election was high (53-54%), in case when the only candidate was the acting Mayor, ruling Republican Party (RPA) MP Hovhannes Sahakyan told ...ARMENIAN MASTERS OPEN GRANDMASTERS SCHOOL
YEREVAN. - With the assistance of the Chess Federation of Armenia, grandmasters Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargsyan have opened the Grandmasters School, where they will conduct trainings for the gifted ...INTERNET USERS REGISTER HUNDREDS OF WHITNEY HOUSTON DOMAINS
The users have registered hundreds of domains related to singer Whitney Houston.
Most of domains don't represent a great value for example WhitneyHoustondiedat48.com, but the registering companies manage ...FRANCE MUST LEAVE OSCE MINSK GROUP - TURKISH PM
By passing the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, France as a matter of fact becomes one of the conflicting parties to the Karabakh conflict and must leave the OSCE Minsk Group as a consequence, ...THE HIGHER ELECTIONS ARE ASSESSED THE MORE DYNAMIC ARMENIA'S FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE
YEREVAN. - The higher the Armenian elections are estimated, the more dynamic Yerevan's foreign policy will be on Genocide international recognition and Karabakh conflict settlement, head of ruling Republican ...RUSSIA'S PUTIN MORE INFORMED ON KARABAKH THAN MEDVEDEV - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Russia's PM Vladimir Putin is more informed on Nagorno-Karabakh issue than incumbent President Dmitri Medvedev, expert Stepan Grigoryan said at a press conference on Monday.
According to him, ...PRICE OF ARMENIA'S SHORT-TERM STATE BONDS IS AGAIN REDUCING
YEREVAN. - Armenia's short-term state bond market is gradually coming out of the tumultuous situation in late December 2011 and early January 2012. And this is corroborated by the results of Monday's ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS RECEIVES AUSTRIAN STUDENTS
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received on Sunday a group of Austrian Catholic students, led by armenologist Jasmin Dunthghagut.
During the meeting Dunthghagut specifically ...41 MAJORITY-ELECTION SEATS ARE TOO MUCH FOR ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT - POLITICAL SCIENTIST
YEREVAN. - Forty-one majority-election seats are really too much for Armenia's National Assembly (NA), political scientist Stepan Grigoryan argued during a press conference on Monday. He noted, however, ...RUSSIAN AND UAE FMS SPEAK ABOUT SYRIA
The League of Arab States will not provide a military aid to the Syrian opposition, said UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin-Zayed Al-Nahyan after the meeting with his Russian counterprt Sergey Lavrov.
"I ...VEHICLE BURNT DOWN NEAR ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING
YEREVAN.- Armenia's emergency situations ministry received a call on Monday saying a vehicle caught fire in front of the parliament building.
Firemen arrived at the scene immediately. Opel Vectra belonging ...ARMENIAN FM, NATO OFFICIAL DISCUSS COOPERATION RESULTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM received on Monday James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, and they discussed Armenia-NATO cooperation results, MFA ...YEREVAN CITY HALL TO PENALIZE PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT DID NOT PROVIDE SERVICE DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL
YEREVAN. - During Armenian capital Yerevan City Hall's regular consultation meeting, Mayor Taron Margaryan gave a high assessment to the snow removal activities at the capital's main streets.
"Despite ...PASSENGERS OF DELAYED DUBAI-YEREVAN FLIGHT RETURNED TO ARMENIA SUCCESSFULLY
YEREVAN.- The Flydubai airline company's Dubai-Yerevan passenger flight, which on Friday landed in the airport of Iraq's Erbil city, has arrived in Armenia.
Due to heavy snowfall in Armenia the crew decided ...AIR TEMPERATURE TO RISE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- No precipitation is expected in Armenia on Monday and Tuesday. Snow and foggy weather is expected throughout Armenia on Wednesday.
Starting from Wednesday the air temperature will rise by 7-12 ...ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE SEES NO TRADING
YEREVAN. - Just like on February 10, the NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange did not see any foreign currency trading on Monday, too.
But the divide between the sale and purchase exchange rates reduced. ...HEARINGS ON ARMENIAN POLICE MAJOR GENERAL SET FOR FEBRUARY 16
YEREVAN. - The court hearing, into the case of former Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan will be held on February 16 instead of February 17.
Chief of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department ...HEARINGS IN CASE OF ARMENIAN ACTRESS' BOYFRIEND CONTINUE
YEREVAN.- A closed-door hearing in a case of a man who posted nude photos of his girl-friend on the Internet continued on Monday in Yerevan.
Armenian actress Anzhela Sargsyan's ex-boyfriend Karen Arayan ...BRAND NEW NATIONAL FLAGS TO BE PLACED AT ARMENIAN CAPITAL'S CENTRAL LOCATIONS
YEREVAN. - During Armenian capital Yerevan City Hall's regular consultation meeting, Taron Margaryan instructed to make proposals for the locations, at Yerevan administrative regions' central areas, where ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK PREDICTS 3.1-4.8% ECONOMIC GROWTH
YEREVAN. - The Central Bank (CB) of Armenia forecasts a 3.1-4.8-percent economic growth for the country in 2012, reports CB's monetary policy program for the first quarter of 2012.
According to ...ARMENIAN MAN PREVENTS MURDER ATTEMPT ON ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO GEORGIA
An Armenian man prevented a murder attempt on Israeli Ambassador to Georgia.
Roman Khachaturyan, the driver of Ambassador Itskhak Gerberg, called police after he noticed a black plastic bag under the ...ARMENIA-BELARUS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSED ENERGY COOPERATION
YEREVAN.- The inter-parliamentary committee on cooperation between Armenia and Belarus discussed energy cooperation during its Monday session.
The co-chairs of the committee - Hrayr Karapetyan and Viktor ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS WITH NATO REP.
YEREVAN.- Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received on Monday James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The sides stated cooperation ...ARMENIAN PAVILION PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR IN BELARUS
The 19th international book fair was held in exhibition center in Belarus on February 8-12.
The books, journals, albums and other printed materials from Armenia were presented there.
The presentation ...WINNER OF IMAGINE CUP SOFTWARE DESIGN CONTEST TO REPRESENT ARMENIA IN AUSTRALIA
Microsoft Representation in Armenia (Microsoft RA) and Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia foundation announced the start Imagine Cup 2012 student competition for Software Design Category As Microsoft ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION POSTPONES RALLY
YEREVAN.- Armenian opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress has postponed the rally previously scheduled for February 17.
Due to bad weather conditions the rally will be held on March 1.VEHICLE WITH BOMB HAS NO CONNECTION TO ISRAEL'S EMBASSY - GEORGIAN INTERNAL MINISTRY
A bomb previously announced to be discovered near the Israeli Embassy in Georgia was found in a vehicle belonging to an Embassy employee, said representative of the Georgian internal ministry Shota Khizanishvili.
"The ...KARABAKH ACTING FM PRESENTS KARABAKH CONFLICT CURRENT STAGE TO SLOVAKIAN REPRESENTATIVES
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh acting FM Vasili Atajyan received on Monday Slovakian delegation representatives headed by the Slovakian first Speaker František Mikloško.
Atajyan presented ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT CENTER OF ARMED FORCES (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited on Monday the operative management center of Armed Forces (AF) and got introduced with the automated system equipment of management. Afterwards he ...ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION DEEPENS-PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Monday the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai.
The sides praised high relations ...AMERICAN EARNS $100 THOUSAND FOR CLIMBING STAIRS OF NEW YORK'S HIGHEST BUILDING
NEW YORK. - American Brian Kuritzky has earned a fortune by climbing the stairs of New York's highest skyscraper. Overcoming the 1,576 steps and 86 stories of the Empire State Building he has earned $100 ...NATO GIVES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA- APPATHURAI
YEREVAN- Armenia's Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan received NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai on Monday to discuss Armenia-NATO relations.
During the meeting ...ARMENIAN-BELARUSIAN COOPERATION TO DEEPEN IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan received on Monday the intergovernmental cooperation committee members between Armenian and Belarusian National Assemblies, headed by the committee ...RESCUERS DISCOVER LANDLORD'S CORPSE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Information came from Armenia's Lori region at 19.57 p.m. on Monday that a citizen does not answer phone calls and does not open the door. The help of rescuers were needed.
Armenia's Emergency ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1870 Birth of Nerses Ashtaraketsee the Fifth, later to become Catholicos and a figure of the National Liberal Movement. In 1814, while leader of the See of Tbilisi (Georgia), he founded the Nersessyan School. (He died in 1957).
- 1885 The Tsar closes Armenian Parish Schools in the Caucasus.
- 1891 The Tsar intensifies the national persecution of Armenians.
- 1894 Birth of Hambardsoom Khachanyan, famous actor of the Armenian stage.
- 1898 Birth of writer and critic Shavarsh Nardoonee. He died in 1968.
- 1921 Start of the Dashnak's anti-Bolshevik revolt.
- 1921 Armed forces of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation that had not already surrendered, start what became known as the "February Revolt" in Kesheeshkend (Yeghegnadzor) against the newly- created Soviet Armenian Government.
- 1925 Publication of the Large Soviet Encyclopedia.
- 1937 Death of seascape artist Vardan Makhookhian. He was born in 1869.
- 1963 The largest food-processing plant in Armenia (at Charentsavan-Lusavan) starts production.
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