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NEW HEAD OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE WILL GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO OFFICE - ARMENIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY
- YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan received Tuesday Ambassador Andrei Sorokin, the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Congratulating Sorokin on his appointment, Baghdasaryan expressed a hope that during his tenure the Ambassador will give a new impetus to the activities of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, NSC Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his turn, Andrei Sorokin expressed a readiness to stimulate the ongoing activities and to assist in deepening OSCE-Armenia cooperation.
The interlocutors also discussed a wide array of regional and international issues.
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Headlines for February 14, 2012EXPORT OF REVOLUTION INTO SOUTH CAUCASUS TO FOLLOW INTRUSION INTO SYRIA - EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Russia and China will continue holding the only true position on Syria in the UN Security Council (SC), Russian expert Eduard Popov told Armenian News-NEWS.am. According to him, those states ...VICTORY OF ASSAD REGIME WILL PUT WEST IN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION - RUSSIAN EXPERT
Russia cannot do much to prevent invasion to Syria by the coalition of individual Western countries and Arab Countries, head of the Black Sea-Caspian center of Russia's Institute for Strategic Studies ...TURKEY'S FAMOUS ROCK SINGER FACED DIFFICULTIES ON REVEALING HIS ARMENIAN IDENTITY (VIDEO)
ISTANBUL. - Turkey's famous rock singer Yasar Kurt, revealing his Armenian identity at the age of 40, told what was the surrounding's response after knowing the truth. He told that everything was confused ...UNBELIEVABLE CAR ACCIDENTS IN TURKISH CAPITAL (VIDEO)
Security cameras on Ankara's roads recorded car accidents.74 THOUSAND CARS IN ARMENIA DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE
YEREVAN. - As of January 1, 2012, 318.6 thousand cars were insured in Armenia, Armenia's Car insurance bureau informs.
According to the same source, in December 392.7 thousand cars were insured. As it ...ARMENIA INTRODUCES SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM HOW TO RESIST QUAKES
YEREVAN. - Although Armenia is in the zone of high seismic activity, where destructive quakes may occur at any moment, population is mainly unaware of what to do under such circumstances.
To fill the ...$500 AWARD FOR KILLING WOLF IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Rewards for killing wolves will be continued to be given in 2012. The award for each killed wolf was the same, AMD100 thousand (around $250), but the Ministry of Nature Protection offers to ...ARMENIA IS NOT PART OF PRO-WESTERN LEAGUE OF FORMER SOVIET - STARTFOR
Armenia is Moscow's bridgehead in the Caucasus, states the article of the research center Startfor dedicated to the South Caucasus.
The researchers point out that Armenia is a buffer zone in the Caucasus ...INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENTS TO BE SET UP AT ARMENIA'S MINISTRIES
YEREVAN. - Internal audit departments are being established within Armenia's executive power system. And during the Government's session on Thursday, the administration will approve the setting up of ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S BIRTHDAY CAUSES MISSPELLINGS IN PARLIAMENT'S WEBSITES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Monday was the 54th birth anniversary of Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Samvel Nikoyan. And on this occasion a congratulatory message, from NA Staff, was posted on the parliament's ...CLOSED ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Tuesday 8 a.m.
But SelimMountainPass and the Berd-Chambarak Highway are closed, and there ...HOW WAS LETTER OF APPRECIATION HANDED TO ARMENIA'S IMPRISONED FORMER POLICE CHIEF? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Official website of Armenia's Police Force had confused its visitors, Aravot daily writes.
"The reason was the 'Meeting at the Social Council' information posted in the 'Social Council' section. ...BE CAREFUL, YOUR EMPLOYER IS WATCHING YOU! - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The employers are monitoring their employees' Internet communications, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"The employers have learned the ways to follow the [online] activities of their ...GOOGLE MARKS VALENTINE'S DAY
On the occasion of Valentine's Day, Google presents to all lovers the classic love song "Cold, Cold Heart," performed by renowned recording artist Tony Bennett. And Google's special doodle depicts a ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION AIMS FOR 10-15 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS AT BEST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) is convinced that 10-15 National Assembly (NA) seats are the most they could receive in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Iravunk daily ...CONSULTANT IS ANNOUNCED FOR RENOVATION OF ARMENIA'S VOROTAN HYDRO POWER PLANTS
YEREVAN. - The Turkish SOCOIN Ingenieria y Construccion Industrial Company made a query, with Armenia's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, with respect to participation in the tender for the renovation ...PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS FOR 19% CUT IN ECONOMIC AID TO ARMENIA
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama has called for a sharp 19% reduction in economic aid to Armenia in the last budget request of his term, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) informed Armenian ...SNOWFALL TO RESUME IN ARMENIA ON THURSDAY
YEREVAN. - No snowfall is forecast in Armenia for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The temperature will increase by 10-12 Celsius (°C) on Wednesday night, and by 3-4 °C on Thursday afternoon, the Ministry ...SNOW NOT YET REMOVED FROM MOST VANADZOR CITY SIDEWALKS (PHOTOS)
VANADZOR. - Although all roads are open in Armenia's Vanadzor city, following the heavy snowfall in the recent periods, the city's sidewalks are still hazardous and impassable since February 8.
And ...ARMENIA TO PRESENT LANDSCAPE AWARD
YEREVAN. - In keeping with the European Landscape Convention, a Landscape Award will be presented in Armenia.
This matter is also on the agenda of the Government's session on Thursday. Regional governance ...MAN HIT BY CAR NEAR ARMENIAN VILLAGE
YEREVAN. - The driver of a VAZ 21011-model automobile hit a 55-year-old man on Armenia's Vanadzor-Alaverdi Highway, nearby Yeghegnut village, on Monday.
The man sustained injuries and was taken to hospital, ...FOUR PEOPLE INJURED AS TWO CARS CRASHED ON ARMENIAN HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Ford vehicle crashed with Kamaz truck in Yerevan-Sevan road on Monday.
A driver and three passengers were hospitalized as a result of the accident, police press service informs. An iInvestigation ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT VISITS ARMENIAN DIOCESE OF GREECE
ATHENS. - Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Bako Sahakyan visited on Monday the residency of the Armenian Diocese of Greece and met with the head of the diocese Bishop Khoren Toghramajian.
Later the ...KARABAKH CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL HAS NEW MEMBER
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree, whereby Valery Atajanyan is designated NKR Civil Service Council member for a six-year term, Office of NKR President ...ARMENIA TO OPEN CONSULATE IN UKRAINE'S ODESSA
YEREVAN. - President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree, whereby Armenia's Consulate General will be established in Odessa, Ukraine, Office of the President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.TURKEY'S COURT AGAIN DOES NOT SENTENCE MURDERER OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN TURKISH ARMY
ISTANBUL. - During the fifth trial into the death of Sevag Balikci—the Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military unit while serving in the Turkish army—the court again ...ARMENIAN CITIZEN ARRESTED IN MOSCOW
A citizen of Armenia is detained in Moscow on suspicion of committing murder and theft, Interfax News Agency reports, referring to its source at Russia's law enforcement.
"The police officers arrested ...TRIAL OF ARMENIA'S FORMER ROAD POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES
YEREVAN. - The trial of Armenia's former Road Police Chief, Margar Ohanyan, continued Tuesday at capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court (photo).
During the hearing the ...RULING COALITION MEMBER PAP TO GET MORE SEATS IF MEDIA AND FINANCIAL LEVERAGE USED CORRECTLY
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will get more mandates if it uses media and financial leverage correctly, expert Karen Kocharyan told the journalists on Tuesday. In that ...ARMENIA'S JEEP-TRIAL WINTER RALLY RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED
Armenia's "Adrenalin" Association of extreme sports and the ArmenTel Company (Beeline Brand) announced the end of the Lori-Extreme 2012 Winter Rally for off-road vehicles.
The competition in the ...RULING COALITION PARTY AND OPPOSITION MAY SHARE CONSTITUENCY - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and off-parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) may share constituency, expert on election technologies Armen Badalyan ...NEW HEAD OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE WILL GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO OFFICE - ARMENIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan received Tuesday Ambassador Andrei Sorokin, the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Congratulating Sorokin ...ARMENIA'S FORMER ROAD POLICE CHIEF HAS LOT TO SAY IN NEXT TRIAL
YEREVAN. - "I am the only one from the four defendants who had no connection with gasoline. I have many things to say," Armenia's former Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan stated during his trial on Tuesday, ...SLOVAKIAN CLERGYMEN TO VISIT ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH
YEREVAN.- The representative of Slovakian clergy will visit Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, leader of Armenian community of Slovakia Ashot Grigoryan said at a Tuesday press conference.
According to him, ...ARMENIA'S AUTO INSURANCE COMPENSATIONS HAVE INCREASED
YEREVAN. - Armenia's auto insurance compensations have increased as of January 1, 2012, the Auto Insurers' Bureau of Armenia informs.
According to these changes, the maximum amount of insurance reimbursement ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS BLESSES NEWLYWEDS ON CANDLEMAS
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates on Tuesday Candlemas, The Coming of the Son of God into the Temple.
And on this occasion a pre-festivity ceremony was held at the Holy See of Saint ...SLOVAKIA TO CONTINUE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS IN KARABAKH
YEREVAN.- Slovakian and Czech companies assisted in construction of hydro power plant with a capacity of 6 MW in Nagorno-Karabakh.
President of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe Ashot Grigoryan ...ALLEGATIONS THAT KARABAKH CAN RENOUNCE INDEPENDENCE ARE ABSURD
YEREVAN.- Once you visit Nagorno-Karabakh you can understand how absurd are allegations that Karabakh can renounce independence, said Slovakian politician.The first speaker of Slovakia's National Council ...US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA MONITORS MAYORAL ELECTIONS IN HRAZDAN
YEREVAN. - A heated battle was underway for the mayoral elections in Armenia's Hrazdan city, US Ambassador John Heffern, who personally monitored the elections, stated during a press conference on Tuesday. ...TURKEY'S NATIONAL MINORITIES CALL FOR CONFRONTING MASSACRES
ISTANBUL. - Turkey's national minorities, including Armenians, attended a conference devoted to the preservation of their cultures.
The participants called upon Turkey's authorities to grant Turkish ...DOLLAR NEARS AMD 389 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) was AMD 388.96/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Tuesday.To note, the stock exchange saw no foreign currency ...EUROPE SHOULD RECONSIDER ITS APPROACHES TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE - SLOVAKIAN POLITICIAN
YEREVAN.- Europe should reconsider its approaches regarding the Armenian Genocide and penalizing its denial, said the first Speaker of Slovakia's National Council Frantisek Miklosko.
In 20th century Europe ...ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS MARCH TOWARD PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenia's several environmental initiatives, organizations, and individuals marched toward the Presidential Office on Tuesday, to submit to President Serzh Sargsyan their demand from him not ...FORMER ARMENIAN FM JOINS RULING COALITION PARTY
YEREVAN.- Former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will join Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), member of the ruling coalition.
In his statement Oskanian said he had already submitted his application ...STUDENTS FROM KARABAKH TO STUDY IN EUROPE
YEREVAN.- Armenian students will have an opportunity to get education in Slovakia.
The Universities of Goris (Armenia) and Stepanakert (Nagorno-Karabakh) signed an agreement with the University of Skalitsa ...TERRORIST ACTIONS IN GEORGIA DO NOT AFFECT RUSSIAN BORDER SERVICES IN ARMENIA
The terrorist actions in Tbilisi did not affect Russian border services in Armenia.
As the source in Russian border services told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am, the service is conducted as usual, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Feast Day of Jesus Christ's Presentation to the Temple.
- 1882 Birth of philologist Haykanoosh Marrk. She died in 1966.
- 1911 Constantinople's Armenian Patriarch Hovhannes Arsharuni, in a letter to Turkey's Minister of Justice, informs him about the illegal actions of the Turkish officials in the Armenian provinces, including murders and confiscation of property.
- 1921 The mobile village theater, led by Amo Kharazyan, starts its activity in Gharakeeleessa (Vanadzor).
- 1995 The CIS Media Agencies Directors' Committee is created in the course of the CIS Inter- Assembly Meeting.
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