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Published on February 16, 2012
MORE COMFORT FOR ARMENIA'S "GOLD" LICENSE PLATE OWNERS - NEWSPAPER
- YEREVAN. - The "gold" license plates of vehicles in Armenia are auctioned ever since 2007, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"[But] The Police Force has decided to terminate this regulation and to set fixed charges for the 'gold' numbers. Depending on the 'gold' level, the minimum price for one [such] license plate will be AMD 120 thousand [approx. US$ 307] and the maximum will be AMD 5 million [approx. $12,810]. This proposal of it [the Police Force] will be introduced for discussion in today's [Thursday] session of the Government. According to the Police Force's justification, the auctions are not convenient, since in that way the acquiring of the ['gold'] license plates is a long process, and the buyers are compelled to drive for a long time vehicles with the ordinary license plates envisioned for ordinary mortals, prior to obtaining 'gold' license plates. And that, as you understand, is an impermissible phenomenon. The Government and the Police Force must do everything to create maximum comfort for the [social] class which is a lover of 'gold' license plates," Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
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Headlines for February 16, 2012ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO ATTEND UN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN
NEW YORK. - The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its 56th session this year on the topic of "The Empowerment of Rural Women and Their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication: ...NUMBER OF CALLS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE IS REDUCED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Number of calls for the Ambulance Service from Yerevan's streets was reduced, the director of the Ambulance Service company Taguhi Stepanyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...TURKEY MUST FACE ITS HISTORY - CO-AUTHOR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
Turkey's reaction to the genocide bill shows that Erdogan wants to present the negative attitude of the Turkish society against France, as he did against Israel, co-author of the Armenian Genocide Bill, ...EXPORT OF LAMBS FROM ARMENIA REDUCED
In 2011 114.8 thousand lambs were exported from Armenia, the State Revenue Committee informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. Compared to 2010 the indicator decreased by 20 thousand.
The customs value of the exported ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN MP IS "ISOLATED" IN SEVAN CITY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - MP and businessman Levon Sargsyan (a.k.a. Lyov of the flour mill), who was once a favorite of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, is somewhat isolated in the recent periods, Zhoghovurd daily ...CANDIDATE CELEBRATES DEFEAT AT MAYORAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA'S HRAZDAN CITY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - It seems the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) member, and candidate for mayoral elections in Hrazdan city, Sasun Mikayelyan is not too disappointed by the results of the elections, ...MORE COMFORT FOR ARMENIA'S "GOLD" LICENSE PLATE OWNERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The "gold" license plates of vehicles in Armenia are auctioned ever since 2007, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"[But] The Police Force has decided to terminate this regulation and to set ...I AM PURE, BUT YOU ALL ARE SATAN! - ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan recently gathered the Police Force employees and gave them new instructions to improve the service, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"According ...SOME ROADS STILL CLOSED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Thursday 8 a.m.
But SelimMountainPass and the Berd-Chambarak Highway are closed, the Transport ...BLOW TO ARMENIA'S FREEDOM OF MEDIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The bill on Internet Public Announcement is put into internal circulation, and it aims to adjust the rules and regulations for making online public announcements, Azg daily writes.
"The ...TURKISH INTELLECTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST JOURNALIST WHO PORTRAYED DINK'S KILLER AS HERO
Turkey's "Say No to Racism and Nationalism" Movement has filed a lawsuit against Okan Bas, a journalist of Statuko monthly of Samsun city, who had depicted as a hero Ogun Samast, the killer of Hrant Dink—the ...HOW DID SPEED-MEASUREMENT DEVICE "MYSTERIOUSLY" DISAPPEAR FROM YEREVAN STREET?
YEREVAN. - The speed-measurement device, which was installed at Armenian capital Yerevan's Myasnikyan Avenue, is no longer there for several days.
The aforesaid device was removed on February 11 by the ...HIT-AND-RUN WITH FATAL END IN ARMENIAN CAPITAL
YEREVAN. - A 60-year-old woman, yet unidentified, was ran over at 3.00 p.m. in Yerevan on Thursday.
The woman died at the scene, while driver fled, police press service informs Armenian NewsNEWS.am. An ...HIT-AND-RUN IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The driver of an unidentified automobile hit a 52-year-old woman in Armenia's capital Yerevan, on Wednesday.
The woman sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital, Police Force informed ...ARMENIAN POLICE FINDS THREE CRIMINALS WANTED BY RUSSIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police officers found a criminal on Wednesday who had been wanted by the Russian police since December 12, 2011 for intentionally causing damage to health.
On that same day at 3.45 ...SEISMIC ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - ARMENIAN MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The earthquakes have become more active throughout the world, including Armenia, Emergency Situations Minister Armen Yeritsyan stated during Thursday's Governmental session.
He informed that ...ARMENIA TO MARK DICKENS BICENTENARY
YEREVAN. - British Council Yerevan Office joins the events celebrating anniversary of Charles Dickens. The whole world celebrates the anniversary under 'Dickens-2012' heading.
The Council organizes Dickens ..."GOLD" LICENSE PLATES NOT ON AUCTION IN ARMENIA ANYMORE
YEREVAN. - Armenian citizens can receive "gold" license plates (being of great demand) without an auction, Armenian deputy Chief of Police Arthur Osikyan said at a government session on Thursday submitting ...ARMENIAN FAMILY BECAME HOMELESS BECAUSE OF TURKISH DRIVER
TBILISI. - An Armenian family, the Muradyans, is left homeless in Georgian Akhaltsikhe region because of a Turkish driver.
The Turkish trailer crashed and completely destroyed the house, Georgia Online ...FORMER ARMENIAN FM JOINS RULING COALITION PARTY
YEREVAN.- Former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has joined Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), member of the ruling coalition.
Leadership of the party accepted his application, MP from PAP Naira ...I WILL TAKE UP HONORABLE SPOT IN RULING COALITION PARTY'S ELECTION LIST - ARMENIAN MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The Armenian ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party's (RLP) proportional election list for the upcoming parliamentary elections is not yet decided on, RLP member and Emergency Situations Minister ...ARMENIA'S ELECTION PERIOD WILL SHOW LINK BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT, FORMER FM
YEREVAN. - Time will show as to whether Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian's return to politics and his membership in the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) are conditioned on the factor ...DISCUSSIONS ON COMPLETELY PROPORTIONAL ELECTION SYSTEM WERE A MERE PR CAMPAIGN FOR ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - The discussions on passing to a 100-percent proportional election system, in the lead-up to the parliamentary elections, were nothing but a political PR campaign for the opposition, the ruling ...CLOSELY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS CONTAIN SEISMIC RISKS - MINISTER
YEREVAN. - There are over 4,500 residential buildings in Armenia which can stand only 7-point earthquake, Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan told the journalists on Thursday.
Asked ...WOLF POPULATION INCREASES IN ARMENIA - MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Wolf population has increased in Armenia due to heavy snowfalls, Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan told the journalists on Thursday.
During the Thursday session the government ...RUSSIAN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT PROMISES TO COME BACK
MOSCOW. - Russian incumbent President Dmitri Medvedev stated he plans to run for the president again. Medvedev made the statement during the Thursday meeting with the eladers of the registered parties. ...PLURALITY SYSTEM REMINDS ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION OF ALI BABA'S STORY
YEREVAN. - Shifting to 100%-proportianl system has always been on the agenda since 1995, parliamentary opposition Heritage party group MP Larisa Alaverdyan told the journalists on Thursday (photo).
According ...OLD WOMAN FOUND HELPLESS IN HER APARTMENT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Information was received at 11.06 a.m. on Thursday that a Yerevan citizen does not answer phone calls and does not open the door, the help of rescuers was needed.
One unit went to the scene, ...AVIATION TRANSPORT COMPETITION IS DISCUSSED IN ARMENIA WITH EU EXPERTS
YEREVAN. - The Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), together with the European Union Twinning Project on "Strengthening the Enforcement of Competition and State ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION HAS NOT GIVEN MARITAL FIDELITY VOW - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Armenia's ruling coalition forces have not given a vow of marital fidelity, and it must be understood that even they are in competition with one another, the coalition's Republican Party of ...RULING REPUBLICAN MP NOT SURE THAT OPPOSITION BLOC WILL APPEAR IN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - MP from ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Artak Davtyan does not share the opinion that off-parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) will have seats in the next parliament, ...FUNERAL OF WHITNEY HOUSTON ON INTERNET
Funeral ceremony of the legendary American singer Whitney Houston will be shown live on the Internet.
The representative of Houston informed that the ceremony will be shown live on the Livestream site ...SQUAD'S GENERATION CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER OLYMPICS - ARMENIAN NATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM HEAD COACH
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Armenian News-NEWS.am interviewed Poghos Poghosyan, the head coach of Armenia's national weightlifting team. And below is an excerpt from the interview.
Our team is now preparing ...ARMENIAN LAUNCHES ONLINE CAMPAIGN TO RETURN ANAHIT STATUE
California University student Gevorg Martirosyan organized the online campaign aiming to collect signatures for the petition to return the remains of pagan Goddess Anahit's to Armenia.
At the moment the ...A NUMBER OF MOTORWAYS STILL CLOSED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Thursday 2 p.m.
There is hidden ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIAN PM PARTICIPATES IN VARDANANTS CELEBRATION MARCH IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan participated in the march devoted to the St Vardananst celebration in Yerevan downtown.
Priests, young people, representatives of NGOs and student organizations ...DUTCH MFA INTERESTED IN ARMENIA'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Naira Zohrabyan, Head of Armenian National Assembly Standing Committee on European Integration, met Thursday with Ambassador Klaas van der Tempel, Special Representative for the Eastern Partnership ...LEADER OF YEMENI AL QAEDA KILLED DURING FAMILY SCUFFLE
One of the leaders of Yemeni Al Qaeda was killed by his brother during a family dispute.
As the local authorities reported, during a family meeting was a fight broke out between the relatives. It turned ...ARMENIAN NPP TO HOLD STRESS TESTS - MINISTER
YEREVAN.- The main objective of Armenia's Nature Protection Ministry is to increase safety level at the Metsamor NPP, Minister Armen Movsisyan said.
After the accident at Fukushima the EU reviewed safety ...FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL'S COURT HEARING ADJOURNED (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - The trial of former Chief of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan, resumed Thursday at capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash General ...QUAKE HITS TURKEY'S MALATYA PROVINCE
...ELECTION GUNFIRE IN ARMENIA'S ARARAT REGION
ARARAT. - Shoots were fired in Getazat village of Armenia's Ararat Region on Wednesday, Armenian News-NEWS.am reports. A group of young people fought, which ended with shots.
According to the agency, ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL SHOOTER 9TH AT EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP
Armenia's representative Romik Vardumyan became ninth in the 10-meter pistol shooting category at the European Youth Shooting Championship, which got underway Thursday in Finland.RUSSIA DID NOT SUBMIT REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF NATURAL GAS PRICE - ARMENIAN MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The Russian Gazprom Company did not submit a request for reviewing the price of natural gas being supplied to Armenia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan informed during ...YOUTHS OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY CALL ARMENIAN OFFICIALS TO LEARN CONSTITUTION
YEREVAN. - The youth student union of Armenia's opposition Heritage Party releases a statement calling officials to read the Constitution and follow it.
They call the officials to read the 3rd article ...STEPANAKERT TO HOST CONFERENCE ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF KARABAKH INDEPENDENCE
YEREVAN.- Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, will host an international conference dedicated to 20th anniversary of the Republic.
The conference held on February 17-18 will bring together ...OSCE MEDIATORS TO VISIT ARMENIA IN EARLY MARCH
YEREVAN.- OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (U.S.), Jacques Faure (France) and Igor Popov (Russia) will visit Armenia in early March.
They will hold meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan and ...ARMENIA'S NAIRIT RUBBER FACTORY HAS BECOME PROPERTY OF CIS INTERSTATE BANK
YEREVAN. - Today Armenia's Nairit Rubber Factory is the property of CIS Interstate Bank, and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan confirmed this on Thursday.
To note, the offshore Rhinoville ...YEREVAN MAYOR'S WORDS WERE MISREPRESENTED
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan City Hall reflected on the statement released by the activists against the construction in Mashtots Park, according to which, during his meeting with the activists, ...CITIZEN OF ARMENIA AMONG INJURED IN RESTAURANT BLAST
YEREVAN.- A citizen of Armenia is among the injured at Bellagio restaurant explosion in Volgograd, Russia.
Svetlana Ghazaryan was taken to Moscow hospital by the Russian Emergency Ministry plane.
Spokesperson ...COOPERATING WITH IRAN, ARMENIA SOLVES ENERGY SECURITY PROBLEM (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Energy cooperation with Iran is aimed at maintaining Armenia's energy security, Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan said commenting on possible consequences for Armenian-Iranian energy projects ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES NEWLY APPOINTED HEAD OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received on Thursday newly appointed head of OSCE office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin.
President Sargsyan congratulated Sorokin on his appointment ...NEW DETAILS REVEALED ON SHOTS IN ARMENIA'S ARARAT REGION
ARARAT. - Armenia's Artashat city police received an alarm on Wednesday on a dispute in Getazat village.
Police arrived at the scene and revealed that the same day at 10.30 p.m. Vahram A., 27, Karen A., ...CONFERENCE HELD ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN-IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
TEHRAN. - State University of Tehran with the participation of Armenian Embassy in Iran, Iranian MFA, CIS and bordering states General Department, Caucasus Research Center of the Tehran University and ...RUSSIA WANTS TO BE SOLE CONSTRUCTOR OF NEW ARMENIAN NPP
YEREVAN. - Fifty per cent of financing of new unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant will fall on Russian state-run Rosatom company, said Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan.
He said that during ...SNOW IN ARMENIA, TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN
YEREVAN. - Precipitation and fog in some areas is expected throughout Armenia over the weekend.
The air temperature will rise by 2-4 degrees on Saturday and then fall by 8-10 degrees on Monday night.
Snow ...US DOLLAR STOPS GOING UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- After a week of strengthening its positions US dollar stooped going up in Armenia.
The average US dollar/AMD exchange rate made AMD 389.28/$1 on NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, Thursday. ...ETCHMIADZIN MARKS ST. VARTAN DAY
ETCHMIADZIN. - Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin celebrated on Thursday the day of Saint Vartan the Warrior and his 1036 Companions.
St. Vartan is commemorated by the Armenian Apostolic Church on the Thursday ...ONLY PASSPORT VALID FOR VOTING IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The ID is not valid for voting in Armenia. The Government approved on Thursday several amendments on Election Code, Law on IDs and Passports, regulating validity of a person's identity in polling ...YEREVAN TO HOST GENDER AND LIFE DEPICTION PHOTO EXHIBITION
YEREVAN. - German International Cooperation (GIZ) will hold a regular 'gender week' scheduled for Mar. 5-9 all over the world. In Yerevan the GIZ Armenia Office organizes the Gender and Life Depiction ...ABRAHAM WEAKER THAN WARD AND DIRRELL - BOXING NEWS 24
Armenian professional boxer Arthur Abraham (33-3-0, KО 27) will fight against the winner of Mikkel Kessler (44-2-0, КО 33) and Robert Stieglitz (41-2-0, КО 23) Boxing News 24 informs.
During the match ...CHAIRMAN OF ARMENIAN WRITER'S UNION CALLED HEAD OF ARMENIAN UNION IN TBILISI CROOK
The announcement made by the head of the Armenian Union in Tbilisi Michael Tatevosov, who criticized the deal on selling part of Armenian Poet Hovhannes Tumanyan's house, is lie, Chairman of Armenia's ...ARMENIAN FM PARTICIPATES IN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF PARIS PACT IN VIENNA
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian participated in the third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact on Combating the Afghan Illicit Opiate Trade in Vienna on Thursday.
UN Secretary General Ban ...STEPANAKERT HOLDS ‘ARTSAKH: THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND OF KARABAKH' BOOK PRESENTATION (VIDEO)
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh held on Thursday Artsakh: the People and the Land of Karabakh book presentation by the Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan. The presentation is preceded by the international scientific ...OFF-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION MEMBER TO RUN FOR ELECTIONS ON MAJORITARIAN SYSTEM
YEREVAN. - Sil Group Co LTD founder Khachatur Sukiasyan's brother Saribek Sukiasyan responded to the publication, according to which Khachatur Sukiasyan will not run for the MP in the upcoming parliamentary ...ARMENIAN FM DISCUSSES KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITH OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian met with the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on Thursday and discussed in details the recent developments of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
OSCE Secretary ...WORKING CONSULTATION OF ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY LASTED SHORTER THAN USUAL
YEREVAN. - Armenia's ruling Republican Party (RPA) held a consultation on Thursday which was led by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. It lasted only 30 minutes.
Deputy speaker of Armenian parliament, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1875 Birth in Idgir (Western Armenia) of ophthalmologist-surgeon Hayk Kanayan.
- 1916 During the First World War, Russian forces occupy Gareen (Erzroom) in north-eastern Turkey.
- 1921 Victory of the rebellion against the Menshevik Georgian Government in the so-called "Loree Neutral Zone". The Armenian flag is raised in all 41 villages of the zone.
- 1927 The People's Communist Council of the Republic approves a new regulation establishing the following Faculties at Yerevan State University: Socio-Economics, Education, Agriculture, Medicine and Technology.
- 1932 Creation of the Local Branch of the All-Union "Old Bolsheviks' Association".
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