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TURIN CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
- City council of Italy's Turin adopted a resolution on the Armenian Genocide.
The resolution calls on the European Parliament to urge Turkey, as a candidate for EU membership, recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide.
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Headlines for February 17, 2012WESTERN ARMENIAN COURSES TO BEGIN IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL. - The Union for the Support of Armenian Culture, which was founded in Istanbul in 2010, released a statement informing that it is commencing the new Western-Armenian language courses on Saturday. ...HOW MUCH MEAT DO ARMENIANS CONSUME?
YEREVAN. - In 2011 Armenian citizens consumed 48 thousand tons of beef, 10.5 thousand tons of pork, 44 thousand tons of chicken and 8 thousand tons of fish. Overall, Armenians used 110.5 tons of meat. ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF CANADA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO EDUCATE DIPLOMATS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE POLICY
The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) supports the call of Jim Karygiannis to investigate the actions by Canadian Ambassador to Turkey Mark Bailey, who promotes the Turkish government's denial ...ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY TURNED INTO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
The Chancellor of Turkish Canakkale University is proud of the fact that an Armenian church serves as one of the building of the university campus.
The chancellor was asked about the church condition ...FORMER ARMENIAN ORPHANAGE CHILD ENDS UP ON STREET (VIDEO)
VANADZOR. - Anna Vardevanyan, 22, who has left the Vanadzor orphanage 4 years ago, now sleeps wherever possible. She found her mother and her husband, but her step-father did not accept her so she had ...ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN LEFT NOTE BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE
Armenian serviceman Vahan Aleksanyan, who died poisoned by vinegar essence, has left a note, in which he states that financial abuse was tried to be hanged on him.
Head of Armenian MOD PR department Meri ...STEPANAKERT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KARABAKH'S DECLARATION ANNIVERSARY
The scientific conference, devoted to the 20th anniversary of the declaration of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), got underway in NKR capital Stepanakert.
The two-day event will bring together political ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT'S ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF WANTS TO BE PERMANENT CHIEF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The Armenian National Assembly (NA) Staff has given the endearing "Loris" nickname to its Acting Chief, Gagik Mkheyan, Hraparak daily writes.
"During his intimate conversations with the Staff ...ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTY HAS TWO CHAIRPERSONS? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress member Social-Democratic Hnchakyan Party, whose chairperson is Lyudmila Sargsyan, has received a text from the Justice Ministry, according to ...AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE TO SPEND TWO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SLAPPING GEORGIAN DANCER
American millionaire Thomas Hartmann will spend two months in prison for beating Georgian dancer Sophia Kandelaki.
The incident took place in the one of Italian restaurants in Manhattan in 2011.
Forty- ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTNERS' DUEL WILL SHIFT TO MEDIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - It seems the duel between the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will shift from the criminal to the media sphere, Zhoghovurd daily writes. ...GOOGLE.RU MARKS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF AGNES BARTO
February 17, 2012 is the 106th birth anniversary of renowned Soviet children's poet, Agnes Barto. Her poems were known by all children of the ex-USSR, and it was through her poems that the children of ...SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Friday 8 a.m.
But Selim Mountain Pass and the Berd-Chambarak Highway are closed, and there ...ARMENIAN YOUTH LAUNCH SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN FOR GODDESS ANAHIT STATUE'S REMNANTS
YEREVAN. - The Youth Foundation of Armenia has launched an initiative for the return of the remnants of Goddess Anahit's statue from the British Museum in London to Armenia.
"We, the undersigned, represent ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN HAS NOT FORMED ELECTION LIST YET
YEREVAN.- ARF Dashnaktsutyun has not yet decided on the first three names in the proportional election list, MP Artyusha Shahbazyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"We do not have the lists," Shahbazyan said ...TURKISH MINISTER SAYS HE DENIES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, SINCE HIS PM SUPPORTS HIM
Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis, stated during an event that he will say, likewise in France, that there was no Armenian Genocide.
During the event Bagis was asked to comment on the investigation ...LEBANON TO HOLD DAYS OF ARMENIAN CULTURE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Lebanon, Ashot Kocharyan, met on Thursday with Lebanon's Culture Minister Gaby Layoun and Mayor of Beirut, Bilal Hamad, and discussed bilateral cultural programs.
They ...YEAR-LONG ARMENIAN CULTURAL EVENTS TO BE HELD IN CANADA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Canada, Armen Yeganyan, met on Wednesday with Dr. Daniel Caron, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, and discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of humanities. ...FOUR PEOPLE INJURED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN
YEREVAN. - An alarm was received at 07.37 a.m. on Friday that an accident occurred and rescuers are needed in Alek Manukyan Street in Yerevan downtown.
The rescuers arrived at the scene and clarified ...ROOFS PULL DOWN BY SNOW IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Aragatsotn Region emergency service received a call at 1.40 p.m. on Thursday that a roof pulled down.
Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified information adding the barn ...SITUATION IS AGAIN TENSE AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - According to the environmentalists, who are protesting for already several days at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park against the carrying out of construction there, the provocations ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONTINUES ITS WAY TO DEMOCRACY - KARABAKH SPEAKER
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh has been developing on the way to democracy since its proclaimed independence 20 years ago and plans to do the same in the future.
Speaker of Nagorno-Karabakh National ...INDEPENDENCE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH IMPORTANT FOR ALL ARMENIANS - DEPUTY SPEAKER
STEPANAKERT. - Proclamation of independence Nagorno-Karabakh has a major significance for all the Armenians, Armenian Deputy Speaker Edwards Sharmazanov said on Friday at the international scientific ...RIDICULOUS TO SPEAK ABOUT KARABAKH AS POSSIBLE PART OF AZERBAIJAN-HEAD OF PUBLIC COUNCIL
STEPANAKERT. - It is ridiculous to speak about Karabakh's possible becoming a part of Azerbaijan, head of Armenia's Public Council Vazgen Manukyan said on Friday at the conference in Stepanakert.
He stressed ...PLANE WITH MARIJUANA BLOCKED AIR CORRIDOR OF OBAMA'S HELICOPTER
A small airplane Cessna 182 accidentally appeared in an air corridor, which was selected for the helicopter of U.S. President Barack Obama heading to Los Angeles.
Two U.S. Air Force fighters were raised ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTY IS NOT CRYING OVER FORMER FM'S MEMBERSHIP IN COALITION PARTNER - PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian's becoming a member in the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) is his own decision, and this cannot weaken the coalition's Republican Party ...DISCUSSING SMALLER ISSUES ON KARABAKH IS MORE DIFFICULT - EXPERT
Azerbaijan has called on the EU to help find solution to the Karabakh conflict, Radio Vatican reports.
Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents expressed readiness to accelerate the process of reaching agreement ...CRIMINALS WANTED FOR ROBBERY AND INFLICTING INJURIES ARE DETAINED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police officers have brought a 28-year-old citizen back to Armenia on Thursday by the Kiev-Yerevan flight. The young man had been wanted by Armenian Tavush region's police since March 4, 2011 ...CAR ACCIDENT OCCURS IN ARMENIA - DRIVER IS HOSPITALIZED
VAGHARSHAPAT. - A car accident occurred in Vagharshapat, Armenia, on Thursday. A Mercedes Benz E-120 crashed with a VAZ-21099 than into a VAZ-21101 which had been standing on the roadside.
The driver ...ARMENIAN PUBLIC TO BE BLAMED FOR UNJUST ELECTIONS - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Unjust elections are constantly held because of the public and the Armenian society is ready for unjust elections. This is the opinion of MP from Armenia's ruling Republican Party (RPA), businessman ...KARABAKH'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW - GERMAN PROFESSOR
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's (NKR) Declaration of Independence is not contrary to the provisions of International Law, stated University of Hamburg Professor, Doctor of Law Otto Luchterhand, ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND AZERBAIJAN INCOMPATIBLE - MP
STEPANAKERT. - Status-quo is the only acceptable option in the Karabakh peace process, Karabakh (Artsakh) MP Vahram Atanesyan said during the international conference held in Stepanakert.
According to ...RULING PARTY MP FORECASTS ELECTION RESULTS (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will win the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for May, RPA MP Rafik Petrosyan told the journalists on Friday (photo).
According to him, ruling ...NO SAFETY RISKS FOR ARMENIAN BOXERS IN TURKEY - COACH
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GYUMRI. - Armenian boxers have performed successfully during the Soviet times and nowadays continue to train young athletes. Soviet times European Champion Mekhak Ghazaryan works ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK IS HINDERING COUNTRY'S STOCK EXCHANGE?
YEREVAN. - The NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange is working with a loss, its General Manager Konstantin Saroyan said during a press conference on Friday.
According to Saroyan, the stock exchange was working ...ARMENIA'S PM VISITS PRODUCTION COMPANY
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan visited capital Yerevan's Ararat Food Factory, specifically its Juice Production Plant.
Accompanied by Economy and Agriculture ministers Tigran Davtyan and Sergo ...ANOTHER QUAKE RATTLES EASTERN TURKEY
Another earthquake jolted Van, Turkey, on Friday at 11:32 a.m. local time (1:32 p.m. Armenia time).
The tremor measured magnitude 4.5 at the epicenter, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.
There is no ...KARABAKH CONFLICT NOT TO BE SOLVED SOON - RUSSIAN MEDIATOR
Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov said he does not consider the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would be solved soon.
Sabine Freizer, Europe program director of the International Crisis Group, ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP CONSIDERS RIGHT FOR HIS PARTY TO USE ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES DURING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Rafik Petrosyan considers right for the RPA to use the administrative resources during elections, he told the journalists on Friday.
According to ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH SITUATION STABLE NOT BECAUSE OF BUT IN SPITE OF MEDIATORS' EFFORTS-OPINION
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh may become a part of Azerbaijan only due to full-scale war and ethnic cleansings, head of Yerevan State Linguistic University Suren Zolyan said on Friday at the international ...ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTION IS PUBLISHED IN WESTERN ARMENIAN
YEREVAN. - On the initiative of the Center for the Constitutional Law of Armenia, a comparative Western-Armenian translation of Armenia's Constitution is conducted and it is published as a separate book. ...KARABAKH TURNS INTO JERUSALEM?
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and the state itself construct the region, expert Alexander Iskandaryan said during the international conference held in Stepanakert.
The expert said ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT MUST BE BORN, BRED IN ARMENIA - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian's becoming a member in the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party is a step aimed at the future, the coalition's Republican Party of Armenia MP Rafik ...ARMENIAN EXPERT CRITICIZES U.S. APPROACHES TO KARABAKH ISSUE
YEREVAN.- The information war over Karabakh issue should move forward the Armenian view on the conflict, political analyst Alexander Manasyan said at a conference held in Stepanakert.
The expert criticized ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL SHOOTERS ARE IN TOP 10
The European Youth Shooting Championship is continuing in Finland.
In the "Moving Target - 10 Meter" category, Armenia's representatives Razmik Minasyan, Shant Sargsyan, and Artur Petrosyan placed 10th, ...ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION MEETS WITH KARABAKH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) delegation, led by NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, met with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) NA Speaker Ashot Ghulyan, in NKR capital Stepanakert on Thursday.
The ...ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR DISMISSED FOR IMPROPER BEHAVIOR IN NIGHT CLUB
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Armavir Region Prosecution service employee Davit Baboyan was dismissed under the Attorney General Aghvan Hovsepyan's decree.
Attorney General's Office received a report on Friday ...ARMENIA CAN ANNUALLY PRODUCE 80,000 TONS OF COPPER - VALLEX GROUP
YEREVAN.- Armenia has a capability to produce 80,000 tons of copper annually, said President of Vallex Group Valeriy Mezhlumyan.
The group is currently producing blister copper and exports it to Europe. ...ARMENIA WILL HAVE BORDER INFRASTRUCTURES THAT MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS - SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan chaired Friday's session of the interdepartmental committee that moderates the implementation of the programs envisioned ...DOLLAR "STROLLS" AROUND AMD 389 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) was AMD 388.91/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Friday, and thus the dollar devalued by 0.09 percent, or by ...ONLY 10% OF ARMENIA'S ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE QUALIFIED EXPERTS - VALLEX GROUP PRESIDENT
YEREVAN.- Only 10% of Armenia's environmentalists are competent experts, President of Vallex Group Valeriy Mezhlumyan told the journalists on Friday.
Commenting on environmentalists' protests against ...OUR CIVIL SECTOR IS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING - ARMENIAN OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - Armenia's 3,700 NGOs are the telling proof of the fact that the civil sector is actively developing in our country, National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan stated during ...LEGALLY SPEAKING, KARABAKH WAS NEVER PART OF AZERBAIJAN - ANALYST
STEPANAKERT. - Azerbaijan never had an effective full sovereignty over Nagorno Karabakh, and, furthermore, legally speaking, Karabakh was never a part of Azerbaijan, International Law expert Shahen Avagyan ...WITHOUT KARABAKH'S PARTICIPATION CONFLICT NOT TO BE SETTLED - EXPERT
STEPANAKERT. - Without the participation of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in the negotiation process the conflict will not be settled, Regional Studies Center Director Richard Giragosian announced during ...ARMENIA ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS - POLITICAL ANALYST
YEREVAN.- Armenia is actively participating in peacekeeping missions and is not only "consumer of peace", said Regional Studies Center Director Richard Giragosian speaking during a conference in Stepanakert.
He ...SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS - BRITISH EXPERT
STEPANAKERT.- Successful parliamentary elections in Armenia will positively affect the Karabakh peace process, said James Nixey, program manager for Russia and Eurasia at Chatham House.
Speaking at the ...ARMENIA'S DEPUTY FM PRESENTS COUNTRY'S FOREIGN CHALLENGES TO AUSTRIAN STUDENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan delivered a lecture, on Thursday at Yerevan State University Center for European Studies, to members of the Catholic Students' Union, who had arrived ...ARTIFICIAL CONTRADICTION BETWEEN PRINCIPLE OF TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
YEREVAN.-Politicians and experts introduce artificial contradiction between the principle of territorial integrity and rights of nations to self-determination, advisor to NKR Constitutional Court Gevorg ...IF I WERE ELECTED MAYOR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR PRESIDENT - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE
If I were elected in a mayor elections in Armenia's Hrazdan city, the city would have turned into a center of civilization, member of oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), mayor candidate of ...ARMENIAN ARCHEOLOGIST FINDS COLOSSUS OF PHARAOH AMENHOTEP III
An Armenian archeologist found alabaster colossus of pharaoh Amenhotep III.
The colossus was discovered by Gurik Suruzyan during the excavation of Amenhotep's temple in the western part of Egypt's Luxor.
The ...BULGARIA HOLDS COMMEMORATION MEETING OF TSVETANA PASKALEVA
SOFIA. - Bulgarian capital held commemoration meeting in honor of and in participation with Bulgarian-Armenian journalist Tsvetana Paskaleva on Thursday, organized by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists.
The ...BAKU MUST BEAR POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH CEASE-FIRE VIOLATION CASE - KARABAKH EXPERT
STEPANAKERT. - Baku must bear political responsibility for each case of cease-fire violation in the Karabakh conflict zone, Chairman of the Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security, Nagorno-Karabakh ...TURIN CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
City council of Italy's Turin adopted a resolution on the Armenian Genocide.
The resolution calls on the European Parliament to urge Turkey, as a candidate for EU membership, recognize and condemn the ...OSCE OFFICE SUPPORTS DISCUSSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGISLATION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A new draft law on domestic violence was the focus of a discussion held on Friday with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
The meeting of the Inter-Agency Commission for Combating Gender-Based ...ARMENIA-BASED THINK TANK LAUNCHES QUARTERLY
YEREVAN.- The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) has announced the launch of publication of "The Changing World: Viewpoints from Yerevan" a public policy quarterly, which will ...COURSE FOR YOUNG LAWYERS FROM CAUCASUS TO BE ORGANIZED IN BERLIN
BERLIN. - Hertie School of Governance organized a course for 25 young lawyers from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The course will be held on February 20-March 9 and its aim is to discuss legal reforms ...MEDIATORS' ORGANIZATION ON KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS IN CRISIS - OPINION
STEPANAKERT. - The philosophy of approaching Nagorno-Karabakh peace process needs reconsideration, head of the Public Council on Karabakh foreign policy and security Masis Mayilyan said during the international ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH MUST OVERCOME COMPLEX OF SMALL STATE - EXPERT
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh must overcome its complex of 'small state', European Integration NGO Director Karen Bekaryan announced during the International Scientific Conference on Friday dedicated ...RIO DE JANEIRO SURRENDERS TO CARNIVAL POWER
RIO DE JANEIRO. - Mayor if the Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes handed the keys of the city to corpulent clown King Momo in the presence of residents and guests. The Rio de Janeiro Carnival officially started.
On ...ARMENIAN SPECIAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE SENDS PUNISHMENT RELEASE TO PARLIAMENT FOR DOUBLE VOTER MPS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Special Investigative Service sent punishment release to the Parliament for carrying liability against MPs Ara Babloyan, Hermine Naghdalyan, Gagik Melikyan and Areg Ghukasyan, who ...KARABAKH MAY RATIFY EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
STEPANAKERT. - The fact of being not recognized does not free Nagorno-Karabakh authorities from taking over international obligations, especially when Karabakh is ruled according to those standards, Karabakh ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DOES NOT RECEIVE REPORT ON MPS' VIOLATIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan has not received the report of head of Parliamentarism in Armenia Center Ruben Torosyan against those MPs who had voted on behalf of others on February ...THERE ARE CLOSED ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - As of Friday, 6.00 p.m., all the interstate highways in Armenia also the main roads and mountain passes are open.
As Armenia's Emergency Service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, on some road ...DEFENSE TO BE PRIORITY FOR ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH
STEPANAKERT. - Threat to the state, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is an incessantly present external factor, Arthur Vagharshyan from the Yerevan State University ...THERE ARE NO THREATS OF STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN ARMENIA - EMERGENCY SERVICE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Emergency Service conducted an analysis of the current seismic regime of Armenia on Friday.
According to the experts of the National Service of Seismic Protection, there are no threats ...CARS ARE STUCK ON ROAD BECAUSE OF BLIZZARD IN ARMENIA
Cars are stuck on Armenia's Tsakhkahovit Alagyaz road in Aragatsotn region because of blizzard.
As Armenia's Emergency Service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, the road has been cleared at 4.00 p.m. and ...ARMENIAN MFA TEAM WINS PRIME MINISTER'S CUP IN INTELLECTUAL GAME (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian MFA team won the Prime Minister's Cup in a Brain-Ring intellectual game defeating Armenian Ministry of Healthcare team.
The final round also hosted Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan, ministerial ...WOMAN IS FOUND HANGED IN ARMENIAN REGION
The 54-year-old Vardanushh Virabyan's body was found hanged in her own house in a village in Armenia's Ararat region. The press service of Armenia's Police confirmed this information and added that no ...HELP US: CARS WITH PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN STUCK IN TRAFFIC JAM BECAUSE OF BLIZZARD IN ARMENIA
Due to a blizzard cars are stuck on Alagyaz-Artik road in Armenia for already 4 hours and there is no help.
A driver called to Armenian News-NEWS.am newsroom from the scene and informed that a huge traffic ...
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Today in Armenian history- 362 Birth of Mesrop Mashtots. He invented the Armenian alphabet. He died in 440.
- 1811 Establishment of the Mkhitarist Congregation of Vienna (Austria). It is still located on Mechitaristengasse.
- 1830 Birth of poet Gevorg Dodokhyan in Gogenlo (Crimea, the Ukraine). He died in 1908.
- 1888 Death of Hovsep Shishmanyan (Tserents) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He wrote historical novels. He was born in 1882 in Constantinople.
- 1908 The Armenian National Council of Teheran is organized. In 1911 it was recognized by the government and called "Teheran's Armenian General Council".
- 1948 Death of Hakob Oshakan. He was born in 1883.
- 1951 Death of Nikoghayos Tigranian, composer and pianist.
- 1992 Artsakh forces control the important Azeri Turk military cross-road of Gharadakhlu.
- 2000 The remains of Armenias Hero, General Andranik are transferred to Armenia.
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