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IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NOT TO ALLOW DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - OPEN LETTER
- PARIS. - Hauts-de-Seine Consul General Patrick Alexanian wrote an open letter to French Senators on behalf of Communist Party condemning their position on bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
"I would like to focus on the Communist Senators' voting regarding the Armenian Genocide.
The party was divided into three parts: for it, against it or suspension. The votes for or against also supported the idea that the struggle for values will have nothing common to the collective political obligations. And it does not make me happy.
It is our obligation as political scientists not to allow the denial of the Armenian Genocide. Not adopting it, including through law, means supporting genocide repetition," the letter published in Alexanian's blog reads.
To note, bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was adopted by the Senate on Jan. 23. However, a group of Senators and MPs appealed it in the Constitutional Court.
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Famous Istanbul linguist of Armenian origin, correspondent of the Turkish Taraf paper Sevan Nishanian opened a tomb carved in a rock in Izmir on Sunday. For that he was sentenced to 5 months imprisonment.
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YEREVAN. - 11.5 million tons of waste was accumulated in Armenia on 2008. This was stated in the official website of Armenia's Ministry of Nature Protection. There was not any recent information but during ...40% OF CHILDREN IN ARMENIA LIVE IN POVERTY?
The World Bank (BK) will give a credit of $80 million to Armenia. The intentions are the noblest ones - to help reducing poverty and promote social security.
The aim of the WB is to fight poverty in the ...ARMENIAN ALCOHOL ON DEMAND ABROAD
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Turkish journalist, analyst Erdal Simsek made ridiculous conclusions in his anti-Iranian article published in Turkish Milat daily.
The analyst attempted to show Iran as a potential enemy for both Turkey ...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEARLY SAY WHO FRENCH ARMENIANS WILL VOTE FOR - HILDA TCHOBOIAN
PARIS. - It is impossible to unequivocally say who France's Armenian community will choose in the upcoming presidential elections in the country, Rhône-Alpes regional MP Hilda Tchoboian told Armenian ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT'S ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF DECIDES TO DO "FAVOR" TO STAFF ON STATE BUDGET'S ACCOUNT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly's (NA) Acting Chief of Staff, Gagik Mkheyan, decided to do a "favor" to the parliament staff on the account of the state budget, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"Informed ...$771,445 FOR SAKE OF ELEPHANTS FOR YEREVAN ZOO - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's zoo wants to bring not one more, but a group of elephants, Yerkir daily writes, referring to the information it has received.
"It is not yet as to how many elephants ...NOTHING CAN BE RULED OUT IN LIFE - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Haykakan Zhamanak daily interviewed Armenian parliamentary opposition Heritage Party's leader Raffi Hovannisian and asked whether he will be nominated with the majority election system in the ...ARMENIAN EMPLOYER DETAINED IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW. - Rafik Margaryan, the owner of a bakery in Moscow is detained for 48 hours.
To note, because his employees' carelessness, the natural gas tanks at Margaryan's bakery exploded on February 19. ...ARMENIA'S MOTORWAYS ARE OPEN FOR TRAFFIC
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways and local motorways are open for traffic as of Tuesday 8:00 a.m.
But SelimMountainPass and the Aragyugh-Buzhakan road are closed, the Transport and Communication ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC EXAMINES INTER-PARTY PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LIST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The preparation of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress' proportional election list, for the upcoming parliamentary elections, is currently being discussed within an inter-party format, ...MOSCOW COURT RULES ON LAWSUIT FILED BY MOTHER OF KILLED ARMENIAN SCHOOLBOY
MOSCOW. - A Moscow court made a ruling on the lawsuit filed by Alla Margaryan, the mother of Armenian schoolboy Eduard Margaryan who was killed in a city school.
The court session was held on February ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-PASS ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Tuesday 10:30 a.m.
But there is hidden ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HAS NEW MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Armenian national football team head coach Vardan Minasyan announced, on Monday, those national players who will take part in the trainings to be held in Cyprus and will prepare for the friendly ...OVER 50 LIBERATION FIGHTERS LEFT YERKRAPAH - DAILY
YEREVAN. - In Armenia former Volunteers' Union Yerkrapah members released a statement recently, according to which over 50 Yerkrapah members applied to the head of the Union Manvel Grigoryan to suspend ...FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE TIPS OVER NEAR CABLE CAR IN ARMENIAN RESORT CITY
YEREVAN. - A four-wheel-drive vehicle tipped over, on February 18, on the road leading to the cable cars in Armenia's resort city of Tsaghkadzor.
As a result of the accident, the automobile's passenger ...RUSSIA NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FRIENDS OF SYRIA MEETING
MOSCOW. - Russia has received an invitation to participate in the meeting of Friends of Syria, however, will decline it, Russian MFA's official representative Alexander Lukashevich said.
"There are more ...ARMENIA'S POLICE DETAIN HOOLIGANISM, ABDUCTION SUSPECTS
Officers from Armenia's Police Force arrested, on Monday, a 33-year-old resident of Dimitrov village, who was wanted, since the same day, on hooliganism charges.
Also on Monday, the law enforcement officers ...PASSENGER INJURED AS CARS CRASH ON YEREVAN-GYUMRI HIGHWAY
YEREVAN.- A passenger was injured as Land Rover and GAZ-5312 vehicles crashed on Saturday on Yerevan-Gyumri highway, Armenia.
Police press service said an investigation is underway.YOUNG MAN STEALS FUEL FROM PLANT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Syunik Region police detained Arman G., 32, on Monday and found 80 liters of diesel fuel in his car.
It was clarified that the fuel was stolen from the territory of the Kajaran copper-molybdenum ...ARMENIAN ENVOY TO FRANCE APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO VATICAN
YEREVAN.- Armenian President signed a decree appointing Armenian envoy to France Vigen Chitechyan an Ambassador with concurrent accreditation to the Holy See (residence in Paris), president's press service ...ARMENIA'S AMBASSADOR BRIEFS BELGIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON KARABAKH ISSUE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Belgium, Avet Adonts, was received on February 17 by André Flahaut, Speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives.
Ambassador Adonts noted that the interparliamentary ...ARMENIAN OFFICER, KILLED BY AZERBAIJANI MILITARY MEMBER, IS REMEMBERED IN BUDAPEST
A public rally commemorating the eight anniversary of the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan's killing by the Azerbaijani military member, Ramil Safarov, was held on February 19 near the Armenian cross-stone ...FOUR PEOPLE STILL CRITICAL IN MOSCOW BAKERY BLAST
MOSCOW. - Four people injured in a Moscow bakery blast continue to be critical, RIA Novosti reports.
The Agency however does not provide information who exactly is critical. Two citizens of Tajikistan ...ARMENIA'S CEC TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Election Commission (CEC) will observe Russian presidential elections scheduled for March 4, CEC spokesperson Hermine Harutyunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Russia sent ...AZERBAIJAN MUST ALLOW ALL VOICES TO BE HEARD - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Last May, Azerbaijan secured the right to host this year's Eurovision song contest thanks to its winning entry "Running Scared". Only a few months earlier, this is, quite literally, what hundreds of peaceful ...ARMENIAN FM TO VISIT KOREA, VIETNAM, SINGAPORE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian will pay visits to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Singapore, from February 22 to 28.
Within the framework of his visit, Nalbandian will have meetings ...ARMENIA TO GET NECESSARY ASSISTANCE AS CSTO FULL MEMBER - BORDYUZHA
YEREVAN.- Armenia is a full member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the head of organization Nikolay Bordyuzha said during today's Moscow-Astana-Minsk-Yerevan-Kiev- Chisinau space ...CSTO CATEGORICALLY OPPOSES MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN - SECRETARY GENERAL
YEREVAN.- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) categorically opposes any military actions against Iran, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said during the space bridge Moscow-Astana-Minsk-Yerevan-Kiev-Chisinau ...US AMBASSADOR IN ARMENIA APPROACHES PROBLEM WITH DOUBLE STANDARDS - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Off parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Coordinator Levon Zurabyan agrees with the U.S. Ambassador, while ANC member Social Democratic Hunchakyan Party activist Gurgen ...ARMENIAN STATE AGENCY REVEALS HUGE ABUSE IN PUBLIC MEDICATION PROCUREMENT SYSTEM
By Samvel Avagyan
YEREVAN. - The Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (ASCPEC) launched proceedings, on Tuesday, against twelve medical facilities and fifteen medical drug ...CSTO NOT TO INTERFERE INTO DOMESTIC SITUATION OF MEMBER STATES - CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL
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The former director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn was detained within the framework of the new scandal case on investigation into prostitution ring in Lille.
Strauss-Kahn was ...YEREVAN TO HOLD STAFF TALKS ON PREPARATION OF CSTO EXERCISE
YEREVAN.- Armenia will hold staff talks to prepare for the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) CSTO exercises, organization's Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said during the space bridge Moscow-Astana-Minsk-Yerevan-Kiev-Chisinau ...CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL TO DISCUSS STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha will discuss strategic documents during the upcoming visit to Yerevan.
The meeting is scheduled for the midst of March, he said during the space bridge ...ARMENIA-EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TALKS REGISTER PROGRESS - ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian received on Tuesday delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) of the European Parliament which is a visit to the region.
Nalbandian praised high the ...MEETING OF AZERBAIJANI, TURKISH, IRANIAN FMS POSTPONED AGAIN
The meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran is postponed again.
The meeting was scheduled for the mid February but did not take place, Azerbaijani APA agency reports adding that the ...ACTIVISTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CONSTRUCTION AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - Armenian opposition Heritage Party MPs and residents of downtown Yerevan's Mashtots Avenue have submitted an application to the Administrative Court against the ongoing construction at Mashtots ...US EMBASSY IN ARMENIA DONATES EQUIPMENT TO POLICE EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX
YEREVAN.- U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern visited and toured Armenia's Police Educational Complex on Tuesday, where he met its director, Lieutenant-General Hovhannes Varyan, and donated approximately ...TWO ARMENIAN ATHLETES SECURED OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION - ARMENIAN JUDO FEDERATION VICE PRESIDENT
By Khachik Chakhoyan
YEREVAN. - Davit Khitaryan, Vice President of the Judo Federation of Armenia, was one of the first Armenian judo referees to receive Class A referee's ranking, and thus he received ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, EU REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan received Tuesday Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director of FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the ...IRAN MAY RESPOND IF FEELS ENEMIES WANT TO ENDANGER NATIONAL INTERESTS
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In an interview with FARS agency Mohammad Hejazi, Deputy Head of the General Staff of ...CATHOLICOS FAMILIARIZES UK AMBASSADORS WITH ARMENIAN CHURCH ACTIVITIES
YEREVAN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, received, at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin, Jonathan James Aves and Catherine Jane Leach, the United Kingdom's newly appointed ambassadors to ...DOLLAR'S EXCHANGE RATE STABILIZES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - After Monday's relatively sharp increase, the US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) stabilized at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Tuesday.
As a result of trading, ...SCIENTISTS OFFER DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF DOLPHINS
Scientists and animal rights groups have developed a special declaration on the rights of dolphins and want it to be approved at the legislative level.
If the bill on dolphins is passed, then attacks ...IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NOT TO ALLOW DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - OPEN LETTER
PARIS. - Hauts-de-Seine Consul General Patrick Alexanian wrote an open letter to French Senators on behalf of Communist Party condemning their position on bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
"I ...ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST TO GO ON HUNGER STRIKE IN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - One of environmental activists decided to go on eight-day hunger strike protesting against the construction of boutiques in Mashtots Park in Yerevan.
Talking to the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter, ...LAW ENFORCERS' REPORT AGAINST MPS DISCUSSED IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - During the Armenian parliament seating on Tuesday the charges presented by Special Investigative Service (SIS) against the MPs from ruling Republican Party of Armenia were discussed. The MPs ...ARMENIAN EDUCATION MINISTER LEAVES FOR LITHUANIA
YEREVAN. - The Armenian delegation headed by Education Minister Armen Ashotyan will leave for a visit to Lithuania on February 22-24.
He will discuss improvements in the field of higher education, as ...ARMENIAN NGO INVITES OBSERVERS FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
VANADZOR. - Helsinki Citizen's Assembly office in Vanadzor invites active youths to work as observers during the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia.
As HCA Vanadzor office informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION WELCOMES STRUGGLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) welcomes the struggle of environmentalists in various regions of Armenia and expresses its readiness to join their environmental initiatives.
"Stressing ...FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF REJECTS CHARGES BY FORMER HIGH-RANKING POLICEMAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Chief of Police, advisor to the president Alik Sargsyan rejected the statements by the former Chief of Road Police Margar Ohanyan that he had allegedly discredited him.
Sargsyan ...CREATION OF ARMENIAN FRUIT COMPANY DELAYED
YEREVAN. - In 2011 Armenia imported 33.6 thousand tons of fruits and exported 15.3 tons. In 2009 Armenia exported 17 thousand tons of fruits - that was the highest result.
In November, 2011, the Armenian ...ARMENIA'S MILITARY PROSECUTOR RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kontanyan is released from Nairi medical center, the assistant of Gevorg Kostanyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, Kostanyan ...POLICE THREATENS, WARNS AND INVITES ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS FOR ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's police is not authorized to interfere in the administrative acts approved by Yerevan City mayor, including construction permission, the statement released by police reads in connection ...YEREVAN MAYOR REFUSES TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
YEREVAN. - Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan made a statement in relation to the protests against installing boutiques in the Mashtots Park.
"Dear Yerevan residents,
The installation of temporary pavilions ...YEREVAN CITY PROJECT ON GREEN AREAS INTRODUCED
YEREVAN. - Head of Yerevan city hall environmental department Avet Martirosyan has introduced complex project on green area works in Yerevan for this year.
Wide-scale reconstruction works are planned ...NO PRECIPITATION IN YEREVAN ON FEBRUARY 22-26
YEREVAN. - During February 22-26 no precipitation is expected throughout Armenia. The wind will be 1-5 m/sec, and there will be ice covering on roads. On Saturday the air temperature will rise by 2-4 ...1.5-YEAR-OLD CHILD OF INSANE MURDERER DIES IN ORPHANAGE (VIDEO)
In Armenian Lori region's Darpas village the 1.5-year-old baby of a man, who had killed his father and his wife, died in the orphanage 24 days after the incident, the director of the Vanadzor Orphanage ...PREGNANT WOMAN IS CAUGHT IN SNOW IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A call was received at 2.56 p.m. on Tuesday that a tractor was stuck in snow in Aragatsotn region. It has three passengers one of which is in serious health condition.
As the press service ...TEACHERS RECEIVE AWARDS FROM ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ON MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
YEREVAN. - By Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan's order, several teachers from Yerevan and the regions were awarded on the Mother Language Day for the contribution they paid towards preserving ...
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