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ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI MPS STAGED SKIRMISH AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION
- YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan declines from regional cooperation within Eastern Partnership project, Armenian ruling coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP Naira Zohrabyan said on Wednesday at the session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society held in Yerevan.
"We offered Azerbaijan for several times to cooperate within the framework of the project, however, each time it declined," MP said.
In response, Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev expressed his viewpoint on the issue.
"Regional cooperation is very important for Azerbaijan. But when we speak on cooperation between Armenia and Azerbaijan we come across the serious challenge of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We are not against the cooperation. Meantime we are seriously concerned over the conflict settlement. If it is settled, I see serious opportunities of cooperation," Guliyev said.
Zohrabyan responded to the statement with sharp criticism.
"I hoped the stage would not become a rhetoric arena. Azerbaijani MPs use any international stage to discredit Armenia and international community has already tired of it," she stated.
Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MPs Hovhannes Sahakyan and Artak Zakaryan called on to accept the things as they are.
It is hardly worth discussing issues that lie beyond the powers of the Committee.
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Headlines for February 22, 2012ARMENIA AND JORDAN TO COOPERATE ON TOURISM
YEREVAN. - Armenian Government intends to approve agreement on cooperation with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the tourism sphere. The issue is included in the Thursday's governmental session.
In ...TAX SYSTEM TO IMPROVE IN ARMENIA
Increase of tax revenues will occur due to administration improvements in Armenia. This is stated in the plan of Armenia's tax administration for 2012-2014 which was presented to the government.
The plan ...TURKISH PARTY MEMBER STARTED SPEECH WITH ADDRESS TO ARMENIANS
Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) (which is the only Kurdish party represented in the Turkish parliament) Deputy Gülten Kışanak delivered a speech on the occasion of the Mother Language Day.
As ...ARMENIAN BANKS' CREDIT INVESTMENTS MADE 34.9% GDP IN 2011
YEREVAN. - Credit investments of the Armenian banks made $34 billion last year, which is an increase by 34% as compared to 2010.
Deposit exchange was $27 billion, while total assets were $5.3 billion ...YOUNG COUNTRYMAN DATED CITY GIRL, PHOTOGRAPHED HER NAKED AND TRIED TO BLACKMAIL IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Resident of Armenian Aragatsotn Region's Gegharot village Varujan Amirkhanyan,23, who had taken pictures of a naked girl and blackmailed her demanding AMD 70,000, was sentenced a fine of AMD ...WHY GERMAN MPS DECIDE TO INTERVENE IN ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian parliamentary factions are preparing to sign under a letter of petition, on Wednesday, which will be addressed to the German Bundestag's (Parliament) largest faction, the Christian ...MORE ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MEMBERS WHO DO NOT LIKE WELL-KNOWN BUSINESSWOMAN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - There is a growing number of ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) members who do not like businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan, Yerkir daily writes, referring to its sources close ...GOOGLE MARKS 155TH BIRTHDAY OF HERTZ
Not many scientific discoveries are used in everyday life, but the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's inventions are among those discoveries that surround us. The radio and television, which were ...ARMENIA'S SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS STILL CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways and local roads are open for traffic as of Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
Solely Selim Mountain Pass is closed, and road cleaning is intensively continuing, the Transport ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DAY YET UNCERTAIN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Since Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan had not signed, until Tuesday evening, a decree on designating the day for the upcoming National Assembly (NA) elections, this means the elections could ...GYUMRI MAYOR'S 12 DAYS IN RIO DE JANEIRO - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian Gyumri city's Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, together with a nine-member delegation, is in Brazil for already six days, where the renowned Rio de Janeiro Carnival is currently underway. The ...COURT RULING'S FULL TEXT IS PUBLICIZED ON DINK MURDER CASE
ISTANBUL. - The Istanbul court has completed the text of its substantiated ruling on the murder case of Hrant Dink—the founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, ...ILLEGAL TREE-CUTTING IN ARMENIA REACHES RECORD HIGH IN 2011 - STATISTICS
YEREVAN. - In 2011, 1,690 trees were illegally cut down in Armenia, the National Statistical Service informs. And this is the greatest amount in recent years, as 1,200-1,300 trees were illegally cut down, ...ARMENIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER UNDERSCORES PROGRAMS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN ARMY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Minister of Defense, Seyran Ohanyan, received Tuesday Ambassador Andrei Sorokin, the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and discussed the prospects for expanding ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM TO FACE FORMER EBU CHAMPION
Former World IBF Middleweight Champion, Armenian boxer Arthur Abraham will hold his next bout in Kiel, Germany, on March 31.
Abraham will face EBU former champion Poland's Piotr Wilczewski.
During his ..."ARMENIA" WINES RECEIVE GOLD MEDAL IN MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (PHOTOS)
Two gold and a silver medal is the tally with which "Armenia Wine" Company returned home from the Prodexpo 2012 International Exhibition held in Moscow.
In 2011, the Company began exporting "Armenia" ...ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST ENDS HUNGER STRIKE
YEREVAN.- One of the environmentalists who decided to go on hunger strike on Tuesday said he ended it after was promised that construction of boutiques in Mashtots Park would be terminated. Bayandur ...TURKISH TRAILER FALLS INTO CANYON IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a distress call, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, informing that a trailer had gone off road, at the Gyumri-Yerevan Highway—in ...MEN WANTED IN MOSCOW CAUGHT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's police detained 31-year-old man in Gyumri on Tuesday, who was wanted since Jan. 27, 2012 charged with hooliganism.
The same day 38-year-old man was detained in Zvartnots airport, ...BUS AND TWO-STOREY HOUSE BURNT DOWN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A bus burned in Armenia's Armavir Region on Wednesday.
Another fire occurred in Armenia's Dilijan city on Tuesday, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations informs. The second floor and roof ...PREGNANT ARMENIAN WOMAN, HOSPITALIZED BY RESCUERS, NOT YET DELIVERED
APARAN. - Gyulnara Faroyan, 20, the pregnant woman, whom Armenia's rescuers transferred to Aparan city Medical Center on Tuesday, has not yet delivered. The Center's director Hayk Shmavonyan told Armenian ...BUENOS AIRES: NALBANDIAN STARTS WITH VICTORY
David Nalbandian started with a victory his performance at a prestigious Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. Nalbandian defeated Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-3.
The top seed David Ferrer needed just 50 minutes to defeat ...PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION DISCUSS ARMENIA-EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received a delegation from the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The President welcomed and underscored the delegation's visit ...TURKEY VIOLATES WTO REGULATIONS BECAUSE OF GENOCIDE BILL, BANS FRENCH MEAT IMPORT
Following the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides—including the Armenian Genocide—, Turkey's Department of Food Control does not give permission to ...IRAN DEMANDS THAT AZERBAIJAN SHOULD STOP INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security announced it had discovered a terrorist group allegedly working for Iranian secret services."The group was planning terrorist attacks against foreign citizens," ...AZERBAIJANI TRACE IN GERMAN MPS' INTENTION TO ISSUE ANTI-ARMENIAN STATEMENT - HERITAGE
YEREVAN.- An intention of the German Bundestag's (Parliament) largest faction to issue a statement ignoring Armenia's position on the Karabakh conflict has Azerbaijani trace, said Armenian MP.
Head of ...WORLD BANK TRUSTS ARMENIA - ECONOMIST
YEREVAN. - The World Bank's US$ 80-million preferential loan, which was recently provided to Armenia, is a result of the Armenian Government's effective socioeconomic policy, economist Karlen Khachatryan ...TURKS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST "TURKISH PIGS" SLOGAN IN SWITZERLAND
The Swiss Turks are infuriated by the "Turkish Pigs" slogan, which was posted on the website of the Democratic Party of Switzerland (SVP).
Turkish attorney Yetkin Gencer filed a lawsuit against this ...ARMENIA'S TWO RULING COALITION PARTNERS, MAIN OPPOSITION BLOCK WILL TOGETHER GARNER 75 PERCENT OF VOTES - SURVEY
YEREVAN. - The main peculiarity of Armenia's parliamentary elections, which will be held this May, is that this time the battle will be waged between the current two parties in power: Republican Party ...REPORTS ON BUNDESTAG GROUP'S ANTI-ARMENIAN STATEMENT LEAKED BY AZERBAIJANI SIDE
YEREVAN.- The reports on intention of Budestag's CDU/CSU group to issue an anti-Armenian statement were leaked by the members of the parliamentary group of friendship with Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source ...FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP TO RESUME NAME FOR MOVIE - SUBTITLES
MOSCOW. - Former head of Central Partnership Ruben Dishdishyan, who had sued for returning his name in the subtitles of Two Days movie, was approved by the court. Dishdishyan intends to do the same to ...RUSSIAN DIAMOND COMPANY WILL INCREASE SUPPLIES TO ARMENIAN ENTERPRISES
In 2012, the Russian ALROSA Diamond Company will increase supplies to Armenian enterprises by 25-30 percent, Gagik Abrahamyan, Honorary President of the International Armenian Jewelers' Association, told ...ARMENIA-FRONTEX COOPERATION BEGINS
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director of Frontex (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the ...GYUMRI MAYOR IS IN BRAZIL, BUT NOT FOR CARNIVAL - CLARIFICATION
GYUMRI. - Armenia's Gyumri City Hall has given clarifications in connection with the media publications, according to which Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, together with a nine-member delegation, is in ...COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ALTERNATIVE TO COURT
YEREVAN. - Developed court of commercial arbitration will promote improvement of Armenia's business environment, Armenian Deputy Minister of Justice Aram Orbelyan told the journalists on Wednesday.
Though ...SIXTY BOTTLES OF SIXTY-YEAR-OLD WHISKEY SOLD ON OCCASION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S JUBILEE
The 60-year-old whiskey made of grain and malt was poured into 60 bottles in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.
The whiskey was poured in the Royal Lochnagar factory. One bottle will be ...LAWSUIT MUST BE FILED AGAINST AZERBAIJAN FOR SPREADING MISINFORMATION ON KHOJALU EVENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia should sue Azerbaijan for spreading misinformation on the Khojalu events, political scientist Alexander Manasyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"It is necessary to file a ...AZERBAIJAN'S PROPAGANDA SUCCESS COMPLICATES RECOGNITION OF KARABAKH'S INDEPENDENCE
YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan's success in propaganda is complicating the process of recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh independence, political analyst Alexander Manasyan told the journalists on Wednesday.
According ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN MAY PURCHASE ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE?
Russian businessman of Armenian descent, owner of Tashir group Samvel Karapetyan intends to purchase Italian Roberto Cavalli fashion house, Euromag.ru reports.
Several years ago Tashir has launched a ...OSCE/ ODIHR TO SEND 274 EXPERTS TO OBSERVE ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will send a team of experts, 24 long-term observers and 250 short-term observers for Armenia's parliamentary elections scheduled for May."The ...ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION MEMBER DISCUSSES DOMESTIC POLITICAL SITUATION WITH GERMAN DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) Central Office Coordinator Levon Zurabyan on Wednesday met with Germany's Deputy Chief of Mission, Christoph Breunig.
The parties reflected ...DEATH TOLL IN BAKERY BLAST INCREASES TO FOUR
The death toll in Moscow Region's bakery explosion increased to four. Seventeen-year-old Ilhan Mirkazarimov died in an intensive care department of hospital of Lyubertsy.
The death of another victim was ...DOLLAR APPROACHES AMD 390 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The Armenian dram (AMD) continues to devalue against other currencies at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange.
And the US dollar's average exchange rate was AMD 389.89/$1 on Wednesday, which ...ARMENIAN PM RETURNS BILL ON STATE OF EMERGENCY BACK TO PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - With a formal letter to Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, PM Tigran Sargsyan returned to NA the bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency, and he requested that ...MARCH 9 TO BE DECLARED NON-WORKING DAY IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's working day on Friday, March 9, 2012, will be transferred to Saturday, March 17. The Government Staff will introduce this draft decision to the Governmental Session on Thursday. ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES EURONEST DELEGATES
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Wednesday delegates, who visited Yerevan to participate in the session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Social, Education, Culture ...UZBEKISTAN DEPORTS TURKISH BUSINESSMEN
Eight Turkish businessmen charged with tax evasion and promoting the development of shadow economy were deported from Uzbekistan.
They were sentenced, later released and deported from the country. Their ...YEREVAN ZOO NOT TO PURCHASE MANY ELEPHANTS
YEREVAN. - The exaggerated information published in the media stating that Yerevan zoo is allegedly going to purchase several elephants is not true, the press service of Yerevan zoo informs Armenian News-NEWS.am ...NO PRECIPITATION IN ARMENIA IN COMING DAYS
YEREVAN.- No precipitation is expected throughout Armenia on February 23-27. The wind will blow from the north-west with 1-5 m/sec. The air temperature will increase by 9-11 degrees on February 25-27.
As ...ARMENIAN PM AND KAZAK AMBASSADOR DISCUSS INVESTMENT ISSUES (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received Kazakhstan's Ambassador Ayimdos Bozzhigitov to discuss possible investments into newly established free economic areas in Armenia.
"We pay a great attention ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH SPEAKER DISCUSSES AGENDA OF UPCOMING SESSION
STEPANAKERT. - Speaker of Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament Ashot Ghulyan convened a working consultation on Wednesday to discuss agenda of the first plenary session of the parliament, parliament press service ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSSES UPCOMING RALLY
YEREVAN. - Off-parliament opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) held session of political council on Wednesday.
The participants discussed preparation for the upcoming rally scheduled for March ...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY PENSIONS WILL ONLY BE PAID THROUGH BANK IN ARMENIA
From July 2012, law enforcement and military personnel, who retire, will receive pension by non-cash payment and if that is not possible, they will not receive pension at all, Armenia's Ministry of Labor ...REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WILL BE PRESENT DURING UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan received the delegation of the European Parliament's Foreign Commission led by European Parliament MP Andrei Kovechev on Wednesday.
Talking about ...METEORITE RAIN FALLS IN CHINA
In China's west Qinghai region a meteorite rain fell. The biggest meteorite weighed 12.5 kg.
As witnesses told, before the meteorite rain a number of explosions rocked the sky, smoke and radiation accompanied ...ARMENIAN RESCUERS FIND OLD WOMAN WITH BROKEN ARM IN HER APARTMENT
YEREVAN. - A call was received from a citizen at 4.25 p.m. on Wednesday that his mother does not answer phone calls and does not open the door.
As the press service of Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM MAY PLAY WITH GREECE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's national football team will have the first match this year with Serbian team on Feb. 28. The next day it will play with Canadian team. Both matches will be held in Cyprus
It was known ...ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS RESPOND TO YEREVAN MAYOR
YEREVAN. - The 'We are the owners of this city' civil initiative responds to the statement of Yerevan Mayor Taron Karapetyan made on the Mashtots Park issue on Tuesday.
Several points were stated in the ...56-YEAR-OLD MAN FOUND IN A HELPLESS CONDITION AT HOME IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A call was received at 5.42 p.m. on Wednesday by Armenian rescuers that a resident does not answer phone calls and does not open the door. The help of rescuers were needed.
As the press service ...ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI MPS STAGED SKIRMISH AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan declines from regional cooperation within Eastern Partnership project, Armenian ruling coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP Naira Zohrabyan said on Wednesday at the ...ARMENIAN CHURCH ROBBED IN YALTA
YALTA. - An unknown criminal stole a donation box from the Armenian Church in Russian City of Yalta at 11.30 on Monday.
As the Center of Journalism Investigations informs linking to the Yalta Police, ...EURONEST PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY COMMISSION MEMBERS VISIT GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The members of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Commission on Social Issues, Education, Culture and Civil Society visited Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial on Wednesday.
As the press ...PROTEST RALLY ORGANIZED IN ARMENIAN AKHTALA CITY
Akhtala mining plant's committee of protecting the rights of employees organizes a rally in Akhtala City Center at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday. Plant employees and city residents will participate in the rally.
The ...ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI MPS STAGED SKIRMISH AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION, PART 2
YEREVAN. - It is necessary to have political courage to resume or launch dialogue between Armenian and Azerbaijani MPs, Armenian parliamentary opposition Heritage party group MP Larisa Alaverdyan said ...ARMENIAN MEDIA HAS BEEN SUED FOR $300,000 IN TOTAL LAST YEAR - JOURNALIST
YEREVAN. - Media in Armenia has been sued in total for $300,000 last year, public activist, head of Gyumri Asparez press-club Levon Barseghyan said on Wednesday at the session of Euronest Parliamentary ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Creation of the Armenian Supreme Ecclesiastic Council in Echmiadsin - the Synod attached to the Catholicos of All-Armenians.
- 1909 Birth of Taras Toosoozyan in Yekaterinodar (now Krasnodar). He was a Major-General of the Soviet Army. He was the Military Commissar of the Armenian SSR from 1950 to 1969.
- 1931 The Central Affairs Committee decides to establish a Radio-Broadcasting Committee.
- 1932 Birth of architect Arthur Tarkhanyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He designed and implemented the "Tsitsernakabert" Genocide Memorial Complex, the "Airarat" (formerly "Rossiya") movie theater, the Palace of Youth, "Zvartnotss" Airport, and many other buildings.
- 1938 Birth of Artavazd Peleshyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He became a famous artist, State Prize Laureate, and a master of the documentary film genre .
- 1939 The Armenian Supreme Soviet awards the right to the Opera and Ballet Theater of Yerevan, to be called the Alexander Spendarian Opera and Ballet Theatre.
- 1960 The Armenian Theater Association in Beirut decides to be known as the Vahram Papazyan Association.
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