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TASHIR GROUP DISMISSES PURCHASE OF ROBERTO CAVALLI FASHION HOUSE
- Tashir group of companies denied the fact of buying Italian Roberto Cavalli fashion house. The information is posted on company's official tashir.ru website.
According to the company's press service, the holding at the moment develops new fashionable clothing chain "SK-Trading".
The company plans to expand the network of shops and launch a new project jointly with famous brands such as Lee and Wrangler.
By 2013, 50 stores will be opened and the total investment volume will reach $25 million.
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Headlines for February 23, 2012IRAN MAY TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES IF ITS INTERESTS ARE AT RISK
The recent announcement of Iran's representative of the General Staff may be considered as a warning to all those countries that secretly or openly support anti-Iranian actions, orientalist Vardan Voskanyan ...PARIS TO COMMEMORATE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN POGROMS IN SUMGAIT
PARIS. - Coordination Council of the Armenian Organizations in France in partnership with Nagorno-Karabakh representation will commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Armenian Pogroms in Sumgait by organizing ...TURKISH BUSINESSMEN PLAN TO EXPORT CHEESE TO ARMENIA
Turkish VOTAS company, meat and dairy producer, which is located in Van, has decided to export its products to neighbor countries.
As the Turkish Zaman informs, the president of VOTAS Munur Karam mentioned ...US TARGETED AT DESTABILIZING SITUATION IN SOUTH CAUCASUS - POLISH EXPERT
Destabilization of the South Caucasus is within the U.S. plans and will be realized through the American Greater Middle East project, Polish expert Mateusz Piskorski told Armenian News-NEWS.am. According ...HOW MANY POLITICAL PARTIES IN ARMENIA? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - As of 2012, 77 political parties are registered in the Armenian Justice Ministry's State Register Agency, Hayots Ashkharh daily writes.
Agency official Edik Margaryan noted that four parties ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY WOMEN WAGE FIERCE BATTLE FOR 6TH SPOT IN PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LIST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Pursuant to Armenia's new Electoral Code, not counting the first place in the proportional election list of the country's political parties, every other fifth spot must be given to women, 168 ...ARMENIA'S PM GIVES AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS TO OPPOSITION MPS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan recently gave a noteworthy present to a group of MPs, Zhoghovurd daily writes. According to the information provided by Zhoghovurd's sources, he sent books, autographed ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT REPRIMANDS POLITICIANS FOR INFORMATION LEAK - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - At his meeting with a group of politicians several days ago, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan severely reprimanded them for tittle-tattle, Hraparak daily writes.
"He said that, after discussing ...FORMER ARMENIAN PM DOES NOT CARE WHETHER HE IS NOMINATED MP CANDIDATE - NEWSPAPER
Aravot daily asked: The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) is discussing the nominations for the proportional election list and the majority election system. Do you have any aspirations ..."GERMAN-ARMENIAN DICTIONARY OF MOST USED WORDS" IS PUBLISHED
YEREVAN. - The "German-Armenian Dictionary of Most Used Words" is published in Armenia and its presentation will be held on Friday at Yerevan State Linguistic University (YSLU).
The dictionary is a joint ...SEVERAL MOTORWAYS STILL CLOSED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Thursday 10 a.m.
There are icy roads in some sections, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...TURKISH MAYOR DECLARES ARMENIANS AS ENEMIES
By Artur Hakobyan
The mayor of Bayburt (Baberd), Turkey, organized a celebration event marking 94th anniversary of "liberating" Bayburt from the Armenians, and he made a statement containing enmity and ...TASHIR GROUP DISMISSES PURCHASE OF ROBERTO CAVALLI FASHION HOUSE
Tashir group of companies denied the fact of buying Italian Roberto Cavalli fashion house. The information is posted on company's official tashir.ru website.
According to the company's press service, ...KARABAKH HEAD OF STATE CONDEMNS TERRORISM AGAINST ABKHAZIA LEADER
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan condemned Wednesday's terroristic act committed against the leader of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab.
"Your Excellency, I am deeply indignant ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT ON MOTHERLAND DEFENDER'S DAY
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan on Thursday issued a congratulatory message in connection with the Motherland Defender's Day
"On behalf of the republic's ...ARMENIA'S ARMY CANNOT BE USED AGAINST GENERAL PUBLIC
YEREVAN. - The bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency, which the Armenian National Assembly had passed in the first hearing, was recalled by the Government and it has undergone changes, Justice ...AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES TO VIOLATE CFE TREATY
YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan continues to violate the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Armenian military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan told the journalists on Thursday.
The Azerbaijani side ...VOTING IN LIEU OF SOMEONE ELSE IS NEITHER CRIME NOR MISDEMEANOR - ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - The talk about a tension in relations between the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Prosperous Armenia Party is artificial, RPA National Assembly (NA) Faction leader ...ARMENIAN PARTICIPANTS AT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLCHILDREN'S OLYMPIAD WILL BE AWARDED
YEREVAN. - Monetary awards will be presented to those students who represented Armenia at the international schoolchildren's olympiad—on Physics, Mathematics, and Informatics—which was held ...HOW WILL NUMBERS CHANGE PRIOR TO ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? - SURVEYS
YEREVAN. - The sociologists are quick to present to Armenia's body politic their predictions for the results of the upcoming parliamentary elections. And in this context, sociologists Aharon Adibekyan ...ARMENIAN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MINISTRY PROGRAM RATED "BEST EXAMPLE" BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
YEREVAN. - In 2010-2011, Armenia's Education and Science Ministry implemented five programs within the framework of the TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument) project of the ...OSCE MISSION TO MONITOR CONTACT LINE BETWEEN NKR AND AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES
STEPANAKERT.- The OSCE will hold a regular monitoring in the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, NKR Foreign Ministry told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The monitoring ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA WILL TRY TO WIN MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN.- Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will try to win a majority of seats in the parliament, head of RPA parliamentary group Galust Sahakyan said.
He stressed that, RPA has many candidates for the ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM'S COACH SAYS NEXT BOUT WILL BE TOUGH
Coach of former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham considers he would have a tough match against Poland's Piotr Wilczewski.
Uli Wegner said Wilczewski would present much tougher challenge than Pablo ...AZERBAIJAN'S STATEMENTS ON LARGE-SCALE EXERCISE ARE DECLARATIVE
YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan's exercise in frontline and PR campaign over the maneuvers is intended for Azerbaijani public and the Armenian side, military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan told journalists on Thursday.
Commenting ...$110,557,940 "GIFT" FOR ARMENIA'S TAXPAYERS
YEREVAN. - Those outstanding property and land taxes, which Armenia's taxpayers have accrued until January 1, 2008, will be declared null and void.
During its session on Thursday, the Government approved ...JOSE MOURINHO ACCUSED OF HOMOPHOBIA
The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) accused Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho of homophobia. The Federation demands that UEFA should punish the coach for calling Real Madrid-CSKA match ...PROCEEDS-SHIPMENT HARDBACKS DECLARED NULL AND VOID IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's businessmen will no longer have to complete proceeds and shipment hardbacks.
During its session on Thursday, the Government declared null and void a fourteen-year-old decision, which ...ARMENIANS AND JEWS FEAR FALL OF ASSAD
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Armenian News-NEWS.am presents the article of Peter Mullen which had been published in the Daily Telegraph:
The current head of al-Qaeda al-Zawahiri announced that his terrorist organization will support ...PRINCESS OF SWEDEN GIVES BIRTH TO BABY GIRL
Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria gave birth to a daughter on February 23 morning.
Prince Daniel told journalists, that the young mother felt good. The girl's height is 51 cm and weight is 3 kg 280 g, ...SEALS NO LONGER NECESSARY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ARMENIA?
YEREVAN. - A proposal for eliminating the necessity of seals is introduced for around three-dozen laws in Armenia.
During its session on Thursday, the Government approved the Justice Ministry's legislative ...ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE SPECIALIZED EDUCATION IN LITHUANIA, TOO
YEREVAN. - An Armenian delegation, led by Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan, held meetings in Lithuania with the officials of the country's field of education.
Also, the governments of both ...FRENCH AMBASSADOR VISITS ETCHMIADZIN
YEREVAN.- French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud started official visits to the Armenian-French twin towns.
The first in a row was Etchmiadzin which is sister city of France's Issy-les-Moulineaux. ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY URGES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO SEND MANY OBSERVERS
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Movement (ANM) Board Chairman Aram Manukyan on Thursday met with European Parliament MP and Liberal Faction member Christian Silvio Biusso, and the European ...SHALL ARMENIA RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE OF PONTUS GREEKS, ASSYRIANS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE?
YEREVAN. - Armenian opposition Heritage Party's parliamentary faction introduced a bill, and it motioned the Government to condemn the genocide committed in the Ottoman Empire against the Pontus Greeks, ...ARMENIAN, GEORGIAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS SCHEDULED TO MEET IN TBILISI NEXT MONTH
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Samvel Balasanyan on Thursday received Georgian Ambassador, Tengiz Sharmanashvili.
During the meeting, they reached a preliminary agreement ...HEAD OF ARMENIAN CONTROL CHAMBER TO ATTEND ASOSAI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
YEREVAN.- The delegation headed by Chairman of Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakharyan will leave for India on February 27 to attend 12th General Assembly of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ...AZERBAIJAN TO STRIKE KARABAKH AFTER IRAN IS ATTACKED - RUSSIAN POLITICIAN
YEREVAN.- The third world war over Iran may start this summer, head of Russian Liberal-Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky said.
"After Syria is rolled over, Iran will be attacked. Azerbaijan will use ...DOLLAR LOSES VALUE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange saw no trading on Thursday, and the reason was the great divide between the sale and purchase exchange rates.
The demand for the US dollar was at AMD ...YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY ALLOWS OPPOSITION RALLY
YEREVAN.- The municipality of Yerevan has taken a note of application sent by the Armenian opposition bloc to hold a rally in the capital.
The Armenian National Congress will hold a rally on March 1 in ...EBRD PLANS TO CONSTRUCT GARBAGE LANDFILL IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - All the initiatives of the European Bank on Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperating with the City Hall of Yerevan are welcome, the Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan announced ...ARMENIAN WOMEN'S WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian women's weightlifting championships was held on Thursday in Yerevan (photos).
Meline Daluzyan was the only member of Armenia's national team to participate in the tournament. She won ...ORPHAN SIBLINGS RECEIVE APARTMENT IN ARMENIA (VIDEO)
GYUMRI. - The four Hovsepyan orphan siblings received an apartment from the state. The apartment was provided for free, Shirak Center informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. After Shirak Center prepared and published ...EURONEST PA MEETING RESULTS SUMMED UP IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The members of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Commission on Social Issues, Education, Culture and Civil Society discussed two reports during their meeting in Yerevan.
Artak Zakaryan, ...ARMENIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY EMPLOYEE DETAINED FOR TAKING BRIBE
YEREVAN. - An employee of Armenia's Transport Ministry A. Karapetyan has been detained for taking a bribe amounting to $300.
Karapetyan, chief expert of the Ministry, was detained by law enforcers in ...ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED BY AZERBAIJANI SNIPER
YEREVAN. - An Armenian soldier was killed on Thursday by Azerbaijani snipers near Chinari village of Tavush Region, Armenia.
Albert Adibekyan, 20, died from a bullet wound to the head.
Armenian Ministry ...ARMENIAN JAVELIN THROWER MELIK JANIKYAN GOES TO OLYMPICS TO SHOW HIS BEST
By Khachik Chakhoyan
YEREVAN. - Armenia's javelin thrower Melik Janikyan who had qualified for the London Olympics is currently in Russia, actively preparing for the major event.
Melik's qualifying for ...KILLING OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER TO GET ADEQUATE RESPONSE - ARMENIAN MOD
YEREVAN. - Provocation of the Azerbaijani armed forces will receive an adequate response, spokesperson for Armenian MOD David Karapetyan stressed.
His remark came in response to a killing of Armenian ...CHAIRMAN OF ARMENIAN PARTY TO BE INCLUDED IN OPPOSITION LISTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's oppositional Republic party which is a member of Armenian National Congress (ANC) released a statement about the upcoming parliamentary elections.
It is stated in the statement that ...GRANDMASTERS TO REPRESENT ARMENIA IN TURKEY
The individual Europe women's chess championships will take place in Gaziantep, Turkey, on March 1-14 followed by European Women's blitz chess championship on March 19.
Grandmasters Elina Danielyan, Lilit ...ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on Thursday under which parliamentary elections will be held on May 6, 2012.YEREVAN RESCUED FROM THREAT
YEREVAN. - Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan asked for the help of Armenia's Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan in order to remove the icicles hanging from roofs in Armenia. Those icicles ...ARMENIAN SINGERS CALL TO BOYCOTT EUROVISION IN BAKU
YEREVAN. - A group of famous Armenian singers applied to the Armenian Public Television calling them not to send a participant for Eurovision Song Contest 2012 to Baku.
As it is stated in their message, ...
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