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Headlines for February 29, 2012ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK TO PUT NEW BANKNOTES INTO CIRCULATION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Bank will put new AMD 5,000 and AMD 10,000 banknotes into circulation during the coming months.
As the press service of Armenia's Central Bank told Armenian News-NEWS.am, ...AZERBAIJAN SPENDS $2 MILLION FOR ANTI-ARMENIAN PROTEST IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL. - The Union of Socialist Azerbaijanis of Turkey member Rifat Abbaszade stated that Azerbaijan spent US$ 2 million for the anti-Armenian demonstration held in Istanbul and devoted to the Khojaly ...FORMER MP PAYS VISIT TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Former MP Jonik Abrahamyan—who is the brother of Hovik Abrahamyan, former Parliament Speaker and current chief of the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Campaign Headquarters—paid ...SITUATION CONCERNING ARMENIAN BUSINESSWOMAN'S MP NOMINATION CHANGES CONSTANTLY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections, businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan will be nominated in Meghri city, and with the majority election system, Yerkir daily writes.
"Silva Hambardzumyan's ...ARMENIAN REGIONAL GOVERNOR "RESERVES" PARLIAMENTARY SEAT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Governor Surik Khachatryan (a.k.a. Liska) of Armenia's Syunik Region decided to enter the parliament through devious ways, Hraparak daily writes.
"It was written recently that in these [parliamentary] ...GOOGLE MARKS 220TH BIRTHDAY OF GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI
Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is the creator of the opera buffa, "The Barber of Seville." And this perhaps is all that everyone knows about him today. This opera piece is known by virtually ...ONE ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY'S NOTABLES WILL OUTWEIGH THOSE OF OTHER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage and Free Democrats parties will form a bloc in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Hayatsk daily writes, referring to its reliable information.
"It is ...DAVID NALBANDIAN OUT FROM АТР ACAPULCO
Argentinean Armenian David Nalbandian was unexpectedly defeated in two sets, and with a score of 2:6, 2:6, by his Colombian opponent, Santiago Giraldo, at the first round of ATP World Tour's Acapulco ...RALLY COMMEMORATING 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUMGAIT POGROMS HELD IN UKRAINE NEARBY OSCE OFFICE
KIEV. - A public rally commemorating the victims of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, was held Tuesday in front of the OSCE Office in Kiev, analitika.at.ua informs.
The event brought together ...ARMENIA'S SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS IS CLOSED
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Wednesday at 10 a.m.
But there is black ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency ...US CONGRESS MEMBERS OFFER STATEMENTS MARKING SUMGAIT MASSACRES
WASHINGTON, DC. - Representatives Gary Peters (D-MI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and have offered U.S. House floor statements over the past week marking Azerbaijan`s ...TWO MORE ARMENIANS DIE AFTER MOSCOW BAKERY BLAST
MOSCOW. - Another Armenian, who was injured in the recent explosion in a Moscow bakery, has died.
As Interfax News Agency learned from medical circles, the woman lost her life on Tuesday, and she was ...KARABAKH MOD DISMISSES REPORTS ON WOUNDED AZERBAIJANI OFFICER
STEPANAKERT.- The Defense Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) dismissed Azerbaijani press reports on an injured officer.
Earlier Azerbaijani media outlets reported that a lieutenant Pyarvin ...HEMP FOUND IN CAR IN ARMENIA
ARARAT. - Police detainted Gevorg Kh., 41, Edik H., 24 and Vruyr M., 23 under suspicion of keeping drugs in Armenia's Ararat Region on Wednesday.
Police found over 135 g hemp in the vehicle, which belonged ...NKR PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SITUATION ALONG THE LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday held a consultation with the Supreme Command Staff of the NKR Defense Army, led by Defense Minister Movses Hakobyan.
Army ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS BILL ON PASSING TO COMPLETELY PROPORTIONAL ELECTION SYSTEM
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday voted against the parliamentary opposition Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties' bill on changing to a 100-percent proportional election system ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WILL PAY STATE VISIT TO SINGAPORE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian, who was in Singapore on an official visit, was received Tuesday by Singapore's President, Tony Tan Keng Yam.
During the meeting Singaporean Head of State noted: ...TURKISH PRESSURES, THREAT WON IN THIS ROUND - ARMENIAN POLITICIAN
YEREVAN. - It is not the end of the world that France's Constitutional Council deemed unconstitutional the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides—including the Armenian Genocide—, ...HAD SARKOZY SIGNED THE GENOCIDE BILL EARLIER, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER PICTURE TODAY - ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN
YEREVAN. - Had French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed earlier the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides—including the Armenian Genocide—, there would have been another picture today, ...EUROPEAN MP URGES NOT TO USE BIG WORDS SPEAKING ABOUT GENOCIDE BILL
The member of the European Parliament Brice Hortefeux says Constitutional Council's decision on genocide bill is not a blow for Nicolas Sarkozy.
"Let's not use big words," he said commenting on a remark ...BOOKMAKERS PREDICT ARMENIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL SQUAD'S VICTORY OVER CANADA
Armenia's national football team will play a friendly match against Canada on Wednesday in Limassol, Cyprus.
And the international bookmaking agencies give greater chance to a victory by Armenia. They ...MARSEILLE MAYOR SAYS GENOCIDE DENIAL IS INTOLERABLE
Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin said he shares disappointment of the Armenian community regarding the recent decision of France's Constitutional Council, Maritima INFOS reports.
In his statement, ...PM CHAIRS ARMENIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD SESSION
YEREVAN. - PM Tigran Sargsyan chaired the board session of the Armenian Development Agency (ADA) Company.
ADA Director Robert Harutyunyan presented the Agency's 2011 activity report. He informed that ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION NOT TO RUN FOR UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AS UNITED BLOC - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition will hardly run for the upcoming parliamentary elections as a consolidated bloc, expert Garik Keryan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
According to him, Armenia ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, NATO ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS COOPERATION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan on Wednesday received a NATO delegation led by Ambassador Huseyin Dirioz, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defense Policy and Planning.
The ...CIS OFFICIAL WARNS ABOUT LIKELY CONSEQUENCES, FOR CAUCASUS, OF WAR AGAINST IRAN
MOSCOW. - A war in Iran could cause a serious instability in the Caucasus and prompt uncontrollable migration processes, CIS Anti-Terrorism Center Director Andrei Novikov told news reporters on Wednesday. ...FRENCH JUSTICE MINISTRY TO ELABORATE NEW BILL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
France's Justice Ministry was instructed to elaborate a new text of the genocide bill taking into account the decision of Constitutional Council, AFP reports.
The Ministry will study the text and elaborate ...BABY SARKOZY'S PARENTS' REACTION TO FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION ON GENOCIDE BILL
Armenian News-NEWS.am wished to hear the reaction of the parents of little Sarkozy, with respect to the French Constitutional Council's deeming unconstitutional the bill that criminalizes the denial of ...WILL PAYPAL COME TO ARMENIA?
YEREVAN. - The PayPal online payment system is established on the Visa and Master Card systems.
Armenian Economy Minister's advisor Vahe Danielyan informed that there is a plan to include Armenia in ...E-COMMERCE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ELIMINATING MONOPOLIES IN ARMENIA - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - If E-commerce develops in Armenia, the monopolized markets will not be able to survive for long, stated Karen Vardanyan, Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises. ...DOLLAR STABILIZES NEAR AMD 389 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - After the fluctuations and the uncertainties of the past several days, the US dollar's exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), stabilized at AMD 389/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock ...FRENCH ARMENIANS CONDEMNS CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL'S DECISION ON GENOCIDE BILL
French Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations (CCAF) strongly condemns the decision on genocide bill made by the French Constitutional Council.
In a statement CCAF said that the decision was unfair ...SOLDIER DIES IN KARABAKH
STEPANAKERT. - Army recruit Tigran Varyan, 19, was killed on Wednesday at the outlook point of a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army military unit.
According to preliminary data, he was killed ...ARMENIA'S PREMIER PRESENTS AWARD TO LITHUANIAN ACTOR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan received a Lithuanian delegation, which is currently in the capital Yerevan within the framework of the "Armmono" 10th Annual International Theater Festival. The ...ARMENIAN NGOS CALL ON WORLD TO RECOGNIZE SUMGAIT MASSACRES AS GENOCIDE
YEREVAN. - Armenian NGOs released a statement calling on states' governments to recognize the 1988 Sumgait massacres as genocide.
"Over 100 Armenian civilians became victim in 1988 in Sumgait city of ...HENRI BERGSTRÖM REGISTERED AS CHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORY BOARD OF NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Henri Bergström was registered as Chairman and Member of Supervisory Board of NASDAQ OMX Armenia and Central Depository of Armenia under the decision of the Chairman of the Central Bank ...ARMENIA'S SECRETARY OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND NATO OFFICIAL DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Secretary of National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan received the delegation headed by NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Huseyin Dirioz on Wednesday.
The ...WE PLAN TO PROHIBIT CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL COMPLEXES IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN - PM
YEREVAN. - The government plans to prohibit the construction of new residential complexes in Yerevan downtown, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan briefed at the Parliament on Wednesday.
As for the Mashtots Park ...BILL ON STATE OF EMERGENCY POSITIVELY ASSESSED BY INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN.- The draft bill on state of emergency has received positive international assessment, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said in the parliament on Wednesday.
The bill being debated in the National Assembly ..."KARABAKH:HIDDEN TREASURE" FILM PRESENTED IN STEPANAKERT
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic Bako Sahakyan attended on Wednesday the presentation of "Karabakh: Hidden Treasure" film shot at the request of department of tourism under the ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM AND NATO OFFICIAL DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received the delegation headed by NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Huseyin Dirioz on Wednesday.
The sides assessed positively ...POVERTY RATE IN ARMENIA REACHES 35.8% - MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Poverty rate in Armenia has reached 35.8% and about one third of the poor are working, Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan said in the parliament on Wednesday.
According ...BOOK PRICES NOT TO INCREASE- ARMENIAN FINANCE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Book prices will not increase in Armenian bookstores, Armenia's Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan announced in the parliament on Wednesday, presenting the results of the meeting with book ...LEVON ARONIAN SECOND IN FIDE RANKING
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