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Headlines for March 03, 2012MOSCOW COURT FOUND GUILTY AZERBAIJANI IN KILLING ARMENIAN TEENAGER
The family of Armenian teenager Edward Margaryan killed in Moscow intends to appeal to the Prosecutor's Office to reconsider the criminal case, as it was closed.
Mother of the teenager Alla Margaryan ...WIDOW OF DEAD BUSINESSMAN ACCUSES MOTHER-IN-LOW AND STATE BODIES OF ARMENIA
Widow of Armenian dead businessman, former owner of Aray Company Tatyana Chadenkova accuses relatives of her husband and state bodies of Armenia.
She wrote to the Armenian News-NEWS.am that she has been ...IF USA AND ISRAEL PULL AZERBAIJAN TOWARDS ANTI-IRANIAN ALLIANCE THEY MIGHT PROVOKE UNREST LIKE IN GUBA - ARMNEIAN MP
YEREVAN. - If the USA and Israel pull Azerbaijan into an anti-Iranian alliance then they might provoke unrest like in Guba, Armenian MP from the ruling Republican Party (RPA) Shirak Torosyan told the ...IRAN UNLIKELY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPON UNLESS IT IS ATTACKED - ISRAELI EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Iran is unlikely to use nuclear weapon if it had it, Israeli expert Vanessa Seyman told Armenian News-NEWS.am. "You can see a lot of things about the Iranian leadership but they are not stupid. ...ISRAELI-AZERBAIJANI COOPERATION NOT TO AFFECT TEL-AVIV'S POSITION ON KARABAKH ISSUE
YEREVAN.- The recent weapon deal signed between Azerbaijan and Israel will not affect Tel-Aviv's official position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Israeli expert Vanessa Seyman told Armenian News-NEWS.am. "You ...YOUNG TURK CALLED HOME WHILE TURKISH PM ANSWERED PHONE (VIDEO)
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan on ending the Friday Namaz visited one of the houses near the mosque. Erdogan was invited to have tea in one of the houses. The PM accepted the invitation and when the ...WRONG TO THINK THAT ARAB SPRING WAS PREMEDITATED - EXPERT
YEREVAN.- It is wrong to consider that the processes like the Arab Spring were premeditated and planned, Israeli expert Vanessa Seyman told Armenian News-NEWS.am. "These things are like domino. These ...WEST TO DO EVERYTHING TO THROW DOWN ASSAD - EXPERT
Syrian opposition instigated by the West will not reject further plans for military and information destabilization in Syria and campaign against the incumbent President Bashar al Assad, expert Andrey ...I AM HOPEFUL THAT ELECTIONS ARE NOT RIGGED - GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - German Ambassador Hans-Jochen Schmidt is confident that Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections will not be rigged. The Ambassador stated this to news reporters.
"[Armenia's] Executive ...WOMEN AT ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT IMPATIENTLY AWAITING SPEAKER'S DECISION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The female members of Armenian National Assembly (NA) Staff are impatiently awaiting March 8, the International Women's Day, and are discussing whether NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan will give them ...FORMER ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Chief of the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia's (RPA) nonexistent Campaign Headquarters, and former National Assembly (NA) Speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan continues to not attend NA ...MASKED MEN ENTER DOWNTOWN YEREVAN NIGHTCLUB - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to eyewitnesses, detachment members dressed in black entered a downtown Yerevan discotheque on Friday night, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"By the way, this [nightclub] is the gathering ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-DRIVE ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Saturday at 9 a.m. But there is black ice on some road sections.
Selim Mountain Pass, ...NESTLÉ SEVERS TRADE TIES WITH AZERBAIJAN
BAKU. - Nestlé, the world's largest food and nutrition company which is founded and headquartered in Switzerland, has stopped its product supply to Azerbaijan.
The reason for such unexpected decision ..."HAYASTAN" ALL-ARMENIAN FUND IS 20 YEARS OLD
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to Armenian President, and Chairman of the "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund's Board of Trustees, ...APPLE TOPS MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES LIST
Apple for the fifth time toped the rating list of the World's Most Admired Companie, according to Fortune. About 50 companies had been included in the rating list. This week, first time in its history ...218 FLIGHTS CANCELED IN BRAZIL
The flights of leading TAM Airline were canceled because of the failures of computer network in Brazil on Friday.
The failure of the passengers' registration system resulted in long queues near the Airline ...DAILY SPEEDING CASES DROP FROM 300-600 TO 11 IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - In the case when the newly-installed speed detectors were recording 300-600 daily speeding cases in Armenia's capital Yerevan, this number sharply reduced recently and reached a mere eleven ...JAPAN MARKS DOLL FESTIVAL OR GIRLS' DAY
On March 3 Japan marks doll festival or Girls' Day (Hinamatsuri). The platforms covered with a red carpet presenting dolls of emperors and empress, ministers, servants and orchestra are exhibited on shop-windows.
The ...ARMENIANS DIE IN CAR CRASH IN RUSSIA
KRASNODAR. - A huge road accident occurred, in the early morning hours of Friday, in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, yuga.ru informs.
The fatal mishap took place on the Bzhedughabl-Enem Highway. A ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS OF CILICIA REFUSES GIVING INTERVIEW TO TURKISH TELEVISION
Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church refused the invitation to give an interview to Turkish satellite television.
"There is no Armenian issue—as you ...CLASH ON TURKISH-GREEK BORDER
Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, trying to illegally cross Turkish-Greek border, opened fire at the Greek border guards when they noticed them.
The border guards opened retaliatory fire but the group managed ...QUAKE STRIKES EASTERN TURKEY
An earthquake rattled the Province of Van, Turkey, on Saturday at 6:39 a.m. local time (8:39 a.m. Armenia time).
The tremor measured magnitude 4.1.
The seismic activity's epicenter was the Citoren village, ...MAN'S BODY FOUND IN ARMENIA'S LAKE SEVAN, AFTER 2-WEEK SEARCH
YEREVAN. - Ashot Manukyan, 37, had informed Armenia's Police Force, on February 18, that in the morning of the previous day his father, Karchaghbyur village resident Aramayis Manukyan, 55, had gone to ...BUS BURSTS INTO FLAMES ON ARMENIAN REGIONAL ROAD
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a call, on Friday, informing that a bus—driven by Zhorik A., 56—was on fire at the Charentsavan-Fantan motorway.
As a result the driver sustained ...TWO ROAD ACCIDENTS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2107-model taxi crashed into a ZIL-model truck, which was parked on a street in Armenia's capital Yerevan, on Friday.
As a result the cab driver sustained injuries, was subsequently hospitalized, ...ARMENIAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
An Armenian man was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and repayment of $1.8 million to the federal government for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, Florida Times-Union reports.
Artur Manasaryan was ...ARMENIA SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPS ITS MILITARY INDUSTRY - UNIVERSITY HEAD
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Armed Forces are not only the guarantors of the country's security, but also a factor for regional stability and balance, Yerevan State Medical University Rector Derenik Dumanyan ...KARDASHIAN SISTERS ACCUSED OF PROMOTING FALSE DIET PILLS
Four customers filed a lawsuit against Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian demanding $5 million for false diet pills.
The dieters bought QuickTrim diet pills promoted by the Kardashians and found out ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY NEEDS TO BE HEARD, COMPREHENDED - PARTY LEADER
YEREVAN. - Armenian ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) has passed a long political road and it has stable followers, but very often it was not understood, RLP Chairman—and National Security ...ARMENIAN PHYSICIANS DID EVERYTHING TO SAVE LIVES OF SOLDIERS DURING KARABAKH WAR - MEDICAL UNIVERSITY RECTOR
YEREVAN. - The fact that a conference on military medical service is being held today already bespeaks many things, Yerevan State Medical University Rector Derenik Dumanyan on Saturday noted during the ...TURKISH PM TAKES PHOTOGRAPH OF FAMOUS ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPHER
ISTANBUL. - Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry presented its "Grand Culture and Arts Award" to the country's four renowned photographers, including famous Istanbul Armenian photographer Ara Guler. ...WE WILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAMS - ARMENIAN OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) will support President Serzh Sargsyan in all his programs aimed at taking Armenia forward, RLP Chairman—and National Security Council Secretary—Arthur ...ARMENIAN FM TO LEAVE FOR PRAGUE
YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will leave for Czech Republic on March 5.
He will attend the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Visegrad Group and Eastern Partnership countries held ...ARMENIAN ORINATS YERKIR FOR FREE AND RESPONSIBLE PRESS
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Armenian Orinats Yerkir Party has been faced with attacks for many times during the recent years, head of the party Arthur Baghdasaryan said during the party congress ...TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN ATTACK IN SYRIA'S DERA
A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded in Dera city in Syria.
As Sana agency reports, two people were killed as a result of attack and more than 20 people were injured. Among the victims are both civilians ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY SPEAKER MEETS WITH HEAD OF RUSSIAN STATE DUMA
Armenian Deputy Speaker Edward Sharmazanov participated on Saturday in the CIS inter-governmental session in St. Petersburg, Russia. On the same day Sharmazanov met with the Chairman of the Russian State ...ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL EQUIPPED WITH MODERN APPARATUS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Armed Forces central military hospital has been equipped with modern apparatus in the recent years, head of the hospital Ashot Zohrabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"We have received ...GEORGIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN
TBILISI. - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili will make an official visit to Azerbaijan on March 6.
He will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and other high ranking officials, Georgian ...YOUNG MAN, WHO BRUTALLY KILLED WIFE, IS DISCONTENT WITH SENTENCE
YEREVAN. - Yanis Sarkisov, who is charged with killing his wife, Zaruhi Petrosyan, is on a hunger strike ever since February 17. Sarkisov is protesting the Armenian Court of Appeals decision, Justice ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE COMPLAINS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ARMENIANS IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL. - Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, and the spiritual leaders of Turkey's Assyrian Catholic and Orthodox communities also attended the conference held ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTY CHAIRMAN IS REELECTED
YEREVAN. - Armenian ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) Chairman, and National Security Council Secretary, Arthur Baghdasaryan was reelected Chairman of RLP during the latter's tenth regular congress ...TWO SCHOOLCHILDREN KILLED IN ALEPPO BLAST
ALEPPO. - Two schoolchildren died as a result of the terrorist attack in Aleppo, Syria, Rosbalt reports quoting Аlgeria-isp portal.
Earlier, two people died, while 20 were injured as a result of the vehicle ...ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE FOR MASHTOTS PARK IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN
YEREVAN. - Environmental activists struggling against the installation of boutiques in the Mashtots Park in Yerevan downtown will continue their struggle and demand that the city hall should dismantle ...ARMENIAN SINGER'S FATHER JOINS RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY
YEREVAN. - Acting Chief of Staff of the National Assembly, former Orinats Yerkir party member Gagik Mkheyan joined ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Mkheyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding his ...WOMAN IS HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF DRUG POISONING IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Message was received from the Ambulance Service at 1.10 p.m. on Saturday that Yerevan citizen Varduhi Karapetyan, 39, was delivered to Armenia Medical Center with drug poisoning, the press ...YEREVAN TO HAVE NEW ROADS
YEREVAN. - Wide-range of road construction works is run in the capital of Armenia to regulate and to reduce the traffic.
A new road of 2.5 km length and 14 m width in Kanaker-Zeytun district will link ...ORINATS YERKIR READY TO PROVIDE FAIR COMPETITION IN ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Armenian Orinats Yerkir party is ready to provide fair competition in holding elections, the party's congress summary statement reports.
"Taking into account the significance ...MERCEDES BRABUS GOT CAUGHT IN SNOW
Message was received at 4.29 p.m. on Saturday that a Mercedes Brabus got stuck in snow on the Sevan - Dilijan highway in Armenia. The help of rescuers was needed.
One rescue squad went to the scene. At ...NEW BILL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE CONSIDERED IN NEXT LEGISLATURE OF FRENCH PARLIAMENT
PARIS. - It is necessary to wait till the next legislature to submit a new bill on criminalizing denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, after the ban of the Constitutional Council, Secretary ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT MEETS OSCE MEDIATORS
On 3 March Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic President Bako Sahakyan met co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russian Federation) and Jacques Faure (France), president's ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1842 Birth of the great Armenian benefactor, petroleum magnat Alexander Mantashian in Tbilissi. He made donations to the Church (Ejmiadsin) and founded schools in Constantinople, Tbilissi, and Kareen -among other places. He also built the new building of the Nersisian School.
- 1872 The "Union for Salvation" is formed in Van (Western Armenia).
- 1878 Treaty of San Stefano signed between Russia and Turkey. Article 16 of the San Stefano Treaty guaranteed the security of Armenians in Western Armenia under the Turkish Empire. Article 61 of the Treaty of Berlin, however, annuled these guarantees and the majority of the Armenian lands were given to the Turks.
- 1905 Start of the Armenian - Tatar War.
- 1918 Signature of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between Russia and Germany.
- 1918 Signnature of the Russian - Turkish supplemental treaty in connection with the Peace Treaty between Russia, on the one hand, and Germany, Austria - Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey on the other.
- 1920 The Boshevik "Workers' Struggle" Armenian newspaper is published in New Nakhichevan (Rostov, Russia).
- 1930 Opening of the National Seminary.
- 1935 Birth of writer Hrant Matevossyan.
- 1943 The first volume of the novel "Vardanank", written by Derenik Demirchyan, is published during World War 2 (the Great Patriotic War). Soldiers passed it from hand to hand on the front.
- 1953 Opening of the Armenian Manuscript Depository: the Matenadaran (Architect - Mark Grigoryan). The Matenadaran has more than 13 000 ancient manuscripts and more than 100 000 archived documents.
- 1955 Hovhannes Issakov is promoted to Admiral of the Fleet (USSR).
- 1958 Yerevan's Matenadaran (Manuscript Depository) is declared a Research Institute.
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