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Published on March 15, 2012
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN OVER IN ARMENIA
- ABOVYAN. - A 12-year-old girl was run over in Armenia's Abovyan city on Wednesday.
The police said the child is hospitalized. An investigation is underway.
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Headlines for March 15, 2012ARMENIA'S MINISTRY OF DIASPORA INSULTS ARMENIAN DIASPORA - ASBAREZ
Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora unveiled a Virtual Armenian Diaspora Museum on their website which contains so many factual errors, inconsistencies and inaccuracies that if it were meant to strengthen ...ISRAELI AMBASSADOR NOT TO BE EXPELLED FROM CAIRO YET - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The decision of the Egyptian parliament about expelling the Israeli ambassador from Cairo was expected as currently Egypt's legislation is in the hands of the Islamic fundamentalists and such ...IRANIAN NATION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT - EXPERT
The results of the parliamentary elections in Iran do not affect the country's foreign policy, famous Russian Iranist Karine Gevorgyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to her, whoever ...WEST DOES NOT HAVE MEANS TO DEAL WITH IRAN - RUSSIAN EXPERT
The West does not have the means to deal with Iran, famous Russian Iranist Karine Gevorgyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"I am getting more and more convinced that Iran is just a figure ...TURKEY TO SCREEN MOVIE ON GENOCIDE DESPITE PRESSURES (MOVIE)
'Grandma's Tattoos' movie on the Armenian Genocide will be screened during the Filmor Women's Film Festival on Mar. 10-18 in Istanbul. The organizers are pressed to remove the movie from the festival, ...HPP TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN PLACE OF RECREATION AREA IN ARMENIA
Armenia's Ministry of Territorial Administration has included the construction project of a small HPP in Jermuk in the agenda of the Government Seating on Thursday.
According to the project, 0.15 hectares ...ARMENIAN OLIGARCH IS VERY UPSET - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian businessman MP Samvel Aleksanyan is the one who is most saddened by the Football Federation of Armenia President and MP Ruben Hayrapetyan's decision to not run in the forthcoming parliamentary ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY STILL NOT DECIDED ON NUMBER OF ITS MP NOMINEES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Even though the ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) already convened its congress, it is not in a hurry to make its proportional and majority election system nominations for the upcoming ...ADVERSE WEATHER CLOSES ARMENIAN REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways and local roads are open, for the most part, as of Thursday at 9 a.m.
But there is black ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed ...IF SURGEON RUNS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS WILL SERIOUSLY TROUBLE ARMENIAN COMPANY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to the news being disseminated in Armenia's press, the residents of Noyemberyan city proposed well-known microsurgeon Artavazd Sahakyan to run for a parliamentary seat from the No. ...ANOTHER DEATH IN ARMENIA'S ARMY
YEREVAN. - The dead body of recruit, Junior Sergeant Sevak Aslikyan, who was serving in a military unit of Armenia's MOD, was found at a military base of the same unit on Wednesday.
The MOD Investigation ...TURKISH PM GIVES DETAILS ON HIS MEETING WITH CIA DIRECTOR
ANKARA. - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan reflected on his meeting with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus, who paid an unexpected visit to Turkey.
Erdogan noted that the ...NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO KARABAKH CONFLICT - STATE DEPARTMENT
There is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Spokesperson for State Department Victoria Nuland.
"As a Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States remains firmly committed ...ARMENIAN AIRLINE COMPANY WITHDRAWS FROM TALKS
YEREVAN. - Over the course of the four-day negotiations, "Armenia" International Airports Company met with all the requirements by the Government and the Armavia Airline Company, but Armavia withdrew ...ARMENIAN CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN IS IN FRANKFURT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Bank (CB) Chairman Arthur Javadyan is visiting Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday and Friday, to attend the regular session of the Supervisory Board of the German-Armenian Fund. ...ARMENIA TO OPEN EMBASSY IN KUWAIT
YEREVAN. - Armenian Government approved on Thursday the agreement on the mutual provision of lands for embassies with the government of Kuwait. The agreement does not fix a certain territory in Armenia ...SMS TO BE AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN
YEREVAN. - It is necessary to create the possibility to send SMS in Armenian letters, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said at the Government session on Thursday.
Head of Armenia's Public Services Regulatory ...IN GENEVA, ARMENIAN FM AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO FORMER SWISS PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian on Tuesday arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on a working visit, and on the very same day former Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey was ceremoniously awarded Armenia's ...US CONGRESSMAN SECURES SUPPORT FOR PRO-ARMENIAN FOREIGN AID PRIORITIES
WASHINGTON. - Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone is currently securing the support of his U.S. House colleagues for increased aid to Armenia, expanded assistance for Nagorno-Karabakh, targeted ...ARMENIAN, SWISS FMS DECIDE PROVIDING STATE-LEVEL ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian and Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, held talks in Bern on Wednesday.
The discussion agenda of the two colleagues included ...ARMENIAN FM PRESENTS ARMENIA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN SWISS PARLIAMENT
BERN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian met with the Armenia-Switzerland parliamentary friendly group members at the Switzerland's federal parliament in Bern on Wednesday.
The sides discussed in details ...FORMER ARMENIAN ROAD POLICE CHIEF'S TRIAL ADJOURNS AGAIN
YEREVAN. - The next hearing into Armenia's former Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan's case resumed on Thursday, at capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court. But it became apparent ...FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HOLLANDE HONORS MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
MARSEILLE. - French Presidential candidate Socialist François Hollande laid a wreath at the memorial to the Armenian Genocide vicitms in Marseille on Wednesday, Reuters reports.Hollande visited ...ONLY ARMENIAN OLIGARCH COULD CONVINCE MP TO AGAIN RUN IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia's (RPA) businessman MP and the Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan will not run with the majority election system in ...AZERBAIJANIS DEMAND THAT TURKISH SINGER ASK PERMISSION FROM THEM TO SING ARMENIAN SONG
Azerbaijan's musical circles have harshly criticized Turkish singer Sezen Aksu, who included the Armenian folk song "The Bride of Mountain" ("Sari Gelin") in her new album.
The Azerbaijani copyright ...MAN HIT BY VOLKSWAGEN DIES IN HOSPITAL (VIDEO)
VANADZOR. - Andranik Shahbazyan, 51, ran over two days ago in Vanadzor city, Armenia, died in hospital, medical center informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. As was earlier informed, Tagran Mkrtchyan, Vanadzor ...12-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN OVER IN ARMENIA
ABOVYAN. - A 12-year-old girl was run over in Armenia's Abovyan city on Wednesday.
The police said the child is hospitalized. An investigation is underway.SARKOZY AGAIN SPEAKS ABOUT GOOGLE TAXES
Internet giants must pay taxes to the French budget for online advertising, the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy said.
Sarkozy considers unacceptable that the companies earn billions in France, but ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER WANTS TO COMPETE AGAINST FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER, FORMER POLICE CHIEF, IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's political state is sad and everything is getting worse, the opposition People's Party Chairman Tigran Karapetyan said, during a press conference on Thursday, and added that monopoly ...OPPOSITION BLOC WILL ENTER PARLIAMENT IN DEBASED CONDITION - ARMENIAN PARTY CHAIRMAN
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) is again preparing a one-man list, headed by—ANC leader and Armenia's First President—Levon Ter-Petrosyan, for the forthcoming ...ARMENIAN PM PROMISES TO DISMANTLE MASHTOTS PARK PAVILIONS ONLY IN THREE YEARS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Government decided to dismantle the Mashtots Park pavilions in Yerevan downtown in three years.
The Government approved on Thursday dismantling state property draft project submitted ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CARRIER OWES €5.3 MILLION TO YEREVAN'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
YEREVAN. - As a result of the past six-month activities, Armavia Airline Company owes €5.3 million to "Armenia" International Airports (AIA) Company, which operates capital Yerevan's Zvartnots International ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL FEDERATION CHIEF CALLS JOURNALISTS NOT LISTEN WHEN HE SWEARS
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Football Federation chief, big businessman, MP and ruling Republican Party member Ruben Hayrapetyan came to meet journalists on Thursday in good mood and called them to ask ...OPPOSITION LEADER KARAPETYAN'S MOTTO ‘ELECT NOT TO LOSE'
YEREVAN. - Head of the off-parliament opposition Democratic Party Tigran Karapetyan, who will run for the MP seat, has a motto: 'Elect not to lose,' Karapetyan said at a press conference on Thursday.
At ...SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR HANDS CREDENTIALS TO ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - The Republic of Korea's (South Korea) newly appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Wi Son Lak, on Thursday presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
Sargsyan congratulated the Ambassador ...NEWLY APPOINTED DIPLOMAT PLEDGES TO STRENGTHEN ARMENIAN-SOUTH KOREAN TIES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Deputy FM Sergey Manasaryan on Thursday received the Republic of Korea's (South Korea) newly appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Wi Sung Lac—whose diplomatic residence is in Moscow—, ..."ARMENIA" INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS SAYS IT MAY BUY ARMAVIA
YEREVAN.- If there is a proposal, "Armenia" International Airports company is ready to discuss purchasing the Armenian national carrier - Armavia, the company representative said.
Andranik Shkhyan, Deputy ...POLICE BANS ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO SIT ON CLOSED TENT
YEREVAN.- Armenian environmental activists who are holding a sit-in in one of the Yerevan parks had been banned by police to sit on their closed tents. The police officers explain it by saying the activists ...ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT RECOMPENSES STATE COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC COMPETITION
YEREVAN. - The Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (ASCPEC) will receive an additional funding, from the 2012 State Budget, for salaries and bonus pays. The Government ...DOLLAR MAKES "SOFT DESCENT" IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) sharply reduced, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Thursday, and comprised AMD 389.13/$1.
The total sales were ...EU BELIEVES, HOPES ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS WILL MEET EUROPEAN STANDARDS
YEREVAN. - Onno Simons, Acting Head of Operations of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia, is hopeful that EU's likely actions with respect to Armenia—and in the case of insufficiently ...OVER 270 EXPERTS TO OBSERVE ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- The observers of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are arriving in Armenia, head of the Yerevan office Andrey Sorokin told journalists on Thursday.
He recalled ...FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL ACCEPTS CHARGES AGAINST HIM
YEREVAN. - Former Chief of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan, pleaded guilty for the charges that were laid against him.
The court hearing of ...SIX OFFICES OF OMBUDSMAN TO OPEN IN ARMENIA'S REGIONS
YEREVAN.- Six offices of the Ombudsman will be open in Armenia's regions.
OSCE and the European Union signed an implementation agreement which envisages establishing six regional offices of the latter, ...IT FAMOUS BRANDS TO GATHER IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Representatives of world famous IT brands will gather in Armenia's Aghveran to discuss their strategic issues for Armenia on Saturday, Union of Information Technology Enterprises informs Armenian ...NO RETAIL SALES OF GEORGIAN LAMB IN ARMENIA - MINISTRY
YEREVAN. - The reports on retail sale of Georgian lamb presented instead of Armenian are untrue, representatives of the Armenian Agriculture Ministry told the journalists on Thursday.
"Only locally produced ...WOMEN HOLD ONE THIRD SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN ARMENIA
One out of three (38%) senior management positions in Armenia is held by women, says the Grant Toronton's International Business Report.
Women are frequently holding the positions in human resource (27%) ...MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN YEREVAN
...ARMENIA LAUNCHES MONTH OF FRANCOPHONIE
YEREVAN. - Armenia launches a month of Francophonie starting from March 15.
The series of events was developed by foreign ministry, education and culture ministries, Yerevan city hall, embassies of France, ...BANDAGES SOLD IN ARMENIAN PHARMACIES ARE SHORTER AND NARROWER THAN STATED ON PACKAGE (VIDEO)
Armenian News-NEWS.am was informed from citizens that bandages sold in the Armenian pharmacies are shorter and narrower than is stated on the packages. In order to prove that, we bought 2 bandages from ...MOON DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS (VIDEO)
On the occasion of the 1,000th day of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA released a video showing how the Moon came to look like it does today, the Telegraph reports. In the course of the Moon's 4.5 billion ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1854 England, France, and Turkey, declare war on Russia.
- 1862 Birth of Grigoris Galemkarian in Constantinople, media historian, linguist, bibliographer and member of the Mkhitarist Congregation in Vienna.
- 1869 Birth of Vaseelee Bartold in St. Petersburg, oriental studies scholar and academician. Many of his studies are devoted to Armenian subjects. In the Encyclopedia of Islam, he published a series of articles on mediaeval Armenian cities.
- 1880 First publication of the "Crown" (weekly) in Yerevan. Vasak Papaganyan is the editor.
- 1891 Death of writer Khachatur Meessakyan.
- 1907 Death of Hambardzoom Alatjatjyan, the editor of "Poonj" daily.
- 1920 Opening of the Jury Court in Yerevan.
- 1921 Soghomon Tehlirian executes Talaat Pasha in his hiding place in Berlin (Germany). Talaat was one of the perpetrators of the 1915 Armenian Genocide which killed about one million Armenians. Tehlirian was tried and found innocent of murder because of the nature of the person he killed. Despite this, today, Talaat is revered in Turkey.
- 1924 Yerevan's cotton factory starts operations.
- 1935 Birth of Leonid Yengibaryan (circus actor). He died in 1972.
- 1954 The first group of Armenia's "komsomols" go to work Kazakhstan's new agricultural lands.
- 1959 Fifth election of the Armenian Supreme Council.
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