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Published on March 20, 2012
ARMENIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER HEADS TO US
- YEREVAN. - Armenia's delegation, led by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, on Monday left for the United States on a working visit.
In the state of Kansas—which is Armenia's partner—the delegation will met with the state's governor, Senate and House of Representatives speakers, and Adjutant General, MOD informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In Washington, D.C., Armenia's Defense Minister is scheduled to hold meetings with the US Secretary of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Deputy Secretaries of State. During the talks the parties will discuss the Armenian-American bilateral cooperation in the area of defense, and regional security issues.
Also, the delegation led by Armenia's Defense Minister is expected to meet with UN Secretary General's High Representative, and UN Secretary General's Acting Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
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Headlines for March 20, 2012TAX LEGISLATION IS APPLIED SELECTIVELY IN ARMENIA - HOTEL DIRECTOR
YEREVAN. - Tax legislation is not applied equally to all the hotels in Armenia. French enterpriser with Armenian origins, the director of Europe Hotel in Yerevan Nubar Tatikian told the reporter of Armenian ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO ATTEND COUNCIL OF CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY MEETING
YEREVAN.- An Armenian delegation led by parliament speaker Samvel Nikoyan will represent Armenia during the meeting of the Council of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Interparliamentary Assembly, ...FRENCH COMPANIES READY TO INVEST IN ARMENIA'S ECONOMY - AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - The more competition is developed, the more is French companies' readiness to invest in Armenia's economy, French ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...PENALTIES FOR UNFAIR COMPETITION MUCH HIGHER IN FRANCE THAN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Penalties for unfair competition in France might reach up to 10% of turnover, President of the French Competition Authority Bruno Lasserre, who is in Armenia on an official visit, told the reporter ...ARMENIAN CITIZEN LOST IN INDIA RETURNS HOME
Armenian woman Lusine Sargsyan, 36, lived with her husband and son in India for about 5 years. During the last two years she did not get in touch with her relatives in Armenia. She was found due to extensive ...TWO ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES ATTEMPT TO CALM INTENSE ANGER AMONG THEIR RANKS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The leaders of Armenia's opposition Heritage and Free Democrats parties were in heated discussions on Monday night, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"The thing is that these forces' joint proportional ...ARMENIA'S OTHER POLITICAL FORCES PREPARE PROPORTIONAL LISTS, WHEREAS RULING COALITION PARTNER TO MARK 15TH ANNIVERSARY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In the case when all of Armenia's political parties are busy with preparing their proportional lists for the forthcoming National Assembly elections, the ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party ...ARMENIAN MP CONVINCES FELLOW DEPUTY TO RUN IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AGAIN? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly (NA) MP, and Football Federation of Armenia President, Ruben Hayrapetyan could change his mind by Thursday and yet again run for a parliamentary seat in the approaching ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION OLIGARCH'S BROTHER TO NOMINATE MP CANDIDACY INSTEAD - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Saribek Sukiasyan, the brother of pro-opposition businessman Khachatur Sukiasyan, decided to run in Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections from the capital Yerevan's Electoral District ...THOSE WHO COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD WILL BE BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT - ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - 168 Zham daily interviewed Armenia's Prosecutor General, Aghvan Hovsepyan. Below is an excerpt.
Your name is likewise being circulated with respect to the forthcoming parliamentary elections. ...GRENADE EXPLOSION IN DOWNTOWN YEREVAN NIGHT CLUB (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a call, on Monday at 1:05 a.m., that someone wanted to detonate a grenade in a downtown Yerevan night club-hotel. And it was found out that, at 1:15 a.m., an ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-PASS MOTORWAYS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
But there is black ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER HEADS TO US
YEREVAN. - Armenia's delegation, led by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, on Monday left for the United States on a working visit.
In the state of Kansas—which is Armenia's partner—the delegation ...FATAL ROAD ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The driver of a Mitsubishi Pajero hit Rubik Muradyan, 59—a resident of Armenia's Masis city—in the capital Yerevan on Monday.
Muradyan lost his life on the spot, Police Press ...VEHICLE TURNS OVER AT ARMENIA'S REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2107-model automobile went off road and subsequently turned over at Armenia's Yerevan-Ijevan Highway on Monday.
Two passengers sustained injuries and were hospitalized, Police Press ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY PRESENTS ITS PORTRAIT TO SOCIETY WITH SUCH COMPREHENSIVE ELECTION LIST - PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - The top-twenty names in the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) proportional list—for the forthcoming parliamentary elections—will remain unchanged, whereas there ...OSCE TO HOLD REGULAR MONITORING IN LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT. - OSCE mission agreed with the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities to hold monitoring in the line of the contact on March 29 in Martuni direction, near Kurapatkino settlement.
The monitoring will ...ARMENIA, RUSSIA TO DEVELOP REGIONAL RELATIONS
MOSCOW. - Armenian deputy PM, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan and Russian Minister of Territorial Development Victor Basargin discussed on Tuesday cooperation between both ministries ...FRANCE TO ASSIST ARMENIA IN IMPROVING ECONOMIC COMPETITION LEGISLATION
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received Bruno Lasserre, President of the Authority of Competition of France, and noted that France's track-record in economic competition is extremely useful for ...DINK'S BROTHER RESPONDS TO PROMOTION OF POLICEMAN MAKING HERO OF OGUN SAMAST
Dink's brother Orhan Dink responded to the promotion of the policeman, who is in photo with Ogun Samast, murderer of Hrant Dink.
Orhan Dink stated that they consider the promotion as unserious. The policeman ...NKR PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE ON PRELIMINARY COMPENSATION OF BANK DEPOSITS
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday signed a decree of preliminary compensation of NKR citizens' deposits—devalued since 1993—in ...TURKISH INTELLECTUAL PUBLISHING BOOKS ON GENOCIDE FACE IMPRISONMENT
ISTANBUL. - Istanbul judge Adnan Cimen ended the indictment on case of the Union of Communities in Kurdistan KCK (alleged Kurdish PKK institution)
Teh report says, Turkish famous lawyer, head of the Belge ...PROSECUTOR ASKS 4 YEARS IN JAIL FOR FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - The prosecutor Harutyun Harutyunyan asked the court for 4 years of imprisonment for the former Chief of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan ...EUROPEAN COURT CONVICTS TURKEY YET AGAIN
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of Turkish citizen Mehmet Ali Okur, who had filed a lawsuit with ECHR against Turkey.
With its ruling, ECHR obliged Turkey to pay 15,600-euro ...FORTY KILLED IN NUMEROUS TERROR ATTACKS IN IRAQ
New information about victims and injured in Iraq terrorist attacks is available. According to Al Jazeera TV channel, about 40 people were killed and more than 180 were injured.
The number of terrorist ...PERSON WHO THREW GRENADE INTO DOWNTOWN YEREVAN NIGHT CLUB IS UNDER CUSTODY
YEREVAN. - The person who threw a grenade into a downtown Yerevan night club-hotel is detained.
It was found out that, on Monday at 1:30 a.m., the club's patron, Yerevan resident Vardan Demirchyan, 29, ...BUS HEADING FROM IRAN TO ARMENIA CRASHES, CASUALTIES REPORTED
TEHRAN. - The bus heading from Iran to Armenia crashed in northern Iran, there are casualties, Iranian Hayeli.net website reports.
According to preliminary information, over 3-4 people are dead, while ...WORLD-RENOWNED BDO ENTERS ARMENIA'S AUDIT MARKET
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ameria Audit firm—which is a member of the Ameria Group Company—from now on will carry out activities under the BDO brand, Ameriabank's Director of Development Tigran ...THREE ARMENIANS KILLED IN BUS ACCIDENT IN IRAN
YEREVAN. - There Armenians were killed in a bus accident in Iran.
All of them were Armenians having Iranian citizenship, spokesperson for Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am quoting ...ATOM EGOYAN AND SERJ TANKIAN TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Two days before the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, filmmaker Atom Egoyan and musician Serj Tankian will come together to discuss its lasting impact.
The Hammer Museum will present Egoyan ...FORMER ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S POSITIONS ARE STRENGTHENING
YEREVAN. - Armenia's 168 Zham daily on Tuesday published a noteworthy article with respect to the current processes within the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).
The paper specifically ...SOLUTION TO KARABAKH CONFLICT DEPENDS ON GOODWILL OF CONFLICTING PARTIES - MEDIATOR
MOSCOW. - Negotiation process, which is the basis of Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, runs very intensively. The basic principles on Karabakh are being discussed, which should serve for basis for further ...HILLARY CLINTON TO VISIT GEORGIA IN APRIL
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Georgia in the period from April 10 to 20, the Georgian Pirveli agency reports with a reference to an informed source. According to the source, Clinton ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT POSTPONES VOTING ON STATE OF EMERGENCY DRAFT LAW
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly postponed the voting for the bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency.
The NA's second-hearing voting for the draft law was to take place on Tuesday, but, ...RUSSIAN OSCE MG CO-CHAIR HOPES FOR SUCCESS IN KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
MOSCOW. - Russia actively participates in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Igor Popov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
An important stage in the conflict was ...ARMENIA'S ECONOMIC ACTIVENESS GROWS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's economic activity index is 5.6 percent in January-February 2012, as compared with the same time period last year, the National Statistical Service bulletin reports.
In January, the ...ARMENIA NOT TO IMPORT CATTLE FROM STATES HAVING OUTBREAKS OF BLUETONGUE
YEREVAN. - Armenia does not import cattle and pigs from the states which registered outbreaks of bluetongue over the recent years, representative from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture Ashot Hovhannisyan ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CARRIER REPAYS DEBT OF RUSSIAN AIR TRANSPORT AGENCY
The Armenian national carrier Armavia has repaid the debt of Rosaviatsiya, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, for December.
Armavia repaid $178,000 for air navigation service, head of Rosaviatsiya ...DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN.- The Democratic Party of Armenia will submit the proportional list of candidates on Wednesday, party's chairman Aram Sargsyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"The list comprises 45 names but we enlarge ...WORLD BANK PROVIDES $478,000 GRANT TO ARMENIA'S CONTROL CHAMBER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Control Chamber (CC) Chairman Ishkhan Zakaryan received Asad Alam, World Bank Country Director for the South Caucasus Region.
In terms of cooperation with the World Bank, Zakaryan ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC'S COORDINATOR TO NOMINATE MP CANDIDACY IN DOWNTOWN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) Central Office Coordinator Levon Zurabyan will run for the upcoming parliamentary elections at Electoral District No. 9, which includes ...SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN TO UNDERPRIVILEGED ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's 750 first- and second-year state-run university students—who are not included in the free education system, but have demonstrated an academic excellence and come from socially ...TO DATE, 8 NGOS ARE REGISTERED TO MONITOR ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - As of Tuesday, eight NGOs have been registered at Armenia's Central Election Commission to carry out an observation mission during the country's forthcoming National Assembly elections.
Armenia's ...WORK ON FRENCH LYCEUM OPENING UNDERWAY - AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN.- French or French-Armenian lyceum will be created in Yerevan, Ambassador Henri Reynaud said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The diplomat recalled that the offer was voiced during Nicolas Sarkozy's ...TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IS IMAGINATION - DUTCH MP
The European Parliament's Dutch MP, Barry Madlener, made another harsh statement against Turkey's EU membership aspirations.
Madlener noted that Egemen Bagis, Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, does ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DOES NOT PUT STATE OF EMERGENCY LAW PROPOSAL TO VOTE
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Samvel Nikoyan considered it incorrect to put the bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency to a vote on Tuesday.
In response to a question ..."FRANCOPHONIE SEASON" STARTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Armenia just as other world states is marking the International Day of Francophonie on March 20.
A month, or in fact a period from March to May, started last Friday with Carmen opera by the ...DOLLAR CONTINUES TO "RUSH DOWN" IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) was AMD 387.86/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Tuesday.
The stock exchange had seen no trading on Monday, and ...ONE OF ARMENIANS KILLED IN IRAN BUS ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED
YEREVAN.- One of the Armenian citizens killed in bus accident in northern Iran has been identified, MFA said.
Spokesperson for Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that one of the killed ...HERITAGE PARTY LEADER, IMF OFFICIAL DISCUSS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
YEREVAN.- Armenia's Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian met on Tuesday with the IMF delegation led by IMF Mission Chief to Armenia Mark Horton.
The interlocutors discussed the financial and economic ...PLAY TELLING ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STAGED IN MONTREAL
Premiere of 'State of Denial' play took place at McGill University in Montreal, Canada on March 16 with the support of the Armenian Embassy in Canada. The play will be staged until April 1, five days ...OPPOSITION PARAPHRASES SLOGAN OF ARMENIAN RULING PARTY - CHANGE FOR US TO TRUST YOU
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Government's words and deeds are different, MP from Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan said in the parliament on Tuesday.
"Is it not you speaking about social justice but at the ...YEREVAN MAYOR CALLS TO CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIALLY VULNERABLE LAYER OF POPULATION
YEREVAN. - There are certain problems and gaps causing discontent of the citizens, Mayor of Yerevan city Taron Margaryan said during the session with the heads of territorial agencies of the social services ...NO ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES IN ARMENIA - DEPUTY SPEAKER
YEREVAN. - There is no alternative to democratic processes in Armenia, Deputy Speaker, member of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmanov said in the parliament on Tuesday.
"Armenia is getting ready ...ITALIANS MADE 18% OF ALL TOURISTS VISITING ARMENIA IN 2011
ROME. - Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Karapetyan met with Italian Minister for Regional Affairs, Tourism and Sport Piero Gnudi on Tuesday to discuss the issues on deepening Armenian-Italian cooperation ...MAY 6 TO BRING PROFOUND CHANGES OR REJECT THEM - PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - Changes must be done today and not tomorrow, Armenian MP, head of Heritage faction Stepan Safaryan said in the parliament on Tuesday.
According to him, if nothing is changed, migration will ...EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DRAFTS DOCUMENT ON EU-ARMENIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs starts a three-day session on Tuesday.
The issues related to the South Caucasus are included in the agenda. During the Thursday meeting the European ...ARMENIA'S DEPUTY SPEAKER SENDS GRATITUDE LETTER TO CHAIRMAN OF ARMENIA -LITHUANIA FRIENDSHIP GROUP
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy Parliament Speaker, chairman of Armenian - Lithuanian Parliamentary Friendship Group Eduard Sharmazanov sent a gratitude letter to Chairman of Armenian - Lithuanian Parliamentary ...RULING COALITION MEMBER ORINATS YERKIR DISCLOSES PROPORTIONAL LIST
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir Party disclosed proportional list.
The party celebrates the 10th anniversary of the establishment on Tuesday and introduced the list during the celebrations.
Incumbent ...YEREVAN MAYOR PRESSES FOR MORE CARE ABOUT GREEN AREAS
YEREVAN. - Yerevan city Mayor Taron Margaryan discussed current and planned issues of planting and increasing green areas in the capital during the working session with employees responsible for the green ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS DINNER IN HONOR OF THE EURASEC MEMBER STATES' LEADERS
MOSCOW. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan being on working visit to Moscow, attended on Tuesday the dinner given by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Russian PM, elected President Vladimir Putin ...NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FOR COMING DAYS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- No precipitation is expected throughout Armenia on Wednesday and Thursday also on Saturday and Sunday.
Precipitation is expected in Armenia's eastern regions on Friday, Armenia's Emergency Service ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY PUBLISHES MAJORITY ELECTION LIST
YEREVAN. - The main aim of Orinats Yerkir Party is to create a country of law where all the problems of the nation will be solved, the chairman of the party Arthur Baghdasaryan said during the event dedicated ...ORINATS YERKIR TO SUPPORT SERZH SARGSYAN AT 2013 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Ornats Yerkir Party will support Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in the 2013upcoming presidential elections, the chairman of the party Arthur Baghdasaryan said during the ceremony dedicated ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY ISSUES PROPORTIONAL LIST OF CANDIDATES
YEREVAN.- Political council of the Prosperous Armenia Party confirmed on Tuesday evening the proportional election list for 2012 parliamentary elections.
According to Armenian News-NEWS.am sources top ...ARMENIAN RESOLUTION OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED BY SENATORS
Senator Robert Menendez along with Senator Mark Kirk officially introduced a new Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.Res. 399) in the United States Senate, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). ...
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