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Headlines for March 21, 2012TURKEY AMONG WORST RELIGIOUS RIGHTS VIOLATORS
Turkey is included in the list of countries with the worst religious rights record.
The report to be issued by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom mentions about "systematic and egregious ...ARMENIAN PAGANS OF 21ST CENTURY - TREND WITH POLITICAL BACKGROUND
YEREVAN. - Ancient Armenians, in all likelihood, were celebrating New Year in spring, ethnographer Lilit Simonyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to her, that was because spring ...MOST OF ARMENIAN CONSUMERS WILLING TO MAKE MAJOR PURCHASES
YEREVAN. - A total of 57.1 per cent of Armenian consumers are ready to make major purchases in the first quarter of 2012, says the report of Armenia's Central Bank.
In general, the consumer confidence ...SOCIAL DISCOURSE BETWEEN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN IS REALISTIC - ANALYST
There are numerous means toward establishing dialogue between the civil sector, public representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Alexander Karavayev, head of Information and Analytical Center for the ...ARMENIAN MINISTER TIRED OF BEING GOVERNMENT MEMBER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan no longer wants to be in the Government and, instead, wants to return to lawmaking, that is, to become a National Assembly (NA) MP, but ...LET THEM CONTINUE TO ENVY - ARMENIAN MP - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - "When we asked [the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia] RPA [MP] Hermine Naghdalyan as to her take on those conversations with reference to how Ms. Naghdalyan appeared in the honorary ...ARMENIAN SINGER WILL NOT LAST LONG AS MP? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - There is a heated discussion among the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) members with respect to singer Sushan Petrosyan's and producer Karen Ghazaryan's inclusion in RPA's ...NEW ARMENIAN SEX SERVICE WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A new sex service website is launched in Armenia, and thirty-two women have become members in it in just several days, Zhamanak daily writes.
"The new website enables to have a good understanding ...ARMENIAN PRISONER HOSPITALIZED FOR DRUG POISONING
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Vanadzor City Prison inmate Eduard Ayvazyan (born in 1981) was transferred to city's hospital, on Tuesday at 3:47 a.m., on symptoms of drug poisoning, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...3-VEHICLE CRASH IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A Gazelle-model public transport minibus collided with a VAZ 2107 and a BMW 500 in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Tuesday.
The minibus tipped over as a result of the crash, and three passengers ...NAMES OF DEAD, INJURED ARMENIAN PASSENGERS OF IRANIAN BUS CRASH ARE ANNOUNCED
Denis Setaghayan, Andranik Gharibyan, and Arash Vahdat were killed when a bus heading from Iran to Armenia crashed in northern Iran. Two of the victims were Armenian, and this is confirmed by the office ...BLACK ICE ON SOME ROAD SECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways 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 Situations ...I DO NOT WANT… - ARMENIAN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - "Dear people, do not vote 'Like' to that misinformation," Armenia's Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan responded in such way to media reports posted on Facebook, according to which ...CHILDREN OF PARENTS FROM ARMENIA WILL OFFICIALLY STUDY AT, RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM, SCHOOLS IN TURKEY
Turkey's National Education Ministry adopted a decision, whereby the children of Armenians, Greeks and Jews, who live in Turkey but do not have Turkish citizenship, will now be able to officially attend ...UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY WILL RUN IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, TOO
YEREVAN. - The United Armenians Party likewise wishes to participate in the approaching National Assembly (NA) elections, and it has already prepared its proportional election list.
The Party's Political ...THE VATICAN ENVOY PRESENTS COPY OF CREDENTIALS TO ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian on Wednesday received Archbishop Marek Solchinsky, the Internuncio of the Holy See of the Vatican to Armenia, who presented the copy of his credentials to Nalbandian.
Congratulating ...ACTOR FROM HARRY POTTER FILM SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN JAIL
British actor Jamie Waylett who played the role in Harry Potter was sentenced to prison for two years for being involved in mass riots in Great Britain in 2011 summer.
The court had found Waylett guilty ...RESCUERS FIND OLD GEORGIAN WOMAN HOME ALONE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Ambulance received call at 4.52 p.m. on Tuesday that a Yerevan resident is ill and cannot open the door.
Rescuers arrived at the scene, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations informs ..."REMEMBERING WILLIAM SAROYAN" EXHIBITION HELD IN ATHENS
The opening of the exhibition titled "Remembering William Saroyan" was held in the central hall of the National Library of Greece under the sponsorship of the Embassy of Armenia in Athens and the "Greek-Armenian ...ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN CLOSER TO SOLUTION THAN THEY THINK - US CO-CHAIR
Today Armenia and Azerbaijan are closer to resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute than 20 years ago, said U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke.
In an interview with RFE/RL he commented ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES STATE OF EMERGENCY LAW PROPOSAL
YEREVAN. - In its second hearing, Armenia's National Assembly (NA) passed the bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency. The Government's coalition forces voted in favor of the draft law, whereas ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN ANNOUNCES PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LIST TOP 20
YEREVAN. - Armenian opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party's proportional election list—for the National Assembly (NA) elections to be held on May 6—will be headed by NA ARF Faction leader Vahan ...CAPTAIN OF RUSSIAN VESSEL ARRESTED IN GEORGIA FINED FOR $30,000
The captain of Pur-Navolok vessel arrested on Georgian-Turkish border Yuri Danilov was fined for about $30 thousand for violation of sailing and water space law, Novosti Gruzyia reports.
After paying ...TOULOUSE MURDERER PROMISES TO YIELD TO POLICE
The reporters following the operation of arresting the Toulouse murderer informed that there was an explosion near the house where the killer was blocked. According to them, the voice was heard from a ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN PRESENTS MAJORITY LIST
YEREVAN.- ARF Dashnaktsutyun presented the majority list for the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 6.
ARFD member Armen Rustamyan told the journalists that eight candidates will run for the parliament:
Artur ...TWO ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES DISCUSS ORGANIZING "TRIUMPHANT CAMPAIGN" FOR ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage and Free Democrats parties' board members held a joint working session, on Tuesday evening, during which they examined the electoral processes and the organizing ...IT SECTOR DEMANDS CLARIFICATION ON YEREVAN'S FREE ECONOMIC ZONE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Information Technology (IT) sector is insufficiently informed about the technology-oriented free economic zone to be established in the capital Yerevan, Karen Vardanyan, Executive ...WHO WILL RECEIVE HOW MANY VOTES IN ARMENIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS?
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia has no chances in entering the parliament, the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Vahagn Khachatryan stated during a ...NEW NAMES IN REPUBLICAN PARTY'S LIST SHOULD PASS ‘FACE CONTROL' - OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - Parliament opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun will participate in the May 6 parliamentary elections with the motto 'Freedom, Justice, Dashnaktsutyun,' ARF MP ...ARMENIA'S KURDISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATES NOVRUZ
YEREVAN. - Kurdish community in Armenia is grateful to the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for his congratulation on Novruz (New Year), head of the community Kniaz Hasanov said on Wednesday. "We are ...DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ARMENIA ANNOUNCES PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LIST TOP 15
YEREVAN. - The Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) publicized the top fifteen names in its proportional election list for the parliamentary elections to be held on May 6.
The list is headed by DPA Chairman ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER HOLDS MEETINGS IN KANSAS
YEREVAN. - Within the framework of his working visit to US, Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan on Tuesday held discussions—in the state of Kansas—with Kansas National Guard Commander, ...THE VATICAN EMISSARY HANDS CREDENTIALS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Archbishop Marek Solchinsky, the Internuncio of the Holy See of the Vatican to the South Caucasus, presented his credentials to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday.
The President ...OVER 30 US CONGRESSMEN PRESS FOR INCREASING AID TO ARMENIA
WASHINGTON, DC. - Thirty-one U.S. Representatives joined with Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone in encouraging leading House foreign aid appropriators to approve increased aid to Armenia, expanded ...ARMENIA'S POLICE INVESTIGATE SEX SERVICE WEBSITE
YEREVAN. - Armenian Police Force General Department Against Organized Crime is studying the new Armenian sex service website that has appeared on the Internet, Police Force Public Relations and Media ...ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION REJECTS OPPOSITION BUSINESSMAN'S APPLICATION
YEREVAN. - Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia rejected to launch administrative proceedings upon the application of opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Khachatur Sukiasyan.
CEC ...CAPITAL HILL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OBSERVANCE SET FOR APRIL 25
WASHINGTON, DC. - Armenian American organizations, in conjunction with the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, and with support of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia and the Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh ...DOLLAR ENTERS "INCREASE" PHASE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Judging from Wednesday's trend at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, the US dollar's exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), is again entering the "increase" phase.
As a result of ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS STATE OF EMERGENCY DRAFT LAW IN THIRD, FINAL HEARING
YEREVAN. - In its third and final hearing, Armenia's National Assembly (NA) passed the bill on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency.
The ruling coalition MPs approved this draft law with 67 votes ...BARONESS EMMA NICHOLSON TO HEAD PACE MISSION TO OBSERVE ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS
YEREVAN.- European Parliament member, Baroness Emma Nicholson will head the delegation of PACE observers for the parliamentary elections in Armenia, head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Harutunyan ...NO QUORUM AT ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DURING VOTING ON STATE OF EMERGENCY BILL - OPPOSITION MP
YEREVAN. - No quorum was obtained, at the Armenian National Assembly (NA) Sessions' Hall, when voting on the draft law on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency, opposition Heritage Party MP Larisa ...ARMENIAN PM CALLS ON OPPOSITION MP FOR MUTUAL RESPECT
YEREVAN. - Armenian Government has always showed respect towards the opposition and is expecting the same in response, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told opposition Heritage MP Anahit Bakhshyan.
PM's statement ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN WORLD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2012
YEREVAN. - Armenia will participate in the World Shakespeare Festival, which is scheduled for April-May and will be held within the frameworks of London Cultural Olympiad.
The Sundukyan State Academic ...FUTURE MPS CAN CHOOSE MANDATE OR BUSINESS - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN.- The future MPs currently running business will be able to choose between business and an MP seat, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
"If elected, he or she can make a choice," he ...TURKEY ATTRACTS RUSSIAN TOURISTS BY ARMENIAN AND GREEK RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS
Turkey has developed a new religious tourism strategy for 2012 and is expecting to host 4 million Russian tourists. By the given indicator Russia is second after Germany, the Turkish Minister of Tourism ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONDOLES POPE SHENOUDA III'S DEATH
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan extended condolences on the death of Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christians.
He sent a letter to head of Egypt's Supreme Council ...ARMENIAN PARTY'S STATEMENT NOT ANTI-GOVERNMENTAL - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party's statement during the seating was not anti-governmental, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told reporters on Wednesday.
"Our colleges from Prosperous Armenia are cooperating ...NON-REGULATED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION MAY BECOME NATIONAL THREAT - ARMENIAN MP
YEREVAN. - Non-regulated artificial insemination may become a national threat, parliament opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan said in the Parliament.
He recalled that despite law "On reproductive ...ARMENIAN FREE DEMOCRATS PARTY NOT TO FORM MAJORITY LIST
YEREVAN. - Free Democrats Party will not nominate candidates by the majority system for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the spokesperson of the party Angela Khachatryan told the reporter of Armenian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONDOLES TONINO GUERRA
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a condolence message on the death of Italian famous screenwriter Tonino Guerra.
Sarsgyan received Guerra's death news with pain, he was a great man of ...THREE PARTIES SUBMITTED PROPORTIONAL LISTS TO ELECTORAL COMMISSION
YEREVAN. - Three political parties, including Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic Party of Armenia, and United Armenians Party, submitted their proportional lists to the Central Electoral Commission ...RADAR SYSTEM IN TURKEY MAY BE USED AGAINST RUSSIA IN FUTURE - EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Duplication of a radar defense system in case of escalation of situation over Iran is quite logical, Russian expert Alexander Sakakov told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"Israel may shift position on ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM KOCHARYAN NOT INCLUDED IN REPUBLICAN PARTY PROPORTIONAL LIST
YEREVAN. - Armenian deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan is not included in the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) proportional list, RPA spokesperson Edward Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am commenting ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Our ancestors celebrated the New Year in this day as the reawakening of nature and the work of the farmer.
- 1615 According to a proclamation by the Polish King Sigismund the Third, Armenians were allowed to live and work in Dubrovitsa. This Armenian colony was obliterated in 1672 in the course of Turkish attacks.
- 1747 The Dutch award the Armenians of Indonesia the same civil rights as European free citizens.
- 1758 Birth of Ghookas Eencheechyan (armenologist and geographer). He died in 1833.
- 1763 Death of Catholicos Hakob the Fifth --Shamakhetsee. He was an important figure in the liberation movement of the 18th century. His birthdate is unknown.
- 1828 Tsar Nicholas the First defines the status of the Armenian Province. Major-General Tchavchevadze is appointed Governor of the Province.
- 1879 Birth of Anooshavan Vardanian, playwright, representative of proletarian literature. He was head of the Copyright Protection Department.
- 1888 Birth of Marietta Shahinyan (Bolshevik propaganda writer) in Moscow.
- 1942 Vahan Mirakyan (poet) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1866.
- 1981 Inauguration of the Arpa-Sevan tunnel.
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