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Published on March 24, 2012
AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 250 TIMES PAST WEEK
- STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, more than 250 times in the past week, during which around 1,500 shots were fired in the direction of Armenian positions.
But honoring the ceasefire, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army's vanguard divisions confidently carried out military duty along the entire length of the line of contact, NKR Defense Army Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
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Headlines for March 24, 2012NAGORNO-KARABAKH WELCOMES STATEMENT OF OSCE MEDIATORS
STEPANAKERT. - The statement of the Foreign Ministers of OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairing states on Karabakh conflict resolution is important for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as superpowers ...IT IS NOT FRANCE'S FAULT THAT KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT STUMBLES - STEPANAKERT
The document of the European Commission on foreign policy about changing the mandate of France on settling the Karabakh conflict with EU mandate in OSCE Minsk Group (MG) will not increase the efficiency ...SWISS MFA DISCUSSED CASE OF TURKISH MINISTER
ZURICH. - Switzerland's Zurich Center's Prosecutor's Office has completed the preliminary investigation against Egemen Bagis, Turkish Minister on EU Issues, for denying the Armenian Genocide. To process ...BIRTH RATE DECREASES, CHILD DEATH INCREASES IN ARMENIA
Year by year the birth rate decreases in Armenia and the numbers of child deaths increases, the statistics of the National Statistics Service shows.
In 2010, 44,825 babies were born in Armenia. In 2011, ...ARMENIAN DESIGNERS ARE TO CONQUER EUROPE (PHOTOS)
VANADZOR. - In Vanadzor city Art Museum an exhibition was opened on Friday in the framework of 'The path of fashion at the intersection of dialogue boundaries' program.
At the opening ceremony director ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS CHIEF PLEDGES 35 PERCENT OF VOTES FOR PARTY'S PROPORTIONAL LIST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Campaign Headquarters Chief Hovik Abrahamyan promised that, as a result of his activities, RPA's proportional list will receive 35 percent ...FRENCH CITIZEN IN ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTNER'S ELECTION LIST? - NEWSPAPER
YERERVAN. - A person by the name of Nelson Zuroyan, who is unfamiliar for the Armenian society, has appeared in the fifth spot of the ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party's proportional list for upcoming ...NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING ARMENIA CONTINUOUSLY CLIMBS IN PAST 4 YEARS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Those who departed from Armenia in January-February 2012 is 17,500 more than those who arrived in the country. This data is announced by the Migration Service of Armenia's Regional Governance ...ARMENIA'S FORMER MILITARY PROSECUTOR TO HEAD OPPOSITION BLOC'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Military Prosecutor and the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Gagik Jhangiryan will become ANC Campaign Headquarters Chief in lead-up to the country's ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN BROTHERS WILL NOT RUN IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS DUE TO HECTIC SCHEDULE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The Grand Holding company's press officer Vahram Brutyan gave clarifications as to why this time Karen and Mikayel Vardanyan—the two sons of the Holding's owner Hrant Vardanyan—will ...ARMENIA'S POLICE CHIEF HOLDS NON-TRADITIONAL CONSULTATION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A consultation was convened at Armenia's Police Department, and it took somewhat of a non-traditional course, Zhoghovurd daily writes, referring to its sources.
"[During the consultation] ...SOLELY PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA IS MISSING IN RULING PARTY'S ELECTION LIST - FORMER OFFICIAL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Aravot daily interviewed Armenian capital Yerevan's former Mayor and former Minister of Internal Affairs, Suren Abrahamyan. Below is an excerpt from the interview.
The future [Armenian] parliament's ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, YEREVAN MAYOR TOUR WITH NEWLY IMPORTED PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUSES
YEREVAN. - Eighty of the 249 buses—which were imported from Beijing along the lines of Armenia's and China's intergovernmental cooperation toward improving Armenian capital Yerevan's regular commuter ...CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Chambarak City Police Precinct on Friday received a call from hospital, informing that two residents of Vahan village were hospitalized on symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...STRONG WIND DAMAGED SCHOOL ROOF IN ARMENIA
ARMAVIR. - A call was received on Friday from the superintendent of N10 School in Armavir that the strong wind has damaged the roof and it may pull down.
Rescuers arrived at the scene and dismantled the ...ARMENIAN POLITICAL FORCES MUST CONTEND FOR UNDECIDED VOTERS - RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - The political forces' task in the run-up to Armenia's parliamentary elections must be to fight for the ballots of the undecided voters, which, according to the survey conducted by the European ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTNERS WILL FORM COALITION IN NEXT PARLIAMENT, TOO - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MP
YEREVAN. - The repeat of Armenia's ruling coalition format after the parliamentary elections is a very complicated matter because a lot will rest on the election results, the ruling coalition's Republican ...HUNDREDS OF CANADIAN-ARMENIANS HOLD DEMONSTRATION AT AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY
Hundreds of Canadian-Armenians took part in a demonstration on Friday at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada, Asbarez reports.
The demonstrators voiced ...LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORK IS DEAR TO YEREVAN MAYOR
YEREVAN. - Working at local government agencies is something close to the heart of Taron Margaryan, Mayor of Armenia's capital Yerevan. Margaryan himself stated this, during a press conference on Saturday, ...ICY ROAD LEAVES 10 VEHICLES STRANDED AT ARMENIAN REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call, on Friday, informing that ten automobiles were stranded at "Zanger" section of the Yerevan-Meghri Highway because of ice on the road.
A ...ADOLF HITLER ADVERTISES SHAMPOO FOR REAL TURKISH MEN
The ad of Bio-man shampoo is shown on one of the Turkey's commercial TV channels. Adolf Hitler advertises shampoo for "real men". One of documentary records of Hitler's speeches was used for the video, ...SYNOPSYS ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN MOSCOW-BAVARIAN JOINT ADVANCED STUDENT SCHOOL
Synopsys Armenia will participate in the Sixth Moscow-Bavarian Joint Advanced Student School to take place in Herrsching (Bavaria) March 27 - April 2.
Headed by Rich Goldman, Vice President of Corporate ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS HOSPITAL, CENTRAL POST OFFICE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan traveled around capital Yerevan on Saturday.
First, he visited the Heratsi Hospital Complex No. 1, where reforms are continuing in the educational and medical ...LIVING ON REMITTANCES SUGGESTS LIVING WITHOUT PERSONAL MEANS - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. - Raising the standards of living on the account of remittances does not bring about a steady economic growth, Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan stated on Saturday, when addressing the students of ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 250 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, more than 250 times in the past week, during which around 1,500 shots were ...POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE STRIKES AUSTRALIA
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Australia on Saturday. The earthquake was registered in the central part of the country, the epicenter was near the Ernabella city. There are no reports on victims and ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES NOT DEFINITE IN MOTTOS FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Election campaign launches at Apr. 8 in Armenia, however, some parties still have neither motto, nor head of election headquarters, Armenian News-NEWS.am monitoring claims.
Thus, motto of the ...QUAKE JOLTS EASTERN TURKEY
An earthquake was registered in the Province of Van, Turkey, on Saturday morning.
The tremor, which measured magnitude 4.2, struck the Province's Colpan village at 8:57 a.m., Posta daily of Turkey informs.
To ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT SOUTH KOREA, SINGAPORE
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan is leaving for a working visit to South Korea on Saturday.
President will attend 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit along with over fifteen leaders and heads ...TREMOR HITS WESTERN IRAN
TEHRAN. - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook Iran. Its epicenter was located in the western Ilam Province, nearby the Dehloran city in close proximity to the border with Iraq, the Institute of Geophysics ...OSCE MG IS USELESS - EXPERT
OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh conflict settlement is a unique case when Russia, the USA and France want the same thing. Alas, this is the only uniqueness about it, political analyst Alexander Khramchikhin ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC TO HOLD RALLY ON MARCH 30
YEREVAN. - On March 30, the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) will hold a public rally, at capital Yerevan's Liberty Square, which will be followed by a march through downtown Yerevan. ...OSCE MINSK GROUP KEY ACHIEVEMENT MAINTAINING CEASE-FIRE - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The key achievement of the OSCE Minsk Group, which fully corresponds to its definition and justifies its existence, is the fact that there have been no military actions in the line of contact ...ARMENIAN, UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS AGENCIES SIGN COOPERATION MEMORANDUM
YEREVAN. - The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia and the State Customs Service of Ukraine signed a memorandum of joint activities.
This program envisions cooperation between the customs services ...ARMENIAN COMMUNISTS HOPE TO POLL 15-17% OF VOTES
YEREVAN. - Armenian Communist Party (ACP) and Progressive United Communist Party (PUCP) will participate in the parliamentary elections in a united front, without forming a bloc, ACP leader Ruben Tovmasyan ...ARMENIAN MAN KILLS SISTER'S HUSBAND TO PROTECT HER HONOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian Police have solved the murder, which was committed on November 6, 2011 at Arzni Hydro Power Plant (HPP), where Lilit Naghdalyan's brother had killed her husband. The Police Press Service ...AMERICAN-ARMENIAN DETECTIVE FILES LAWSUIT ACCUSING COLLEAGUES OF ETHNIC SLUR
Los-Angeles launched hearings on an American-Armenian police officer case, who claimed he had faced ethnic slurs and other forms of harassment by his colleagues.
Detective Steve Karagiosian's attorney ...ARMENIAN CEC REFUSES PROPOSAL OF NGO
YEREVAN. - The legislative provision on not charging electoral observes for expressing their opinion about the elections has been removed from RA Electoral Code and in regard of this 'The choice is yours' ...OSCE MG ON KARABAKH TO SHIFT ATTITUDE OR YIELD TO OTHER MEDIATORS-OFFICIAL
STEPANAKERT. - It is difficult to assess the work of the OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh for the recent 20 years, as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still unresolved, chairman of the Public Council for ...STATES SHOULD DEVELOP EQUALLY - ARMENIAN PM
TSAGHKADZOR. - States should be developed equally, while finance should be distributed from the rich to the poor, which is the key condition to end poverty, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said at an economic ...OSCE MINSK GROUP TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT - ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN. - The OSCE Minsk Group mediator co-chair states, featuring Russia, the U.S. and France, have the mandate corresponding to the agency of the international community, to deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1724 The Armenians and Azeri Turks of Gandzak sign an agreement to stand up to the Ottoman Turks.
- 1873 Birth of Nikolay Aghbalyan (educator). He died in 1947.
- 1894 The Hntshak Party figure Jeerayr was hung in Yozghat.
- 1903 Birth of philosopher and art historian, Hrant Apresian.
- 1922 Opening of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR.
- 1932 Birth of Vladimir Yengibarian, world famous boxer, European, World, and Olympic Games' champion, international referee.
- 1934 Birth of American Orientalist Robert Thomson. He was awarded a PhD from Cambridge University for Assyrian and Armenian translations. He translated the "Armenian History" by Agathangelos.
- 1988 The Presidency of the Supreme Soviet of Armenia decided to stop the "Gharabagh" Committee by considering its activity illegal and anti-constitutional.
- 1988 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union appoints Arkadi Volski as its authorized representative in the territory of Artsakh.
- 1992 The Helsinki Additional Meeting of the CSCE (now Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE) Council decides to have a Chairman-in-Office visit the region to contribute to the establishment and the maintenance of a cease-fire in Transcaucasia.
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