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ARMENIA'S E-NETWORK CAPACITY INCREASED BY TEN TIMES
- YEREVAN. - Armenia's network capacity has been increased by ten times: from 1083 Mbit / sec in 2008 to 10547 Mbit / sec, shows a program of stimulating services of IT-sphere in 2012, confirmed by the government on Thursday. At the same time, domestic network capacity has been increased by eight times from 434 Mbit / sec to 3681 Mbit / sec.
Internet availability for Armenia's population has been increased as well: from 5% to 44%, report.gov.am reports. Currently there are 380,000 Internet consumers (every third family) in Armenia. Besides, quality of IT services has been increased as well, over 99% of consumers get use of broadband Internet.
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Headlines for March 31, 2012AZERBAIJAN HAS NOT LEARNED TO RESPECT NKR PEOPLE'S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - KARABAKH POLITICIAN
Azerbaijan has not learned to respect the fundamental rights of Nagorno-Karabakh's people, Chairman Masis Mayilyan of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Security and Foreign Policy Public Council told Armenian ...TURKISH GRAY WOLVES EMERGED IN PARIS AND ACT AGAINST ARMENIANS - LE POINT
Armenian News-News.am presents the article of Claire Menial on the facts of the Main Directorate of France's Internal Intelligence on the activities of Turkish extreme nationalist elements against Armenians ...EUROPA RACE IS CANCELLED FOR SECOND TIME
The second Europa Sail Race which was scheduled for May 5 - June 9 and was to take place between Istanbul (Turkey) and La Rochelle (France) will not take place, French website Mercato365 informs.
Only ...GENOCIDE LAW TO BE DISCUSSED AT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN PARIS
PARIS. - At the Holocaust Memorial in Paris historians of the Armenian Genocide will present their point of view about why its denial should be criminalized during the discussions on April 4, the website ...ARMENIA'S E-NETWORK CAPACITY INCREASED BY TEN TIMES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's network capacity has been increased by ten times: from 1083 Mbit / sec in 2008 to 10547 Mbit / sec, shows a program of stimulating services of IT-sphere in 2012, confirmed by the ...MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - More people died in Armenia in 2011 than in 2010. In the case when 27,921 people passed away in 2010, this was 28,030 in 2011, the National Statistical Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...KOBE BRYANT DID NOT LISTEN TO ARMENIANS
Turkish Airlines company representatives as well as guests, media members, and the Airlines' ambassador, famous basketball Kobe Bryant were on hand at the Los Angeles International Airport, to mark the ...3-DAY STAY IN ARMENIA COSTS MORE THAN 1-WEEK VISIT TO ITALY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A large number of physicians will arrive in Armenia at the end of April, Hraparak daily writes.
"[The reason is because] An international conference on men's health will be convened here. ...ARMENIAN PM WILL NOT TAKE VACATION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will not go on vacation during the campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Yerkir daily writes.
"The PM's spokesperson Aram Ananyan informed ...NEW TYPE OF STEALING IN YEREVAN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A new form of theft has become widespread in the Arabkir Administrative Region of Armenia's capital Yerevan, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"A group of yet unidentified men are stealing the door ...ARMENIA'S PASSPORT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE IS FIRED FOR INCLUDING DECEASED ACADEMICIAN IN VOTERS' LIST - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - On the instruction of Armenia's Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan, a worker at capital Yerevan's Central Passport Department is dismissed for including renowned, but dead, Academician Fadey Sargsyan ...TWO CARS COLLIDE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a call, on Saturday at 5:08 am, that a road accident occurred in the capital Yerevan, there are injured, and rescuers are needed.
A ...ARMENIA'S ROADS ARE PRIMARILY OPEN FOR TRAFFIC
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Saturday at 10 am.
But there is black ice on some road sections, the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ACTIVISTS INTEND ON DISASSEMBLING "BOUTIQUES" AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - The initiating group for dismantling the unauthorized constructions at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park released a statement, and informed that they intend on disassembling, on Saturday ...CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Rain is forecast for the considerable portions of Armenia on Saturday evening and Sunday night.
But no rain is expected on Saturday night and on April 2-4. The winds will blow from the southwest ...IF ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN, US WILL INTERVENE
If Israel decides to attack Iran, we can protect ourselves and intervene sooner than any of us want, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
Each side will be involved in the conflict so far as they ...15 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MONITOR ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - A total of fifteen local NGOs are registered at Armenia's Central Election Commission (CEC) in order to monitor the country's National Assembly elections, which will be held on May 6, CEC official ...ARMENIAN MOD STAFF MEMBERS INVOLVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
YEREVAN. - There was a car crash in Armenia's Gegharkunik Region, in the early morning hours of Saturday. As a result, one person died and two others sustained injuries.
The deceased and the injured ...AIRPORT EMPLOYEES STEAL PASSENGER'S LAPTOP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - On Friday morning a 49-year-old woman applied to the linear branch of Yerevan's Zvartnots airport informing that after arriving by the Dubai - Yerevan flight she lost her laptop in the arrivals ...PASSENGER DIES AS CAR CRASHES INTO ELECTRICITY POLE (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Volkswagen Golf vehicle crashed into the electricity pole at 11.30 on Saturday in Yerevan.
As a result of the accident, the passenger Anzhela Karapetyan, 46, died at the scene, police press ...SHOTS DURING FUNERAL CEREMONY IN MIAMI
The unknown persons opened fire at the participants of the funeral ceremony in Miami. One man was killed and ten were wounded.
Policemen are looking for criminals. According to the Fox TV channel, the ...ANKARA'S REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE UNACCEPTABLE - HOLLANDE
French presidential candidate Francois Hollande said Turkey has not reached sufficient level of democracy to join the EU.
Turkey does not guarantee equal rights for men and women, right for media freedom, ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 300 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 300 times in the past week, during which more than 1,200 shots were ...99 DISABLED PERSONS SEEKING JOBS ARE REGISTERED IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION
The Armenian commission, which deals with the issues of persons with disabilities, held its regular session in Vanadzor city. During the event, the participants discussed Save the Children international ...ACCIDENTS OCCUR ON ARMENIAN ROADS
At 5.00 a.m. on Friday a VAZ 21074 fell into a water line on Etchmiadzin - Armavir road in Armenia. The driver and passenger were hospitalized with physical injuries. According to the press service of ...WASHINGTON WANTS TO SEE CONTINUATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT
, State Department's deputy spokesperson Mark Toner told a briefing on Friday.
Toner said it is impossible for him to judge whether Secretary Hillary Clinton will discuss Armenian-Turkish relations, the ...ACTIVISTS PREPARE TO DISMANTLE KIOSKS AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - There is a tense situation presently at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park. The activists have surrounded the kiosks there and are refusing to obey the police requests, Armenian News-NEWS.am's ...LOCAL EXPERTS TO PASS EXAM ON MONITORING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Local organizations, accredited in the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) for monitoring the parliamentary elections, will pass a special exam on Apr. 1-9, CEC spokesperson Hermine Harutyunyan ...TURKEY'S BIGGEST DOCUMENTARY FILM ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WILL BE AUCTIONED
ISTANBUL. - The Istanbul Compulsory Enforcement Service has auctioned "Sari Gelin" ("The Bride of Mountain" in Armenian; "Blonde Bride" in Turkish), Turkey's biggest-ever documentary film devoted to Armenian-Turkish ...ARMENIAN POLICE, ACTIVISTS NEGOTIATE AT MASHTOTS PARK
YEREVAN. - The police and activists conducted talks, at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park, concerning the matter of disassembling the kiosks at the Park.
Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Robert Melkonyan ...ARMENIA'S CHIEF OF MILITARY POLICE DISMISSED - SOURCE
YEREVAN. - Chief of Armenia's Military Police Armen Sahakyan and head of Yerevan Garrison Ruben Nersisyan were dismissed from the office.
Nersisyan's dismissal is conditioned by the fact that Arsen Grigoryan, ...NEW DETAILS ON FATAL ACCIDENT AT ARMENIAN REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD Investigation Service released new details on the accident that occurred at Vardenis-Mets Masrik Highway, on Saturday at 1:30 am.
The VAZ 2106—belonging to conscript, Private ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S FAREWELL TO FAMOUS COMPOSER
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan gave the last farewell to the Armenian famous composer Alexander Harutyunyan by visiting the Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre and mourning together with ...YEREVAN CITY HALL OPENS WOMAN AND BUSINESS EXPO
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan attended the Woman and Business Expo opening ceremony in the city hall.
"We are ready to support and assist Armenian business women and the city hall is always ...QUAKE HITS TURKEY'S VAN
...ARMENIA'S ECONOMY IS GROWING - PRIME MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, moderated the Board's regular session which was held at the ...BULGARIAN PM TO VISIT ARMENIA AND GEORGIA
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will pay an official visits to Georgia and Armenia on April 1-3.
Borisov will visit the Southern Caucasus at the invitation of the Prime Ministers of Georgia and ...SERIOUS REARRANGEMENTS TAKE PLACE IN ARMENIA'S MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan dismissed the chief of Armenian Ministry of Defense's Central Clinical Military Hospital Michael Michaelyan.
The source of Armenian News-NEWS.am ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REPRIMANDED MILITARY UNIT HEAD
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Armed Forces periodically hold unexpected checking revealing violations and shortcomings. Disclosed cases are not left unpunished.
As a result, one of such checking by the Armenian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT LEBANON THIS FALL
YEREVAN. - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman received Armenian intellectuals, including scientist Norair Adalian, Levon Mutafyan and the chief editor of Tsaghik (Flower) magazine Aspet Rubinian. Lebanese ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE DISMISSED
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy Chief of Police Garegin Gabrielyan is dismissed from office.
The office will head the Commander of the third army corps of the Armenian Armed Forces Lev Yeranosyan, police ...ACTIVISTS PREPARE FOR SIT-IN AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - The activists, who are waging a battle against construction of kiosks at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park, are getting ready for a sit-in, since the police and the barriers are making ...ARMENIAN CITIZEN WHO REGISTERED 100 PEOPLE IN HIS APARTMENT DISCOVERED
YEREVAN. - The Passport and Visa Department of the Armenian Police discovered the owner of the scandalous apartment in Yerevan's number 11 electoral district, who lives in France. In total, 101 people ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSITION LEADER RECEIVES CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian parliament opposition Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian received on Saturday Cambridge University students, who are in Armenia for research purposes.
Hovannisian presented the ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Strong winds are expected throughout Armenia on Saturday. In particular, wind speed in Armenia's Tavush Region will reach 16 m/sec, in Syunik 20 m/sec, in Gegharkunik 15 m/sec, and in Kotayk ...TURKISH PM NEEDS PSYCHOLOGIST - TURKISH CONFEDERATION OF PUBLIC WORKERS' UNIONS
The Governing Council of the Turkish Confederation Public Workers' Unions (KESK) responded to the accusations of Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan made against the Union.
As the Turkish Radical informs, ...34-YEAR-OLD MAN DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A car accident occurred in Yerevan on Saturday. The corresponding signal from the Armenian Ambulance service was received by Armenia's Emergency Service at 2.34 p.m.
As the press service of ...ARMENIAN ACTOR SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTALISTS (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian actor Hovhannes Azoyan does not understand the procedure of the activists' actions in Mashtots Park in Yerevan, the actor told Armenian News-NEWS.am during his visit to the park. "I ...DISMANTLING BRIGADE WILL TRY TO ENTER TERRITORY OF PAVILIONS IN YEREVAN - ACTIVISTS
YEREVAN. - Dismantling first brigade of the activists struggling against construction of boutiques in the Mashtots Park in downtown Yerevan, will be replaced by new people every day, activists told Armenian ...ARMENIANS OF DENMARK SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS STRUGGLING FOR MASHTOTS PARK
The Armenians of Denmark expressed their support to environmental activists struggling against construction in Mashtots park in Yerevan downtown.
"We are concerned with the complicated situation around ...
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