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Headlines for April 04, 2012GYUMRI TECHNO PARK TO HAVE CENTER FOR DESIGN AND FASHION
YEREVAN. - The Techno Park in Armenia's Gyumri city is aimed for educational and cultural development in the Shirak Region and intends to establish a center for jewelry, design and fashion, the Techno ...VOLUNTEERS TO GATHER IN ARMENIA AND RESTORE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
The Land and Culture Organization (LCO) representatives will arrive in Armenia this summer again to restore Armenian historical monuments, Asbarez reports.
Over 60 volunteers from Armenia, Canada, UK, ...DOES EGEMEN BAGIS NOT KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE IN TURKEY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE?
Egemen Bagis, the Turkish Minister on EU Affairs, who had denied the Armenian Genocide in Switzerland, commented on the decision made by the Swiss Canton of Zurich about not launching a criminal case ...ARMENIA RANKS LAST IN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS' SALARY LIST
Armenia ranked last out of 28 countries in the list of university professors' salary, states the new book of Philip Altbach, an expert of the International Center for Higher Education, The New York Times ...REAL BULLETS FIRED AT "ARMENIAN SOLDIER" DURING ANTI-ARMENIAN STAGING IN TURKEY
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A tragic-comical incident occurred during yet another anti-Armenian presentation in Turkey, which is sponsored by the country's authorities.
This time the staging, which continued to spread enmity and ...CAMEL HAS TENDENCY TO SPIT - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Free Democrats Party member Ararat Zurabyan refuses to speak about the development that unrolled within the Party as a result of which he refused to be included in the ..."COIL" OF ARMENIAN POLICE FORCE COMMANDER'S DISMISSAL REACHES FORMER POLICE CHIEF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The reason for Armenian Police Force Commander Garegin Gabrielyan's removal from office was the misuse he allowed, and now a criminal investigation is underway, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"Gabrielyan, ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY'S NEW PRESS SECRETARY IS "UNINFORMED" OF HIS TASK? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Energy and Natural Resources Deputy Minister Aram Harutyunyan's name is removed from the ruling coalition's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) proportional list for the forthcoming ...ARMENIAN-WOMAN-LED CRIMINAL GANG EXPLOITS 8 ARMENIAN WOMEN IN UAE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Central and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court will reconvene on Thursday to continue examining the case of a women's criminal gang which used eight girls as ...ARMENIAN ELECTED ABKHAZIA'S VICE SPEAKER
Hero of Abkhazia Vagharshak Kosyan was elected Vice Speaker of the Abkhazian parliament.
There are four vice speakers - Adgur Kharaziya, Otari Tsvizhba, Emma Gamisoniya and Vagharshak Kosyan.
Speaker ...ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF HEADS TO KAZAKHSTAN
YEREVAN. - An Armenian delegation, led Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Colonel General Yury Khachaturov, went to Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Tuesday to attend regular session of the Committee of the Chiefs ...ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN COMPELS PARLIAMENT TO HEAR HIS 2011 REPORT?
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan sent his 2011 Report to National Assembly (NA) Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, and recalled that the NA MPs are obligated to hear it in the parliament's ...ARMENIAN PM SAYS MOVEMENT IN BUILDING PLATFORM FOR KARABAKH TALKS WAS REGISTERED
There is a serious movement in creation of platform for the Karabakh peace process, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in an interview with Kommersant newspaper.
Commenting on the remark that ...MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN TO INFLUENCE ARMENIA'S ECONOMY - PM
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan does not believe that escalation of situation ober Iran can have a direct influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Sargsyan said in an interview with Russian ...CUSTOMS UNION NOT NECESSARY FOR ARMENIA - PM
YEREVAN. - The Customs Union is meaningless for Armenia, PM Tigran Sargsyan said responding to the question whether Armenia is ready to become a full member of EurAzEC and join the customs union or even ...TWO ROAD ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 21154 struck an electricity utility pole at Armenia's Artashat Highway on Tuesday at 5 am.
The driver sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital, the Police Press Service informs.
Also ...PEOPLE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH MUST DECIDE THEIR DESTINY - ARMENIAN MFA
YEREVAN.- Official Baku is trying to blackmail the delegations visiting Azerbaijan to make them voice one-sided wordings on the Karabakh issue, Armenian MFA said.
"Such an approach cannot be useful for ...ARMENIA READY TO DISCUSS CONSTRUCTION OF RADAR STATION - PM
YEREVAN. - Armenia is ready to discuss with Russia construction of a radar station in its territory similar to the Azerbaijani Gabala Radar Station, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said in an interview with ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN MODS TO HOLD STAFF TALKS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's and Russia's MOD delegations will conduct regular staff talks in Yerevan, from Wednesday to Saturday.
They will discuss matters with reference to informational counteraction, territorial ...NUMEROUS KUWAITIS WILL SPEND THEIR SUMMER VACATION IN ARMENIA - KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Mayor, Taron Margaryan, met with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Armenia, Bassam Muhammad Alqabandi. They discussed matters relating to experience exchange in urban economy ...ARMENIA AND FINLAND HAVE NO PROBLEMATIC ISSUES - FINLAND'S FM
YEREVAN.-Foreign Ministers of Finland and Armenia are satisfied with the development of relations between the states.
Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian welcomed his Finnish counterpart Erkki Tuomioja underscoring ...ARMENIAN MP RESPONDS TO AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT
I cannot accept being treated as fascist by anybody, whatever his rank is in his country, member of the Armenian delegation at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party ...AZERBAIJANI SIDE NOT MAD ENOUGH TO INVITE ARMENIAN DELEGATES TO SHAHID ALLEY
The visit of the Euronest delegations to the Shahid alley in Baku is a result of Azerbaijani authorities' policy aiming to distort facts and falsify history, Armenian delegate Naira Zohrabyan said.
In ...GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION BILLIONAIRE MEETS WITH ARMENIAN COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES
Georgian opposition leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili got together with representatives from Georgia's Armenian community, RFE/RL informs.
"Multinational Georgia" NGO Coordinator Arnold Stepanyan ...TURKISH CONSULATE LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE "FRIENDLY RELATIONS" WITH ARMENIANS
The Turkish Consulate General in Los Angeles has embarked on a new campaign to promote "friendly relations" between Turks and Armenians, Asbarez newspaper reports.
According to information obtained by ...ONLY ONE ELECTION WAS HELD WITHOUT FRAUD - FORMER ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN. - All of Armenia's previous elections—except for one—were conducted with fraud, Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian said on Wednesday.
According to him, there is noting more important ...4 ARMENIAN POLITICAL FORCES TO ESTABLISH ELECTION OVERSIGHT HEADQUARTERS
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress, the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party, and the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage party's on Wednesday signed an agreement ...QUAKE HITS TURKEY'S VAN PROVINCE
Another earthquake was registered in Turkey's Van Province on Wednesday at 12:41 pm local time.
The epicenter of the tremor, which measured 4.6, was located at the Province's Cakirbey village, the Turkish ...ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT DISCUSSES CURRENT PROBLEMS AT BORDER CHECKPOINTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan chaired the governmental consultation on the results of the monitoring conducted at the country's border checkpoints.
The participants discussed the current problems ...DOLLAR DEVALUES TO AMD 391/$1 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar continued its downward trend against the Armenian dram (AMD) on Wednesday, too.
Its average exchange rate comprised AMD 391/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, and this ...I AM VERY TOUCHED BY EVERYTHING I SAW, HEARD IN ARMENIA - CYPRIOT FM
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received the FM of Cyprus, Ms. Erato Kozakou-Markoullis, who arrived in Yerevan on an official visit.
Sargsyan underscored the periodic mutual ...ADDITIONAL TAXES COULD BE COLLECTED IN ARMENIA FROM MOBILE PHONE LINKS, ALCOHOL, UNHEALTHY FOOD
YEREVAN. - The Mother and Child Health Armenian Alliance has specified several problems concerning Armenia's healthcare sector and the avenues for their solution. All these will be submitted, in written ...ARMENIAN COMMUNISTS SURE TO HAVE SEATS IN NEXT PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - The Communist Party of Armenia will hold meetings with the voters in all the regions, the First Secretary of the Party Ruben Tovmasyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
According to ...HOW MANY CUSTOMERS DO ARMENIAN BANKS HAVE?
YEREVAN. - The number of clients in Armenia's banking system has reached 1.36 million, as of February 1, 2012, and these customers have a total of 2.2 million bank accounts in the country.
In 2011, ...GOVERNMENT TO ORGANIZE BUSINESS FORUM FOR ARMENIAN AND CYPRIOT BUSINESSMEN
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received on Wednesday Cypriot FM Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis.
Premier Sargsyan stated that the Armenian Government is ready to organize a business-forum with the participation ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER, FINLAND'S FM DISCUSS UPCOMING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN.- Leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc Levon Ter-Petrosyan met on Wednesday with Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.
They discussed the issues related to upcoming ...PETROL PRICES GO UP IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Petrol price went up by $ 0.03 on Wednesday in Yerevan. Prices increased in international market as well, Western Europe registered a record for wholesale price $1,230 for a ton. In some European ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS AND CYPRIOT FM DISCUSS STATE OF CHURCHES IN OCCUPIED PARTS OF CYPRUS
ETCHMIADZIN. - Armenian Catholicos Karekin II received in Etchmiadzin Holy See the Cypriot FM on Wednesday Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis.
The Catholicos spoke about ancient relations between the two nations ...COURT REJECTS ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN'S APPLICATION
YEREVAN.- The court rejected on Wednesday the application filed by Khachatur Sukiasyan, businessman member of the opposition Armenian National Congress bloc.
Khachatur Sukiasyan appealed to the court ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT GREENHOUSES IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Government will allocate AMD 1 billion in order to construct greenhouses near Yerevan HPP. The question is on the agenda of the Government session on Thursday.
The money will be ...G8 SUMMIT 2014 MAY TAKE PLACE IN RUSSIAN SKOLKOVO
MOSCOW. - Russian Skolkovo innovation city may host G8 Summit in 2014, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said during the meeting with the Deputy PM Vladislav Surkov on Wednesday.
Medvedev called the innovation ...ARBITRATION COURT PRESIDENTS OF CCI FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Parliament Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov received Arbitration Court Presidents and arbitrators of Chamber of Commerce and Industry from different countries on Wednesday. They arrived ...ARMENIA PRAISES HIGH FINLAND'S BALANCED POLICY ON CAUCASUS - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Wednesday Finnish FM Erkki Tuomioja stressing Armenia praises high cooperation development and strengthening of the relations with the Scandinavian ...ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN PRESENTS OFFICE STRATEGIES AND ANNUAL REPORT 2011
YEREVAN.- Armenia's Ombudsman received on Wednesday ambassadors, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations operating in Armenia at a round-table presentation of ...15-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S SUICIDE ATTEMPT PREVENTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The officers of Mashtots Police Department prevented the suicide attempt of a 15-year-old girl on Tuesday, the press service of the Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Ashot Mnatsakanyan, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1820 Birth of Catholicos Mkrtich Khrimyan "Hairik" in Van (Western Armenia). He died in 1907.
- 1915 Death of Arshak Vramian, a representative of the Central Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party.
- 1920 Genocide of the Armenians in Sooshee (Gharabagh).
- 1922 Death of Leopold Favri, benefactor and Swiss-Armenian armenologist. He supported orphanages in the Armenian provinces.
- 1945 Death of Vahan Tekeyan, writer, speaker, and public figure. He was born in 1878.
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