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Published on April 11, 2012
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
- As Armenia's Emergency Service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, on Thursday rain and thunderstorms are expected in Yerevan.
On Friday and Saturday during the second half of the day rain and thunderstorms are expected in some regions. In the south-west region of Armenia the wind will be 2-7 m/s, during rain it will be 15-20 m/s. On Sunday and Monday air temperature will increase by 3-4 degrees.
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Headlines for April 11, 2012CHRISTIAN CLERGYMEN WORRIED ABOUT GROWING THREATS IN TURKEY
ANKARA. - Christian clergymen expressed concern about the growing threats in Turkey, with which they come across it after the April 7 attack on a Protestant clergyman in Istanbul, Hürriyet Daily ...TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA KEEP GROWING
During January - February 2012 transfers to Armenia totaled to $170 million, the Central Bank's February report states.
Compared to the first two months of 2011, the transfers increased by 13.3 percent. ...TURKEY MUST APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIANS FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND MUST PAY COMPENSATION - TURKISH PAPER
Orhan Kemal Cengiz, the columnist of the Turkish Radical paper published his second article on the Armenian Genocide entitled 'Compensation and Decision' where he talks about the possible steps Turkey ...MAINE SENATE TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Maine State Senate will recognize the Armenia Genocide.
The resolution that recognizes that in 1915 the Ottoman Empire launched a campaign to wipe out the Armenia people will be discussed on Tuesday, ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY DOES NOT CALL TO FORGET FORMER THREE ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenian opposition Heritage Party does not call to forget Armenian former three presidents, they must be praised for their accomplishments and must be criticizes for failures, the leader of ...ARMENIA'S RULING ELITE ALREADY EXCHANGES MINISTERIAL POSITIONS AMONGST ITSELF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's parliamentary election campaign has just started, but the ruling echelons are already discussing the future ministerial shifts, Yerkir daily writes.
"Our sources claim that when ...ELECTION FALSIFIERS' INGENUITY RECOGNIZES NO BORDERS IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The election forgers' inventiveness sees no boundaries in Armenia, Hraparak daily writes.
"For giving money in return for votes, the [election] bribe givers for long years were putting forth ...ARMENIAN OLIGARCH DRIVES AROUND WITH CHEAP CAR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - When Zhoghovurd daily's staff had called Armenian businessman MP Samvel Aleksanyan to clarify why his Bentley and Rolls Royce were replaced by a US$ 12,000 worth Smart, a young man answered ...PISTOLS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF YEREVAN-MOSCOW FLIGHT PASSENGER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - "During the inspection of the cargo of the Yerevan-Moscow flight on April 10, two Makarov-type pistols were found in the luggage of a passenger.
The passenger is detained; an investigation ...SOME YEREVAN VOTERS ARE REGISTERED AT CHURCH COURTYARDS, FUEL PUMPING STATIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Comical "scenes" are discovered in the lists of voters registered at Armenian capital Yerevan's Election Precinct No. 12—which comprises the Erebuni and Shengavit administrative regions—for ...TURKISH DIRECTOR OF "ONCE IN ANATOLIA" TO RECEIVE "GOLDEN CHARIOT" IN CANNES
Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose "Once in Anatolia" last year received the Cannes Jury's Grand Prix Award, this year will come to Cannes to receive the "Golden Chariot" of the Association ...CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LAUNCHED BASED ON PETITION BY ARMENIAN PRISONER SENTENCED TO LIFE
YEREVAN. - A criminal case—on charges of "fraud, under the pretext of receiving a bribe"—is opened on the basis of the petition submitted by Ararat Muradkhanyan, an inmate in Armenian capital ...SPORTS EVENTS, FILM SCREENING PLANNED ON WEDNESDAY AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - The activists, who are protesting the construction of kiosks at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park, are planning on holding events at the Park on Wednesday.
At 4 pm-7 pm, the Alpinism ...NKR MOD DENIES AZERBAIJANI MEDIA NEWS ON SKIRMISH AT LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) MOD has denied the Azerbaijani media news that a skirmish had allegedly occurred at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN TELECOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE HELD IN ISTANBUL
Armenia will participate in Caspian Telecoms 2012, an international conference and exhibition of telecommunications, investments and information technologies held in Istanbul.
Caspian Telecoms Conference ...PHOTO PROJECT ON KARABAKH WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD (PHOTOS)
London-based photo journalist Anastasia Taylor -Lind's "The National Womb: Baby Boom in Nagorno-Karabakh" project won a prestigious international award.
Taylor -Lind's works depicts the Nagorno-Karabakh ...EUROPEAN COURT FINDS TURKEY GUILTY OF "URBAN BUS BEHIND SCHEDULE"
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the lawsuit, which was filed against Turkey, by the family of a seven-year-old student who had died in 2004 as a result of heavy snowfall and ...WHY DID 3 WOMEN WITHDRAW FROM ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY ELECTION LIST?
YEREVAN. - Three women—namely, Ashkhen Manukyan, Karine Mkrtchyan, and Meri Ghonyan—have withdrawn from the ruling coalition's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) proportional list for ...HERITAGE PARTY COULD REFUSE PARTAKING IN FORMATION OF JOINT HEADQUARTERS TO OVERSEE ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - During Wednesday's session of the four Armenian political forces, which had signed an agreement on establishing a joint intra-party headquarters for public oversight of the forthcoming National ...ARMENIA'S IT SECTOR SALARIES ARE AMONG HIGHEST IN COUNTRY - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The average monthly salary in Armenia's Information Technology (IT) sector is AMD 400,000 (approx. US$ 1,025), Enterprise Incubator Foundation Executive Director Bagrat Yengibaryan stated during ...US SENATOR REITERATES COMMITMENT TO ARMENIAN- AMERICAN ISSUES
With the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide approaching, and with commemorations planned across the country, including at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts, Senator Scott Brown reiterated ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS SALUTES ENVIRONMENTALISTS
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, has responded to the petitions submitted by the environmental activists.
"A permanent care and attention should be displayed toward nature. ...OSCE OFFICE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT CIVIC ACTION FOR SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The OSCE Office in Yerevan announced today a call for civil society project proposals to address environment and security challenges as part of the Civic Action for Security and Environment ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN AND ANC PARTIALLY AGREE TO HERITAGE CONDITIONS
YEREVAN.- ARF Dashnaktsutyun and the Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc partially agree to the conditions put forward by the Heritage Party.
During the Wednesday meeting representative of Heritage ...ANDREA BOCELLI TO PERFORM IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - World famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will give a concert in Yerevan's Liberty Square on April 22.
He will be accompanied by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Marcello Rota), ...ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION BLOC, RULING PARTY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ELECTION DEBATE
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) and the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) are not taking part in the parliamentary election debate being held in the ...AVERAGE INTERNET SPEED IN ARMENIA HAS REACHED 4.5 MB/S - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The average Internet speed in Armenia has reached 4.5 MB/s as of last month, the Economy Minister's advisor Vahe Danielyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In terms of Internet speed, Armenia ...ARMENIA'S FREE DEMOCRATS PARTY OFFICIALS DISCUSS FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS WITH EU AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Free Democrats Party Chairman Khachatur Kokobelyan, and Party member and former FM Alexander Arzumanyan on Wednesday met—at the EU Delegation Office in Armenia—with ...ARMENIAN FM TO MEET WITH OSCE MEDIATORS
YEREVAN.- Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian will hold a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
The meeting with the mediators is scheduled for April 12 in Warsaw, Armenian foreign office said.ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP IS PREPARED TO DEBATE SOLELY WITH OPPOSITION BLOC LEADER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia MP, National Assembly deputy candidate from capital Yerevan's Election Precinct No. 1—and Football Federation of Armenia President—Ruben ...YEREVAN HOSTS CAUCASUS BUILDING & RECONSTRUCTION EXPO 2012
YEREVAN. - Armenia's capital city will hold Caucasus Building & Reconstruction EXPO 2012 international exhibition from April 13 to 15.
The exhibition is organized for the ninth time and is to promote ...MISS ARMENIA-2012: WORLD IN NEED OF BEAUTY AND SALVATION? (VIDEO, PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Miss Armenia-1998 Gohar Harutuynyan shared her thoughts on the beauty contest held on Tuesday with the Armenian News-NEWS.am. She is all in all satisfied with the jury members, however, she ...ARMENIA'S AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO UAE PRESIDENT
Armenia's Ambassador to UAE Gegham Gharibjanyan presented his credentials to President Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a ceremony held on Tuesday.
The newly appointed Ambassador extended best ...8.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS INDONESIA
A 8.2 magnitude strong aftershock hit Sumatra's coast of Indonesia after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake.
The earthquake was located at 16.4 km depth with the epicenter 615 km south-west from Banda-Aceh ...VIOLATIONS REDUCED TO MINIMUM IN POLLING STATIONS - ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN
YEREVAN. - The election campaign kicked off very actively. ARF Dashnaktsutyun will hold rallies in Armenia's major cities, besides it will hold two in Yerevan, ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Ara Nranyan said on ...ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE SETS NEW RECORD
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), comprised AMD 392.37/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday, and thus the dollar surpassed AMD 392/$1 for ...UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY'S ELECTORATE IS APPARENT BEFOREHAND
YEREVAN. - In the upcoming parliamentary elections the United Armenians Party will come forth with the accountability that there is a huge expectation from it, the Party representative Ashot Yeranosyan ...HERITAGE PARTY'S OPPONENT IS COALITION
YEREVAN. - Heritage party's opponent in the upcoming parliamentary elections will be the entire coalition, Heritage party MP Armen Martirosyan said on Wednesday. "The coalition includes ruling Republican ...HIDDEN METHODS USED TO INFLUENCE VOTERS - PROSPEROUS ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) member would not like to comment on Heritage representative's statement, PAP member Vartan Oskanian said on Tuesday in response to the remark that PAP along with ...AUTHORITIES NOT PREPARING TO HOLD FREE ELECTIONS - ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - It is natural that the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) refused to sign under the statement on establishing a joint headquarters to oversee the forthcoming National Assembly ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SESSION IS NOT CONVENED YET AGAIN
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly's (NA) regular session on Wednesday was not held, since quorum was not obtained at the parliament.
The necessary number of MPs for a quorum was not registered at ...ARMENIA'S JOINT INTRA-PARTY ELECTION OVERSIGHT HEADQUARTERS' SESSION ADOPTS AGREEMENT
YEREVAN. - During Wednesday's session of the four Armenian political forces' joint intra-party headquarters for public oversight of the forthcoming National Assembly elections, the participants adopted ...ARMENIAN OPEN GAME DEVELOPMENT CONTEST 2012 KICKS OFF
YEREVAN. - Armenian Open Game Development Contest 2012 kicked off on Wednesday in Yerevan, the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) informs. The competition, organized by the UITE and Orange ...HERITAGE DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO CANDIDATE'S BEATING
YEREVAN.- The Heritage Party condemns the physical assault on independent MP candidate Meruzhan Mkhoyan that took place on Friday, April 6.
Running in the single-mandate constituency No. 21 in the Armavir ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY HEAD CALLS ON CITIZENS TO PERFORM CIVIC DUTY
YEREVAN. - Head of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan, proportional list candidates and political council members continued meetings on Wednesday with voters in the Kotayk Region.
Head ...TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO CONTINUE LEGAL SUPPORT OF KURDS
Turkish famous human rights advocate, owner of the Belge publishing house, imprisoned on the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) case and released on Tuesday delivered a short statement.
Zarakolu states ...KEY TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS IS IN STEPANAKERT - RUSSIAN EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is one of the difficult and exploding conflicts in the post-Soviet Union space, Russian expert Stanislaw Ivanov said in a special interview to Iran News.
He stated ...CAESIUM-137 FOUND IN CAR SEARCHED IN TURKEY
Employees of Ankara-based department on combat against smuggling and organized crime found 500 g Caesium-137 in a car with German number plate which entered Turkey from Georgia.
The driver and the two ...NEWS SOFT DRINKS FACTORY TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Ararat Group Company plans to invest $27 million to create a soft drinks factory. The British 'Marton Forest Group Limited' is a shareholder. The necessary equipment has been already transported ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED GREENHOUSE (PHOTO)
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan went to Armenia's Armavir region on a working visit and got acquainted with the works of the newly opened greenhouse in Sardarapat Village HOMGRIN Paradise.
The construction ...PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GREECE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6
ATHENS. - Extraordinary Parliamentary elections will take place in Greece on May 6, 2012, the state news agency of Athens announced referring to the Greek PM Lukas Papadimosi.
The PM met the Greek President ...TURKISH FILM DIRECTOR'S FILM ABOUT HRANT DINK TO BE PRESENTED DURING CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Turkish student Ugur Egemen Ires was allowed to present his 'Water found its way' movie during the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival.
As the Istanbul based Armenian paper Akos informs, Ugur Egemen Ires ...LOUVRE MUSEUM INTRODUCES NEW 3D GUIDE
PARIS. - The famous Louvre in Paris introduced new interactive Nintendo 3DS-console instead of the traditional audio-guide. The new models can project stereoscopic images.
Louvre and Nintendo started ...MAN SENTENCED FOR LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT FOR FRAUD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A court sentenced S. Grigoryan for 7 years of imprisonment for fraud, Armenian Attorney General's Office informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Grigoryan was accused in particular of cheating citizens ...ARMRUSGASPROM DISCUSSES GAS SUPPLY PRICE FOR ARMENIA
ArmRusGasprom CJSC discussed gas supply price for Armenia for 2012-2013 by the CEO of Russian Gazprom Alexey Miller and ArmRusGasprom CJSC head Vardan Harutyunyan, www.finam.ru reports.
Besides, the parties ...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
As Armenia's Emergency Service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, on Thursday rain and thunderstorms are expected in Yerevan.
On Friday and Saturday during the second half of the day rain and thunderstorms ...ARMENIAN MOD AND CSTO OFFICIALS DISCUSS PREPARATION FOR EXERCISES
YEREVAN. - First Deputy of the Armenian MOD David Tonoyan discussed on Wednesday cooperation issues with the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov.
Parties discussed in particular issues ...KARABAKH DEFENSE ARMY COMMANDER COMMENTS ON ARMY SITUATION
The Defense Army Commander of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Movses Hakobyan explained to reporters why so many incidents happen in Yeghnikner Military Station.
"The Officer is busy. The officers in Yeghnikner ...VARDAN OSKANYAN HAS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA LEADER'S MANDATE
MP from Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan responded to Heritage Party's Deputy Chairman Ruben Hakobyan's announcement that if the leaders of the 4 political forces will not sign the agreement of ...POLICE REVEALS 15 NAMES REPEATED IN VOTING LISTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police will publish names and personal data for those people who appear twice in the voting list, as promised before.
Preliminary voting lists include 126 cases of names and other data of potential ...
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