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ARMENIA'S HEAD OF STATE AWARDS MEDAL TO CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PRESIDENT
- YEREVAN. - By the order of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal for his significant contribution to the development of Armenia-Diaspora relations and his pro-Armenian activities for long years, the President's Press Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
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Headlines for April 25, 2012EXPORTS STRUCTURE OF ARMENIA CHANGES
Ore and metals continue to occupy the leading position in the export structure in Armenia, but concerning the growth of exports the crucial role of exporting went to the products of other industries.
According ...YOUNG MAN SENTENCED FOR 12 YEARS FOR RAPING MINOR IN ARMENIA
GYUMRI. - Vardan Ghazaryan, 25, who raped a 10-year-old boarding school girl last December in Shirak region, was sentenced to 12 years in jail, Armenian News-NEWS.am reports.
According to rumors, the ...RATING OF OBAMA MIGHT FALL - HEAD OF HAY DAT OFFICE
President Barack Obama once again avoided using the word "genocide" in his April 24 address breaking his pledge as Senator and Presidential candidate to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as President, ...LET THEM DO THEIR WORK WHILE I KILL ARMENIANS - ABDUL HAMID'S CARICATURE IN FRENCH SCHOOL
The caricatures about Turkey committing the Armenian Genocide were not the first ones which were shown at the Anatole France School in Montbeliard, France.
As the Turkish Hurriyet reports, while a parent ...TURKISH MFA LIKEWISE DISCONTENT WITH OBAMA'S APRIL 24 STATEMENT
ANKARA. - Turkey's Foreign Affairs Ministry reacted to US President Barack Obama's April 24 statement—devoted to 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide—and called it unfounded and biased. ...TURKEY'S ARMENIANS MAKE APRIL 24 APPEAL FOR FIRST TIME
ISTANBUL. - An event devoted to the Armenian Genocide victims was held in Istanbul's Taksim Square, on Tuesday, April 24, at 19:15 (7:15pm). It was organized by the "Say No to Racism and Nationalism" ...TWO WINGS IN PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - There are clearer rumors that two wings have formed at the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), junior member of the country's ruling coalition, Hraparak daily writes.
"One [wing], led by [PAP ...ARMENIAN MP HEADS TO BRUSSELS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In the case when Armenia's political forces are carrying out an active campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia MP and member ...AS PER ARMENIAN MINISTER, THE DISOBEDIENT WILL BE "PULLED FROM THEIR EARS" - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Agriculture Minister and ruling coalition's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) member, Sergo Karapetyan, is holding meetings in the cannery factory which belongs to him, Chorrord ...ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY LEADER'S BROTHER IS LEAVING COUNTRY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition's senior member, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), already has clearly explained to the coalition's junior member, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP), that it is ...WOMAN TO HEAD ONE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
A woman will head U.S. National Reconnaissance Office for the first time.
Betty Sapp will replace Bruce Carlson who has been in office since 2009, while Sapp was his deputy, Lenta.ru reports referring ...ARMENIAN AMERICANS DISAPPOINTED WITH OBAMA'S APRIL 24 SPEECH
Armenian Americans are disappointed that Obama failed to pronounce the word "genocide" in his annual address to the Armenians on April 24.
In its statement the Armenian Assembly of America said they are ...ARMENIA'S DEPUTY PM BRIEFS EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS ON COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PROCESS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Deputy PM, Regional Governance (RG) Minister, and Armenian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission Co-Chair, Armen Gevorgyan, on Tuesday received a group of Egyptian journalists.
The ...TURKISH PM'S FELLOW PARTY MEMBER MP APOLOGIZES TO ARMENIANS FOR 1915
One of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) founders, MP Ismet Ucma, described the events in 1915 as a forcible deportation of a nation, and he apologized to the Armenians on his own behalf. ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S DENIAL IS UNACCEPTABLE IN FRANCE - SARKOZY (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Genocide's memory will never fade, since the pain and suffering are transferred from generation to generation, stated French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Tuesday paid his ...MAN KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT IN KAPAN-MEGHRI HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A man was killed in a car accident in Kapan-Meghri highway on Tuesday. His Volkswagen went off the road and fell into a gorge.
The driver, 33-year-old Varuzhan Arakelyan, died on the way to ...SEVEN INJURED IN FIVE ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Seven people were injured in five major accidents in Armenia on Tuesday.
VAZ crashed with ZIL vehicle on Dilijan-Ijevan road, a driver was injured.
Niva crashed into a concrete fence in Garegin ...KIM KARDASHIAN FAILS TO VISIT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENT, SENDS VIDEO ADDRESS
A series of events dedicated to the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Armenians and guests not only visited Montebello monument but also participated in a city-sponsored ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO DEAL WITH ELECTION BRIBES
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan, and discussed the public concerns with respect election bribes—in the run-up to the forthcoming ...TURKEY SLAMS FRENCH POLITICIANS FOR THEIR APRIL 24 REMARKS
Turkey accused French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Fracois Hollande of using the Armenian Genocide issue to attract more votes of the Armenian community ahead of runoff in France's presidential ...ARMENIA'S HEAD OF STATE AWARDS MEDAL TO CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - By the order of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal for his significant contribution to the development ...IRANIAN ARMENIANS SEEK APARTMENTS, AREAS IN ARMENIA - ECONOMIST
YEREVAN. - The growing tension over Iran and the likelihood of a war have become reasons for the Iranian Armenians' emigration from that country, economist Tatul Manaseryan stated during a press conference ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES WILL COLLABORATE
YEREVAN. - Yuri Chaika, the Prosecutor General of Russia, arrived in Armenia Wednesday on a working visit.
On the same day, Yuri Chaika and Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan held a private ...POLISH DAYS KICK OFF IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Polish Days in Armenia got underway on Wednesday, and they will continue until the end of May.
Polish music, literature, and cinema will be presented during this program, the Embassy of Poland ...THERE IS FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY IN COUNTRY - UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY
YEREVAN. - Armenia has always appreciated women; they have been free and have partaken—equally with the men—in solving crucial issues. United Armenians Party member Sima Iskandaryan stated ...AZERBAIJANI FIRE AT ARMENIAN VILLAGE
Azerbaijani armed forces were shelling for half an hour Armenia's Dovegh village in Tavush Region on Wednesday.
The village officials told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the adversary first opened fire at ...PRESIDENT SARGSYAN DISCUSSES BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received Yuri Chaika, the Prosecutor General of Russia.
Sargsyan noted that the Armenian-Russian political dialogue and active economic cooperation ...HERITAGE PARTY INSPIRES WOMEN TO BE ACTIVE IN POLITICS
YEREVAN.- Gender difference is unacceptable, Heritage Party's election program contains a point on equal opportunities for all, said parliamentary candidate from Heritage Party Izabella Abgaryan.
During ...YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY PERMITS ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC TO HOLD RALLY
YEREVAN.- Municipality of Armenia's capital, Yerevan, considered the application of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc to hold a rally on May 3.
Earlier ANC applied to the municipality ...ARMENIA'S PM BIDS FAREWELL TO IRAN'S OUTGOING AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received Iranian Ambassador Seyed Ali Saghaian, who is ending his diplomatic mission in Armenia.
"I evaluate as very productive our cooperation throughout these ...WOMEN INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS IS FORMAL WITHOUT EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC LEVERS - ARFD
YEREVAN. - Women should have balanced involvement in politics, parliament opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative Nvard Manasyan said on Wednesday during the forum of women held in Yerevan.
According ...UPON TURKEY'S PROPOSAL, UNESCO INCLUDES ANI IN PRELIMINARY WORLD HERITAGE LIST
Turkey, which is a member in the World Heritage Convention, reviewed its preliminary list submitted to UNESCO, and proposed to include in the list thirteen new monuments and monument groups.
Examining ...POLISH POEMS IN YEREVAN CITY SUBWAY
YEREVAN. - Poland days are starting in Armenia. As the Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski told reporters, several cultural events will take place on April 25 - May 31.
The first event is ...TURKEY'S KURDISH PARTY DEMANDS APOLOGY TO ARMENIANS FOR 1915
The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), which is the Turkish parliament's sole Kurdish political force, issued a statement Tuesday, in connection with 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, and noted ...GEORGIAN EREKLE II SOCIETY CALLS TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Erekle II Society calls Georgian authorities to recognize Armenian Genocide, the information center of Yerkramas Armenian paper in Russia reports.
"Erekle II Society condemns the Armenian Genocide organized ...YEREVAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO DECLARE STRIKE TO SUPPORT FORMER CHANCELLOR
YEREVAN. - Yerevan State Linguistic University students on Wednesday moved to the Government with 'Zolyan, Bryusov is with you,' 'Free and Fair Bryusov' posters demanding that former Chancellor Suren ...ORINATS YERKIR APPROVES INITIATIVE ON RULES TO SECURE CIVILIZED STRUGGLE DURING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Political council of ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir Party approved the initiative on holding civilized elections brought forward by the ruling coalition member Republican Party of Armenia ..."GENOCIDE" DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED TO ARMENIANS - URUGUAYAN FM
The word "genocide" corresponds to the description of the crime committed against the Armenians. Luis Almagro, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Uruguay, stated this during the event held on Tuesday—and ...ARMENIA TO MARK INTERNATIONAL GIRLS IN ICT DAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia for the first time will celebrate the International Girls in Information and Communication Technology Day (ICT) on Thursday, April 26.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...PREMIER SARGSYAN VISITS ARMENIAN-SWISS JOINT VENTURE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited Armenian-Swiss joint venture ASTRA specialized in production and development of high-precision solid tungsten carbide instruments.
The PM got ...DOLLAR AGAIN GAINS VALUE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Following a two-day drop, the US dollar's average exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), again rose and comprised AMD 392.61/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday; this ...NEWSMAKER: ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF NAPLES COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS (PHOTOS)
Armenian community of Italy's Naples honored the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims during the commemoration event on April 24.
The City Council permitted to conduct a requiem service in San Francesco ...DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER SKEPTICAL ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
YEREVAN. - The Democratic Party of Armenia leader Aram Sargsyan is extremely skeptical about public opinion polls on the results of the parliamentary elections.
Sargsyan called the surveys 'manipulations' ...OSCE, EU ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA ON ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
YEREVAN. - The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, and the Head of the Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Tigran Mukuchyan, signed a long-term co-operation agreement ...YEREVAN LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY DISMISSED CHANCELLOR DOES NOT ALLOW ACTING CHANCELLOR TO ENTER OFFICE
YEREVAN. - Former Chancellor of Yerevan State Linguistic University (YSLU) Suren Zolyan did not allow the acting Chancellor Gayane Gasparyan to enter the office.
Moreover, the situation in the university ...MONUMENT TO ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS OPENS IN ARMENIA (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - A monument honoring the 1915 Assyrian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire opened in downtown Yerevan on Wednesday (photos).
According to the head of the Assyrian community Arsen Mikhailov, ...ARMENIA AND LATVIA TO COOPERATE IN TAXATION AND CUSTOMS FIELDS
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received on Wednesday the Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS) Director General Nellija Jezdakova.
"We are interested in Latvian experience in taxation and customs ...IDENTITIES OF GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED IN ARMENIA REVEALED
The members of the criminal gang who had organized an armed attack in Aghndzadzor, Armenia, were identified.
The gang members are Asatur Hakobyan, 28, Areg Ghazaryan, 25, Nakhshi Davtyan, 44, Armen Arakelyan, ...CORPSE OF 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND UNDER BRIDGE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The body of 17-year-old Almast M. was found under Kievyan Bridge in Yerevan on Wednesday.
As sources inform Armenian News-NEWS.am, the girl might have died because of suicide. The reasons of ...LITTLE EVA GEVORGYAN IS SAVED FROM BLINDNESS
Little Eva Gevorgyan was diagnosed a cataract disease, which would lead to blindness and is not curable in Armenia. For already a year the child's parents were trying to find sponsors for taking the child ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PROMISES CREDIT AMNESTY TO FARMERS
YEREVAN. - Off-parliament opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) declares that on making majority in the next parliament to May 6 elections, it will settle firstly issues, which "brought forward ...PEOPLE WITH NO MONEY NOT TO BE LEFT TO DIE - ORINATS YERKIR
YEREVAN. - People who have no money for a surgery, should not be left to die, ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir Party head Arthur Baghdasaryan said in a rally on Wednesday.
Armenia wastes billions ...ARMENIAN PARTIES DISCUSS PRE-ELECTION SITUATION
YEREVAN. - A meeting between representatives of opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and ruling Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) took place on Wednesday.
The sides discussed the pre-election situation ...WE ARE READY TO SERVE YOU FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS - ARMENIAN PARTY
The candidates of Armenian Heritage Party's proportional list and their leader Raffi Hovhannisian visited Armenia's Tavush region on Wednesday.
"We are ready to serve you for another 5 years, we are ready ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR ADDRESSES CONCERT IN GENEVA
GENEVA. - The concert of Gurdjieff Folk Ensemble took place at Calvin Hall in Geneva on April 19 organized by the Armenian Embassy in Switzerland and Avetis Culture Organization.
The concert was organized ...YEREVAN MAYOR MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF ORIENTAL MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATIONS
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan received the representatives of Oriental Martial Arts Federations in Armenia and welcomed their recent initiative of signing a joint memorandum. The mayor also ...IN ARMENIA'S GEGHARKUNIK REGION QUALITY OF LIFE INSUFFICIENT - PRESIDENT
GAVAR. - The quality of life in Armenia's Gegharkunik Region, including Gavar city is insufficient. Besides, joblessness and low salary issues continue to be serious ones, President of Armenia, head of ...TURKEY SHOULD BE FIRST WHO CONDEMN AND RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - ARMENIAN MP
The Armenian representative to PACE Hermine Naghdalyan made a statement in connection with the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
In her statement Heghine Naghdalyan thanked all states, organizations ...CEC CANCELS REGISTRATION OF FOUR CANDIDATES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Central Electoral Committee (CEC) presented the date and time of Internet voting at the snap session on Wednesday.
The session decided also to invite the Support Initiative for Liberty and ...INCUMBENT AUTHORITIES DISAPPOINTED ARMENIANS - FORMER FM
YEREVAN. - It is necessary to settle two issues through the upcoming parliamentary elections: to abolish monopoly of one party in the parliament and to change the Government, in order to make deep reforms ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1828 Griboedov is appointed Russian ambassador in Persia.
- 1888 Death of novelist Raffi (Hakob Melik-Hakobyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1835.
- 1918 The Turkish army re-occupies Ghars (Western Armenia).
- 1918 Stepan Shahoomyan creates and leads the Council of People's Commissars in Baku.
- 1959 Death of painter Hakob Kodjoyan. He was born in 1883.
- 1990 The Greek Parliament approves a law designating April 24 as Remembrance Day of the Armenian victims of the Genocide perpetrated by Turkey.
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