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IMMORAL STATEMENTS VOICED ON ADDRESS OF HERITAGE - MP
- YEREVAN. - Accusing the Heritage Party in cooperation with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) especially by the former coalition member parties is beyond immorality, Heritage party MP Stepan Safaryan said at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, the society will decide on Heritage to be opposition and not other political parties or media outlets. Safaryan also regretted that due to a technical error the party will not have representatives in the election precincts. However, the gap will be filled with the trusted persons and observers.
Opposition Heritage Party is a liberal party founded in 2002. The leader is the first Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian.
Heritage and Free Democrats Party are running for the parliament with joint proportional list.
The proportional list of the party includes members of extra-parliamentary opposition Free Democrats Party and civil society representatives.
Heritage has also nominated MP candidates with the majority election system.
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In the run-up to the conference in Dublin "Shared Future: Building and Sustaining Peace, the Northern Ireland case study" that will take place on Friday, 27 April, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's ...TRAITOR, WHO CONDEMNS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - OUEST
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents the article of Burcin Gercek published in Ouest - France paper with some reductions.
"From April, 1915, the Turkish army and police killed more than one million Armenians ...HIDDEN ARMENIANS OF TURKEY - STATE SECRET
Ten thousands of Armenian women, girls and children were kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and forced to marriage during the 1915 Genocide. Many Turks reveal that one of their ancestors was an Armenian, ...AZERBAIJANI WILL CONTINUE PROVOCATIONS
YEREVAN. - As long as Azerbaijan is sure of its victory, it will continue provocations instead of launching real military actions, Arabo group commander, Karabakh war participant Manvel Yeghiazaryan told ...OPEN LETTER TO U.S. PRESIDENT
The Armenian Youth Federation of Western United States sent an open letter to the U.S. President Barak Obama calling him to recognize the Armenian Genocide, Asbarez reports.
"In 2008 when you were running ...HUSBAND STABS EX-WIFE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE IN TURKEY (VIDEO)
35-year-old M.K., when meeting his former wife suddenly started to stab her in Izmir, Turkey. The man stated he does not like the way his ex-wife lives and started to stab her making serious injuries ...ARMENIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT IS INFURIATED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The Republic Party Chairman Aram Sargsyan—whose party is member of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC)—Fact-Finding Group's former representative Andranik Kocharyan, ...ARMENIA'S REGIONAL GOVERNOR MAKES THREATS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Governor Ashot Giziryan of Armenia's Shirak Region is actively participating in the ruling coalition's senior partner, the Republican Party of Armenia's (RPA) campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary ...ARMENIAN PRISONERS WILL VOTE, TOO
YEREVAN. - The inmates in Armenia's seven detention centers will likewise be able to vote in the parliamentary elections, which will be held on May 6.
During the Central Election Commission's special ...ARMENIA'S DIPLOMATIC MISSION REPRESENTATIVES START VOTING FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - The online voting for Armenia's National Assembly elections commenced Friday at 8am, capital Yerevan time.
The staff members of Armenia's embassies and consulates abroad, and these staff members' ...OBAMA NOMINATES RICHARD MORNINGSTAR AS US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN
US President Barack Obama has submitted to the Congress his nomination of Richard Morningstar—Special Envoy of the US Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy—as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, ...MAGNITUDE-4.9 QUAKE HITS TURKEY
A tremor measuring magnitude 4.9 struck Turkey's Kutahya city on Friday morning.
There are no reports on any casualties or devastation, CNN Turk news agency of Turkey informs.HOW IS UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY FUNDED?
YEREVAN. - The United Armenians Party (UAP) will have 500 proxies in the same number of election precincts during Armenia's National Assembly elections to be held on May 6, the Party's Political Council ...ISRAELI PRESIDENT AWARDS ARMENIAN SERGEANT DENIS KHACHATURIAN
Israeli President Shimon Peres presented an honorary certificate to 23-year-old sergeant Denis Khachaturian on the occasion of Israel's Independence Day marked on April 26.
Khachaturian is a commander ...ARMENIA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY JOINS INITIATIVE ON CIVILIZED COMPETITION DURING ELECTIONS
YEREVAN.- The Democratic Party of Armenia has joined the document on "Rules ensuring civilized competition during the elections" proposed by ruling Republican Party member David Harutunyan.
In a statement, ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION WEBSITE TO SOON LAUNCH NEW SECTION
YEREVAN. - In the lead-up to Armenia's nationwide elections, a special attention is paid so that the citizens with disabilities become aware and participate in the elections, Central Election Commission ...AIRBUS IS RE-EXPORTED FROM ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - In line with the Armenian National Statistical Service (NSS) report, exports from Armenia made up US$ 347.7 million in the first three months of this year, but, according to the State Revenue ...IFES OBSERVER CHOSE NOT TO COMMENT ON ELECTORAL ROLLS
YEREVAN.- No electoral system is perfect because of human factor, the chief of the IFES mission to Armenia Michael Getto said in Yerevan.
"The system is imperfect, because it's made by people," he said ...ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY IS USED AS GARBAGE DUMP
The 11th-century Armenian church in Yenipinar village of Turkey's Batman Province is used as a garbage dump by the locals.
Village resident Ali Ucar noted that he is very troubled that the villagers ...ARMENIA IMPORTED MORE GAS DUE TO COLDER WINTER
YEREVAN. - The unusual and longer winter of 2012 adversely affected Armenia's foreign trade balance.
According to the State Revenue Committee report, Armenia imported 782-million m3 of natural and liquid ...GALLUP INTERNATIONAL TO CONDUCT EXIT POLLS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- On the day of parliamentary elections Gallup International Association will conduct exit poll outside of 131 polling stations throughout Armenia.
Gallup International Association representative ...ARMENIA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADS ELECTION RACE - GALLUP INTERNATIONAL
YEREVAN.- Thirty-nine and two percent of respondents would vote for the Republican Party of Armenia if the parliamentary elections were held this Sunday, says the survey held by Gallup International Association.
Gallup ...SAINT PETERSBURG DELEGATION VISITS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
YEREVAN. - Russian city of Saint Petersburg's Vice-Governor, Olga Kazanskaya, and the official delegation led by her—which are in Armenia's capital Yerevan these days within the framework of Saint ...NKR PARLIAMENT HOLDS PLENARY SESSION
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) National Assembly (NA) on Thursday convened a plenary session, which was chaired by NA Speaker Ashot Ghulyan.
Following the discussion of law initiatives, ...ARMENIAN WORKING GROUP EXAMINES ELECTION VIOLATION STATEMENTS
YEREVAN. - The Working Group of Armenia's Chief Prosecutor's Office studied 22 statements with respect to violations during the campaigning for the forthcoming National Assembly elections, the Group's ...NKR PRESIDENT VISITS SOS VILLAGE
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Thursday visited the Sos village in the Martuni Region, and met with the local residents.
The visit was a result of a request ...ROAD ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The driver of an unidentified automobile hit a 60-year-old woman nearby an Armenian capital Yerevan building, on Thursday at 10:30am.
The woman sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital. ...ARMENIAN FM WILL HEAD TO IRAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay an official visit to Tehran on Sunday and Monday.
In the Iranian capital, Nalbandian will meet with senior officials of the country, ...REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIA'S ETHNIC MINORITIES NOT INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGNING - OSCE
YEREVAN.- OSCE has not received reports on involvement of ethnic minorities' representatives in illegal actions during the election campaign, OSCE representative said on Friday.
The OSCE Yerevan office ...ARMENIAN MP CANDIDATE FOUND STRANGE NAMES IN ELECTION LISTS
YEREVAN. - The joint headquarter for controlling the parliamentary elections revealed an array of new mechanisms for falsification of election results and this time those mechanisms are connected with ...MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATIONS OPENS IN ARMENIA
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Defense Ministry's investigation department received a call saying ...CAUCASUS DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE PROJECTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - By initially allocating US$ 40 million, several international finance organizations have founded the Caucasus Development Bank. Valeriu Razlog, Head of the Yerevan Office of the European Bank ...ADVERSARY WILL RECEIVE DESERVING RESPONSE - ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT
The adversary will receive a deserving response for the border incidents, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated Friday during his meeting with Dilijan city voters—within the framework of campaigning ...OSCE/ODIHR OBSERVERS NOTE CASES OF VIOLATION OF ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL CODE
YEREVAN.- Observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) issued on Friday a second interim report on Armenia's elections. The text of executive summary is ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION REVEALS ‘FANTASTIC VIOLATIONS' IN VOTERS' LISTS
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YEREVAN. - The Azerbaijani side continues to actively violate the ceasefire regime on the line of the contact, spokesperson for the Nagorno-Karabakh MOD Senor Hasratyan informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The ...OSCE OFFICE IN YEREVAN ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES
YEREVAN. - A workshop by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on the rights of national minorities as envisaged in international and national legislation and measures to raise awareness of the issue among politicians, ...BOMB ALERT AT UKRAINE'S DNIPROPETROVSK RAILWAY STATION
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According to the preliminary information, an unknown person called to the local department of Internal Affairs Ministry ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY HOLDS RECEPTION FOR EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER
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Welcoming Oreja ...MAXIMUM SPEED AT ARMENIA'S NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY WILL BE 100 KM/H
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"If a war ...IMMORAL STATEMENTS VOICED ON ADDRESS OF HERITAGE - MP
YEREVAN. - Accusing the Heritage Party in cooperation with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) especially by the former coalition member parties is beyond immorality, Heritage party MP Stepan Safaryan ...88-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERED IN HELPLESS CONDITION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A call was received at 11:18 a.m. on Friday in Yerevan informing that a citizen does not respond to phone calls and does not open the door.
The help of rescuers was necessary, the press service ...FIRST SUSPECTS IN DNIPROPETROVSK EXPLOSIONS ARRESTED
The Ukrainian Most-Dnepr agency referring to the source in General Department of Ukraine's Internal Ministry said that two suspects in the Dnipropetrovsk explosions were arrested.
"They worked professionally, ...ARMENIA-EU VISA FACILITATION TALKS RESUME IN BRUSSELS
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Pursuant to the Agreement ...RURAL AUTHORITIES TRY TO FRIGHTEN VOTERS - HERITAGE
YEREVAN. - No serious incidents were registered in Yerevan's number 1 electoral district during the pre-election campaign, MP candidate from Heritage Party Stepan Safaryan told at a press conference on ...EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT POSITION COINCIDES WITH ARMENIA'S APPROACHES - MFA
YEREVAN. - Spokesperson for Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan comments on the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"The resolution was reacted by the parliamentary powers ...OSCE IS REPORTED ON SOLDIER DEATHS IN ARMENIA
The Armenian MOD reported about the soldier deaths in Armenia's Tavush region to Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Armenia.
As the press service ...OLD MAN JUMPS FROM 4TH FLOOR AND DIES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A 73-year-old man threw himself from the 4th floor on Thursday and died in Yerevan, police informed the Armenian News-NEWS.am.
An investigation is underway.NO ARMENIANS AMONG INJURED IN DNEPROPETROVSK BLASTS
YEREVAN.- There are neither Armenians nor citizens of Armenia injured in the Dnepropetrovsk blasts.
According to preliminary reports, no Armenians were affected, Spokesperson for Armenia's Foreign Ministry ...ARMENIAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION OFFICIALLY ADOPTS BOLOGNA SECRETARIAT FUNCTIONS
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On Thursday Armen ...ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN MFAS HOLD DISCUSSION IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian and Russian MFA representatives held a discussion on North America on Friday in Yerevan. The Russian MFA delegation was led by American Department director Alexander Darchiev, the ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY TO INSTALL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN ALL ELECTION PRECINCTS
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) intends to install surveillance cameras in all 1982 election precincts during the parliamentary elections.
Information on installing surveillances has been released ...SERVICEMAN THROWS HIMSELF FROM BRIDGE AND DIES IN ARMENIA'S ARMAVIR
ARMAVIR. - Serviceman Gevorg Hayrapetyan threw himself from a bridge in Armenia's Armavir and died on Friday, police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Hayrapetyan committed a suicide being on holiday. Circumstances ...PACE OBSERVERS TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) delegation of 24 members headed by the Baroness Nicholson (Great Britain) will arrive in Armenia and on May 4 to 7 will monitor the parliamentary elections ...INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS DEEPLY CONCERNED BY CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS ALONG ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN BORDER
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France, released a statement on Friday.
"The Co-Chairs ...HAYART CULTURAL CENTER OPENS PHARMACY FOR SOULS EXHIBITION
YEREVAN. - Yerevan city Mayor Taron Margaryan attended opening ceremony of the Pharmacy for Souls exhibition at the Hayart cultural center.
Over 100 works of art present the Armenian literature, Armenian ...JOINT OPPOSITIONAL HEADQUARTER CONTROLLING OVER ELECTIONS IS TRICK - RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Turning to the Constitutional Court to get the voters' list by the joint headquarter was an election trick, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member Hovhannes Sahakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT STRESSES INEVITABILITY OF RESPONSES TO AZERBAIJANI FIRE
DILIJAN. - President of Armenia, head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan finished election campaign in the Tavush Region by meeting with the voters of Dilijan city. Later the President ...IDENTITIES OF THREE ARMENIAN SOLDIERS KILLED BY AZERBAIJANIS ARE KNOWN
Armenian News-NEWS.am found out the names of the three soldiers who died because of gunshot injuries from Azerbaijani side at 4.15 a.m. on Friday in Armenia's Tavush region.
The victims are Davit Abgaryan, ...
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