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ARMENIA'S ELECTION CODE IS BREACHED - NEWSPAPER
- YEREVAN. - Pursuant to Armenia's Election Code, the candidates, political parties, and party alliances running in elections can set up campaign headquarters once the elections are announced. But these headquarters cannot be set up in buildings used by state and local government bodies, and in those buildings where there are election commissions. This notwithstanding, calls are coming in, according to which the ruling coalition's senior partner, the Republican Party of Armenia's (RPA) campaign headquarters is operating in the Municipal Library of Berd city, Zhamanak daily writes.
"[Also,] There are RPA campaign headquarters in the art schools of Agarak and Ijevan, and in the regional tax inspectorate of Meghri [city]. A RPA campaign headquarters is set up also in the village hall of Syunik village.
And the [coalition's junior member, Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP has set up one of its campaign headquarters at the kindergarten of Azatamut village," Zhamanak writes.
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Headlines for May 02, 2012EUROPE IS NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SOUTH CAUCASUS - EXPERT
By the latest resolutions of the European Parliament on Armenia and Russia it is evident that Europe started supporting Azerbaijan, director of the Russian/Eurasia Program, German Council on Foreign Relations ...POLITICAL POWERS IN ARMENIA STARTED TO REJECT ECONOMIC POPULISM - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Economic programs of political powers participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections contain more realistic approaches, than before, economist Tatul Manaseryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
...REQUEST OF ARMENIANS FOR RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CAUSES FIGHT IN GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT
It is unlikely that Georgia will recognize the Armenian Genocide in the near future, Georgian political scientist Zurab Abashidze told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, there are number of factors ...GYUMRI IT CENTER TO UNITE BUSINESS-TEAM OF PROGRAMMERS FOR ANDROID
GYUMRI. - Gyumri Information Technology Center (GTech) will create a team of programmers for BlackBerry, Android and iOS, Executive Director of the Center Amalya Yeghoyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"The ...GEORGIA IS TOO DEPENDENT FROM TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - EXPERT
It is unlikely that Georgia will recognize the Armenian Genocide, political scientist and deputy director of the Caucasus Institute Sergei Minasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding that there are certain ...NUMBER OF ARMENIAN TOURISTS LEAVING FOR TURKEY RAPIDLY INCREASED IN MARCH
Compared to last year, the number of Armenian tourists leaving for Turkey increased by 13 percent in March 2012. According to information received by Armenian News-NEWS.am from the Turkish Ministry of ...FRENCH REPORT WAS FABRICATED TO DISCREDIT ARMENIANS AND TO QUESTION THEIR ASSERTIONS ABOUT GENOCIDE - FRENCH JOURNALIST
French journalist Guillaume Perrier wrote on the blog of Le Monde newspaper that the Report of the Main Directorate of Internal Intelligence of France on Turkish nationalism and the Grey Wolves in France ...TURKISH REPORTERS SPOIL JAMES BOND'S KEBAB
ISTANBUL. - Known James Bond character player, actor Daniel Craig visited a restaurant in Nisantasi, Istanbul, with his bodyguards and ordered kebab and other meat dishes.
As the Turkish Milliyet reports, ...POLITICAL SCIENTISTS ASSESS PROCESS OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Parliamentary election campaign is run lazily and parties pretend making advocacy, political scientist Ruben Mehrabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"They meet with voters, as they are supposed ...COOPERATIVES WILL ENABLE TO USE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT EFFICIENTLY - MP
YEREVAN. - It is necessary to enable the creation and development process of agricultural cooperatives in the agricultural sector, MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Rafik Petrosyan ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC MEMBER COULD QUIT ALLIANCE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Republic Party Chairman Aram Sargsyan, who was in Brussels recently, decided to give up his parliamentary mandate if becoming an MP as a result of Sunday's National Assembly ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA PLEDGES TO FREE CRIMINALS IN RETURN FOR VOTES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's senior partner, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), is resorting to a variety of methods to receive votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Zhoghovurd daily ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY REGISTERS POTENTIAL VOTERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's junior partner, Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), is actively registering, specifically in Vayk city and neighboring villages, its potential voters for the forthcoming ...UNPRECEDENTED DECLINE IN BIRTHS IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In line with official data, 19,569 babies were born in Armenia in the first three months of this year, and this is a 5.7-percent drop from last year's indicator; this is the lowest number in ...ARMENIA'S ELECTION CODE IS BREACHED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Pursuant to Armenia's Election Code, the candidates, political parties, and party alliances running in elections can set up campaign headquarters once the elections are announced. But these ...CABLE TELEVISION DEMAND GROWS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's cable television service and usage profits comprised AMD 243.5 million (approx. US$ 620,925) in March 2012, which is 2.4 times more than in March 2011 and 2.6 times more than February, ...AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT REFLECTS ON ARMENIA'S UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Kuwait, Fadey Charchoglyan, was received Monday by Ahmed AbdulAziz AL-Sadoun, Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
During the meeting they discussed the future ...ARMENIA'S MINIMUM CONSUMER BASKET BECOMES PRICIER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's minimum monthly consumer basket costs AMD 55,327 (approx. US$ 141), in accordance with the average prices in the first quarter of 2012, the National Statistical Service informs.
The ...ARMENIA PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
Armenia participated in the 26th international book fair, Salon du livre, held in Geneva from April 25 to 29.
The Armenian companies and foundations functioning in Switzerland assisted to Armenia's participation.
Books ...LESS TOURISTS VISITED ARMENIA THIS YEAR
YEREVAN.- The number of tourists visiting Armenia in Jan.-March 2012 dropped by 9% as compared with the same period last year.
National Statistical Service reported that 104,400 tourists visited Armenia ...10-AGED BOY RUN OVER IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- A 10-year-old boy was run over in Abovyan-Noragyugh road, Armenia, on Tuesday.
The child was taken to hospital, police reported.
Another accident took place in Hrazdan gorge. VAZ-21112 crashed ...ALL POLITICAL FORCES REALIZE THERE WILL BE SERIOUS STRUGGLE - OPPOSITION
YEREVAN.- All the political forces realize that there will be a serious struggle during the upcoming parliamentary elections, Armenian opposition member said.
Lyudmila Sargsyan, running for parliament ...ANTI-CAPITALIST MUSLIM TURKS PROTEST AGAINST ARMENIAN MASSACRES
A group called Anti-Capitalist Muslim Youth also participated in the May Day celebrations in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
During its march, the group held a large banner that read "Liberty to Slaves" in ...INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS COME TO WATCH, NOT TO DOCUMENT - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY CHAIRWOMAN
YEREVAN. - If the authorities seize power just like in the previous years, no one will remain in Armenia because the people have already packed their bags, Social-Democratic Hnchakyan Party (SDHP) Chairwoman ...ARMENIAN CITIZENS ONLY COALITION PARTNER OF HERITAGE PARTY
YEREVAN.- Heritage Party was formed to serve the people and its only coalition partners are ordinary people, MP candidate Arman Musheghyan told journalists on Wednesday.
Arman Musheghyan is included in ...NKR PRESIDENT AWARDS MEDAL TO ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday signed a decree, according to which the Mesrop Mashtots Medal is awarded to Armenian Armed Forces Chief of the General ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE MAY PROVIDE POLITICAL PARTIES WITH DATA ON VOTERS
YEREVAN.- National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) responded positively to the statement adopted by six parties who asked that it should provide data on voters, if necessary.
NSS is presently studying ...ARMENIAN POLICE TO PUBLICIZE VOTERS' LIST WITHIN PRESCRIBED TIME PERIOD
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police will make public the voters' list on Thursday, that is, within the prescribed time period, Police Passport and Visa Department Chief Hovhannes Kocharyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...ARMENIA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY URGES TO VOTE FOR GAGIK TSARUKYAN
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan called on the Abovyan residents to vote for leader of Prosperous Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan during the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Serzh Sargsyan visited ...ARMENIA CONTINUES TO OBLIGATE PEACE - PRESIDENT SARGSYAN
We continue to obligate peace, Armenia's President and leader of the ruling coalition's senior partner—the Republican Party of Armenia—Serzh Sargsyan said Wednesday, meeting with the voters ...PERSON CANNOT BE PROTECTED IF STATE OFFICIAL EXPECTS BRIBE - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
The election campaign is coming to a close, and our voters already have an idea about the candidates and their programs, Armenia's President and leader of the ruling coalition's senior member—the ...DISCUSSION ON SOUTH CAUCASUS IN JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION
A panel discussion on the South Caucasus will be held in Washington on May 2.
The discussion titled "America, Europe, South Caucasus: Building up the partnerships in a changing world" will feature former ...ARMENIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER HEADS TO KAZAKHSTAN
YEREVAN. - An Armenian delegation, led by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, headed for Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Wednesday, to attend Thursday's session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ...POLICE, PROSECUTOR NOT SUBORDINATES OF REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA - PRESIDENT SARGSYAN
The police officer, the prosecutor, and the law enforcement agency representative are not the subordinates of the Republican Party, Armenia's President and leader of the ruling coalition's senior member—the ...AMBASSADOR TO CZECH REP. DELIVERS LECTURE ON ARMENIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Tigran Seyranyan, on Monday visited Charles University in Prague and delivered a lecture on Armenia's foreign policy, MFA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...IRAN, ARMENIA DISCUSS CONSULAR ISSUES IN TEHRAN
The eighth joint consultation on consular issues was held between the Foreign Ministries of Iran and Armeni on May 1-2.
After the meeting held in Tehran, the sides signed a memorandum of understanding. ...KIOSKS AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK WILL BE DISASSEMBLED - MAYOR HAS DECIDED
YEREVAN. - With the formal decision by Armenian capital Yerevan's Mayor Taron Margaryan, the kiosks installed at downtown's Mashtots Park will be disassembled, the City Hall Information and Public Relations ...RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA SEES NO SENSE IN DEBATES
YEREVAN. - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) have nothing to argue with the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, RPA deputy head Galust Sahakyan said commenting on the ARFD member Vahan Hovhannisyan's offer to debate ...JOINT HEADQUARTERS SET TO MONITOR IS A SIMULATION - REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The joint headquarters to control elections is simply a simulation, deputy head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Galust Sahakyan said commenting on the appeal by the joint headquarters ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SESSION IS NOT CONVENED
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 ...34 DISTRESS CALLS WERE RECEIVED DURING ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN SEASON
YEREVAN. - Regular session of Armenia's Police operative headquarters, which is tasked to establish proper public order during the country's National Assembly elections, held a regular session on Wednesday, ...DOLLAR'S EXCHANGE RATE IS UNCHANGED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), comprised AMD 392/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday. Hence, the rate did not change since the previous ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA MEETS WITH HRAZDAN CITY VOTERS (PHOTO)
HRAZDAN. - Armenia is already a powerful and protected state, President of Armenia, head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan said on Wednesday during the meeting with Hrazdan city ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER MEETS WITH ARMENIA'S ASHTARAK CITY VOTERS
ASHTARAK. - Leader of Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan met with the voters of the Aragatsotn Region on Wednesday.
He reminded the Ashtarak city activists that he is not in politics for own ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY ASSESSES HIGH ELECTION CAMPAIGN RUN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan spoke about the election campaign run in the state during his meeting in the town of Ashtarak.
Tsarukyan gave appraisal of the election ...US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA TO MONITOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PERSONALLY
YEREVAN. - The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern will personally monitor the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Ambassador said on Wednesday.
The American diplomat stressed importance of the ...EU ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO HOLDING FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The European Union attaches a great importance to holding free and fair elections in Armenia, head of the EU delegation to Armenia Traian Hristea told the journalists.
"We expect the program ...NEW GREENHOUSES TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Yerevan City Hall developed an investment project on constructing green houses in Noragavit. The issue is included in the government session of Thursday. The project aims to construct around ...MAN SHOT HIS EX-IN-LAW'S DOG IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A few days ago an argument occurred between a resident of Yerevan's Nubarashen district and the ex-husband of her sister. As a result of the argument the ex-husband of the landlady's sister ...CEC REJECTS PAP AND ANC REPRESENTATIVES' CLAIMS
YEREVAN. - The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) rejected the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliament candidate at No. 12 precinct Tigran Ter-Petrosyan's appeal at the snap session convened ...THERE IS PROGRESS IN ARMENIA'S PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN - HEAD OF OSCE OFFICE
YEREVAN. - OSCE does not directly observe the pre-election campaign in Armenia. Besides, we are making great efforts so the election process was on the right democratic track, the head of the OSCE Office ...ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS WON: BOUTIQUES DISMANTLED IN YEREVAN CITY PARK
YEREVAN. - Dismantling works launched in the Mashtots Park in downtown Yerevan on Wednesday. Not only environmentalist-activists but also Deputy Head of the Yerevan Police Robert Melkonyan are at the ...THIRD CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR ARTSAKH PRESIDENT KNOWN
STEPANAKERT. - Deputy head of the Stepanakert Branch of the State Agrarian University of Armenia Arkadi Soghomonyan, 50, is the third candidate to run for the Presidential elections in Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh].
As ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN HOLDS ITS FINAL CAMPAIGN RALLY IN YEREVAN (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - The demonstration of ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the last within the framework of election campaign, has kicked off in Liberty Square of Yerevan (photo).
ARFD members Armen Rustamyan, Vahan Hovhannisyan ...CEC SATISFIED ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER'S APPEAL PARTIALLY
YEREVAN. - Central Electoral Commission (CEC) satisfied partially the appeal by the No. 7 precinct opposition parliament candidate Nikol Pashinyan at the snap session convened on Wednesday. Pashinyan ...UN SECURITY COUNCIL THREATENS SUDAN STATES WITH SANCTIONS
The UN Security Council made a resolution on the border conflict between the two Sudan states and threatened both sides with sanctions if they do not stop the escalation of violence and return to the ...THOSE THREATING TO CUT SOCIAL BENEFITS OF ‘UNDESIRABLE VOTERS' TO BE CUT OFF EARS - ARFD
YEREVAN. - No one has the right to get votes through threats, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliament group head Vahan Hovhannisyan said on Wednesday during the rally in the Liberty Square.
"Look at whom they [those ...NAKHIJEVAN IS HISTORICAL PART OF ARMENIA - ARFD
YEREVAN. - No other political power fights for protecting national interests the way the ARF Dashnaktsutyun does, ARFD member Armen Rustamyan said during the Wednesday summing up rally in the Liberty ...US WANTS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA TO BE JUST AND FAIR - EMBASSY
YEREVAN. - Armenia has got many friends and together we want to contribute to fair and just parliamentary elections in Armenia, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told reporters.
"We are trying to ...PRICES OF VALUABLE METALS FALL IN ARMENIA
Armenian Finances Ministry's 'State Treasury of Valuable metals and stones' agency confirmed the prices for valuable metals for the period of April 30-May 6.
Gold - purchase price AMD 19,084.76 (-33.98), ...IDENTITY OF DROWNED MAN IN CHANNEL REVEALED
ETCHMIADZIN. - The drowned man found on Wednesday in a channel in Etchmiadzin was the aforesaid city resident Andrey Hovhannisyan, 39, police informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
To note, an unknown citizen ...COMPANIES APPROPRIATE MONEY ALLOCATED FROM STATE BUDGET
YEREVAN. - A criminal case was launched in Armenia's General Prosecutor's Office's Department of Public Advocacy on appropriation of large amount of money.
According to the Armenian Business Bank report, ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER GIVES AWARDS TO MPS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan awarded several MPs with the Armenian NA honorary medals for their commitment and effective work on Wednesday.
Samvel Nikoyan thanked the MPs for ...
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- 1817 General Yermolov, Commander of the Caucasian forces and Governor of the Caucasus, stops in Echmiadsin on his way to a mission in Persia.
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