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IT IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SEARCHING PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT - US ENVOY
- YEREVAN. - The only way of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement is through peace, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told Armenian News-NEWS.am stressing that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs has stated it for many times.
"We condemn the ceasefire violation regime in the line of the contact and the rhetoric of some leaders. As the OSCE MG Co-Chairs' statement reads, it is necessary to maintain the ceasefire regime, militant rhetoric is inadmissible, it is necessary as well to control the weaponry purchase and continue to look for ways of settling the conflict through peace," the American envoy stated.
To note, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire regime for over 4,600 times this year.
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Ethno-Catering project creates working places for immigrant women in the Czech Republic. They prepare national dishes from their national cuisine which are supplied to several cafes in Prague and also ...TURKISH FENERBAHCE PICTURES ARMENIAN FLAG ON ITS LOGO
ANKARA. - Turkey continues to spread hostile statements towards foreigners, especially the Christians.
Opponents of Turkish famous FC Fenerbahce posted statements in the Internet commenting on the club's ...ITALIANS TO OPEN BRANDY-WINE FACTORY IN ARMENIA
Golden Grape Armas Company continues the construction works of the wine-brandy factory in Armenia's Aragatsotn region with the support of Italian capital. But the programs of the company have been delayed. ...MAY 3RD IS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 the World Press Freedom Day on December 20, 1993.
The 27th article of the Armenian Constitution states that everyone has the right of freedom of expression. ...HOW MUCH DO ARMENIANS SPEND ON MOBILE CONNECTION?
The average Armenian spent around AMD 2,811 ($ 7) on mobile calls in March, 2012.
According to Armenia's National Statistic's Service, the income from mobile connection totaled to AMD 7.87 billion ($ ...PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A TEST FOR NEW CHANGES - FRANCOIS XAVIER DE DONNEA
This year, Armenia challenges its citizens to capture, in real time, election fraud with their new online election monitoring program, iDitord.
Capitalizing on technological advancements, iDitord aims ...SERJ TANKIAN UNDERSTOOD ‘HYPOCRISY AND DENIAL OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN THE UNITED STATES' BEING YOUNG
The System of a Down band members are currently busy with their solo albums and have no plans of rejoining, SOAD frontman Serj Tankian said in an interview with KROQ Radio.
"At this present time, we are ...IT IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SEARCHING PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT - US ENVOY
YEREVAN. - The only way of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement is through peace, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told Armenian News-NEWS.am stressing that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs has stated ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUNG MUSICIANS EUROVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME
For the first time Armenia will participate in the semi-final round of Young Musicians Eurovision which will take place in Vienna on May 5, 2012. 15-year-old Narek Kazayan will represent Armenia. He was ...LAWSUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST TURKISH HISTORIAN WHO THREATENED ARMENIAN ON TV
ISTANBUL. - The Istanbul branch of Turkey's Human Rights Union is preparing to file a lawsuit on Thursday against Kemal Cicek, head of the Armenian Department at the Turkish Historical Association, for ...GATHERING PASSPORTS IS PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - "It seems you can give the photocopy of you passport to the [ruling coalition's senior partner, the Republican Party of Armenia] RPA, and that's that. They will think you will vote for them ...UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY HAS ALMOST AS MANY MEMBERS AS ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The United Armenians Party member Hovhannes Hovhannisyan was genuinely offended by Aravot daily's question, the daily writes.
"And the question was as follows: Is it possible there could come ...ARMENIA'S VILLAGERS ARE REMEMBERED SOLELY DURING ELECTIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The elections campaigns are essentially the only reason why the residents of Armenia's capital Yerevan go to the regions, Hraparak daily writes.
"They remember the villages when they need the ...ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY'S "HEAVY ARTILLERY" SCORES POINTS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Heghine Bisharyan, who is the ruling coalition's junior member Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party's (RLP) "heavy artillery" and friend at arms of Party Chairman and National Security Council ...KARABAKH VILLAGE TO HAVE ITS CHURCH
ETCHMIADZIN. - Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, on April 29 presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Gregory the Illuminator ...THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN
...HELSINKI CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY VANADZOR OFFICE LAWYER IS INVOLVED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
YEREVAN. - A Fiat and a Volkswagen Golf crashed at an intersection in Armenia's Vanadzor city, on Thursday at around 12:30am.
As a result, the Volkswagen Golf's two passengers sustained injuries and were ...RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARMENIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
YEREVAN.- Leader of Armenia's Communist Party Ruben Tovmasyan met with Russia's Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko on Thursday.
They discussed the election campaign, situation in the country, ...ARMENIAN VILLAGE RESIDENTS DETECT SNAKE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a distress call, on Wednesday at 9:10pm, informing that Nor Kharberd villagers had spotted a snake nearby a summer home in the village, ...ARMENIA'S CITIZENS SHALL SEE PROGRAMS, NOT NUMBERS, IN BUDGET - FINANCE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia on Thursday approved the decisions envisioning changes in the laws on the Budget System and the Treasury System.
As per Finance Minister Vache Gabrielyan, who was ...OSCE MEDIA FREEDOM REPRESENTATIVE ADMIRES JOURNALISTS' FEARLESS EFFORTS TO TELL THE TRUTH
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development ...TURKEY CLAIMS 200 THOUSANDS DOCUMENTS ON ARMENIAN ISSUE PRESENTED
Head of Turkish archive Ugur Unal said he had presented over 200,000 documents on the Armenian issue to the researchers from different states.
During the conference dedicated to the Armenian-Turkish relations, ...DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK'S DISASSEMBLED KIOSKS WILL NOT BE MOVED ELSEWHERE - DEPUTY MAYOR
YEREVAN. - The kiosks at Armenian capital Yerevan's Mashtots Park are being disassembled since Wednesday, Yerevan Deputy Mayor Kamo Areyan told news reporters during a briefing on Thursday.
"With the ...MAN JUMPS OFF YEREVAN BRIDGE
YEREVAN. - An approximately 50-year-old man threw himself off of Armenian capital Yerevan's Kiev Bridge on Thursday. The Police Press Service also confirmed this information by Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...TBILISI IS CAPITAL OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN - GEORGIAN PRESIDENT
TBILISI. - Georgia's capital Tbilisi is the cultural and historical capital of the entire Caucasus, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated in Kutaisi city.
"Tbilisi is the historical and cultural ...NICOLAS SARKOZY PLANS TO CIRCULATE NEW BILL PENALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
Both French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande reaffirmed their commitment to introduce a new bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide denial.
In their separate letters ...KIM KARDASHIAN'S ADDRESS ON ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Kim Kardashian's address on the occasion of the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide has been posted on Glendale City's YouTube channel. Although Kim failed to visit commemorative event she sent ...SECOND COURT CASE TO BE LAUNCHED AGAINST TURKISH HISTORIAN WHO THREATENED ARMENIAN ON LIVE TV
Turkey's "Say No to Racism and Nationalism" organization will file a court case against Kemal Cicek, head of the Armenian Department at the Turkish Historical Association, for threatening Garo Paylan, ...VOTERS' NUMBER EXCEEDS THAT OF POPULATION IN ARMENIA'S 34 LOCALITIES - TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
YEREVAN. - The number of voters exceeds that of the population in Armenia's 34 residential areas. Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Director of Transparency International Anti-corruption Center, stated this during ...POLITICAL ACTIVIST DECLARES INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE FOR FAIR ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Member of temporary commission on investigating March 1-2, 2008 tragic events in downtown Yerevan, former supporter of the Public Council Head Vazgen Manukyan, Artavazd Vardanyan declared indefinite ...ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION BLOC TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN EACH POLING STATION
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Talking to journalists on Thursday, ANC member ...ARMENIA'S CONSUL GENERAL IN BATUMI PASSES AWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Consul General in Batumi, Georgia, Garik Israelyan, has died at the age of 64, MFA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Garik Israelyan left behind a wife and two children.6 ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTIES RELEASE STATEMENT
YEREVAN. - Six of Armenia's political forces that will run in Sunday's National Assembly elections have issued a statement and noted they will record on camera the voting process in the precincts.
"We, ...MAN WHO JUMPED OFF YEREVAN BRIDGE WAS ATTORNEY
YEREVAN. - The person, who committed suicide Thursday in Armenia's capital Yerevan, was an attorney.
According to our sources, he was Norayr Mikayelyan—a lawyer at the Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia—, ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT ON PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan has cooperated with various parties but never had any interests beyond the political partnership, he said in an interview with Mediamax agency.
According ...AGAIN STABILITY AT ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN. - Thursday is the third consecutive trading day, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, when the US dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) is unchanged.
The dollar's average exchange ...YEREVAN SCHOOL OLYMPIAD RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED
YEREVAN. - The results of Armenian capital Yerevan phase of the 2011-2012 school-year Olympiad, which aims to raise the level of education in the country, are announced, and 61 of the participating 1,575 ...ADDITIONAL VOTING LISTS IN ARMENIA CONTAIN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF VOTERS
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"We invite the attention of all interested bodies, ...ARMENIA'S POPULATION EXCEEDS THREE MILLION
YEREVAN.- Armenia's population exceeds three million as of January 1, 2012 making 3,274,300.
According to the report issued by national statistical service, as compared with January 1, 2011 the population ...IRANIAN CITIZEN IS ROBBED IN ARMENIA VIA COMPUTER
YEREVAN. - Armenian Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case with respect to embezzlement via computer technology and money laundering.
After studying the preliminary report based on the information ...URUGUAY'S FM TO VISIT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. -Uruguay's FM Luis Almagro will pay an official visit to Armenia on May 4-5 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos ...SIX SERVICEMEN ENGAGED IN CAR ACCIDENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Nagorno-Karabakh servicemen were engaged in a car accident on Yerevan-Goris road on Thursday, as Opel Sinatra [transporting the servicemen] and KrAZ vehicles crashed, Armenian News-NEWS.am ...ARMENIA AND EU NEGOTIATE ON ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
BRUSSELS. - The ninth plenary session of the negotiations was held in Brussels on Thursday on Armenia-EU Association Agreement. Armenian deputy FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan headed the Armenian delegation, while ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SESSION IS NOT CONVENED
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly's (NA) regular session on Thursday was not held, since quorum was not obtained at the parliament.
Pursuant to the NA Rules of Procedure, the deputies' registration ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY'S RALLY ENDS QUICKLY DUE TO RAIN (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) rally ended quickly due to heavy rain, Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from the site. The PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan, and PAP members Naira Zohrabyan ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA RECEIVES CIS OBSERVERS
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received on Thursday head of the CIS Observation Mission in Armenia's parliamentary elections, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir ...POLICE INVESTIGATES YEREVAN PARK INCIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's police released a statement on April 29 crash between the environmentalist-activists and police.
"Armenia's police inform the society that they launch investigation on the occasion ...WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HELD IN BULGARIA
A workshop dedicated to the 97h anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held on May 2-3 in Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo city.
Among the speakers were Armenian and Bulgarian professors and students from ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA IS NOT PROMISING BUT WORKING - PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is not giving promises but working in certain fields, Armenian President and the leader of RPA Serzh Sargsyan said on Thursday addressing voters in Yerevan's ...WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT FOR THESE ELECTIONS TO BE DIFFERENT - ARMENIAN PM (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received head of CIS Observation Mission and Deputy Chairman of CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Garkun, the press service of the Armenian Government informs Armenian ...TWO RALLIES HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN
YEREVAN. - Two rallies of different political parties are being held simultaneously in Yerevan downtown.
Heritage Party has started its rally in Charles Aznavour square, while opposition Armenian National ...ARMENIANS TO DISPLAY COLLECTIVE WILL ON ELECTION DAY - OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - The final rally of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) held within the framework of election campaign has already kicked off in Liberty Square of Yerevan.
In the opening speech ...SPEECHES AND MUSIC - HERITAGE PARTY RALLIES IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Heritage Party is holding the final rally in Charles Aznavour square of Yerevan prior to the May 6 parliament elections.
The rally opened with Armenia's anthem followed by the speech of party ...NO PARTY ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS - PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - No party in Armenia is able to meet the people's expectations, President of Armenia, head of the rulingRepublican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan said on Thursday in the meeting with ...ANC CANDIDATE'S REP BEATEN IN ARMENIA'S LORI
VANADZOR. - Relatives of the Lernapat village community [Armenia's Lori Region] head Vano Yeghiazaryan have beaten Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliament candidate Vahagn Martirosyan's representative ...CIS REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT OBSERVATION MISSION THROUGHOUT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian received head of CIS Observation Mission and Deputy Chairman of CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Garkun on Thursday.
As the press service of Armenia's MFA informs ...OPPOSITION ANC ENJOYS SUPPORT OF MAJORITY MATURE VOTERS IN ARMENIA - PARTY
YEREVAN. - Haykakan Zhamanak Editor-in-Chief Nikol Pashinyan fixed the minimum and the maximum programs by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) in the Liberty Square rally on Thursday.
According ...ABSENCE OF ‘AGAINST ALL' LINE IS VIOLATION OF ARMENIAN VOTERS' RIGHTS
VANADZOR. - The Head of Helsinki Citizen's Assembly Vanadzor Office Arthur Sakunts applied to administrative court demanding to announce the Central Election Committee's decision as partly invalid. The ...KARABAKH ISSUE MUST BE RAISED IN LEVEL OF SECRETARY OF STATE - BRYZA
The process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations negatively affected the Karabakh peace process, said former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza.
He spoke on Wednesday during the ...WE WILL RETURN AUTHORITY TO PEOPLE - ARMENIAN HERITAGE PARTY (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - Armenian nation along with Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] and Diaspora will have a new dawn on May 6, and we will establish the new era of our history, Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian said ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION SPEAKS ON ANC-PAP-ARFD COOPERATION
YEREVAN. - The ruling regime loses its political support quickly, Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zarabyan said at the ANC rally on Thursday.
Joint political headquarter operates for ...IF YOU HAVE TAKEN ELECTORAL BRIBE DON'T SAY YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Treat others like you yourself would like to be treated. Head of Republican Party's Political Council Aram Sargsyan quoted the Bible during the rally organized by opposition Armenian National ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS' NEXT RALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 8
YEREVAN.- The opposition Armenian National Congress is holding a traditional march in Yerevan downtown after the rally in Liberty Square.
Coordinator of ANC central office Levon Zurabyan said it would ...CITIZEN NAILS FEET ON WOOD AS SIGN OF PROTEST IN ARMENIA (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Grigor Shakoyan, 51, a former prisoner, nailed his feet to the wood as a sign of protest in front of the HSBC bank on the Republic Square of the Armenian capital on Thursday, Panorama.am reports. ...
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