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Headlines for May 04, 2012FRENCH COLLEGE ASKS TURKISH PARENTS "NOT TO EXAGGERATE" CARICATURE LINKED WITH TURKEY, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The administration of Anatole France School in Montbéliard, France, asked the School's Turkish parents "not to exaggerate" the story of the caricature linked with the Armenian Genocide issue, Nouvelles ...COMMUNIST PARTY OF ARMENIA STANDS OUT BY MODEST EXPENDITURES DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN - PARTY LEADER
YEREVAN. - The parliamentary election campaign of the Communist Party of Armenia was very active, albeit it differed by its modest financial expenses, Ruben Tovmasyan, First Secretary of the Party's Central ...NO VICTORIES, DEFEATS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN
YEREVAN. - The opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party evaluates positively the course of the campaigning for Sunday's National Assembly elections in Armenia, ARF Supreme Body member Spartak Seyranyan told ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS SATISFIED WITH ITS ELECTION CAMPAIGN
YEREVAN.- The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc positively assesses the results of election campaign, spokesperson for ANC Arman Musinyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Airtime provided to ...ARMENIA WOULD AVOID FINE IF IT WARNED EUROVISION LEADERSHIP BY DEADLINES - EUROVISION REP.
Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4The fine set for Armenia for refusal to participate in Eurovision 2012 is 50% of the participation fee of the Eurovision Song Contest, said Eurovision representative. ...ARMENIANS BEGIN SEXUAL LIFE IN 20S - RESEARCH
As a rule, Armenian women begin sexual life after getting married while men start a lot earlier, the report of Armenia's National Statistics' Service reports. Men of ages between 30-49 are having sex ...WAR THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED - FOREIGN POLICY JOURNAL ON KARABAKH
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents the article A War That Has Been Neglected Since 1994, published in Foreign Policy Journal on the issues of regional security and stability in the context of the Nagorno ...ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY IMPORTS NEW BATCH OF CELL PHONES INTO COUNTRY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Despite the intensive refutations by Armenian ruling coalition's junior partner, the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP), Zhoghovurd daily received information that the RLP just imported ...PROSPEROUS, REPUBLICAN PARTIES' SUPPORTERS CLASH IN ARMENIA'S MASIS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The first gunshots, in connection with Sunday's parliamentary elections in Armenia, were fired in Masis city, Hraparak daily writes.
"There is a very intensive campaign here between the representatives ...ARMRUSGAZPROM IS ARMENIA'S BIGGEST TAXPAYER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In line with the data publicized Thursday by Armenia's State Revenue Committee, the ArmRusGazprom Company is the country's biggest taxpayer for the first quarter of 2012. During that time the ...GOOGLE MARKS KEITH HARING'S BIRTHDAY
Keith Haring, and American painter and one of the greatest representatives of the second wave of pop art, would have turned 54 on Friday, May 04, 2012. But Haring died of AIDS in 1990, and at the age ...ARMENIA'S SEVERAL POLITICAL FORCES TO DISCUSS MEASURES TOWARD OVERSEEING ELECTORAL PROCESS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Regular session of the joint headquarters to oversee the legitimacy of Armenia's parliamentary elections will convene on Friday, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"Today, representatives ...RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER CALLS UPON ARMENIA'S CONSTITUENTS TO SUPPORT ARMENIAN COMMUNISTS
Russia's Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov called upon Armenia's voters to actively support the Armenian communists in Sunday's National Assembly elections. "Without the close collaboration of our ...JOINT HEADQUARTERS TO MONITOR ELECTIONS WOULD WORK AROUND-THE-CLOCK ON ELECTION DAY
YEREVAN.- A joint headquarters set to monitor the elections processes held a regular meeting on Friday. A statement to create a single headquarters to monitor election processes was earlier signed by ...NKR PRESIDENT GRANTS PARDON TO 11 INMATES
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Friday signed a decree on the results for considering the applications for pardoning.
With the Presidential decree, eleven convicts ...ARMENIAN YOUTH FALLS FROM 4TH FLOOR, BUT SURVIVES
YEREVAN. - An unusual incident occurred at Armenian capital Yerevan's narcotic dispensary at dawn on Friday.
Armenian News-NEWS.am learned that a 27-year-old, who was undergoing treatment at the ...ARMENIANS MORE PASSIVE DURING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER
YEREVAN. - There is progress in terms of National Assembly election campaign coverage, but the situation has remained the same with respect to the authorities' usage of administrative resources. Chairman ...KARABAKH CONFLICT WILL HARDLY BE RESOLVED WITHIN NEXT DECADE - EUROPEAN ANALYSTS
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not likely to be settled within the next decade, the European Union analysts stated in a report entitled Global Trends 2030, RFE/RL informs.
The experts noted that the ...ARMENIA'S 3 POLITICAL FORCES WILL FORM JOINT MOBILE TEAMS
YEREVAN. - The opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC), the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, and the ruling coalition's junior member, Prosperous Armenia Party, reached an agreement on collaborating ...NICOLAS SARKOZY AGAIN MENTIONS ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
French President Nicolas Sarkozy once again mentioned about the Armenian Genocide during campaign meeting in Toulon on Thursday.
Sarkozy said the Republic should not forget about the past sufferings, ...URUGUAY'S FM CONDEMNS PROVOCATIONS OF AZERBAIJANI SIDE
YEREVAN.- The Karabakh conflict should be settled peacefully, there is no military solution, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Luis Almagro said in Yerevan.
Asked about the attitude of the world community, ...PEOPLE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH MUST DECIDE THEIR DESTINY - URUGUAY'S FM
YEREVAN.- Principle of nations' right to self-determination must be fundamental element of the Karabakh peace process, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Luis Almagro told journalists in Yerevan.
He noted that ...NKR HAS FOURTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
STEPANAKERT. - A fourth candidate is nominated for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's (NKR), or Artsakh's, presidential elections slated for July 19. Non-party affiliate, unemployed 65-year-old Valeri Khachatryan ...ARMENIAN FM SKEPTICAL ABOUT AZERBAIJAN'S POSSIBLE ANTI-ARMENIAN MOVES WITHIN UN SECURITY COUNCIL
YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian commented on Azerbaijan's membership to the UN Security Council.
During his joint press conference with Uruguayan counterpart Luis Almagro, he said ...ARMENIA'S FORMER FM CONFIRMS PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S CERTAIN STATEMENTS
YEREVAN. - "The issue of my membership into the Prosperous Armenia Party [PAP] was discussed, and the [previous] President [Robert Kocharyan] had expressed his wish that I stay and work with him, since ...OSCE MEDIATORS TO VISIT ARMENIA THIS MAY
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke, Igor Popov and Jacques Faure and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk will visit the region this May.
Armenian Foreign ...EXPERIENCE SHOWS TURKEY IS DIFFICULT TO REACH ARRANGEMENTS WITH - ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN.- Experience shows that it is difficult to reach an arrangement with Turkey, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian said during a press conference with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Almagro.
Commenting ...URUGUAYAN FM VISITS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL FIRST
YEREVAN.- Although Armenia and Uruguay are separated by thousands of kilometers the two nations are very close, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Friday.
Recalling that Uruguay was the ...MEMORANDUM IS SIGNED ON CONSTRUCTING RAILWAY LINK TO YEREVAN'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
YEREVAN. - The Memorandum on Intention to Construct a Railway Line toward [Armenian capital Yerevan's] Zvartnots International Airport was signed Friday at the Transport and Communication Ministry. ...STRIKER'S ACTION IS DIRECTED NEITHER TOWARDS AUTHORITIES NOR TOWARDS OPPOSITION (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Artavazd Vardanya who is on hunger strike in front of Armenia's Central Electoral Committee building announced that his strike is directed neither towards the authorities nor towards the opposition. ...SOCIETY NOT TO ALLOW ROBERT KOCHARYAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN ARMENIA - OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - Society in Armenia will not allow Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan to run for the Presidential elections, Armenian National Congress (ANC) member, former PM Hrant Bagratyan said ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS TIGHTENING OF MILITARY WATCH AT LINE OF CONTACT
YEREVAN. The President of Armenia and Commander in Chief of the Armenian Armed Forces, Serzh Sargsyan, paid a visit to the MOD on Friday.
The President listened to the reports delivered by the Defense ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION KNOWS BEFOREHAND ELECTION RESULTS TO BE FALSIFIED - FORMER PM
YEREVAN. - We know very well that the parliament election results in Armenia will be falsified. We also know that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has been distributing bribe for the recent ...ARMENIA MUST IMPROVE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND REDUCE DEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA - IMF
The International Monetary Fund advises Armenia to improve business climate for attracting and supporting interests and to reduce economic dependence from Armenia's main military and political ally Russia ...ORINATS YERKIR PARTY EXPECTS TO DOUBLE RESULTS IN UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Orinats Yerkir party assesses positively the election campaign results, spokesperson for the party Harutyun Amiryan told the Armenian News-NEWS.am adding they managed to convey all their ideas ...HERITAGE REPRESENTATIVE BEATEN AFTER REFUSING TO WORK FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Heritage party headquarters appealed to the police on the occasion of a criminal attack on a party representative, headquarter spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY TO WIN IN CASE OF FAIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - This election campaign as well as the previous ones were not fill of debates, Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP candidate Naira Zohrabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The parties abstained debates, ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Friday sent a letter of sympathy to Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the terror campaign in Makhachkala, which claimed numerous lives. ...WE ARE NOT POPULOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW OURSELVES TO CAUSE ENMITY AFTER EACH ELECTION - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia is not such a large country to permit itself to cause enmity amongst the people after each election. The country's President and the ruling coalition's senior member, the Republican ...PEOPLE DETAINED AFTER FIGHT IN YEREVAN KARAOKE CLUB
YEREVAN. - Young people fought in a karaoke-club in downtown Yerevan on Friday. As a result, one man was hospitalized while the others detained, Armenian News-NEWS.am source informs. Police confirmed ...WE SHOULD OPPOSE VIOLATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Nationalization of non-working enterprises will not help Armenia's economy, President Serzh Sargsyan said on Friday. "We should oppose violation of property rights, it is very dangerous. We ...ITALIAN COMPANIES TO CARRY OUT PROJECTS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Avenues for cooperation in the capital city economy were discussed during the meeting between Armenian capital Yerevan's Mayor, Taron Margaryan, and representatives from the Italian Renco and ...REPUBLICAN PARTY EXPECTS TO GET MAJORITY - 70 MP SEATS - IN NEXT ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) assesses positively the election campaign coming to the end, spokesperson for the RPA Edward Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am. "None of the ...ARMENIA SHOULD REJECT CULT OF INDIVIDUALISM AND AUTHORITY OF MONEY - PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - The 2012 Parliamentary Elections testify the maturity of democracy in Armenia, President of Armenia, head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan said in a meeting with ...ORINATS YERKIR HOLDS RALLY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The rally of Armenian Orinats Yerkir Party started in Yerevan downtown despite rainy weather. The speeches of party leader Arthur Baghdasaryan, deputy head of party Heghine Bisharyan and party ...US DOLLAR GOING UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- The average exchange rate of US dollar climbs up on NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange after a short-term stability, Friday.
The average exchange rate made AMD 392.35/$1 going up by 0.09% or ...IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE SINGLE ACCIDENT IN ARMY - SERZH SARGSYAN
YEREVAN. - It is not possible to hide a single accident in the army, President of Armenia, head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan said in the meeting with the artists in Yerevan ...HERITAGE PARTY JOINS INITIATIVE ON SETTING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN PRECINCTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Heritage party releases a statement on joining the initiative of the 6 parties participating in the elections to set video surveillance in precincts during parliament elections. "Heritage ...ORINATS YERKIR PARTY HEAD CALLS ON CAMPAIGNING ON PHONES ON DAY OF SILENCE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Only Orinats Yerkir party leader Arthur Baghadasaryan managed to deliver speech on the summing up rally on Friday in the Liberty Square, Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports. Besides ...POLICE TAKES AWAY STRIKER'S TENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Sardarapat movement released a statement in which it reports that the police did not allow Artavazd Vardanyan, who is on hunger strike in front of the Armenian Central Election Committee building, ...THERE IS ADVERSARIAL STRUGGLE IN ARMENIA BUT NO AGGRESSION - OBSERVERS
There is adversarial struggle in Armenia on the eve of parliamentary elections, but no incidents of extremist aggression have been registered, the coordinator of the Monitoring Group of the IPA CIS, MP ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA DOES NOT SECURE CROWDED RALLIES ON BRINGING PEOPLE BY BUSES
YEREVAN. - People participate in the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) rallies willingly and are not brought by buses, spokesperson for the RPA Edward Sharmazanov told the Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...ARMENIA HAS TWO MAIN ISSUES ON ITS FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA - RULING PARTY
YEREVAN. - Head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia parliament group Galust Sahakyan received a group of Turkish reporters on Friday. The Turkish reporters mentioned that they got assured their ...INCIDENT OCCURS DURING RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA RALLY - CASUALTIES REPORTED
YEREVAN. - An alarm was received that an incident occurred during the rally of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) in the Republican Square at 7.37 p.m. on Friday.
Gas balloons exploded, casualties ...50 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED FROM RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA RALLY AFTER EXPLOSION
YEREVAN.- Fifty people were taken to the hospital as a result of a balloon blast in the Republic Square of Armenia, the Emergency Situations Ministry reports. An alarm was received that an incident occurred ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS HOSPITAL WHERE INJURED IN BALLOON BLAST WERE TAKEN
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited Nairi medical center where several injured from the Friday blast in the Republic Square were taken, president's press service reported. According ...124 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER BLAST IN REPUBLIC SQUARE IN ARMENIA (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - In total, 124 people were hospitalized after the blast in the Republic Square in downtown Yerevan, Armenia's Emergency Situation reports. As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an alarm ...144 PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS IN BLAST IN ARMENIA'S REPUBLIC SQUARE
YEREVAN.- The Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry says according to preliminary data 144 were injured in the balloon blast which occurred in the Republic Square, Yerevan on Friday. Healthcare Minister ...WE LEAVE BEHIND DAYS WHEN POLITICAL COMPETITION WAS THROUGH FIGHT - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia, head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan delivered a speech in the summing up rally in the Republic Square on Friday.
"The election campaign coming ...ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OPENS HOTLINE
YEREVAN. - Headquarters is established and a hotline opened on the order of the Armenian Minister of Emergency Situation Armen Yeritsyan after the Republic Square blast.
Information on injured people ...INJURED IN ARMENIA'S BLAST IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION - HEALTHCARE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - People injured in the gas balloon blast in the Republic Square during the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) rally are in satisfactory condition, the Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan said ...
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