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Published on May 09, 2012
NEW RULING COALITION MATTER IS BEING DISCUSSED - ARMENIAN PM
- YEREVAN. - Armenia's Cabinet representatives, led by PM Tigran Sargsyan, and National Assembly (NA) MPs, led by NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, visited capital Yerevan's Victory Park, to pay their respects to those Armenians who lost their lives during World War II, Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent reported from on location.
Afterward, they attended an outdoor dinner with the War veterans.
While responding to several questions posed by the journalists, Tigran Sargsyan also reflected on the chances of forming a coalition at the new Parliament, and noted that this matter is currently being discussed.
And commenting on the Republican Party of Armenia's parliamentary election slogan: "Let us believe to change!", Sargsyan said: "The changes will be enough to improve the people's situation, so that the people would feel these changes with their skin."
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Headlines for May 09, 2012MAY 9 CONNECTS SEVERAL GENERATIONS - NKR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
The May 9 celebration connects a number generations, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly (NKR NA) Speaker Ashot Ghulyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"Ever since 1992, this day became a triple ...ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH CELEBRATE VICTORY DAY AND LIBERATION OF SHUSHI
On May 9 Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic celebrate the Victory Day in the World War II (Great Patriotic War) as well as the Liberation of Shushi and the anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.
An ...ARMENIA IS LEADING IN CIS BY INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
According to January-February 2012 data, Armenia is leading among CIS countries by industrial growth. According to Armenia's National Statistics Service, during the given period of time industrial growth ...NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL INCREASES IN ARMENIA
During the last ten years, the number of the mentally disordered people started to grow throughout the world.
According to the publication of Armenia's National Statistical Service, the number of the ...ALCOHOL PRODUCTION GROWS UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Heavy liquors, vodka and cognac production has sharply increased in Armenia in the first term of this year.
Cognac production has increased by 35 percent, vodka production by 72.3 percent, ...TURKEY'S ERGENEKON CASE DEFENDANT CLAIMS BUYING WEAPON TO KILL KURDS, NOT ARMENIANS
During the next court hearing into the Ergenekon case, defendant Garip Irfan Torun claimed to having bought his weapon from Ibrahim Sahin, who is another defendant, Cihan News Agency informs.
"The ...ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY ASKS FOR RETURN OF DISTRIBUTED PHONES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) has demanded the return of the Motorola cell phones which, together with a 20-percent discount card, it had distributed to the people as bribe ...HOW MUCH DID ANDREA BOCELLI'S INVITATION TO ARMENIA COST? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli gave an open-air concert on April 22 at Liberty Square of Armenia's capital Yerevan. His concert was attended by the country's elite, and, behind the police ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN TO BECOME ENVIRONMENT MINISTER? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan will soon assume the position of Nature Protection Minister, Hayatsk daily writes.
"This is informed by the sources close to the Presidential ...GOOGLE MARKS HOWARD CARTER'S BIRTHDAY
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012, Google celebrates the birth anniversary of Howard Carter, the English archaeologist and Egyptologist who is best known for discovering the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh ...BAKU'S ANTI-ARMENIAN ACTIONS AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE LOW EFFICIENCY - UKRAINIAN ANALYST
KIEV. - In the case of the working geopolitical realities, Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian rhetoric at the UN Security Council and its usage of this platform to voice its position in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue ...SHUSHI'S LIBERATION YET AGAIN OPENED NEW DOORS BEFORE OUR PEOPLE - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan issued a congratulatory message in connection with the Victory and Peace Day.
"Dear compatriots,
I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Victory and ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS ADDRESSES ON VICTORY, PEACE DAY
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II issued a congratulatory message in connection with the Victory and Peace Day.
"The victory, which was achieved against fascism [during the Great ...MILITARY PARADE KICKS OFF IN STEPANAKERT
The military parade, which is devoted to 20th anniversaries of the formation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army and liberation of the City of Shushi, are underway Wednesday at NKR capital ...ARMENIANS' AGE-OLD DREAM CAME TRUE WITH LIBERATION OF SHUSHI - KARABAKH PRESIDENT
STEPANAKERT.- The liberation of Shushi is the age-old dream of the Armenian people which came true, said President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Krabakh) Bako Sahakyan.
President of Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakian ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION RECEIVES DEMANDS ON RE-COUNTING VOTES AT 17 PRECINCTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) received demands on re-counting votes only on 17 precincts on proportional system and 33 out of 1982 on majoritarian, CEC head Tigran Mukuchyan ...ARMENIAN PREMIER AND SPEAKER LAY FLOWERS AT GRAVE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIER
YEREVAN.- Armenian Speaker Samvel Nikoyan and the government members headed by Premier Tigran Sargsyan laid a wreath at the eternal flame at the Grave to the Unknown Soldier in Yerevan. They observed ...CEC HEAD RESPONDS TO ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - There was no region, during Armenia's May 6 National Assembly elections, where there was a 100-percent voter turnout. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan stated ...NEW RULING COALITION MATTER IS BEING DISCUSSED - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Cabinet representatives, led by PM Tigran Sargsyan, and National Assembly (NA) MPs, led by NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, visited capital Yerevan's Victory Park, to pay their respects ...TODAY'S ARMENIA IS ACHIEVEMENT OF VETERANS' GENERATION - SPEAKER
YEREVAN.- Today's Armenia is an achievement of veterans' generation, said Armenian Speaker Samvel Nikoyan.
"Thanks to you, we have independent Armenia where we can celebrate the Day of Shushi Liberation," ...ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS WHO COVERED SHUSHI'S LIBERATION EVOKE THAT DAY
YEREVAN. - "The [Armenian] 1988 army was established, and it was the people's spirit and will that created its army," stated Levon Margaryan, a journalist who covered the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh ...OPPOSITION IS ALWAYS DISSATISFIED - ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN
YEREVAN. - The opposition is always dissatisfied, Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Samvel Nikoyan told news reporters Wednesday at capital Yerevan's Victory Park, where he had come to pay tribute ...ARMENIAN POLITICAL FORCES HAVE GOOD CHANCE TO FORM IDEOLOGICAL COALITION
YEREVAN.- After parliamentary elections, the Armenian political forces have an unprecedented opportunity to form an ideological coalition, said Speaker Samvel Nikoyan.
The coalition must have a single ...ARMENIA-MADE DRONES SHOWN AT PARADE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH (PHOTO)
STEPANAKERT.- A military parade held in Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert dedicated to 20th anniversary of the liberation of Shushi and formation of the NKR Defense Army as well as the 67th anniversary ...GERMANY TO HOST KOMITAS INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
The second Komitas International Classical Music Competition and Festival will take place in Pretzel Castle in Branderburg, Germany from September 7 to 9.
Works of Komitas and modern Armenian composers ...THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT IN ARMENIA'S VANADZOR
VANADZOR. - A major accident occurred in Armenia's Vanadzor city on Tuesday, Armenian News-NEWS.am Lori correspondent reports. As a result, three people, including Levon Voskanyan, 30, Robert Muradyan, ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE EXPECTS RESULTS IN KARABAKH ISSUE
The OSCE Minsk Group and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative's work carried out on the bases of the proposals for a mechanism to investigate the incidents at the line of contact gives grounds ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION TO HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER
YEREVAN. - Twenty years passed since Shushi liberation should be regarded as a period of achievements, head of the United Progressive Communist Party Vazgen Safaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...AZERBAIJAN INTENSIFIES SHOOTING AT ARMENIAN VILLAGES ON EVE OF VICTORY DAY
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijani side fired on Tuesday in the direction of Movses village in Tavush Region, Armenia, and earlier in the direction of Chinari village, village community head Lyudvig Aperyan told ...FREE DEMOCRATS CONGRATULATE ON VICTORY DAY
YEREVAN. - The Free Democrats [the party participated in the recent parliamentary elections with Heritage party] released a congratulatory message on the May 9 holiday, the Victory Day.
The party congratulated ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS VISITS VICTORY PARK
YEREVAN. - Representatives from the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC), led by Armenia's First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, on Wednesday visited capital Yerevan's Victory Park to pay their ...ARMENIAN PREMIER AND SPEAKER VISIT BALLOON BLAST SUFFERERS
YEREVAN.- Armenian Premier Samvel Nikoyan and Speaker Samvel Nikoyan visited on Wednesday the hospital where Yerevan balloon blast sufferers are receiving treatment.
Premier talked to the patients wishing ...YEREVAN NEEDS LIBERTY ACHIEVED IN SHUSHI - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's City of Shushi, 20 years ago, was a significant event, but, having achieved victory at the foreign front, the Armenian people have problems—to ...I BOW BEFORE MEMORY OF ALL HEROES WHO FELL DURING WAR - YEREVAN MAYOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan posted on his Facebook account a congratulatory message on the occasion of the May victories.
"I congratulate us all in connection with the victory ...REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIA'S ETHNIC MINORITIES HONOR MEMORY OF SOLDIERS
YEREVAN. - Hayasa and Hayrenapasht NGOs young representatives gathered together on Tuesday in downtown Yerevan to honor the memory of martyrs perished during Shushi liberation and World War II.
Russian ...MILITARY EXPERTS PRAISE HIGH PARADE HELD IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Armenian military experts praised high the parade held in Nagorno-Karabakh capital city Stepanakert. The photo gallery of the parade is available here.
According to expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan, ...ARTAVAZD VARDANYAN CONTINUES HUNGER STRIKE
YEREVAN. - Artavazd Vardanyan [former member of the investigation group on March 1, 2008 tragic events in downtown Yerevan], who is on hunger strike next to the Armenia's Central Electoral Committee, ...AMERICAN-ARMENIAN COMPOSER COMPOSES MUSIC ON SHUSHI
STEPANAKERT. - An anthem premiere dedicated to Nagorno-Karabakh's Shushi city was held during the Great Triple celebration events [Victory Holiday, the Day of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army and the ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN NOT TO APPEAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
YEREVAN. - ARF Dashnaktsutyun will not appeal to the Constitutional Court on demanding to cancel the election results, ARFD member Vahan Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The reason not to appeal ...OLD ARMENIAN ARRIVES IN ARMENIA FROM ARGENTINA TO PARTICIPATE IN VICTORY DAY EVENTS
YEREVAN. - 92-year-old Torgom Kanazian, who is one of the 3,000 soldiers of having participated in a fight near Kharkov city, Ukraine, has arrived in Armenia from Argentina only for the occasion of celebrating ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER CONGRATULATES ON DAY OF VICTORY
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan congratulated citizens on the Day of Victory.
He, in particular, congratulated all on the Day of Victory, stating he knees down before ...CHILD BODY FOUND IN YEREVAN LAKE
YEREVAN. - A child body is found in a small lake in Yerevan on Wednesday.
The alarm was received at 6.23 p.m. Crisis center employees of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived at the site, ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CONGRESS HAS NO BETTER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAN LEVON TER-PETROSYAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Congress (ANC) has no better presidential candidate than its leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan told Radio Liberty in response to the question how ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1847 Summit Meeting of the representatives of the Transcaucasian Armenian community.
- 1847 With the participation of the gentry and commoners, the National, Ecclesiastic, and Supreme Council is created in Constantinople. It is the first step towards the creation of the "Constitution".
- 1859 A Committee, consisting of 5 clergymen and 14 laymen, is struck in Constantinople to write the "Constitution". The Chariman was Rusinian.
- 1945 End of World War Two (known as the "Great Patriotic War" in the USSR).
- 1964 Death of Vahan Totomyants, professor and public figure.
- 1992 Shooshee (Artsakh) is liberated after 71 years of occupation by Azeri Turks.
- 1994 Protocol negotiated in the Artsakh War and signed in Bishkek (Kirgizstan) by the parliamentary speakers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Artsakh as mediated by Presidents Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. This was the first recognition of Artsakhs distinctiveness as a political and territorial entity in the negotiations. Azerbaijan occupied 750 sq. km. (15%) of Artsakhs territory, while Artsakh occupied 7059 sq. km. (8%) of territory considered to have traditionally been possessed by Azerbaijan.
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