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Headlines for May 10, 2012SHARE OF ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION IN ARMENIA LOW AMONG CIS STATES
YEREVAN. - Economically active part of Armenia's population makes 1.4 million or 45 percent of the overall population, Armenia's National Statistical Service reports.
Economically active population is ...KIM KARDASHIAN HAS MORE THAN 14.5 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS
Kim Kardashian has above 14.5 million followers on Twitter social network, occupying eight place, Mediabistro reports. She is just behind the U.S. President with half a million less followers.
Lady Gaga ...PERSON WHO GAVE FALSE TESTIMONY AGAINST ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION IS RELEASED FROM PRISON - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Hovakim Babayan (a.k.a. Round) was recently released from an Armenian jail, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"This man's name became known after the March 1 [2008 tragic] events [in capital Yerevan], ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER IS IN RAGE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - All those who had hopes of being financed by Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman and oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, and who were told to apply after the May 6 parliamentary elections, are afraid ...DISCORD WITHIN ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Disagreements have surfaced among the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) elite as to whether or not accept the results of the May 6 National Assembly (NA) elections, 168 Zham ...WE WILL SOON FINISH DOWNTOWN PARK'S UPKEEP - YEREVAN MAYOR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Hayatsk daily interviewed Mayor Taron Margaryan of Armenia's capital, Yerevan. Below is an excerpt from the interview.
"When do you plan on finishing the maintenance activities at the [downtown ...PM MUST BE SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL IN NUMEROUS MATTERS - FORMER ARMENIAN PREMIER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Zhamanak daily interviewed Armenia's former PM and opposition bloc Armenian National Congress member Hrant Bagratyan. Below is an excerpt from the interview.
How do you picture the image of ...ANOTHER QUAKE RATTLES AZERBAIJAN
BAKU. - An earthquake was recorded Thursday, at around 5:34am Armenia time, at Azerbaijan's Zaqatala Region.
Epicenter of the magnitude-4 tremor was 13 kilometers from Zaqatala City, Trend News Agency ...SWEDISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS AZERBAIJAN'S PROPOSAL ON KARABAKH
The Riksdag (Parliament) of Sweden on Wednesday rejected Azerbaijan's proposal with respect to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The proposal, which was introduced last year and on the initiative of Mehmet Kaplan from ...VULNERABLE FAMILIES DO NOT FEEL INCREASE IN GAS PRICE - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. -Vulnerable families did not feel increase in gas prices due to government subsidies, Premier Tigran Sargsyan said during Thursday session.
The Armenian government approved today the decision ...ARMENIAN PM CONGRATULATES RUSSIAN COUNTERPART ON ASSUMING OFFICE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan addressed a congratulatory message to Dmitry Medvedev on his appointment as PM of the Russian Federation.
"Your designation is the testimony of your ...ROCKFALL IN ARMENIA'S ABOVYAN-ARZNI ROAD
YEREVAN.- A part of Armenia's Abovyan-Arzni road was blocked after a rockfall which happened on Wednesday evening.
Emergency Ministry told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the specialists have already cleaned ...SHOOT-OUT IN YEREVAN KARAOKE CLUB
YEREVAN.- Police is investigating a shoot-out in one of Yerevan's karaoke clubs which occurred on Wednesday night.
Police officers are working at the site but have not identified the shooters so far.
According ...ARMENIAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER WISHES TO REMAIN IN OFFICE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Arthur Grigoryan—who is a Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) member—has not yet received any offers for assuming an office. Grigoryan ...JEEP ROLLS INTO VALLEY EN ROUTE TO STEPANAKERT
YEREVAN. - A UAZ-469B-model jeep rolled into the valley alongside Armenia's Goris-Stepanakert Highway on Wednesday at around 6:30am.
As a result, the vehicle's driver sustained injuries and was transferred ...SEVEN PEOPLE INJURED IN ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - One driver and three passengers were injured and hospitalized as a result of an accident on Charentsavan-Arzakan road on Wednesday.
Another driver and passenger were injured and hospitalized ...TWO-YEAR-OLDS POISONED BY CHEMICAL SOLUTION, KEROSENE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Vanadzor City resident Valiko Khachatryan, 2, was hospitalized, on Wednesday at around 6:30pm, because of kerosene poisoning.
The doctors say the child is in satisfactory condition, ...INFERTILITY NEARS 20% IN ARMENIA - SEXOLOGIST
YEREVAN. - Infertility rate in Armenia has become more widespread among men and women alike, sexologist Vrezh Shahramanyan said during a press conference on Thursday.
As per Shahramanyan, the World Health ...AL JAZEERA AIRS FILM ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
Al Jazeera television shot a film telling about Armenian-Turkish relations.
The film titled "Common Pain" presents a history of centuries-long co-existence of two nations since the young Ottoman sultan ...ARMENIA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY BOUGHT THE COUNTRY - OPPOSITION MEMBER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's May 6 National Assembly (NA) elections are a bitter reality, since they were disgraceful elections where the Republican Party of Armenia bought the country and a segment of the citizens ...KIM KARDASHIAN SUPPORTS LEGALIZING SAME-SEX MARRIAGES
. Reality star said she supports position of U.S. President Barack Obama.
In a recent interview with ABC News Obama said same-sex couples should be granted the right to get married.
"Wow… I just ...WE CAN HOLD NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IF ALL MANDATES ARE RENOUNCED - OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVE
YEREVAN. - There are activists among the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) who are asking whether it is worth entering the National Assembly (NA) for a mere seven mandates which the ANC ...MAN ON HUNGER STRIKE WAS KIDNAPPED THEN RELEASED IN ARMENIA (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - The situation established due to the recent parliamentary elections in Armenia, where opposition powers form minority, testified to the fact that opposition merely desired to enter new parliament, ...ARMENIAN MOD RELEASES NEW DETAILS ON SOLDIER'S SUDDEN DEATH
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Defense Ministry provided new facts with respect to the sudden death of a conscript at a military unit in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's (NKR) capital, Stepanakert.
The incident occurred ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY MAY NOMINATE FORMER FM FOR NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) presidential candidate for the next year elections will be former FM Vartan Oskanian instead of its head Gagik Tsarukyan, unless PAP forms a coalition with the ...TWO BROTHERS DETAINED ON ROCK PUB BLAST IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Two brothers are detained on blast in rock pub in downtown Yerevan, which occurred early on Tuesday morning.
Police revealed that brothers Arame, 20, and Hambik, 19, broke the glass, threw ...ARMENIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST COMMENTS ON COALITION OPTIONS
YEREVAN. - If the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) does not form a coalition with the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), it could form a coalition with the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP), or the ...ARMENIAN FM INVITES HIS IRANIAN COUNTERPART TO VISIT YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia hopes that the upcoming nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers, including the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany will be effective, said Armenian ...MAN JUMPS FROM YEREVAN BRIDGE
YEREVAN. - A 45-50-year-old man threw himself off of Armenian capital Yerevan's Davitashen Bridge on Thursday at around 3pm, the Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Law enforcement officers, a rescue ...DOLLAR'S UPSURGE CONTINUES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate continues to rise in Armenia's financial market.
Its average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) comprised AMD 393.69/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock ...CHARITY MARATHON TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON JUNE 10
YEREVAN.- A 3-kilomter Business Run marathon will be held in Armenia's capital on June 10. The aim of the project to raise the awareness among the corporate companies regarding one of the major issues ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK RAISES RATINGS OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
YEREVAN. - The Central Bank (CB) of Armenia on Thursday raised the ratings of several companies.
Specifically, the ratings of Elite Group and Glendale Hills construction companies were raised from C- ...ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE JOLTS TURKEY'S VAN
A magnitude-4.1 tremor was registered in Turkey's Van Province on Thursday, the Turkish media report.
According to the Seismic Study Center of Istanbul's Bogazici University, the quake's epicenter was ...ARMENIAN NGOS CONDEMN BLAST IN YEREVAN ROCK PUB
YEREVAN. - Over dozens of NGOs in Armenia released a statement on the DIY rock pub blast in Yerevan, condemning the fascist and fanatic illegal manifestations.
"A group of young people exploded the rock ...ARMAVIA TO PURCHASE ANOTHER SUKHOI SUPERJET-100 DESPITE CRASH IN INDONESIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian national carrier Armavia company will not suspend talks on purchase of the second Russian Sukhoi SuperJet-100 after an air crash in Indonesia.
The company's representative said that ...CHURCH AFTER ARMENIAN SAINT TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN TRANSNISTRIA
It is planned to build a church in honor of great Armenian Enlightener Gregory Illuminator in Grigoriopol, Transnistria.
Grigor Lusavorich (Gregory Illuminator) is the patron saint of Grigoriopol, which ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY MEMBERS AGAINST POSSIBLE COALITION WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) member Stepan Margaryan released a statement on considering it not useful to establish coalition with Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).
"The situation established ...ALL STALLS OF MASHTOTS PARK DISMANTLED
YEREVAN. - All the stalls in Mashtots Park in Yerevan have been dismantled already, Yerevan City Hall Information and Public Relations Department Chief Arthur Gevorgyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
He ...126 MP CANDIDATES CREATED ELECTION FUNDS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) discussed a reference formed based on the third check up of declaration on payments to election funds of single-mandate MP candidates.
The information ...MAN COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER CELEBRATING OWN BIRTHDAY IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The identity of the man having thrown himself from bridge on Thursday was revealed. It was Samvel Gasparyan, 57, Yerevan city resident, Armenian News-NEWS.am reports adding it was his birthday ...UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF ARMENIA'S THIRD PERIODIC REPORT
The UN Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the third periodic report of Armenia on how it implements the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY DEMANDS TO CANCEL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS
YEREVAN. - The Democratic Way party partaking in the Armenian National Congress bloc released a statement demanding to cancel the May 6 parliamentary elections.
"The Democratic Way party administration ...ANC-PAP COOPERATION HARMS OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - Heritage party member, former MP Stepan Safaryan neither rejected nor confirmed rumors that the party leader Raffi Hovannisian will reject MP mandate, which will be granted to Stepan Safaryan, ...QUAKE HITS ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - A magnitude-2.8 tremor was registered in Armenia's Martuni city at 6.19 p.m. on Thursday.
The quake's epicenter recorded a magnitude-3-4 tremor, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations informs ...VILLAGER ACCIDENTALLY SHOTS AT HIMSELF AND DIES IN ARMENIA
A few hours ago Armenia's Hatsik village inhabitant Movses Manavchyan, 32, shot himself while taking his hunter's gun out of the car. The gun had been directed towards him and unfortunately the trigger ...FREE DEMOCRATS HEAD BELIEVES NO NEED TO REJECT MP MANDATES
YEREVAN. - Free Democrats Party, which participated in the recent parliamentary election with Heritage party, sees no hamper to reject MP mandates, head of the party Khachatur Kokobelyan told Armenian ...LEADER OF EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY SENDS CONGRATULATION LETTER TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
Leader of European People's Party Wilfried Martens sent a congratulations letter to Armenian President, leader of the Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
In his letter Martens mentions that he ...DEFEATED RULING PARTY PARLIAMENT CANDIDATE DEMANDS TO CANCEL ELECTION RESULTS
YEREVAN. - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) new member, previously oppositional Victor Dallakyan demands to cancel the candidacy of independent candidate Edmon Marukyan, claiming that he has ...THERE ARE NO CHANGES AFTER RECALCULATION IN ELECTION DISTRICT 12
YEREVAN. - The recalculation in election district number 12 is over and the results did not change much. The leader continues to be Prosperous Armenia Party candidate Lyova Khachatryan, the secretary ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1804 Mamed Khan of Yerevan, knowing of the Russian force's progress, orders the migration (for the duration of the war) of about 20000 Armenians from the Khanate of Yerevan to Ghars.
- 1810 Birth of Gabriel Aivazovski in Feodosia (Ukraine). He died in 1880 in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1838 Birth of Viscount James Bryce (statesman). He served under Prime Minister William Gladstone. He was a founder of the League of Nations. He wrote on jurisprudence and political science. He vociferously condemned the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government. He died in 1922.
- 1848 The Lazaryan College (Moscow) becomes the Institute of Western Languages.
- 1855 The Sultan orders, for the first time, the draft for the Christians in Turkey. The order was ineffective.
- 1920 Armenia's Revolutionary Military Committee in Alexandropol and proclaims the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia.
- 1923 Birth of Heydar Aliev, First Secretary of the Communist Party in Azerbaijan, Head of the Azeri Turk subdivision of the Soviet KGB, Member of the USSR Politbureau, and Head of Atheistic Propaganda under the Soviet regime. Committed Genocide against the Armenians of Nakhitshevan and Artsakh. Took over the presidency of Azerbaijan in 1993.
- 1941 The Ten-day Festival of Armenian Literature starts in Moscow (Russia).
- 1943 Garegeen the First (Hovsepyants) is anointed Catholicos of Cilicia in Antilias' Cathedral.
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