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BRITISH MIRROR OBSERVES BEAUTIFUL ARMENIAN FEATURES OF KIM KARDASHIAN
- Kim Kardashian had a photo shooting for the Italian version of the world famous Vogue magazine.
This time Kim presented herself with a new hairstyle.
"Kim showed off a dramatic new look on the Vogue set in LA, with her long hair replaced by a cute little pixie crop that showed off her beautiful Armenian features," the Mirror writes.
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Headlines for May 15, 2012NUMBER OF BANK CARDS REACHES ONE MILLION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - As of February 2012, the number of bank cards in Armenia was 1 million 20 thousand, the March bulletin of Armenia's Central Bank states.
For the first time the number of bank cards passed over ...ARMENIA IS AHEAD OF ITS NEIGHBORS IN RAISING CHILDREN
Armenia ranked 30th in a list ranking countries where children are best raised.
The ranking has been done by Save the Children NGO, which presents a report on maternity situation in the whole world every ...TURKISH ANTHEM PROVOKES FIGHT IN ARMENIAN SCHOOL IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL. - A fight broke out in an Armenian school in Istanbul connected with the Turkish anthem. The incident happened in Karagyozyan private school after an event dedicated to Turkish writer Mehmet ...PLANT OF PROCESSING AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN ARMENIA
Euroterm Company, which specializes in producing natural juices and canned products, is planning to construct a factory producing agricultural materials in Armenia's Armavir region.
The company is known ...NUMBER OF FACEBOOK USERS INCREASES BY 21 PERCENT IN ARMENIA
During the past 6 months the number of Armenians using Facebook increased by 60,680, www.socialbakers.com website reports.
According to the statistics of the website, 47 percent of Armenian Facebook users ...ARMENIAN PARTICIPATES IN BEAUTY CONTEST IN TURKEY (VIDEO, PHOTO)
Ashot Khachatryan, head of Miss and Mister World League of Beauty and Fashion, organized Miss World League of Beauty and Fashion 2012 contest in Bodrum, Turkey. A contestant representing Armenia is also ...ARMENIA AND LATVIA SIGN CONTRACT ON CO-OPERATION IN TOURISM
YEREVAN. - The contract concerning tourism co-operation between Armenia and Latvia is on the Agenda of the Armenian Government Seating on Thursday.
As part of the agreement, the parties will encourage ...BRITISH MIRROR OBSERVES BEAUTIFUL ARMENIAN FEATURES OF KIM KARDASHIAN
Kim Kardashian had a photo shooting for the Italian version of the world famous Vogue magazine.
This time Kim presented herself with a new hairstyle.
"Kim showed off a dramatic new look on the Vogue set ...‘CITY OF WORLD' TAKEN TO ARMENIA WITHOUT DESTRUCTIONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's pavilion, in particular the 'City of the World' exhibited at Expo 2010 Shanghai China was brought back without destructions, Armenian Development Agency (ADA) informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...PRESIDENT, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CHAIRMAN MEET IN TSAGHKADZOR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Headquarters Chief Hovik Abrahamyan, and RPA leader and President Serzh Sargsyan got together Saturday ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN STILL UNDECIDED ON ITS NEW MPS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party has not yet decided upon its five MPs who will represent it at the National Assembly. It is not ruled out that the top five in the Party's proportional-system ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA'S BUSINESSMEN MPS SEEK IMAGE MAKERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - This is the third day that an absolute commotion has started among all those Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) deputies who represent the business world, Hayatsk daily writes.
"There is ...ARMENIA'S SEVERAL MINISTERS, REGIONAL GOVERNORS TO BE DISMISSED - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Irrespective of whether or not there will be a ruling coalition in Armenia, it is already decided that a number of ministers will no longer be in the next Cabinet, Zhamanak daily writes, referring ...QUAKE STRIKES ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - An earthquake was registered in Armenia.
The tremor, which measured magnitude 3 on the MSK-64 scale, was recorded on Tuesday at 8:13 local time, the Armenian National Seismic Protection Service ...ARMENIA'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER WILL HEAD TO ISRAEL
YEREVAN. - On the invitation of Israel's Agriculture Minister Orit Noket, an Armenian delegation led by Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan will visit that country from Wednesday to Saturday.
During ...SEISMIC ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN AZERBAIJAN
An earthquake measuring magnitude 3 hit Azerbaijan's Zaqatala Region on Tuesday. The tremor was recorded at 4:30am, Armenia time, 3 kilometers south of Zaqatala City.
The underground shaking's hypocenter ...HERITAGE PARTY LEADER ISSUES STATEMENT ON POST-ELECTION ARMENIA
Photo by Sona Barseghyan
YEREVAN. - Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian released a message on post-election Armenia.
"The Republic of Armenia and its citizens find themselves in grave systemic crisis. ...TURKISH RED CRESCENT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY STUDENTS OF ISTANBUL-ARMENIAN SCHOOL
ISTANBUL. - The Turkish Red Crescent rendered aid to one-hundred disadvantaged students at Istanbul's Levon Vartuhyan Private Armenian School.
The Red Crescent's president and director visited the Armenian ...ARMENIAN MAN STEALS, SELLS ELECTRICAL CEMENT CUTTER
YEREVAN. - Officers from Kotayk Regional Precinct of Armenia's Police placed under custody Zhirayr P., 29, on Monday at 5pm, on suspicion of committing theft.
It was found out that he had stolen an electrical ...GYUMRI RESIDENT MAKES NARCOTIC AT HOME
YEREVAN. - Officers from Gyumri City Precinct of Armenia's Police searched the home of previously convicted Artur S., 46, on Monday evening. As a result, they discovered a variety of packages with liquids ...YOUNG MAN BREAKS INTO HOME THROUGH WINDOW IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Police detained Artur K., 21, on Monday at 9:50pm, on suspicion of burglary.
It was found out that, in August 2011, he had broken into a capital city Yerevan ...WITHDRAWALS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TOP 5 OF ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY ELECTION LIST
YEREVAN. - Raffi Hovannisian, Khachatur Kokobelyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Alexander Arzumanyan, and Ruben Hakobyan will enter the Parliament through the Heritage Party list, but withdrawals are not ruled ...ARMENIAN ARCHITECT SENT TO TBILISI TO CLARIFY SITUATION OVER SURB NSHAN CHURCH
YEREVAN.- Armenia's Ministry of Culture sent an architect to Tbilisi to clarify situation over Surb Nshan church the part of which collapsed on Monday.
According to the recent information, belfry of ...SIX PEOPLE INJURED IN FOUR ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - One driver and two passengers were injured and hospitalized due to an accident in Bagratunyats Street in Yerevan on Monday. On the same day Nissan ran over a woman, police informs Armenian ...ARMENIA'S FM ATTENDS CSTO SESSION
YEREVAN. - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian took part in session of the Foreign Ministers' Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which was held in Moscow on Tuesday.
The ...EDUCATION, CULTURE TOP PRIORITY IN BILATERAL TIES WITH ARMENIA - ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan on Tuesday received Romanian Ambassador Rodica Crina Prunariu.
Ashotyan informed that an Armenian delegation, which he had led, paid ...KOREAN DELEGATION VISITS MEMORIAL TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
YEREVAN. - A South Korean parliamentary delegation, led by the National Assembly (NA) Vice Speaker Hong Jae-hyong, visited on Tuesday Memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims in Tsitsernakaberd.
They ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT EXAMINES BILL ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan on Tuesday chaired the Cabinet's consultation in regard to the draft law On the Use of Genetically Modified Organisms.
Summing up the consultation results, ...PROBE IS LAUNCHED INTO DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY
The treasure hunters are destroying, on a regular basis, the walls and foundations of the Armenian Church which is left to its fate at Konak village of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari Province.
The Hakkari ...ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI LEADERS READY FOR PUTIN'S MEDIATORY MISSION - RUSSIAN EXPERT
Informal summit of the CIS leaders may contribute to the continuation of dialogue on the Karabakh issue, said Russian expert Innokenty Adyasov, RIA Novosti reports.
"The format of an informal summit opens ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION LEAVES FOR SAINT PETERSBURG
YEREVAN.- The Armenian parliamentary delegation has left for Saint Petersburg to participate in a plenary session of the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly (IPA) and the meetings of IPA Council and three ...NEW WAVE OF KURDS' ARRESTS STARTS IN TURKEY
The police have arrested more than 60 Kurds as a result of searches in dozen of houses in 5 Turkey's provinces. Some of them are the members of Kurdish Peace and Democracy party and the rest are students.
According ...ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TBILISI IS COLLAPSING RIGHT BEFORE GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES' EYES - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The Surb Nshan (Holy Sign) Armenian Church in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is in a disastrous condition, whereas the municipal authorities are inactive, said Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of the ...BRIBE, FALSE PHILANTHROPY OVERSHADOWED ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS - FREE DEMOCRATS PARTY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Free Democrats Party issued a statement whereby it presented its evaluation of the May 6 National Assembly elections.
"The elections could have been a good foundation on the road ...ARMENIA NOT DECISIVE IN ITS OFFICIAL POSITION ON MONUMENTS PROTECTION - EXPERT
YEREVAN.- Armenia is not decisive in its official position on protection of monuments in Azerbaijan, said historian Samvel Karapetyan.
According to him, the case with the Armenian khachkars (cross-stones) ...CONCEPT OF ‘FAMILY' UNDERGOES CRISIS IN ARMENIA-EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The concept of a family is undergoing crisis in Armenia, which is reflected more vividly in socially vulnerable families, head of the International Association of Lawyers and Psychologists, ...YOUNG MAN HAVING RAPED 83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN MAY GET SHORTER SENTENCE IN ARMENIA
IJEVAN. - A 26-year-old Aren Sarukhanyan having raped and beaten 83-year-old woman in October 2011 in Armenia's Tavush Region was sentenced to 5 year and 5 months imprisonment due to expedited trial. ...CLOTHES WITH ARMENIAN FLAG'S TRICOLOR ARE SOLD IN DOWNTOWN BAKU (PHOTOS)
BAKU. - Women's clothing imported from Turkey are being sold in the stores of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, and the colors on these clothes are the same as the tricolor of Armenia's national flag.
At first, ...ASTRONOMICAL BOOKS REVIEW BY ARMENIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
YEREVAN. - On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing and the proclamation of Yerevan as 2012 World Book Capital City, astronomers also established a base for astronomical books ...DOLLAR CONTINUES TO UNEVENLY RISE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Exchange rate of the Armenian national currency, the dram (AMD), has entered the sharp fluctuation phase, and the current stock exchange trading is a proof of this.
The US dollar's average ...REPRESENTATIVE OF GYUMRI MAYOR REJECTS RESIGNATION RUMORS
YEREVAN.- Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan will remain in the office, spokesperson Lilit Aghekyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am dismissing reports on Mayor's dismissal.
"It is nothing but speculation. We ...NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE NAMED OBAMA THE FIRST AMERICAN GAY PRESIDENT
"The first gay president" - reads the inscription on the cover of Newsweek magazine on which is Barack Obama with a rainbow halo above head.
The Daily Mail newspaper considers that with such a shocking ...ANGELINA JOLIE PRESENTS HELICOPTER TO HER FUTURE HUSBAND
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has decided to surprise her lover. Movie star gave her future husband, Hollywood actor Brad Pitt a helicopter and certificate for training.
According to rumors, the actress ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION SESSION IS HELD IN BUCHAREST
The Armenian Union of Bucharest was the venue for Monday's session of the local commission for holding commemorative events devoted to 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
On the same day, Armenian ...POLYCLINIC FORMER HEAD SENTENCED FOR TWO YEARS IN JAIL IN ARMENIA'S GYUMRI
GYUMRI. - Former head of polyclinic in Armenia's Gyumri Tatevik Panosyan, 44, was sentenced for 2 years of imprisonment on Tuesday for abusing office and receiving huge amount of bribe and impropriating ...ROADS IN ARMENIA ESSENTIALLY IMPROVED - IRANIAN AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Transportation and Communication Minister Manuk Vardanyan received on Tuesday Iran's outgoing Ambassador Seyed Ali Saghaeyan.
By the request of the Ambassador, the Minister presented ...YEREVAN MAYOR NEVER TO ACCEPT FOREIGN INNOVATIONS
YEREVAN. - Yerevan city Mayor Taron Margaryan congratulated on the International Day of Families on Tuesday.
The Mayor said in his congratulatory letter that it is not a secret that the greatest base ...EU CALLS ON ARMENIA TO ADDRESS ELECTION SHORTCOMINGS AHEAD OF 2013 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
EU presented on Tuesday the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) package, including report on Armenia.
The report mentions that within the Eastern Partnership, the negotiations for an EU-Armenia Association ...LADY GAGA BANNED IN INDONESIA
The authorities of Indonesia banned American singer Lady Gaga's concert in Jakarta on the demand of Islamic religious organizations. The concert was scheduled for June 3.
Even though all the 52 thousand ...OPPOSITION MEMBER BRIEFS OSCE/OIDHR OBSERVATION MISSION ON ELECTION VIOLATIONS
YEREVAN. - Coordinator of the central office of opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc Levon Zurabyan met with the head of OSCE/OIDHR observation mission Radmila Šekerinska.
They discussed ...ATTORNEY APPLIES TO TV STATION ASKING TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE ON VIDEO (VIDEO)
GYUMRI. - Armenian Shirak region's Attorney applied to Gyumri's Gala TV station asking to name the people that appear in the electoral bribe video. "In order to reveal the distribution of electoral bribery ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ATTENDS CSTO JUBILEE SESSION
MOSCOW. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan participated in the CSTO Collective Security Council jubilee session on Tuesday devoted to the 20 years of conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty and ...ORINATS YERKIR MEMBERS OFFERED POSITION IN EXECUTIVE BRANCH
YEREVAN. - Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) members Nelson Zuloyan and Davit Karapetyan were offered to take the posts of deputy Ministers of the Health and the Energy and Natural Resources, Nelson Zuloyan ...RUSSIA TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING CURRENT STATUS-QUO IN CAUCASUS - EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Russia will continue supporting the current status-quo in the Caucasus for holding the Sochi Olympiad in peace, as well as not to allow interference of the third party and to limit the U. S. ...BRIDGE MAY COLLAPSE BECAUSE OF OFFICIALS' INDIFFERENCE IN ARMENIA (VIDEO, PHOTO)
The main bridge on M-3 Interstate highway which passes through Armenia's Lori region is under collapse danger. The officials who are responsible for the issue also have their fault in this. Throughout ...ARMENIAN-CZECH POLITICAL DIALOGUE DEVELOPS DYNAMICALLY
YEREVAN. - Armenian and Czech deputy FMs held political discussions in Yerevan on Tuesday. The Armenian side was represented by Deputy FM Z. Mnatsakanyan and the Czech side was represented by Deputy FM ...SEXUAL VIOLATION AGAINST UNDERAGE CONFIRMED IN ARMENIA'S HARTASHEN
YEREVAN. - Forensic-medical expertise confirmed sexual violation against underage, the investigator Mkhitar Tigranyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The only suspect on the case so far is the Hartashen community ...MADONNA'S NAKED PHOTOGRAPH IS SOLD FOR $ 24 THOUSAND
A black and white photograph of Madonna naked and with a cigarette was sold for $ 24 thousand.
As Podrobnostsi.ua reports, the photograph was taken in 1990 by famous photographer Steven Meisel for Madonna's ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS RUSSIAN PM IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Russian PM Dmitri Medvedev met in Moscow on Tuesday. Medvedev said that Russia intends to develop cooperation between the two states and promised Russia's ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ATTENDS CIS SUMMIT
MOSCOW. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan participated in the unofficial summit of the heads of the CIS member-states on Tuesday.
The CIS member states' heads welcomed Russia's President-Elect Vladimir ...AMD DOUBLES POWER OF ITS PROCESSORS
American Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Company launched its new 2nd-Generation A-Series APU, named Trinity for mainstream and ultrathin notebooks, All-in-One and traditional desktops, home theater PCs ...OFFICIAL POSITION ON COALITION IN ARMENIA TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON - MP
YEREVAN. - Discussions upon creating a coalition are underway but the official disposition will be presented after a few days, deputy head of the ruling Republican Party Galust Sahakyan told Armenian ...DIY ROCK PUB ATTACKED AGAIN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - DIY Rock Pub which is located in downtown Yerevan was again attacked. This time a group of young men arrived at the pub at around 6 p.m., burned a pub's poster with 'No to fascism' words and ...
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