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Headlines for May 31, 2012CONGRESSMAN BERMAN URGES CLINTON TO STOP PROPOSED MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALE TO AZERBAIJAN
WASHINGTON. - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has welcomed efforts by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA) to pressure Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...NONE-DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES SHOULD BE BANNED IN EUROVISION - SCANDINAVIA AND UK
After Eurovision-2012 contest in authoritarian Azerbaijan, Scandinavian states and the UK proposed new ethics rules for the European Broadcasting Union, Belgovision.com reports.
It is proposed to disqualify ...20 ARMENIAN FAMILIES MIGRATED FROM SYRIA
The situation in the Armenian community in Syria is getting more alarming, but still 'everything is fine' in the community, member of the Armenian Community in Syria Gabriel Genberji told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...HOW MUCH WILL MAKE ARMENIA'S FOREIGN DEBT IN FUTURE?
YEREVAN. - Foreign debt of Armenia will make $3.9 billion this year, while it will exceed $4 billion next year, shows the strategic program controlling over the debt for 2013-2015 submitted to the approval ...SEVEN INJURED IN ARMENIA BALLOON BLAST REMAIN IN HOSPITALS
YEREVAN.- Seven injured in balloon blast in the Republic Square of Yerevan remain in hospitals, spokesperson for health ministry Shushan Hunanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Hundreds of balloons filled ...MAN HANGS HIMSELF IN ARMENIA TO NOT BE BURDEN FOR FAMILY
Armenian Shirak region's Panik village resident Rafik Petoyan, 62, hanged himself because of the diagnosed disease. He did not want to be a burden for his family, Administrative Head of Panik village ...POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTED EXCHANGE RATE IN ARMENIA - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The rapid weakening of the Armenian national currency is due to the great demand for the US dollar, executive director of 'Armenbrok' investment company Aram Kayfajyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"The ...KURDISH PARTY LEADER MEETS ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS
ANKARA. - Hasip Kaplan, vice president of Peace and Democracy Party's parliamentary group, which is the only Kurdish Party in the Turkish Parliament, met with a group of Armenian and Turkish reporters.
As ...TENSIONS CONTINUE WITHIN REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The friction is continuing within the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Yerkir daily writes.
"According to our sources, two poles are forming within the RPA [Parliamentary] Faction: one pole ...GAGIK TSARUKYAN MET WITH PROSPEROUS ARMENIA MEMBERS IN TURN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN.- Leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan invited members of his party in turn for a private conversation, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
The daily says Tsarukyan talked to the MPs not ...WHAT DESTINY AWAITS ARMENIA'S NOW FORMER PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Many are anticipating the fate of Armenian National Assembly's now former Speaker, Samvel Nikoyan, Hraparak daily writes.
"It was apparent that he does not wish to continue working on the ...ARMENIA'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE 14 FEMALE MPS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - As a result of Armenia's National Assembly (NA) elections held on May 6, there will be fourteen female MPs in the fifth NA, Zhamanak daily writes.
"There were eight female deputies in the ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY WILL HEAD FOUR PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will head four standing committees in the new National Assembly (NA), and, during the NA's first session on Thursday, the PAP will nominate its candidates ...NEWLY ELECTED ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS FIRST SESSION
YEREVAN.- The first session of Armenia's parliament of fifth convocation opened on Thursday morning.
The meeting is chaired by Republican MP Mkrtich Minasyan, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter says. ...ARMENIAN MPS COULD REGISTER IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SOLELY AFTER THIRD ATTEMPT
YEREVAN. - The MPs were able to be registered in Armenia's National Assembly (NA) only after the third try, Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informs from the NA.
Prior to commencing the session, however, ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS
YEREVAN.- Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan has handed in resignation of the cabinet to the President.
The first session of the Armenian parliament was held on Thursday. Under the first point of Article ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN NOMINATED AS SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN.- Head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group Galust Sahakyan nominated Hovik Abrahamyan for the post of speaker.
In his speech Abrahamyan expressed gratitude to President ...BODY OF 66-YEAR-OLD MAN IS FOUND IN SMALL VALLEY AT ARMENIA'S NOR HACHN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call from the Police, on Wednesday at 6:11pm, informing that the dead body of a man was discovered in Zaritap small valley of Nor Hachn city, and that rescuers ...ARMENIAN MAN WANTED IN RUSSIA IS DETAINED AT YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
YEREVAN. - Agents from Armenian Police Criminal Investigation Department and capital city Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport law enforcement officers took under custody Grigor Sahakyan, 61, at ...KARABAKH CONFLICT IS NEARING ITS MELTING POINT - AMERICAN EXPERT
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The frozen Karabakh conflict is nearing its melting point, said Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia at the American Foreign Policy Council.
In his interview with Azerbaijani Turan news agency, ...PM THANKS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY MINISTERS
YEREVAN. - Following the Armenian Cabinet session on Thursday, Urban Development Minister Vardan Vardanyan—who is a Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) member—asked to address the session and, ...YEREVAN'S COVERED MARKET WILL MAINTAIN EXTERIOR AFTER RENOVATION - BUSINESSMAN MP
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan's Covered Market will preserve its external appearance after the renovations, ruling Republican Party of Armenia MP and businessman Samvel Aleksanyan—who ...INTENSE RAIN CLOSES ROAD IN ARMENIA'S REGION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call, on Wednesday at 5:05pm, informing that the Urtsadzor village-Khosrov Reserve road section in the Ararat Region was closed due to heavy rain ...CAR CRASHES INTO ANOTHER ON ARMENIAN HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 21013 hit the rear of a ZIL-model truck parked at the roadside on Armenia's Yerevan-Artashat Highway, on Wednesday at around 9:30pm.
As a result, VAZ 21013's passenger sustained ...VEHICLE HITS TREE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - An Infiniti crashed into a tree nearby an Armenian capital city Yerevan building, on Wednesday at around 3:50am.
The car's driver received injuries and was taken to hospital, the Police Press ...PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NOMINEE REGRETS ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS', HERITAGE'S ABSENCE FROM FIRST SESSION
YEREVAN. - Hovik Abrahamyan—who is the sole nominee for the position of fifth National Assembly (NA) Speaker—regrets that the opposition Armenian National Congress and Heritage Party MPs have ...ARMENIA'S PREMIER HAS NEW ADVISOR
YEREVAN. - By the decision of Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan, Aram Ananyan has been appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister, and on public bases.
Subsequently, Ananyan was relieved of his duties as Prime ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN ELECTED SPEAKER OF ARMENIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
YEREVAN.- Hovik Abrahamyan is elected Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly by 102 votes. He was the only candidate for the post.
The members of opposition Heritage Party and Armenian National Congress ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY MINISTERS WERE FIRST TO LEAVE CABINET SESSION
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) ministers Vardan Vardanyan (Urban Development Minister) and Arthur Grigoryan (Labor and Social Affairs Minister) were the first ones to leave the Government Building ...RAFIK ZAKARYAN APPOINTED HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ON STRUGGLE AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME
YEREVAN.- Rafik Zakaryan has been appointed head of general department on struggle against organized crime at Armenia's police, a reliable source told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Earlier Zakaryan was holding ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS ELECTING NEW VICE-SPEAKERS
YEREVAN. - During Thursday's first session of Armenia's fifth National Assembly (NA), ruling Republican Party (RPA) NA Faction leader Galust Sahakyan nominated RPA members Eduard Sharmazanov and Hermine ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE ON GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Thursday signed a decree on the resignation of the Government.
Guided by the country's Constitution, accepting as basis the President's decree, and considering ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN BOYCOTTING VOTE OF PARLIAMENT'S LEADERSHIP
YEREVAN.- The ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group is boycotting the voting of parliament's leadership.
Member of the faction Armen Rustamyan said ARFD will not participate in the vote calling on future ...ARMEN RUSTAMYAN TO HEAD ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN FACTION
YEREVAN.- The ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group will be headed by Armen Rustamyan.
Former minister Aghvan Vardanyan will be appointed Secretary of the parliamentary group, Rustamyan told Armenian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT, PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBER ARE DISMISSED
YEREVAN. - By the order of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, Levon Martirosyan is relieved of his duties as the President's Assistant.
And by another order of the President, the powers of Public Council ...WHY ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY MPS HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR MANDATES?
YEREVAN. - From the deputies who entered Armenia's fifth Parliament, three Heritage Party representatives—Raffi Hovannisian, Zaruhi Postanjyan, and Ruben Hakobyan—have not taken their mandates ...WE MUST CONSIDER CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL'S DECISION ON ARMENIA GENOCIDE BILL - FRENCH FM
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius touched upon the Armenian issue in an interview with Le Monde.
"As regards the Armenian issue, we must consider the decision of the Constitutional Council," he said.
Fabius ...CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS APPEAL
YEREVAN. - The Constitutional Court of Armenia disallowed the Armenian National Congress' (ANC) formal petition, and left in force the Central Electoral Commission's (CEC) decision, Armenian News-NEWS.am ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHOOSES NEW DEPUTY CHAIRPERSONS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's fifth National Assembly (NA) has new deputy speakers. Ruling Republican Party (RPA) members Eduard Sharmazanov and Hermine Naghdalyan are elected to these posts, Armenian News-NEWS.am ...ARMENIA'S AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Armenia's Ambassador to Egypt, Armen Melkonyan, on Tuesday met with Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby of the League of Arab States.
They discussed the prospects for cooperation between Armenia and the Arab ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT RECEIVES BARONESS CAROLINE COX
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received on Thursday member of the UK House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox and other members of the delegation.
They discussed the ...BAGHDAD EXPLOSIONS CLAIM 16 LIVES
Sixteen people were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad, AFP bring updated figures. Fourteen people were injured.
Five explosions rocked the northern and the eastern Baghdad within an hour. The ...MURDERER OF TWO OFFICERS SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM
YEREVAN.- Murderer of two warrant officers of the Russian Federal Security Service's border department was sentenced to life term on Thursday.
The court of Yerevan's Erebuni and Nubarashen districts passed ...PRICES ARE DROPPING IN ARMENIA - STATISTICS
YEREVAN. - The prices in Armenia have reduced by 1.3 percent in May, as compared with April, the National Statistical Service informs.
As a result, the 12-month inflation in the country reached a ...CANDIDATES TO HEAD STANDING COMMITTEES DELIVER SPEECHES IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN.- The parliamentary groups presented nominations for heads of 12 standing committees during the first session of Armenian parliament on Thursday.
Only Republican Party of Armenia (8) and Prosperous ...ARMENIAN FM, EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS DISCUSS KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Thursday received Philippe Lefort, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia.
The interlocutors discussed ...NO TRADING AT ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN. - No trading was conducted Thursday at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, and this was due to a lack of US dollar offer.
The dollar was demanded against the Armenian dram (AMD) at AMD 406.25/1$, ...LEVON ZURABYAN TO HEAD ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC'S PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
YEREVAN. - Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary group will be headed by the ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan, bloc's representative Aram Manukyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding he ...CELEBRATORY PROCESSION TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - A celebratory procession will be held in Armenia's capital city Yerevan on June 15, and in connection with the Armenian National Flag and National Symbols Festival. Numerous children, youth, ...59-AGED MAN DIES AS BUILDING COLLAPSES IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - An alarm was received at 3.03 p.m. on Thursday that a building was ruined in Yerevan. It was the former building of the Ministry of Justice, which was set in fire years ago.
A concrete panel ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH LAUNCHED REGISTRATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh's central electoral committee has launched registration of presidential candidates.
Four candidates have registered to run for the president's post so far. The candidates ...CRIMINAL CASE OPENED INTO BEATING JOURNALIST IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Special Investigatory Service opened a criminal case into beating of REGNUM news agency Yerevan bureau editor Ruben Grdzelyan, the service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
As the agency ...RULING MP OFFERS TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN MIDST OF SUMMER IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - It is necessary to hold the parliamentary elections in the midst of summer, ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP and head of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary ...FIERCE CLASHES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBELS IN SYRIA
Fierce clashes between government troops and rebels occurred in the outskirts of Damascus.
According to the Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal TV, fighting is in the area of Sit Zeinab mosque near the highway leading ...US ARMENIAN ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE WEAPON IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The investigatory department at the State Revenue Committee of Armenia ended preliminary investigation on a criminal case instigated against a person with dual citizenship (Armenia and the ...ARMENIAN STUDENT KIDNAPPED IN RUSSIA AFTER STEALING ACCOUNT OF AZERBAIJANI STUDENT
VOLGOGRAD. - The inspectors of Volgograd's Investigation Department are conducting investigations on the kidnapping of a 20-year-old Armenian female student of Volgograd University, who was kidnapped ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA AND EU ENVOY DISCUSS REALIZATION OF REFORMS IN ARMENIA SUPPORTED BY EU
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received on Thursday the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort.
The sides stated with satisfaction that ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE RECEIVES OSCE DELEGATION
YEREVAN. - Armenian First Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan received an OSCE delegation led by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus Ambassador Pádraig ...TRUCK TURNS OVER IN ARMENIAN REGION - ONE DEATH, 10 INJURED
Message was received in Armenia's Syunik region at 6.01 p.m. on Thursday informing that a truck turned over and fell into a gorge near Sarnakunk village.
As the press service of Armenia's Emergency Service ...
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- 1855 The Russian army occupies Ardahan (Western Armenia).
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- 1890 Death of Mkrteetsh Sanasarian, the founder of Karnoy Sanassarian Gymnasium.
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