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Headlines for June 02, 2012IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FROM NEW VIEWPOINT - JONATHAN KAY
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents fragments of the article by Jonathan Kay published in the Canadian National Post.
This week, a Turkish court confirmed a criminal charge against four former Israeli military ...ARMENIAN BEAUTY WINS ‘MISS SOLIDARITY' PRIZE AT BEAUTY CONTEST IN TURKEY (VIDEO, PHOTO)
BODRUM. - The Fourth International Beauty and Fashion Contest 'Miss Seven Continents' held on May 20-30 in Turkish Bodrum city featured representatives from 20 countries, head of Miss and Mister World ...NEW BOOK EXAMINES ROOTS OF JEWISH LOBBY AGAINST RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Zoryan Institute announced about the translation and publication of a new book by famous author Rifat Bali, 'Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period,' Asbarez ...SNIPERS ON ARMENIAN BORDER - ADRIAN PONT
Employee of Oxford University Museum of Natural History Dr. Adrian Pont wrote a letter to The Independent, telling about his visit to Armenia and about the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. ...HOW MANY APPLES ARMENIA EXPORTS?
YEREVAN. - During the first quarter of 2012, 13 tons of apples were exported from Armenia, the customs value of which totaled to $2,600, Armenia's State Revenue Committee informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Armenian ...RICH GRAIN HARVEST EXPECTED IN ARMENIA - MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
According to predictions this year's grain harvest will exceed last year's harvest. This prediction is mainly based on the fact that in 2011, the area of autumn sowing amounted to 90.8 thousand ha while ...PRODUCTION OF TRACTORS IS RESUMED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - From January to April 2012, 33 tractors were assembled in Armenia, while in 2011, no tractor was assembled, Armenia's National Statistics Service informs.
To note, Chin-Van Company in Vanadzor ...AMERICANS GET TO KNOW ARMENIAN STRING CHEESE
For many nations, food is one of the most fundamental elements of their identity. Thus, making Armenian food accessible and known in the United States contributes in a modest way toward preserving an ...NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ARMENIA'S INFLUENCE ON EUROPE
A new film by Arsen Hakobyan tells about Armenia's influence on Europe, in the context of exporting Christianity, as well as its church architecture and numerous saints, the Armenian Mirror-Spectator ...FORMER US AMBASSADOR ON CLINTON'S VISIT TO SOUTH CAUCASUS
The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to South Caucasus scheduled for June 3-6 emphasizes on the one hand the importance of the region to the States, on the other, pressing political issues ...HERITAGE PARTY NOT TO RULE OUT BOYCOTTING ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - Heritage party will have snap congress on Saturday to discuss the issue of MP mandates, the party secretary Hovsep Khurshudyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding the party MP list may undergo ...HOW AND WHY LEVON ZURABYAN BECOMES OPPOSITION ANC GROUP HEAD?
YEREVAN. - Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) did not discuss the issue of its coordinator, Armenian National Movement Party leader, secretary of ANC parliamentary group Aram Manukyan told Armenian ...ARMENIAN TEENAGER THREATENS GIRLS TO PUBLISH THEIR FAKE NAKED PICTURES ONLINE
Armenian police officers detained a 19-year-old Ararat region resident, who blackmailed several girls threatening to create their fake pictures making them nude and posting them on the Internet if they ...ARMENIAN CHURCH OF TURKEY'S MALATYA (PHOTOS)
The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Vank village of Turkey's Malatya Province will be restored thanks to the efforts by the HAYDer Union of Malatya Armenians (PHOTOS). A group of Armenian ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS STILL HAS NO ROOMS IN PARLIAMENT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress' National Assembly (NA) Faction and its MPs still have no rooms allocated for them at the NA, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"The signs disappeared yesterday ...NEW ARMENIAN CABINET'S MAKEUP TO BE DISCUSSED SATURDAY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Parliamentary Faction Chief Galust Sahakyan stated Friday that President and RPA leader Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday will discuss, with the political ...WHAT CHANGES AWAIT ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT STAFF? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Those persons, who hold several key positions in Armenia's National Assembly (NA) Staff, will be dismissed, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes, referring to its NA sources.
"Specifically, this ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT'S NOMINATION - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - As a result of talks between Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) leader—and President—Serzh Sargsyan and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan, an agreement was ...ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN, TAXI TIPS OVER
YEREVAN. - A road accident occurred across a house in Armenia's capital city Yerevan, and one person sustained injuries, the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The Ministry ...FRENCH-ARMENIAN PAINTER'S EXHIBITION OPENS IN LA
The Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles opened Thursday a month-long exhibit of works by legendary surrealist Jean Kazandjian. The exhibit, entitled "Imaginary Landscapes," will ...YEREVAN TO HOST 8TH ARAM KHACHATURIAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
YEREVAN. - The 8th Aram Khachaturian International Competition will be held in Yerevan from June 6 to 13, and this year it will be open for the "violin" specialty.
Organizers of the competition are RA ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 6,000 TIMES SINCE BEGINNING OF YEAR
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact in the border with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, around 6,000 times in the first five months of this year.
In line with Armenian MOD ...CLINTON GOES BEYOND ARCTIC CIRCLE
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at the far north of Norway to emphasize U.S. interest in the Arctic. She boarded a research vessel to go to the Norwegian town of Tromso in the Arctic Circle.
In ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY DOES NOT EXTEND INVITATION TO PARTNER FREE DEMOCRATS TO ATTEND PARTY CONGRESS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party has not sent a special invitation to any political power—including the Free Democrats Party, whose members were included in Heritage's party list during ...ARMENIAN AMERICANS OFFER 10 STEPS TOWARD CLINTON'S SUCCESSFUL VISIT
WASHINGTON,DC.- The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has suggested the following ten steps that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should undertake during her upcoming visit to the Caucasus ...CAPTURED WORKERS OF SWISS HUMANITARIAN MISSION RELEASED IN AFGHANISTAN
The captured workers of the Swiss-based Medair mission were released in Afghanistan. They were freed by armed forces of Afghanistan and NATO.
As the representative of security forces in Northern Afghanistan ...CRIMINAL CASE OPENED ON DEATH OF SOLDIER IN KARABAKH
YEREVAN. - A criminal case, on charges of causing suicide, is launched over the death of conscript Saro Samvelyan, who had received a fatal gunshot wound—and under yet undetermined circumstances—at ...HERITAGE PARTY WILL GO TO ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
YEREVAN. - "We saw, over the course of the recent several months, that there are hundreds of thousands of citizens who are prepared to reject money, [and] pressure, and to vote by listening to their conscience," ...EGYPT'S HOSNI MUBARAK SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The verdict in the trial the century was passed in Egypt. The Criminal Court of Cairo found guilty the former President Hosni Mubarak in the death of peaceful demonstrators and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Mubarak ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY LEADER TO GIVE UP PARLIAMENTARY MANDATE?
YEREVAN. - When forming opposition Heritage Party's proportional list for Armenia's recently-held National Assembly elections, Heritage's Chairman Raffi Hovannisian was in favor of not taking up the list's ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT SIGNS AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON MILITARY SERVICE
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a law "On approving 2011 Annual Report on the Implementation of the State Property Privatization Programs in the period of ...THEATER PRODUCER IN ARMENIA REFUSE TO COMMENT ON DRIVING CAR WITH MOD PLATE
YEREVAN. - Head of the State Song Theater Arthur Grigoryan has no desire to comment on the rumors circulated by media outlets that he drives a car with plate numbers of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, ...ARMENIA'S CHIEF COMPULSORY ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REJECTS RUMORS ON HIS NEW APPOINTMENT
YEREVAN. - Press reports about possible appointment of Mihran Poghosyan to the post of head of Control Service at the Armenian President's office are untrue, the Compulsory Enforcement Service secretary ...ARMENIA'S FREE DEMOCRATS ATTEND PARTNER HERITAGE PARTY CONGRESS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Free Democrats Party Board member Hovhannes Ghazaryan, Arthur Avtandilyan, Masis Ayvazyan, Armen Arakelyan, and young party members were in attendance to Saturday's special ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 200 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 200 times in the past week, during which over 1,200 shots were fired ...ARMENIAN MAN SURRENDERS LATE FATHER'S WEAPON
YEREVAN. - A 33-year-old man came to Sevan City Precinct of Armenia's Police, on Friday at 1:30pm, and voluntarily handed over eighty cartridges, a hand grenade without explosives, and two empty machine-gun-cartridge ...DRUGS FOUND IN ARMENIA'S ARARAT REGION
ARARAT. - Police detained on Friday three residents of Mrgavan village in Armenia's Ararat Region suspected in keeping drugs illegally.
Medical products containing drugs, syringes and a gas stove were ...HALF OF ARMENIAN SARAHART VILLAGE MALE RESIDENTS LEFT TO RUSSIA
Half of the Armenian Lori region's Sarahart village male residents leave for work to Russia every year. The village has 1,485 residents and currently 370 men are abroad. The village head Vasil Piloyan ...YOUNG MEMBER OF ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY CRITICIZES ITS POLICY
YEREVAN. - Young member Daniel Ionesyan of Armenia's opposition Heritage Party expressed his complaint with regard to his own party, during the latter's special congress on Saturday, but his speech was ...HERITAGE PARTY LEADER NOT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
YEREVAN.- Leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian has no intention to run for president's post, he told journalists during the party's special congress held on Saturday.
Hovannisian gave an evasive ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 1,300 TIMES IN MAY
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, close to 1,300 times in the month of May, Armenian MOD informs.
In addition, the OSCE conducted ...RUSSIAN COURT DETAINS ATTACKER IN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN'S CASE
The Court decided to arrest the suspect in a case of Russia's Tula Oblast resident, Armenian businessman Gegham Sargsyan who was attacked in April.
Georgia's citizen Irakli Abuladze will remain in custody ...PRECIPITATION AND THUNDER EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Precipitation, thunder and hail in some areas are expected in the northern regions of Armenia on June 5-6.
There will be no precipitation on June 3-4 throughout Armenia. Wind will blow 2-7 ...YOUNG ARMENIAN WINEMAKERS GOT FAMILIARIZED WITH AUSTRIAN TRADITIONS OF WINE MAKING
VIENNA. - 12 Armenian young winemakers visited Austrian wine making regions from May 28 to June 1 on the initiative of Vienna city hall.
The project was realized by the Vienna Consortium for Development ...IRAN'S SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS ARMENIA'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday received the Iranian President's special envoy, Energy Minister Majid Namjoo, who presented to Sargsyan Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ...WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED TO DECIDE ISSUES ON SMALL CENTER OF ARMENIA'S CAPITAL CITY
YEREVAN. - A working group was established by the order of the Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan to regulate works, elaborate legislative initiatives and projects on arranging small center of the capital city, ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA HOLDS MEETING
YEREVAN.- The meeting of the Republican Party of Armenia's (RPA) executive body has kicked off in Yerevan.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has already arrived at the RPA central office.
Journalists ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY NOMINATES SERVING PM TO SAME POST
YEREVAN. - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) nominated incumbent PM Tigran Sargsyan's candidacy to the office of Prime Minister.
At the RPA Executive Body (EB) session on Saturday, Sargsyan's ...PREMIER IS DISAPPOINTED THAT PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY WILL NOT BE PART OF NEW CABINET
YEREVAN. - Armenia's PM Tigran regrets the fact the Prosperous Armenia Party will not take part in the country's new Government. Sargsyan stated this during a briefing with news reporters, and following ...CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVES DELEGATION OF AUSTRALIAN ARMENIANS
Catholicos Aram I received on Friday in his office Mr. Krikor Soghomonian, Chairperson of the Hay Tad Committee in Australia, Mr. Hagop Pakradouni, the Representative of the Armenian Parliamentarians ...ARMENIAN RESIDENTS CAN GET VISA FOR SPAIN VIA LITHUANIAN EMBASSY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The bilateral agreement between Lithuania and Spain regarding representation in issuance of Schengen visas enters into force on June 1, The Baltic Course quoted the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT APPOINTS PM
YEREVAN. - Pursuant to Armenia's Constitution, President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday signed a decree on appointing Tigran Sargsyan as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the President's Press Office ...HERITAGE PARTY ELECTS 11-MEMBER BOARD
YEREVAN.- Heritage Party has elected a new 11-member board during Saturday's special congress. The board features Hovsep Khurshudyan, Armen Martirosyan, Styopa Safaryan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Margarit Hakobyan, ...CANNIBAL STUDENT FROM KENYA ATE HIS NEIGHBOR IN US
A 21-year-old student from Kenya is arrested in Maryland suspected in cannibalism.
According to the Sheriff Jesse Bane, the student Alexander Kinyua admitted killing his neighbor from Ghana on May 25, ...CHINESE MAN ATE 800 LIGHT BULBS
A 25-year-old farmer Hung Yunhun who eats glass has become a celebrity in China's Yunnan province. As the Chinese Huantsyu Shibao paper reports, during his lifetime the young man has eaten 800 light bulbs ...GEORGIAN-ARMENIANS TURN TO CLINTON FOR HELP
TBILISI. - Javakhk residents have turned to the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prior to her visit to the South Caucasus region. Over 1,650 residents have signed under a letter raising the issue ...LADY DIOR FALL-WINTER/2012 COLLECTION PRESENTATION IN YEREVAN (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - LaGalleria Woman Luxury Boutique hosted a solemn ceremony on May 25 in downtown Yerevan on the occasion of the visit of Christian Dior fashion house Europe/Middle East Area Manager Dominique ...OSCE CONDUCTS OBSERVATION ON ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI BORDER
On Saturday the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative Ambassador Anjey Kasprshik conducted an extraordinary observation on the Armenian - Azerbaijani border in Armenia's Tavush region.
Ambassador ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1831 The Tsar cancels the transit privileges of Transcaucasian merchants. Conscription in Transcaucasia is implemented by the Tsar.
- 1891 Death of Petros Adamyan (actor). He was born in 1849.
- 1897 The Tsar's State Council orders the subordination of Armenian Parish Schools to the Ministry of Education. Because of their refusal to do so, the schools were closed.
- 1904 Death of Ahsot Yerkat (Armenak Levonian), an activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party.
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