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Headlines for June 04, 2012ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY'S KAYSERI STILL RECEIVES PILGRIMS (PHOTOS)
KAYSERI. - The Cappadocian city of Caesarea—today's Kayseri, Turkey—still is one of the key pilgrimage sites for Istanbul Armenians, because the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church—which ..."ARMENIA WITHOUT GARBAGE" CHALK PAINTING COMPETITION SET TO KICK OFF
YEREVAN. - Marking World Environment Day 2012, the Let's do it! Armenia movement will organize, on Tuesday and in several cities and villages, a chalk painting competition entitled "Armenia without Garbage."
Over ...HILLARY CLINTON ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving in Armenia on Monday within the frameworks of her tour of Scandinavia and the Caucasus.
In Yerevan she will meet with President Serzh Sargsyan ...RAMKAVAR LIBERAL PARTY (ARMENIA) IS FORMED
YEREVAN. - The joint, uniting Founding Parliamentary Assembly of the Ramkavar Liberal Party of Armenia and the Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party wrapped up in the capital, Yerevan, on Sunday.
And the ...AZERBAIJANI DIVERSION ADVANCEMENT IS STOPPED - ARMENIAN MOD
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Defense Ministry released a statement Monday in connection with the incident that occurred nearby Berdavan and Chinari villages of the Tavush Region.
The statement notes that ...SNAKES DETECTED AT ARMENIA'S RESIDENTIAL AREAS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Crisis Management Center received calls, on June1-3, informing about detection of snakes in different parts of the country.
In Kotayk Region, snakes were reported at the Neurological ...INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REACTS VERY SOFTLY TO AZERBAIJANI PROVOCATIONS - ARMENIAN ANALYST
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan uses the diversion operations at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as a military diplomacy for a long time, Armenian Center for National and International Studies Director Manvel Sargsyan ...BUS OVERTURNS IN ARMENIA'S HIGHWAY, OLD WOMAN KILLED
YEREVAN.- An old woman was killed in a major car accident in Yerevan-Artashat highway, Armenia.
The bus heading to the town of Vedi overturned on Saturday, police reported.
A driver and a passenger ...ARMENIAN WOMAN IS HOSPITALIZED ON BOTULISM SYMPTOMS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Ararat Region's Nor Kyank village resident Gohar Karapetyan, 30, was transferred to a capital city Yerevan hospital, on Sunday at around 2:45pm, and on symptoms of botulism.
Doctors ...25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS POISONED BY GAS IN ARMENIA'S GAVAR
YEREVAN. - Gavar City Precinct of Armenia's Police received a call from hospital, on June 2 at 5:50pm, informing that Anahit Grigoryan, 25, was brought to hospital on symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...NAMES OF WOUNDED ARMENIAN SOLDIERS, OFFICER ARE ANNOUNCED
YEREVAN. - The names are announced of the five Armenian conscripts and the officer who were wounded as a result of an Azerbaijani diversion operation on Monday.
They are: Senior Lieutenant Mushegh Nurbekyan, ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY VICE-CHAIRMAN TO HEAD PARLIAMENTARY FACTION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party's new governing board elected Party leader Raffi Hovannisian as its leader, selecting Armen Martirosyan to serve as vice chair in charge of public policy ...DOLLAR'S GAINING VALUE AGAINST ARMENIAN CURRENCY IS POSITIVE - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's gaining value against the Armenian dram is a positive phenomenon and it will contribute to the growth of export, chairman Vazgen Safaryan of the Union of Domestic Goods Producers ...2-YEAR-OLD BOY DRINKS ACETONE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan apartment resident Davit Karamyan, 2, was taken to hospital, on Sunday at around 5:30pm, and on symptoms of acetone poisoning.
Doctors say the child is in satisfactory ...CAR ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN CLAIMS ONE LIFE
YEREVAN.- A 36-year-old man was killed and another three people were injured in a car accident in Yerevan.
Mercedes and VAZ-21214 collided in David Bek street on the night of June 3, police reported.
The ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN BRINGS BACK HIS STAFF
YEREVAN. - With the order by Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Gohar Poghosyan is appointed NA Speaker's press secretary, reliable sources close to the NA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS TO BE BLAMED FOR AZERBAIJANI DIVERSIONS - ARMENIAN MILITARY ANALYST
YEREVAN. - When high-ranking guests visit the region, Azerbaijan conducts some operations just to provoke, military analyst Hrachya Petrosyants told Armenian News-NEWS.am, commenting on the recent such ...NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT INCLUDES MANY POLITICIANS
YEREVAN.- The newly elected Armenian parliaments includes many politicians rather than representatives of other circles, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Mkrtich Minasyan told reporters on Monday.
According ...RULING PARTY MP'S "ODE" TO ARMENIAN PREMIER
YEREVAN. - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) attaches great hopes on PM Tigran Sargsyan because he is a great specialist of the fiscal domain, RPA MP Mkrtich Minasyan said during a press conference ...ARMENIA PRESENTED AS PART OF TURKEY IN MANUALS FOR ISTANBUL SCHOOL CHILDREN
The school children of Istanbul were handed over multi media manuals with maps where Armenia, several regions of Iraq, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Georgia were presented as a part of Turkey.
The CD with a map ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN KAVKAZ JAZZ FESTIVAL
Georgia's capital will host the third international Kavkaz Jazz Festival featuring jazz bands from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Austria.
The festival will be held from June 6 to 9 with the support ...ARMENIAN CHURCH TO MARK FEAST DAY OF ST. GAYANE, HER COMPANIONS
The Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate Tuesday the feast day of Saint Gayane the Virgin and her Companions.
At 10am, an ecclesiastical procession, together with pilgrims, will head from the Mother ...DOLLAR CANNOT BE "RESTRAINED" IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate is continuing its "triumphant campaign" in Armenia's financial market.
Its average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) again rose at NASDAQ OMX Armenia ...HILLARY CLINTON HAS ARRIVED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Secretary of State . She was met in Yerevan airport by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier Clinton is touring European states and the Caucasus. In Yerevan ...INJURIES OF WOUNDED ARMENIAN MILITARY SERVICEMEN ARE VERY COMPLICATED
YEREVAN. - The injuries of the wounded five soldiers and the officer are very complicated, Armenian MOD Military Medicine Department Chief Artashes Parsadanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"They are combined ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA APPOINTS THREE MINISTERS
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan appointed three ministers on Monday.Under the decree signed by the President, Edward Nalbandian is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seyran Ohanyan - ...ARMENIA CELEBRATES DAYS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, UN ONE OF ORGANIZERS
YEREVAN. - Armenia will again celebrate the Days of Russian language.
The Russian language in Armenia contributes to reinforcing security in the region, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko ...ARMENIA'S VAYOTS DZOR GOVERNOR RESIGNS
YEREVAN. - Governor of Armenia's Vayots Dzor Region and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) member Sergey Bagratyan resigned on Monday, he himself confirmed reports for Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Earlier Governor ...SECRETARY CLINTON JOINS ARMENIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HONOR RIGHTS ADVOCATES
YEREVAN. - U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, joined the U.S. Embassy, Counterpart International, the British Embassy, the OSCE, and the EU to honor individuals working to promote human rights, ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT JAPAN, VIETNAM
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Japan from Tuesday to Thursday.
In Tokyo, the President will meet with Japan's senior officials and discuss the development ...ARMENIA'S CAPITAL CITY HOLDS EXHIBITION-SALE TO SAVE ARTIST SUFFERING LEUKEMIA
YEREVAN. - Hay-Art cultural center holds exhibition-sale on June 5-13 in Yerevan to save artist suffering leukemia. All money raised during the exhibition-sale will go for the treatment of 22-year-old ...INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST GIVE PROPER ASSESSMENT OF AZERBAIJANI AGGRESSION - FREE DEMOCRATS
YEREVAN. - Free Democrats party condemns the ceasefire violation case which occurred on Monday on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border-line and claimed the lives of three Armenian soldiers and wounded six ...PRAGUE MAYOR INVITES HIS YEREVAN COUNTERPART TO VISIT CZECH REPUBLIC
YEREVAN.- Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan received on Monday Petr Kužel, president of the Czech Chamber of Commerce.
During the meeting Margaryan said Yerevan municipality is always open for cooperation ...CHISINAU TO HOST INFORMAL SUMMIT OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
Moldօva's capital city will host the first informal summit of the Eastern Partnership (EP) on Tuesday. The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) have put forward such an ...DIASPORA MINISTER HANDS OVER MEDAL TO BRITISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST
YEREVAN. - Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan handed over the British-Armenian journalist Asatur Gyuzelian a Movses Khorenatsi medal.
He is awarded under the decree of President of Armenia ...MORE CAREFULNESS REQUIRED ON BORDER - ARMENIA'S MILITARY PROSECUTOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan visited Chinary and Berdavan villages of Armenia's Tavush Region after the Azerbaijani diversion, during which three Armenian soldiers were killed ...ARMENIAN PM'S VISIT LAUNCHED IN BELGIUM (PHOTOS)
BRUSSELS. - Visit of the Armenian delegation headed by the PM Tigran Sargsyan has launched in Belgium. The PM first visited IBA molecular company, which deals with the molecular medicine and produces ...KAZAKH DEFENSE MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov will arrive in Armenia on Tuesday to meet with his Armenian counterpart Seyran Ohanyan and the Armed Forces staff.
Armenian and Kazakh Ministers ...WASHINGTON EXPECTS CONTINUATION OF DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIA - HILLARY CLINTON (PHOTO)
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received on Monday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she arrived on a working visit to Armenia.
President Sargsyan recalled that 2012 marks the 20th anniversary ...CANADIAN PORN STAR MURDERER FOUND IN BERLIN
BERLIN. - Canadian porn star Luke Rocco Magnotta, 29, also known as Vladimir Romanov, was found and arrested in Berlin, Reuters reports.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Interpol began to search ...ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, AND TURKEY DEVELOPING ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS - ARMENIAN PM
BRUSSELS. - The potential of reforms in Armenia strictly suffers from geopolitical dangers present in the South Caucasus region, Armenian PM Tigran Sargyan announced during his speech at the Center for ...DELAY IN REFORMS REDUCES TRUST TOWARDS GOVERNMENT - ARMENIAN PM
BRUSSELS. - World crisis revealed Armenia's main problems, including wrong diversification of economy, unproductive public management system and unequal conditions for competitiveness, Armenian PM Tigran ...SON OF AZERI MINISTER BEATS PROFESSOR IN FRONT OF STUDENTS
BAKU. - The son of Azerbaijan's Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov beat a University professor in front of students.
As Vesti.az reports, during the class the professor made a remark to a student ...NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO KARABAKH CONFLICT - HILLARY CLINTON
YEREVAN.- There can be no military solution to the Karabakh conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a joint press conference with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian (Photos).
Clinton ...AZERBAIJAN ATTEMPTS TO THROW TENSION ON BORDER WITH ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia strictly condemns rude provocations by Azerbaijan for the recent days, as a result of which casualties and injuries are reported among Armenian servicemen, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian ...BALL IS STILL IN TURKEY'S COURT - U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
YEREVAN.- Normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations is in U.S. interests, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Yerevan on Monday
Washington always welcomed the rapprochement without any preconditions, ...ARMENIAN AND TURKISH REPORTERS RECEIVE AWARDS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - An award for best column on Armenian-Turkish relations took place in Yerevan on Monday in the framework of the 'Support to Armenian-Turkish negotiations' program. The program is supported by ...WASHINGTON WELCOMES DEEPENING OF DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA - HILLARY CLINTON
YEREVAN.- Washington welcomes deepening of democracy in Armenia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Yerevan on Monday.
Clinton emphasized she had already met with local human rights advocates. ...ARMENIA AND TURKEY NOT INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS - ARMENIAN FM INFORMS CLINTON AND MEDIA
YEREVAN. - No negotiations are running or run between Yerevan and Ankara on normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian said at a joint press conference with the U.S. Secretary ...ARMENIAN FM THANKS CLINTON FOR 20-YEAR-LONG US ASSISTANCE
YEREVAN.- Twenty years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and U.S. serve as a good basis for further development of negotiations, strengthening and expanding the partnership, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian ...ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES DECISIVE TO REMOVE ELECTORAL FLAWS BY 2013 - PM
BRUSSELS. - Armenia PM, vice-chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Tigran Sargsyan met with the president of the European People's Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens in Brussels on Monday.
The ...CLINTON: US INTERESTED IN ARMENIA'S GOOD RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS
YEREVAN. - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes that twenty years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the United States provide an opportunity to stop for a while, turn around, asses ...RAIN AND HAIL EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - During June 5-9 rain, thunderstorms and hail are expected in the northern parts of Armenia. The wind will blow from south-west 2-7m/s. During thunderstorms, wind velocity will reach 15-20 m/s.
Armenian ...ALL SIX ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN INJURED BY AZERBAIJANIS ON BORDER-LINE IN CRITICAL CONDITION
YEREVAN. - Armenian MOD provides new details about the six servicemen injured on the border line as a result of an Azerbaijani diversion operation on Monday.
Senior Lieutenant Mushegh Nurbekyan is moved ...US SECRETARY OF STATE LEFT FOR GEORGIA
TBILISI. - The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left for Georgia within the regional tour.Clinton will stay in Batumi for two days and then will head to Baku on Wednesday.
The U.S. Secretary will ...ANCA CALLS CLINTON TO CONDEMN FATAL AZERBAIJANI ATTACK ON ARMENIAN TAVUSH
WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), this morning, dispatched a letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to forcefully condemn a fatal Azerbaijani attack into ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1100 Birth of Nerses Shnorhalee (poet, historian). He died in 1173.
- 1679 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 7.0) occurs at Garrnee. After shocks continue till October.
- 1855 Khrimian 'Hayrik' edits 'The Eagle of Vaspurakan' periodical in Constantinople. From 1858 to 1864, it is published in Varada Monastery. It is republished in 1872 by Manuel Ananian in Constantinople.
- 1878 Defense treaty signed between England and Turkey to safeguard the eastern territories occupied by Turkey, in return for which Turkey cedes Cyprus to England.
- 1909 Archbishop Yegheesheh Doorian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1918 The Treaty of Ghars is signed between the representatives of Turkey and the Armenian National Council in Batum. Turkey is given extensive Armenian territories.
- 1925 The "Pioner Kanch" (Call of the Pioneer) newspaper was first published in Yerevan.
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