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FORMER ARMENIAN FM'S AFFAIR BRINGS MORMONS TO MIND - NEWSPAPER
- YEREVAN. - In its statement released Tuesday in connection with the case of Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian, the National Security Service mentioned the name of Huntsman, who is head of the Mormons, that is, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hraparak daily writes.
"The Mormons came to Armenia for the first time in 1988, at the time of the earthquake, to carry out charitable programs. Subsequently, they settled in Armenia, with their serious business and church.
The Mormons were warmly received in Armenia in the 1990s, during the days of [First President Levon] Ter-Petrosyan, and even more warmly during the ten-year tenure of [second President Robert] Kocharyan. Huntsman was even issued a Special Status passport and he 'carried out' projects.
The Mormons' church in Armenia has 3,000 members," Hraparak writes.
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Headlines for June 13, 2012HEARING ON MORNINGSTAR'S NOMINATION WILL REVEAL AZERBAIJANI - US RELATIONS
The hearing on the candidacy of Morningstar will allow the Senate to shed light on the question of what really lies at the heart of US-Azerbaijani relations, the executive director of the Armenian National ...SYSTEM OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND EFFICIENCY OF BUDGET SPENDING IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - In 2012 the state budget of Armenia will make public procurement worth of AMD 500 billion ($ 1.2 billion). It is not news that there are corruption risks in the public procurement system.
Even ...ARMENIAN VANADZOR MAYOR PROMISES TO SOLVE RESIDENTS' ISSUES
VANADZOR. - Soon the roads in Vanadzor city Taron-4 district will be renovated, Mayor of Vanadzor Samvel Darbinyan told the residents during his recent visit to the district.
As the mayor promised, the ...BYURAKAN OBSERVATORY CALLS UFOS SEEN IN ARMENIA ‘OPTICAL REFLECTIONS'
YEREVAN. - The two sparkling objects, which were observed in the sky in Armenia on Monday, were nothing else but optical reflections, head of the Byurakan Observatory Hayk Harutyunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"It ...IMPOSSIBLE ACCIDENTS IN TURKEY (VIDEO)
BODRUM. - Accidents, which occurred in Bodrum city, Mugla Province, Turkey, were captured by video surveillance.LEPSIUSHAUS AND POTSDAM UNIVERSITY TO PROMOTE GENOCIDE RESEARCHES
The Postdam University and House of Lepsius (Lepsiushaus) signed an agreement on activating the existing programs on the Armenian Genocide, Asbarez reports.
The "Lepsiushaus" used to be the home of Dr. ...CHARITY CONCERT IN BENEFIT OF ARMENIAN CHILDREN TO BE HELD IN GENEVA
GENEVA. - In connection with its 50th anniversary, the UN World Food Program (WFP) organizes a fortepiano concert in Geneva, Switzerland.
The project is also supported by the Armenian Embassy in Switzerland, ...ARMRUSGASPROM TO BE COMPENSATED FOR CHEAP GAS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Energy and Nature Protection must ensure that all the companies under its supervision will allocate AMD 76.6 million to ArmRusGasprom Company.
The issue is on the agenda ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN MISS WORLD BEAUTY CONTEST
YEREVAN. - Miss Armenia Anna Arakelyan, 20, will participate in Miss World 2012 beauty contest, Karen Aristakesyan, director of the Miss Armenia National Agency told Armenian News-NEWS.am. He told that ...BRYZA AMONG BEST FRIENDS OF BAKU - EURASIANET
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents an article by Giorgi Lomsadze published on EurasiaNet.org, with some extractions.
Caucasus celebrity Matthew Bryza, the never-confirmed former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, ...ASTRONOMER REJECTS UFOS IN ARMENIAN SKY
YEREVAN. - The two shining objects observed on Monday could have be anything but not UFOs, astronomer Areg Mikaelyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding it is most likely to be space or atmosphere phenomena.
"As ...ARMENIA'S REGIONAL GOVERNORS WILL NO BE DISMISSED, SO FAR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The Armenian "higher echelons'" intentions to fire some regional governors have changed, Yerkir daily writes.
"Our sources claim that all [ruling Republican Party] RPA-member regional governors ...PRESIDENT MEETS WITH PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY MINISTERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - President Serzh Sargsyan had a farewell meeting with the outgoing ministers who are Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) members, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"He expressed regret that the PAP has ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN IS HOLDING TO ACCOUNT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Ever since being reappointed Armenia's National Assembly Speaker, the time has come for Hovik Abrahamyan to hold people to account, Hraparak daily writes.
"According to our information, the ...FORMER ARMENIAN FM'S AFFAIR BRINGS MORMONS TO MIND - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - In its statement released Tuesday in connection with the case of Armenia's former FM Vartan Oskanian, the National Security Service mentioned the name of Huntsman, who is head of the Mormons, ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT IS IN MOSCOW - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan is in Moscow these days, Zhoghovurd daily writes, referring to its informed sources.
"He attended the event organized in connection with Russia ...CAR CRASHES INTO DOWNTOWN YEREVAN CAFÉ POLE
YEREVAN. - Information was received, on Wednesday at around 2am, that a road accident had occurred nearby an Armenian capital city Yerevan intersection.
It was found out that a BMW—with driver ...ARMENIA'S MOD HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
YEREVAN. - The sixth annual conference of the education specialists of the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes kicked off Tuesday at Armenia's MOD. ...EXHIBITION ON 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN PRINTED BOOKS OPENS IN AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM. - The University of Amsterdam "Special Collections Museum" Directorate, together with Armenia's Embassy in the Netherlands," organized an exhibition marking 500th anniversary of the Armenian ...TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE ON ARMENIAN REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2121 (Niva) jeep crashed into a KAMAZ-model truck on Armenia's Aparan-Ashtarak Highway, in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
As a result, the jeep's driver and female passenger ...ARMENIAN MAN HIDES NARCOTIC IN SOCK
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Police detained, near Armavir city bus terminal on Tuesday at 4:30pm, a 40-year-old formerly-convicted man on suspicion of possessing a narcotic.
A substance with a ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR MEETS WITH UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Switzerland—and world-renowned French-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, public activist—Charles Aznavour on Tuesday met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees ...ARMENIA YOUNG MAN DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT
YEREVAN. - A 20-year-old young man died in the car accident in Armenia's Gegharkunik Region on Tuesday.
The vehicle went off the road and overturned. Edgar Yegoyan died at the site, two passengers are ...ARMENIAN EXOTIC DANCER DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT
YEREVAN. - While driving a BMW, Roman Hakobyan, 29, went off road and crashed into a utility pole alongside a downtown street at Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on Wednesday at around 1:55am. As a result, ...ISRAELI MINISTER CALLS TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Israel's Environmental Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan said on Tuesday that the Jewish state ought to change its policy and recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as an act of genocide.
Erdan, ...MAN WANTED IN RUSSIA IS DETAINED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police took under custody Russia's citizen Vachagan Sahakyan, 51, in Akunk village of the Kotayk Region, on Tuesday at 5:40pm.
He was wanted by law enforcement of Russia's Khanty-Mansi ...RED CROSS REPS. VISIT AZERBAIJANI CAPTIVE
YEREVAN. - The Armenian delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed reports about the visiting an Azerbaijani captive.
Representative of ICRC Armenian delegation Ashot ...THREE MUSLIM WOMEN REFUSED TO OPEN THEIR FACES, BANNED TO ENTER FRANCE
Three Muslim women from Saudi Arabia, who refused to open their face, were not allowed to enter the territory of France.
The incident took place at the airport after Charles de Gaul, where women had arrived ...DESCENDANTS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE PAID $2.1 MILLION
Descendants of Armenian Genocide victims will be paid $2.1 million from a compensation fund. The hearings continued for more than a year.
The deal on the payout, reached between a group of attorneys who ...CAFESJIAN MUSEUM OF ART TO MARK ELIZABETH II'S BIRTHDAY
YEREVAN.- The Cafesjian Museum of Art will host a celebration of the Great Britain's National Day - the Queen's Birthday on June 15.
Every year the British Embassy in Yerevan celebrates the official ...CULTURAL HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO LAUNCH IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - An EU project on Regional Co-operation for Cultural Heritage Development will be officially launched in Yerevan on Friday.
The project is implemented within the European Commission Eastern ...ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS MAKES NEW DESIGNATIONS
The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, made new designations within the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
In line with these decisions, Fr. Bardughimeos Hakobyan is relieved of his duties ...NKR PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION HOLDS SEVERAL MEETINGS IN UK
STEPANAKERT. - An official delegation from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly (NKR NA), led by NA Speaker Ashot Ghulyan, is in London since Monday.
The delegation arrived in the British ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, HEAD OF ARMED FORCES VISITED MILITARY COLLEGE
YEREVAN. - Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and Chief of Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov visited military college after Marshal Baghramyan at the Armenian MOD.
The aim of the ...ARMENIA'S FORMER PM READIES TO PRESENT 50 LAW PROPOSALS TO PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress MP and former PM Hrant Bagratyan wrote in his Facebook account that he is preparing to introduce close to fifty legislative initiatives during the ...ARMENIA LOOKS TOWARD DEVELOPING TIES WITH ECUADOR - PRESIDENT SARGSYAN
YEREVAN. - Ecuador's newly-appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Patricio Alberto Chávez Zavala—whose diplomatic residence is in Moscow—, presented his credentials to Armenian President ...ARMENIAN PAINTERS', SCULPTORS' EXHIBITION KICKS OFF IN ITALY
Armenia's Ambassador to Italy, Ruben Karapetyan, attended, in the City of Pesaro, official opening of the exhibition of the works by Armenian contemporary painters and sculptors. The event, which is entitled ...SYRIAN MFA SAYS THERE IS NO CIVIL WAR BUT FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria rejected the statements by the UN that there is a civil war between supporters and opponents of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Syrian authorities claim that ...DOLLAR STOPS AT AMD 416/$1 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian Dram (AMD) continued to rise, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday, and stopped at AMD 416/$1.
It is noteworthy that all trading ...MEMORANDUM IS SIGNED ON RESTORATION OF ARMENIA'S TATEV MONASTERY
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Church, Culture Ministry, and National Competitiveness Foundation signed a memorandum on June 8 with respect to cooperation in the restoration of and carrying out improvements ...YOUNG WOMAN STEALS GOLD JEWELRY FROM CHILDREN
YEREVAN. - A young woman-robber walks in Yerevan yards and steals gold jewelry, in particular earrings, from small children, several parents told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Some parents turned to police, ...KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENT HEAD INVITES ARMENIAN COLLEAGUE TO HIS COUNTRY
YEREVAN. - Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan on Wednesday received Kuwaiti Ambassador Bassam Muhammad Alqabandi, and noted that Armenia attaches great importance to developing ties ...FORMER ARMENIAN FM VARTAN OSKANIAN DECIDES NOT TO GIVE TESTIMONY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former FM and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian was again summoned to the Armenian National Security Service on Wednesday.
He posted on his Facebook wall that he was summoned ...YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY TO SET UP CENTER OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE
YEREVAN. - Armenian acting Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan received on Wednesday Tokyo's Soka University delegation which is in Armenia to establish a possible cooperation between the ...US AMBASSADOR CALLS TO STRENGTHEN ARMENIA'S ECONOMY TOGETHER
US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern on his video blog commemorated Global Economic Statecraft Day, a worldwide event organized by the U.S. Department of State to highlight important economic work of ...OSCE CHAIR IN AZERBAIJAN ANSWERS QUESTION, WHICH HE AVOIDED IN ARMENIA
BAKU. - 'As OSCE chairman I am really concerned about the recent incidents on the border line', Eamon Gilmore, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade told reporters ...ARMENIAN FRUITS COMPANY TO GET BUILDING AND LAND
YEREVAN. - A building and land is going to be allocated to Armenian Fruits Company. The issue is on the agenda of the Government seating on Thursday.
To note, Armenian Fruits Company was created in November, ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC HAS FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENTS - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - There is a fundamental disagreement in opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) concerning the evaluation of the current political situation as well as the further plans of the Congress, ...KARABALA MONUMENT RETURNED TO ITS FORMER PLACE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - The Karabala monument was returned to its former place on Abovyan Street in downtown Yerevan on Wednesday.
The monument symbolizes Karabala, the flower sellers, who walked on the streets of ...RUSSIA PLAYS MAJOR ROLE IN ARMENIA'S SECURITY - PM
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan participated in the reception dedicated to the Russia Day in the Russian Embassy. The Armenian PM wished peace and prosperity to the Russian Nation.
"The Day of ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1878 Signature of the Treaty of Berlin. Unlike the Treaty of San Stefano, no guarantees for reforms in Western Armenia were stipulated. Turkey undertook no reforms.
- 1884 A tax rebellion starts in Zeitoon against the Turkish "reforms". It is led by the mayor, Prince Papik.
- 1896 Bishops Ormanian and Doorian publish the "Massees" denominational daily.
- 1921 The first "Sovkhoz" (State Farm) is created in Armenia.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR denies the 1988 02 20 petition by the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Gharabagh to rejoin Armenia.
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