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Published on June 15, 2012
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CANCELS HEARINGS ON ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER'S LAWSUIT
- YEREVAN.- Armenia's Constitutional Court suspended the hearings on a lawsuit filed by MP from the opposition Armenian National Congress bloc Nikol Pashinyan.
The Court reasoned its decision by a necessity to get additional materials from the state agencies.
The Constitutional Court will address the Prosecutor Genera's office and Central Electoral Commission for explanations.
Nikol Pashinyan has appealed to the Constitutional Court with the demand that the May 6 parliamentary elections in #7 precinct should be recognized invalid.
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Headlines for June 15, 2012«TO SEE THE TURKISH DIASPORA UNITED, BUT NOT AGAINST GENOCIDE BILL»
In his interview to Armenian News-NEWS.am, Dr. Mensur Akgun, director of Istanbul-based GPoT think tank, shares his views on Armenian-Turkish relations and the foreign policy agenda of Turkey - echoes ...OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS NO NEW APPROACHES TO RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT - RUSSIAN EXPERT
American administration has neither ready scenarios, nor new approaches to resolution of the Karabakh conflict, Russian expert told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Eduard Popov, head of the Black Sea-Caspian center ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT HEADS TO GERMANY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan, who was in Moscow these days, left the Russian capital on Thursday, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"The newspaper's well-informed sources state that Kocharyan ...ARMENIAN MP RECEIVES 2 PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE ROOMS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Unlike Armenia's previous convocation National Assembly (NA), there are no active remodeling activities in this NA, Hraparak daily writes.
"The MPs are solely taking care of their furniture ...ARMENIAN MP ESTABLISHES CONTACTS WITH INDIA'S LARGEST WEALTHY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) member Vardan Ayvazyan is preparing to head for India on a practical visit, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"Ayvazyan, who has a mere one iron mine ...SEPARATE COLONY IS CONSTRUCTED FOR THOSE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - As of this fall, all of Armenia's prisoners who are serving a life sentence will be transferred to a prison which is being built in a village of the Armavir Region, Irates De Facto writes. ..."STABLE BUT CRITICAL" CONDITION CONTINUES IN ARMENIA'S REAL ESTATE MARKET - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to Akcern Real Estate Company President Hakob Baghdasaryan, the stable but critical condition continues in Armenia's real estate market, Hayatsk daily writes.
"According ...EDIFEE INVESTS €470 MILLION IN ARMENIA'S, GEORGIA'S, AZERBAIJAN'S ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY SECTORS
TBILISI. - The European Development and Investment Fund for Eastern Europe (EDIFEE) will allocate €470 million as an investment in the environmental and energy sectors of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
This ...EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT IN ARMENIA'S CHARENTSAVAN (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - The identity is determined of the person who died as a result of the collapse of a rundown building, which occurred Thursday at 7:59pm nearby a former factory in Armenia's Charentsavan city. ...DRIVER WHO KILLED DANCER IN YEREVAN IS ARRESTED
YEREVAN. - An Armenian capital city Yerevan court on Thursday accepted the investigation service's motion and sentenced Roman Hakobyan to two months in prison.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN HEADS TO BUCHAREST
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Bank Chairman Arthur Javadyan will be in Bucharest, from Friday to Sunday, where he will attend the meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Dutch Subgroup ...YEREVAN HOSTS 5TH INTERNATIONAL DIGITEC BUSINESS FORUM
YEREVAN. - The fifth annual international DigiTec Business Forum kicked off Friday in Armenia's capital, Yerevan. A total of 59 technological companies—21 of which are from abroad—are attending ...FIRST SNAKE-BITE CASE REPORTED IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION
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The first snake-bite case was reported Thursday in Armenia's Lori Region. The incident occurred in Spitak city at around 3pm, Armenian News-NEWS.am's Lori regional reporter informed.
The snake bit the ...YEREVAN MAYOR MEETS WITH JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan received the representatives from Japan's Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Association, who are in Yerevan to present the photo exhibition ...ARMENIA PASSED ITS NEIGHBORS IN IT DEVELOPMENT - PRIME MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Information Technology (IT) sector is developing at a more progressive rate than all its neighboring countries, stated PM Tigran Sargsyan while addressing the "DigiTec Business Forum ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT VISITS UK EMBASSY TO MARK QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Friday paid a visit to the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in connection with the official birth anniversary of Queen ...ARMENIA'S ECONOMY IS MORE DIVERSIFIED AND ABLE TO RESIST - PRIME MINISTER
YEREVAN.- Armenia's economy is more diversified and able to resist, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said opening DigiTech Business Expo 2012.
He recalled that the last World Bank's competitiveness report ...EXISTING MINISTRIES MUST BE OPTIMIZED, NEW ONES SHOULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED - ARMENIAN PREMIER
YEREVAN. - The issue of establishing an innovation ministry needs to be discussed with the partners, because there are arguments for and against it, Armenia's PM Tigran Sargsyan told news reporters during ...CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CANCELS HEARINGS ON ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER'S LAWSUIT
YEREVAN.- Armenia's Constitutional Court suspended the hearings on a lawsuit filed by MP from the opposition Armenian National Congress bloc Nikol Pashinyan.
The Court reasoned its decision by a necessity ...THIRD ARMENIAN-TURKISH BUSINESS FORUM KICKED OFF IN TURKEY (PHOTOS)
KARS. - Armenian-Turkish third business forum kicked off on Friday in Kars, Turkey. The photo gallery from the forum is available here.
Over 70 businessmen from Armenia and Turkey participate in the forum ...ARMENIAN REPATRIATE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
A 24-year-old repatriate from Armenia, who had left for Israel in 2004 with his family, filed a lawsuit against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for the humiliation and gird he suffered in an IDF military ...4 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES ARE FORMALLY REGISTERED IN NKR
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Central Electoral Commission (NKR CEC) convened a session on Friday, during which was discussed the matter of registering as presidential candidates the citizens ...ROAD ACCIDENTS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - On Thursday at around 11am, a VAZ 21110 hit an electricity utility pole on an Armenian capital city Yerevan sidewalk. The driver sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital.
At around ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT HANDS IN DIPLOMAS TO ARTSAKH STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan handed in diplomas on Friday to a group of Artsakh State University students who have shown excellence.
In his speech, President ...ARMENIAN WOMAN TELLS TURKISH MPS HOW SOLDIERS KILLED PEOPLE DURING DERSIM POGROMS
Turkish Parliament's Committee studying pogroms in Dersim listened to the testimony of 80-year-old Armenian survivor Fatima Yavuz.
Fatima, who was 5 years old during the Dersim pogroms, said she learnt ...NKR PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN VISITS OXFORD UNIVERSITY
STEPANAKERT. - Along the lines of its visit to Great Britain, the official delegation from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly (NKR NA), led by NA Speaker Ashot Ghulyan, on Wednesday paid ...AZERBAIJANI POW IS SENT FROM ARMENIA TO ANOTHER COUNTRY
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijani prisoner of war Akhundzade Mammadbaghir Taliboghli was transferred from Armenia to a third country on Friday, MOD informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Taliboghli had crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani ...CIVILITAS FOUNDATION ISSUES STATEMENT ON DONATIONS
YEREVAN.- The Civilitas Foundation issued a statement expressing gratitude to individuals and organizations for their donations to the Foundation.
The statement reads as follows:
"The Civilitas Foundation ...1,400 GIRLS NOT BORN IN ARMENIA ANNUALLY BECAUSE OF SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS - REPORT
YEREVAN.- The report issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says 1,400 girls are not born in Armenia every year because of sex-selective abortions.
The report was prepared by UNFPA with ...SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION IN ARMENIA WILL LEAD TO MIGRATION - DEMOGRAPHIC EXPERT
YEREVAN.- Spreading of gynecologic ultrasonography enabling parents to know the sex of their child led to lack of women in Asia, demographic expert Christophe Guilmoto said in Yerevan on Friday.
The most ...NEW GENOCIDE BILL TO BE CONSIDERED IN FRANCE
French Senator, Mayor of Clamart Philippe Kaltenbach received on Wednesday Armenian Ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan.
Philippe Kaltenbach reiterated his commitment to protecting memory of the Armenian ...YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY PERMITS ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC TO HOLD RALLY
YEREVAN.- The Municipality of Armenia's capital, Yerevan, considered the application of the opposition Armenian National Movement to hold a rally on June 26.
The Armenian National Movement is a member ...ARMENIA-MADE DRONE PRESENTED AT DIGITECH BUSINESS EXPO 2012
YEREVAN.- Unmanned aerial vehicles were presented at DigiTech Business Expo 2012 business forum held in Yerevan.
One of them is designed by the students of Military Aviation Institute. One of the developers ...ARMENIA'S CIVILITAS FOUNDATION DIRECTOR REFUSES TO TESTIFY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Civilitas Foundation Director Salpi Ghazarian, who was summoned on Friday for a questioning at the National Security Service (NSS), refused to provide testimony.
Ghazarian said ...RADICAL ISLAMISTS' COMING TO POWER IS WORST ALTERNATIVE FOR SYRIA'S ARMENIANS - ANALYSTS
YEREVAN. - The most negative option in the developments in Syria is the radical Islamists' coming to power, Arab Studies specialist Armen Petrosyan and Islamic Studies specialist Sargis Grigoryan said ...HOW DID ARMENIA'S ONLINE MEDIA COVER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS?
YEREVAN. - The "Journalists For the Future" NGO monitored the Armenian National Assembly election season's coverage by ten Armenian online media, and the NGO's President Suren Deheryan announced the monitoring ...DOLLAR COULD NOT "CLIMB" MUCH IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian Dram (AMD) comprised AMD 414.82/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Friday, and this is a 0.09-percent—or a 0.36-point— ...PARTIES TO SYRIAN CONFLICT ARE NOT READY FOR TALKS
YEREVAN.- The parties to the Syrian conflict are not ready to sit at the negotiating table, expert in Islamic studies Sargis Grigoryan told reporters in Yerevan.
He believes that in terms of balance of ...KARABAKH, ARMENIA DISCUSS COOPERATION IN FIELD OF REGULATING PUBLIC SERVICES
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received members of the Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia led by head Robert Nazaryan who arrived ...ARMENIAN FM RECEIVES SOKA GAKKAI MOVEMENT REPS
YEREVAN. - Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian received the vice-president of Japanese Soka Gakkai movement Kenji Yosigo and representative of the movement Echchi Ouchi, who came to Armenia in order to participate ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY DISCUSSES COMPOSITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT
YEREVAN. - A few minutes ago Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited the headquarters of the ruling Republican Party (RPA) in order to participate in the session of the party's executive body.
President ...ARMENIA MARKS STATE FLAG DAY
YEREVAN. - June 15 is the Day of the Armenian State flag, the Tricolor. On this regard events were held in the French Square, where hundreds of children waved the tricolor following the brass band signals.
Another ...NEW ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTED (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ruling Republican Party (RPA) has confirmed the new government. Deputy parliament speaker Eduard Sharmazanov presented the list of ministers appointed by RPA quota. Minister of Territorial ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1826 Sultan Mahmud the Second orders the killing of the Janissaries in Constantinople and later, in the provinces.
- 1889 Birth of Yervand Kochar (painter, architect). He died in 1979.
- 1906 Opening of the Second Congress of Armenian Teachers in Tbilissi (Georgia). It founded the Teachers' Union.
- 1915 The Turkish government hangs 21 leaders of the Hnchak Party in Constantinople's Bayazet square.
- 1927 Death of commander Moorad Petrosian (Kronqtsi).
- 1960 Meeting of Communist Work Brigades and "Shock Labor Forces" in Yerevan.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of Soviet Armenia approves the 1988 02 20 petition by the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Gharabagh to rejoin Armenia and asks the Soviet Government to rule positively in this case.
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