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Headlines for June 19, 2012ARMENIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS VISIT KANSAS
TOPEKA. - Armenian Military officials will visit Kansas within the framework of a partnership program with the United States, Associated Press reports. Major-General Ishkhan Matevosyan and Colonel Gevorg ...AZERBAIJAN ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME OWN COMPLEXES - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan attempts to overcome own complexes, this time due to 'newly elaborated wheeled combat machine,' expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to APA, scientific-research ...32 FOREIGNERS ASKED ASYLUM IN ARMENIA IN 2012
YEREVAN. - From January 2012, 32 foreigners from 10 countries have applied for asylum in Armenia, head of Armenia's State Migration Service Gagik Yeganyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding that issuing ...UN OBSERVER MISSION CANNOT HANDLE SITUATION IN SYRIA - EXPERT
UN and Arab League Envoy Kofi Anan's plan was condemned to failure from the beginning, and it failed indeed, Yevgeny Satanovski, President of the Russian Institute of the Middle East told Armenian News-NEWS.am ...KIM KARDASHIAN REPRESENTS MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN
Famous TV star of Armenian descent Kim Kardashian stated that she represents Middle Eastern women in modern society. Kardashian confessed to Oprah Winfrey that her show would have hardly been so successful ...OPEN GAME CHAMPIONSHIP ON CREATING VIDEO GAMES TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - This year 'Open Game' open tournament on creating video games will be held in Armenia for the second time, the manager of the tournament Shushanik Vardanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Orange ...SOLELY 2 YEREVAN BALLOON BLAST INJURED REMAIN IN HOSPITAL
YEREVAN. - Only two from the 154 citizens, who were hospitalized as a result of the explosion at Armenian capital Yerevan's Republic Square on May 4, are still in the capital city's hospitals as of Monday, ...ISRAELI RIFLES DO NOT GUARANTEE DECISIVE ADVANTAGE TO AZERBAIJAN - RUSSIAN EXPERT
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YEREVAN. - The Israeli Tavor guns are good arms, Russian expert Ruslan Pukhov told Armenian News-NEWS.am. According to him, the Russian made Kalashnikovs are rather old models.
"Tavor rifles are modern ...ARMENIAN MINISTER BUYS HIS JOB? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan on Monday introduced the newly-appointed ministers—including the coalition government's junior partner, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP)-member Minister ...PRO-ARMENIAN MP IS REELECTED IN FRANCE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - France's Pro-Armenian MP Valerie Boyer was reelected after second round of the parliamentary elections in the country, Hayots Ashkharh daily writes.
"The architect of the bill that ...PRESIDENT "SAVES" PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY-MEMBER OFFICIALS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, who summoned the new ministers to the Presidential Palace on Friday, drew certain lines beyond which the ministers should not cross, Hraparak daily writes. ...US, RUSSIAN, FRENCH PRESIDENTS URGE TO SOLVE KARABAKH CONFLICT AND REBUKE ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI LEADERS
LOS CABOS, - Presidents of the OSCE Minks Group Co-Chair countries, Barack Obama (United States), Francois Hollande(France) and Vladimir Putin (Russia), issued a joint statement Monday during the G-20 ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT, NKR HEAD OF STATE MEET IN KARABAKH - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to the news being circulated, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan and Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan met in Artsakh last week and discussed ...FM TO HEAD ARMENIAN DELEGATION ATTENDING RIO+20
YEREVAN. - Armenia's delegation led by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will head to Brazil to attend the Rio+20, that is, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Also, Nalbandian ...SNAKES STILL SCARE ARMENIA'S RESIDENTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Crisis Management Center received calls, on Monday, informing about detection of snakes in different parts of the country.
Specifically, snakes were seen in Kasakh village of the ...AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES TO VIOLATE CEASEFIRE
YEREVAN. - Last night the Azerbaijani armed forces continued to breach the ceasefire at the line of contact with Armenia.
Azerbaijan again violated the ceasefire at some sectors of the contact line, ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT DISCUSSES REOPENING OF STEPANAKERT AIRPORT
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Monday received a delegation from Armenia's General Department of Civil Aviation, led by Department Head Artyom Movsisyan
They ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO BE RECALCULATED
YEREVAN. - In connection with the Glendale News daily's recent announcement concerning the insurance compensation payments to heirs of the Armenian Genocide victims, Armenia's Ministry of Justice received ...STATE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO AMERICAN ARMENIANS' CONCERNS REGARDING AZERBAIJANI ATTACKS
WASHINGTON, DC. - The State Department, once again, failed to properly condemn Azerbaijan's escalating violence against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, in a June 13th letter responding to Armenian National ...CANCER PATIENT JUMPS OFF 9TH FLOOR IN ARMENIA'S JRVEZH
YEREVAN. - Gagik Yeghiazaryan, 57, died Monday as a result of jumping from the ninth floor of a building in Armenia's Jrvezh city, the Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
A report is being prepared ...ARMENIA TO COMMENCE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TALKS WITH EU
YEREVAN. - The first phase of the talks around the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between Armenia and the European Union will be held in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday, ...TRUCK TIPS OVER AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN INTERSECTION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a call, on Monday at 10:33pm, informing that a truck had tipped over nearby a capital city Yerevan building.
An operative team was dispatched to the scene, ...STILL NO PROGRESS IN HEALTH CONDITIONS OF MILITARY PHYSICIANS BEATEN IN YEREVAN RESTAURANT
YEREVAN. - MOD Central Garrison Military Hospital's Medical Service Major Vahe Avetyan, who was brutally beaten at a restaurant complex belonging to ruling Republican Party MP and Football Federation ...INTELLECTUALS PROPOSE COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE TO SYRIAN ARMENIANS
YEREVAN. - A group of Armenia's thinkers have called on for the establishment of a Council of Coordination of Assistance to Syrian Armenians.
As per the intellectuals, it is necessary to form a rapid ...MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN IS REPRESENTED AT WCC MEETING IN MALAYSIA
Regular meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) kicked off on June 17 in Pinang, Malaysia.
During the seven-day event the Commission will sum up the results of ...DRIVER HITS, KILLS MAN IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police received an anonymous call, on Monday at 12:45pm, informing that a Mercedes had hit a man nearby a capital city Yerevan supermarket.
It was found out that the driver of a ...18-YEAR-OLD STEALS CELL PHONES FROM DOWNTOWN YEREVAN UNDERPASS STORE
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's police detained Grigor H., 18, on Monday at 6:30pm, and on suspicion of committing theft from a capital city Yerevan underpass.
It was found out that he stole fifteen ...ARMENIAN MFA'S RESPONSE TO LOS CABOS STATEMENT ON KARABAKH
YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued remarks commenting on the statement released by the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing states on Nagorno-Karabakh.
In his statement ...MAN WANTED FOR BATTERY IS DETAINED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Police took under custody Hamlet Manosyan, 26, nearby a capital city Yerevan building, on Monday at 6pm.
He was wanted ever since June 15 and on charges of battery, ...FOUR CAR ACCIDENTS, FIVE INJURED ON ARMENIAN ROADS
YEREVAN. - On Monday morning a VAZ 21074 and a BMW crashed on the Yerevan - Sevan road. As a result, a passenger was injured and hospitalized.
On that same day at around 1 p.m. an Opel turned over on ...ARMENIA' ORINATS YERKIR PARTY HAS NEW MP
YEREVAN. - Based on Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker's report on considering ceased the MP mandate of the coalition government's junior partner, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP)-member ...IRRIGATION WATER IS SCARCE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - this year, State Water Management Committee official Adibek Ghazaryan said during a press conference on Tuesday.
In his words, there are 155,000-hectare irrigation lands in Armenia and 1 billion ...DEAD NEWBORN FOUND IN ARMENIAN VILLAGE CANAL
YEREVAN. - The body of a dead newborn was discovered Monday in a water canal of Mayisyan village of Armenia's Armavir Region. The newborn was a boy and its umbilical cord was not even cut off.
The ...ARMENIA'S POLICE IMPOUND 113 VEHICLES PAST WEEK (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Officers from Armenia's Road Police impounded 113 vehicles last week. From these automobiles, 37 were confiscated for installing noise silencers without proper authorization; 32 drivers were ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CARRIER TO GET SECOND SUKHOI SUPERJET 100 PLANE SOON
Armenian national carrier Armavia will get the second Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane in the near future. The plane with the tail number EK95016 will be named after Armenian famous actor Frunzik [Mher] Mkrtchyan, ...IF PROSTITUTES ARE TAXED, THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE YEREVAN - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
YEREVAN. - Prostitution and pimping are flourishing in Armenia, because this is convenient for those agencies whose job it is to prevent this phenomenon, capital city Yerevan's Puppet Theater Artistic ...CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFUSES LAWSUIT BY DEFEATED ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP CANDIDATE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Constitutional Court refused to consider the lawsuit by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP candidate David Matevosyan on recognizing invalid the election results in ...NATURAL GAS PRICES CONDITIONED ON INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MARKET - ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN GAS COMPANY
YEREVAN. - When the business conducting entity's business expectations are not met, it is illogical to condition the matter on natural gas and, instead, it is necessary to design effective management ...EUROPEAN FRIENDS OF ARMENIA ISSUE STATEMENT KARABAKH
The on-going snail pace escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict brings dramatic risks for the entire South-Caucasus region, as well as for the Middle East and Europe, European Friends of Armenia said ...DOLLAR HITS NEW RECORD AT ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian Dram (AMD) comprised AMD 416.76/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Tuesday, and this is the first time this year that the ...TWO ORINATS YERKIR MEMBERS TO BE DEPUTY MINISTERS
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition Orinats Yerkir member party ended political council's session on Tuesday, where it decided that Nelson Zuloyan and Davit Karapetyan, occupying 9th and 10th lines of the party ...ACCELERATING KARABAKH SETTLEMENT MEANS GETTING SOCIETIES READY FOR PEACE - RULING MP
YEREVAN. - Acceleration of the Karabakh conflict settlement supposes preparing the societies of Armenia and Azerbaijan for peace, ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group secretary ...ARMENIAN PAINTERS' WORKS ARE EXHIBITED IN VIENNA
Along the lines of the Artists in Residence project, the exhibition of the works of four painters was held Tuesday in Vienna.
Young artist Mary Moon (Amirkhanyan), who is selected from Armenia and ...YEREVAN MAYOR BIDS FAREWELL TO OUTGOING GERMAN AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan met with German Ambassador Hans-Jochen Schmidt, who is ending his diplomatic mission in Armenia.
The Mayor extended his thanks to the Ambassador ...RUSSIAN, US, FRENCH PRESIDENTS' STATEMENT ON KARABAKH DOES NOT REFLECT DISCUSSED TOPICS
YEREVAN. - The statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing states' leaders does not reflect the discussed topics, head of the Armenian delegation at the PACE, ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) ...ARMENIA RANKS 102 IN FAILED STATES INDEX
The Fund for Peace today released the eighth edition of its annual Failed States Index (FSI), highlighting global political, economic and social pressures experienced by states.
Armenia has the best indicators ...ARMENIAN MP SPEAKS ABOUT CRUEL FIGHT IN HIS RESTAURANT
YEREVAN. - Armenian MP from the parliamentary group of the ruling Republican Party Ruben Hayrapetyan releases a statement concerning the cruel fight in his restaurant on Thursday.
"These days I have not ...ARMENIAN-GERMAN COOPERATION IMPORTANT FOR ARMENIA IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS - PM
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received German outgoing Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt.
"We are interested in reinforcing and enlarging Armenian-German bilateral relations. The cooperation ...OVER 20 PLAYGROUNDS TO BE OPENED IN YEREVAN - MAYOR
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Levon Sargsyan, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Pyunik Charitable Foundation and Honorary President of the Foundation Gabriel Jemberjyan opened two children's ...TWINNING PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE IN FOOD SECURITY DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian Agriculture Minister Sergey Karapetyan received on Tuesday delegation of twinning project 'Strengthening of animal origin food and food safety control in Armenia,' the Ministry informs ...RUSSIA DOUBLES MILITARY BASE PERSONNEL IN ARMENIA
The number of Russian contract personnel at the Armenian base will double by the end of 2012, said Russian military official.
Igor Gorbul, a spokesman for Russia's Southern Military District, said the ...EXCESS CONSUMPTION OF TEA CAUSES PROSTATE CANCER
Men who drink more than 3 cups of tea per day are under the risk of acquiring prostate cancer. The risk of acquiring the disease may be lowered by consuming 1 cup of tea per day, RBK reports.
As Pravda.ru ...FAMOUS PAKISTANI SINGER IS MURDERED BY EX-HUSBAND (VIDEO)
PESHAWAR. - Famous Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed was murdered in Peshawar. She was murdered by bypassing bikers while she was leaving a beauty salon with her father. The singer's sister who was walking ...HAYPOST EMPLOYEE STEAL PENSIONS IN ARMENIA
IJEVAN. - Armenia's Tavush Region First Instance Court confirmed accusations against the Haypost employee A. Markosyan on stealing pensions, as well as keeping weapons illegally.
Markosyan has stolen ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT GROUPS CONVENE ACTIVE SESSIONS PRIOR TO VOTING FOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
YEREVAN. - Political powers of the Parliament run active discussions on various issues, parties told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Majority of them have already discussed the Government program submitted for ...ARMENIAN POLICE MAKES STATEMENT ON BRUTAL RESTAURANT FIGHT - ‘WE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRAINED'
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Police released a statement on the fight in Harsnakar Restaurant Complex.
"The investigation of the criminal case, which was launched on January 19, goes on in the Central Investigation ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Norwegian Friedhof Nansen (public figure). He died in 1930 after helping countless Armenian refugees, who had survived the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks. He created the "Nansen Passport" for these stateless refugees.
- 1911 Death of Petros Simonian, national figure, publicist in Tbilisi and editor of the "Meghoo Hayastanee" periodical.
- 1918 The first Armenian delegation arrived in Constantinople to start reconciliation talks with Turkey.
- 1935 Opening of the State Historical Museum of Armenia in Yerevan.
- 1954 Death of Smbat Boroyan, participant in the 1921 February rebellion and the volunteer movement of the Sassoon rebellion of 1904. He was born in 1882.
- 2001 Death of Sargis Baghdasarian, sculptor, artist and teacher. His "We are our mountains" - "Gharabaghthsiner" sculpture (1967) became a symbol of the national movement of Artsakh. He was born in 1923.
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