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Published on June 20, 2012
ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
- STEPANAKERT. - Serviceman Aram Gyulnazaryan is posthumously awarded a medal 'For Service in Battle' under the Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan's Wednesday decree, presidential press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
A 19-year-old Armenian soldier was killed at the line of contact between the Armed Forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan on Monday morning.
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Headlines for June 20, 2012INTENTIONAL MURDER ATTEMPT OR USUAL CAR ACCIDENT? (VIDEO, PHOTO)
VANADZOR. - On October 18, 2011 Hrachik Mkrtchyan had a car accident with his family. As his family claims, it was not a usual accident but an intentional murder attempt. According to Hrachik Mkrtchyan, ...NUMBER OF ARMENIAN TOURISTS IN TURKEY INCREASES
The number of Armenian tourists who visited Turkey this April increased by 26.9%, as compared to last year.
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said 4,889 Armenians visited Turkey in April 2012 as ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO STIMULATE BIRTH RATE
YEREVAN.- The newlyweds in Armenia will be provided with preferential mortgages, says government's action plan.
To improve the demographic situation during the next five years, the government promises ...MINIMAL SALARY TO DOUBLE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Minimal salary will at least double in Armenia.
To note, as of January 1, 2011 minimal salary in Armenia was AMD 32.5 thousand. In 2001 it was AMD 5 thousand, in 2006 - AMD 15 thousand. The ...ARMENIA BUILDS PLANT TO CULTIVATE SAPPHIRES
YEREVAN. - Government of Armenia considers issue of postponing the VAT for Astra Crystal Company. The company intends to cultivate raw material for technical sapphires and ready-made crystals.
The issue ...ARMENIAN MP CLAIMS YOUTH CAN WAIT
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir party MP Hovhannes Margaryan received the mandate without any bribes, he told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"I received the mandate without any bribe on behalf ...DOLPHINS AMAZE RESIDENTS OF ISTANBUL WITH THEIR DANCE (VIDEO)
ISTANBUL. - A flock of dolphins which swam to the Bosphorus, caused a great fuss among the people and provided fishermen with a good catch as the dolphins were chasing fish stud. The dolphins performed ...CHATHAM HOUSE: WANING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE ON SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents an extract from the Long Goodbye: Waning Russian Influence in the South Caucasus and Central Asia by the British Chatham House expert James Nixey.
The South Caucasus, with ...ARMENIA HAS RESOURCES TO REALIZE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
YEREVAN. - The five year program of the Armenian Government is more than realistic, economist, head of Alternative Research Agency Tatul Manaseryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, Armenia ...EURASEC NOT DISCUSSED FINANCING OF ARMENIA'S NAIRIT PLANT
YEREVAN.- The issues on providing credit to Armenia's chemical giant Nairit plant was not discussed during the June 7 session of the Eurasian Economic Community's (EurAsEC) Anti-Crisis Fund.
The representative ...FORUM OF ARMENIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF EUROPE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO SLOVAKIA
The Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) filed a lawsuit against the Turkish Ambassador to Slovakia Gulhan Ulutekin, a message sent to Armenian News-NEWS.am from the Forum states.
The chairman ...DOG BREED INFLUENCES ON ATTRACTIVENESS OF OWNER
The breed of the dog may influence the attractiveness of its owner for the opposite sex. As MEDdaily.ru reports linking at The Daily Mail, scientist found out which dog breeds are most attractive for ...MOST TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ARE COMMITTED BY ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DRIVERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's fifth National Assembly (NA) MPs already have moved into their work offices and accommodated with the "area," Yerkir daily writes.
"It is apparent that the NA allocates [service] ...GOVERNMENT CANNOT INTRODUCE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM - ARMENIA'S FORMER PM - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Following the inaugural session of the National Assembly's (NA) Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, Hayots Ashkharh daily interviewed opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP and ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS DESIGNATES ITS PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATES IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has decided on its representatives in interparliamentary delegations, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
"Perhaps the most important is the Armenian ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY MPS MUST REPORT TO FACTION BEFORE GIVING INTERVIEWS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's ruling Republican Party (RPA) National Assembly Faction leader Galust Sahakyan reflected on RPA MP's interviews, or their participation in press conferences, Hraparak daily writes. ...REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY FACTION LEADER TRIES TO "APPREHEND" PARTY MPS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The newly-formed Government's program will be examined Wednesday in Armenia's National Assembly (NA), Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"Ever since yesterday [Tuesday], [ruling Republican Party] ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY IS NEITHER OPPOSITION NOR ADMINISTRATION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) convened a session Wednesday, during which the Government's main program will be examined.
In addition and pursuant to the NA's Rules of Procedure, the parliamentary ...ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE LIFE ON ARMENIA'S REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - An accident occurred on Amenia's Vanand-Hushakert motorway, on Tuesday at 8:55pm.
A VAZ 2103—with driver Artur Vardanyan, 25, of Vanand village—crashed into a UAZ 469-model jeep, ...US SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES NOMINATION OF RICHARD MORNINGSTAR
Following intense questioning by Senators Barbara Boxer and Robert Menendez on a range of issues dealing with the Aliyev regime's ongoing attacks against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and the demolition ...274 POLLING STATIONS WILL OPERATE DURING NKR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
STEPANAKERT. - A total of 274 polling stations are formed for the presidential elections to be held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the latter's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) informs.
And ...ARMENIAN SOLDIERS' CAR ROLLS OVER
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 2108, in which there were Armenian military servicemen, went off road at the Yerevan-Meghri Highway on Wednesday morning, and crashed into the hillside embankment and rolled over. ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN WILL VOTE AGAINST ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party will vote against the program which the Government introduced, ARF MP Artsvik Minasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Ruling Republican Party's National ...OSCE MONITORS KARABAKH-AZERBAIJANI LINE OF CONTACT
In accordance with the agreement earlier reached with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) authorities, the OSCE mission held a monitoring on Wednesday at the line of the contact between the armed forces ...YEREVAN STREETS TO HAVE MORE VIDEO CAMERAS, SPEED DETECTORS
YEREVAN. - Traffic video cameras and speed detectors are still being installed on the streets of Armenia's capital, Yerevan, the Road Police inform.
Specifically, new speed detectors will be put into ...ARMENIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's economic activity index comprised 7.4 percent in January-May 2012, the National Statistical Service informs.
And an 8-percent economic activity was registered in May 2012, as compared ...ARMENIA'S AMBASSADOR HANDS CREDENTIALS TO LATVIA'S PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ambassador to Latvia, Ara Ayvazyan, on Tuesday presented his credentials to Latvian President Andris Berzins.
During the ensuing private talk, Berzins and Ayvazyan discussed the ...IF WE HAVE POLITICAL WILL, LARGE BUSINESS WILL WORK TRANSPARENTLY - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN.- Large business will work transparently in case there is political will, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said addressing the MPs on Wednesday.
In response to a question by Prosperous Armenia Party ...ARMENIANS ARE MOST TARGETED IN TURKISH MEDIA STORIES CONTAINING HATE SPEECH
ISTANBUL. - The number of headlines and news stories that vilified specific groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion or other characteristics increased to 115 in the first four months of 2012, up from ...BELARUSIAN-MADE ELEVATORS, GARBAGE TRUCKS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUSES CAN BE COMPETITIVE IN YEREVAN - AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan received Belarusian Ambassador Stepan Sukharenko, and they discussed the prospects for expanding the interaction between Yerevan and Belarusian ...ARMENIA'S STATISTICS RECORD INCREASE IN SALARIES
YEREVAN. - The average monthly wage in Armenia was AMD 114,800 (approx. US$ 277) in May 2012, the National Statistical Service informs.
The average monthly salaries increased by 3.8 percent as compared ...ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS NOT TO DEPEND ON POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Peculiarity of relations between Armenia and Iran is that they do not depend on political environment, expert Gagik Harutyunyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"I believe common and ...US CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ALLEGES GUN CONTROL LED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
US Congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher appeared the focus of world press after his controversial video on gun control alleging it led to the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. Wurzelbacher also ...ARMENIA GAVE ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJANI PROVOCATIONS - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Armenia gave an adequate response to Azerbaijani provocations, expert Gagik Harutyunyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"Death of each serviceman due to ceasefire regime violation ...ARMENIA TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR SECURITY ON FRONTLINE
YEREVAN.- Armenia will take preventive measures at the line of contact, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said speaking in the parliament on Wednesday.
Commenting on the opposition bloc members Nikol Pashinyan's ...ARMENIAN PM DOES NOT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO LEAVE COUNTRY
YEREVAN. - The Government does not 'plan conspiracy plots' for the people to leave the country, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said responding to the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP Aram Manukyan. ...BRITISH ROYAL COURT'S MAIN INVITED CONDUCTOR TO DIRECT ARMENIA'S PHILHARMONIC AGAIN
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan's Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall will become the venue Thursday for a concert directed by the British Royal Court's main invited conductor Christopher Warren-Green, ...NO ONE BANS IMPORTS OF SUGAR AND PETROL INTO ARMENIA - PM
YEREVAN. - No one can restrict the imports of various goods into Armenia, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in parliament in response to question of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP ...ARMENIAN STATE COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC COMPETITION TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO NKR COUNTERPART
YEREVAN. - Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (ASCPEC) Chairman Artak Shaboyan on Thursday will head to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) for a two-day working visit.
Shaboyan ...DEAD BODY FOUND UNDER YEREVAN BRIDGE
YEREVAN. - A dead body was discovered under the Kiev Bridge of the Armenian capital city Yerevan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
MES also informed that ...INTERNATIONAL FACTORS LIKEWISE IMPACT RISE IN DOLLAR'S EXCHANGE RATE IN ARMENIA - FINANCE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - There also are international factors which impact the rise in the US dollar's exchange rate in Armenia, Finance Minister Vache Gabrielyan told news reporters, commenting on the recent fluctuations ...ANCA CALLS TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJANI AGGRESSION
Armenian National Committee of America urges to send webmails to Senators and Representatives calling for condemnation of Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia.
"On the morning of Monday, June 4th, ...3D IMAGES TO DECORATE PAVEMENT OF YEREVAN'S CHARLES AZNAVOUR SQUARE
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's City Hall and Ameriabank had asked Yerevan's residents and guests to express views and offer recommendations on the external design of the capital, the City Hall ...DOLLAR PASSES AMD 417/$1 AT ARMENIA'S STOCK EXCHANGE
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian Dram (AMD) continues to soar in Armenia's financial market.
Its average exchange rate comprised AMD 417.61/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock ...AZNAVOUR MEETS WITH SHANGHAI-ARMENIANS
SHANGHAI. - French-Armenian celebrity Chalres Aznavour was invited to China to participate in the international philanthropic gala concert held in Shanghai.
Aznavour met on Tuesday with the representatives ...TURKISH WRITER CLAIMS HE NEEDED 70 YEARS TO UNDERSTAND TURKEY
YEREVAN. - Turkish writer Murat Belge confessed it required him 70 years and even more to try to understand Turkey and policy run by the Turkish Government, the writer said during the discussions 'Trying ...US EMBASSY IN ARMENIA ORGANIZES CONCERT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
US Embassy in Armenia in partnership with Tufenkian Foundation and Women's Rights Center organized a concert to support the victims of domestic violence. "The Beautified Project" band gave a concert against ...ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
STEPANAKERT. - Serviceman Aram Gyulnazaryan is posthumously awarded a medal 'For Service in Battle' under the Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan's Wednesday decree, presidential press service informs Armenian ...TURKISH WRITER TO SPEAK UP ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WITHOUT HESITATION
YEREVAN. - Turkish writer Murat Belge claims he can speak up the Armenian Genocide without hesitations, as it is difficult to characterize killings of over 1 million people otherwise, the writer said ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY TO VOTE AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAM
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will vote against the Government's program, PAP Secretary Naira Zohrabyan said in the parliament on Wednesday.
She claimed the program envisages creation of 100,000 ...YEREVAN TO MARK WORLD MUSIC DAY
YEREVAN. - The annual World Music Day (Fête de la Musique) organized by the French Embassy in Armenia will be celebrated with a concert on Thursday at Yerevan's Liberty Square.
To note, every year ...PSYCHIATRIST'S SON JUMPS OFF BRIDGE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The identity of the young man who jumped off Kievyan bridge in Yerevan on Tuesday has been revealed.
As the press service of the Armenian Police informs Armenian News-NEWS.am, he was Nerses ...INDEX OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN ARMENIA GOES UP
YEREVAN.- The Central Bank of Armenia said index of business environment and economic activity went up in the second quarter of 2012.
Index of economic activity increased (102.3%) as compared to the same ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP BELIEVES GOVERNMENT CANNOT CARRY OUT PROMISES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's real authorities are not the Government but clans and business-groups, which doom to failure any, even the best initiatives by the Government, opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Vahan ...REPUBLICAN PARTY MAY DISCUSS GOVERNORS' APPOINTMENT DURING THURSDAY MEETING
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will convene the meeting of Executive Board at the party's headquarters on Thursday evening, RPA spokesperson Eduard Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES BILL ON INCREASED WATER RELEASE FROM LAKE SEVAN
YEREVAN. - Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment of the Armenian parliament discussed on Wednesday's session the bills on making amendments in the laws on Lake Sevan, and the Lake ecosystem ...FIFTH SUSPECT ARRESTED ON RESTAURANT FIGHT CASE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Police officers detained the fifth suspect on the restaurant case where military doctors were cruelly beaten up, reliable sources from the police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Earlier we ...IN 2008 BANKS WENT BANKRUPT IN US BUT IN ARMENIA 9 PERCENT GROWTH WAS PROPOSED
YEREVAN. - The Government is not ready to acknowledge its own mistakes in economy, Armenian Former FM, member of Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) parliamentary group Vartan Oskanian announced criticizing ...DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS TO BE RENOVATED IN ARMENIA WITH FINANCIAL AID OF ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
YEREVAN. - Andranik Andreasyan, head of Armenian Territorial Administration Ministry's State Committee of Water, presented the loan agreement signed between Armenia and the Asian Development Bank on May ...RULING ARMENIAN MP BELIEVES IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND ITS POTENTIAL
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Government program for five years deserves unequivocal confidence, ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP David Harutyunyan said during parliamentary discussions on Wednesday.
"Role ...ARMENIAN PM RECEIVES REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF WORLD BANK
YEREVAN. - Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan received World Bank's Regional Director for the South Caucasus region Asad Alam, who is finishing his mission on his post.
He introduced Henry Kerali, newly appointed ...CHILDREN ARGUING WITH PARENTS GROW UP MORE CLEVER AND INDEPENDENT
Children who are constantly arguing with their parents handle tension with their peers better. As a result they are less attracted towards alcohol and drugs.
Researchers from Virginia University came ...MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE CALLS MEXICAN WOMEN TO REFUSE POLITICALLY PASSIVE MEN
MEXICO. - Mexican presidential female candidate from ruling party Josefina Vázquez Mota turned to her compatriots with rather unusual call. She asked Mexican women to refuse those husbands and ...PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA AND FIRST LADY ATTEND KING JOHN PERFORMANCE
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and First Lady Rita Sargsyan attended National Academic Theatre after Gabriel Sundukyan on Wednesday and watched the King John performance by Shakespeare.
The ...CHINESE JOURNALIST SHOWED SEX TOY CLAIMING IT IS MIRACLE MUSHROOM (VIDEO)
A Chinese young journalist became famous after showing 'a miracle mushroom' during a local TV show. The mushroom strongly resembled a vagina. The young journalist conducted a self-initiated research and ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1845 Sultan Abdul Megid orders the Pasha of Soor to enter Western Armenia with an army. The goal was to take away the semi-autonomy of the Armenians.
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