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Headlines for June 23, 2012ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM VERY MODEST - FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Government program for 2012-2017 is rather modest, main goals on macro-economic indicators are quite achievable, ex-head of the Central Bank of Armenia Bagrat Asatryan told Armenian ...DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF RAPES NURSE IN TURKEY
A Deputy Police Chief was arrested for rape in Turkey. As the Turkish Hurriyet Agency reports, a nurse working at a state hospital in Hocalar district in Turkey applied to the police reporting that Deputy ...PRADA TO RELEASE COLLECTION OF ARMENIAN DESIGNER
Famous fashion house PRADA will release a joint collection with Armenian graphic designer and artist Vahram Muratyan.
The Prada stores will sell T-shirts with pictures done by Muratyan in mid-July. The ...COUNCIL OF TURKISH FUND RETURNS TERRITORY TO ARMENIAN HOSPITAL
ISTANBUL. - The Council of the Turkish Fund decided to return part of the territory confiscated in 1971 back to the Armenian Surb Prkich Hospital in Istanbul.
The Chairman of Surb Prkich Hospital's Board ...ARMENIAN ECONOMIST RECEIVES TURKISH AWARD
ISTANBUL. - Known Istanbul-based Armenian economist Taron Acemoglu received the annual award of the Galatasaray Union, handed out by the known Galatasaray Lyceum. The Award Ceremony took place at the ...INTERVIEW WITH ARMENIAN WINNER OF CHILDREN'S NEW WAVE - 2011
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents an interview with the winner of Children's New Wave Song Contest 2011, Armenian Andranik Alexanyan. Winner of Children's New Wave - 2011, 'Person of the Year' according ...BRAVE ANIMATION PRODUCED BY ARMENIAN HITS US THEATERS ON FRIDAY
Brave 3D animation film hits theaters in the United States on Friday, June 22. The producer of the film is Armenian Katherine Sarafian.
According to the plot, determined to make her own path in life, ...AUTHORITIES OF ARMENIA MUST HELP SYRIAN-ARMENIANS - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Authorities of Armenia should establish a special structure, which will elaborate a program for re-populating representatives of the Armenian community in Syria, expert of the Arab studies ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO "COMBAT" JOURNALISTS YET AGAIN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The procedure for accrediting journalists to Armenia's National Assembly (NA) will be tightened in the NA September session, Yerkir daily writes.
"Great majority of the fifth convocation parliament's ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY BREAKS TRADITIONS - NEWSPAPER
Yerevan. - "It has become apparent that [the ruling Republican Party of Armenia] RPA really has believed and changed. During all intermissions of the Government program's examination at the [National ...ARMENIA'S FORMER MPS DO NOT WANT TO PART WAYS WITH THEIR "GOLD" LICENSE PLATES - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's fifth National Assembly's (NA) new MPs are not given the special license plates for their service vehicles, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"Each MP has a deputy number, which becomes ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER IS PREPARED TO SUPPORT ANY PM, EXCEPT FOR INCUMBENT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A variety of predictions were made as to what was said during the tête-à-tête meeting between Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan and Prime Minister Tigran ...DIASPORA ARMENIANS WISH TO IMMEDIATELY SELL THEIR REAL ESTATE IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Many Diaspora Armenians, who have settled in Armenia for years on end, are now knocking on the doors of several real estate agencies, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"Some of them ...ARMENIAN MP NOW RECOGNIZES PREMIER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican party of Armenia MP Mher Sedrakyan (a.k.a. Mher of Tokhmakh) voted "for" the Government's program, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
'"But do you remember? You had given an ...NKR PRESIDENT IS ON FACEBOOK - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's (NKR) incumbent President Bako Sahakyan likewise has opened a Facebook account, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"Another presidential candidate, [NKR ...GOOGLE MARKS 100TH BIRTHDAY OF ALAN TURING
Google's homepage for Saturday is devoted to the 100th birth anniversary of English mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who greatly contributed to the development of computer science and became ...TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN ARMENIA'S VANADZOR
YEREVAN. - An accident occurred on the Vanadzor-Dilijan Highway of Armenia's Lori Region, on Friday at 1:12am.
A VAZ 2107—with driver Y. Harutyunyan, 23—went off road for yet unknown reasons ...RIO+20 SUMMIT ADOPTS FINAL DECLARATION
The Rio+20 UN Earth Summit on Sustainable Development adopted a declaration entitled "The Future We Want." The document clarifies the fundamental principles for passing on to a sustainable development.
Over ...ARMENIAN VILLAGE EXPECTS RICH GRAPE HARVEST (PHOTOS)
Hail is considered the number-one enemy of viticulture for several villages of Armenia's Tavush Region.
"Our village has always suffered from hail; natural disasters are unpredictable," Aygehovit village ...CAR BURSTS INTO FLAME AT YEREVAN INTERSECTION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Emergency Situations Ministry received a call, on Saturday at 9:58am, informing that a vehicle was on fire at a capital city Yerevan intersection.
A firefighting squad was dispatched ...WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN ARMENIA'S GYUMRI
GYUMRI. - A suicide was committed Saturday in Armenia's Gyumri city.
City resident Larisa Papikyan, 50, committed suicide, at around 1:45am, by hanging herself with a headscarf at the lumber room adjacent ...NO CHANGE ENVISIONED IN PROCEDURE FOR ACCREDITING JOURNALISTS TO ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT - OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - No change is envisioned in the procedure for accrediting journalists to Armenia's National Assembly, the latter's Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's press secretary Gohar Poghosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN COULD BE APPOINTED IN COMING WEEKS
BAKU. - The next voting in the US Senate on the appointment of Richard Morningstar as Ambassador to Azerbaijan may take place in the coming weeks, US Chargé d'Affaires in Azerbaijan Adam Sterling ...NEW ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI WAR TO BURY SOVEREIGNTY OF THREE SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATES - GEORGIAN FM
A new Armenian-Azerbaijani war will bury sovereignty and independence of all three South Caucasian states, said Georgian FM Grigol Vashadze.
"I hope sincerely that the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group ...RUSSIA COULD RESORT TO AGGRESSION AGAINST SOUTH CAUCASUS STATES - GEORGIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER
Georgian FM Grigol Vashadze is confident that, if given the opportunity, Russia will resort to a new aggression not only against Georgia, but also against the other South Caucasus states. Vashadze told ...NKR MILITARY COUNCIL DISCUSSES FIRST-SEMESTER SITUATION
STEPANAKERT. - The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army (NKR DA) Military Council on Thursday convened a regular session devoted to the first-semester results of the 2012 military academic year.
NKR ...NKR PRESIDENT RECEIVES DELEGATION FROM ARMENIA'S STATE COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC COMPETITION
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Saturday received the delegation from the Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (ASCPEC), led by ...AZERBAIJAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 400 TIMES PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 400 times in the past week, during which over 1,500 shots were fired ...AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA AWARDS DIPLOMAS TO CLASS OF 2012
American University of Armenia (AUA) class of 2012 commencement exercises took place in Yerevan on Saturday.
The AUA President, Trustees, the class of 2012, parents and guests were present at the 20th ...KARABAKH CONFLICT SIDES STUCK BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR - THOMAS DE WAAL
Karabakh conflict sides [Armenia and Azerbaijan] were stuck between peace and war, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment Thomas de Waal said in an interview with ...ARMENIAN-FRENCH EXPEDITION HOSTS FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR
YEREVAN. - French Ambassador Henri Reynaud on Saturday morning visited the ancient Erebuni Fortress located in Armenia's capital, Yerevan.
The Armenian-French archeological excavation, which resumed ...KARABAKH CONFLICT RESUMPTION NOT IN INTERESTS OF BOTH SIDES - EXPERT
Wide-scale war activities between the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides are impossible at the moment, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment Thomas de Waal said in ...MUBARAK RECEIVES NEW STRIKE - MEDIA
The health condition of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak worsened again. His wife Suzan Sabit as well as his daughters-in-law Heidi and Hadiga came to the hospital, RuFox informs linking at the ...USA USES LIGHTNING AS WEAPON
The US military experiments on a new weapon which is lightning itself.
The weapon of the future will be able to create lightning on the battlefield. The weapon will be able to destroy the hidden missiles ...8 PEOPLE KILLED IN LAUNDRY IN PAKISTAN
8 people were killed during an attack on a laundry shop in south - western Pakistan. The incident happened in a trade center in Baluchistan.
According to the police, the laundry shop was shot at by unknown ...YOUNG WOMAN INJURED WHILE BURNING WASTE IN BACKYARD
ARMAVIR. - Information was received at 3.17 p.m. on Saturday that waste was burned in New Kesaria village, in Armenia's Armavir region at the backyard of 35-year-old H. Gevorgyan under the latter's control. ...TURKISH FM DISCUSSED SHOOTING OF AIRPLANE IN SYRIA
ANKARA. - Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the shooting of the Turkish airplane in Syria with the leaders of the armed forces and investigation services over two hours.
Nothing is informed about the ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC CONDEMNS HARSNAKAR RESTAURANT BRUTAL INCIDENT
YEREVAN. - Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) believes that the Harsnakar restaurant incident, which brought forth heavy consequences and even may claim human life as estimated by doctors, is ...IN FRANCE CROSS-STONE OPENED SYMBOLIZING YEREVAN-MARSEILLE FRIENDSHIP (PHOTO)
MARSEILLES. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and Marseilles Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin participated in an official ceremony dedicated to 20 years of cooperation agreement between the two cities in Marseille.
Both ...RAIN IS EXPECTED IN ARMENIAN DURING COMING DAYS
YEREVAN. - Rain and thunderstorms are expected in most parts of Armenia on June 24-27. Wind velocity will be 15-20 m/s during thunderstorms. In some places hail is expected.
The wind will blow from north-east. ...
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