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Published on June 30, 2012
THERE CANNOT BE STRONG STATE WITHOUT MIDDLE CLASS - ARMENIA'S PM
- YEREVAN. - Armenia's Premier Tigran Sargsyan met with the audience from the Yerevan School of Political Studies, and delivered a lecture on the current global developments and existing challenges and their possible solutions.
Also, the participants discussed the Government's 2012-2017 activity program and the current reforms in Armenia.
Tigran Sargsyan stated that the formation of a middle class is one of the main preconditions for a state's development and strengthening, and he assured that Armenia's authorities have the political will to resolve this problem.
"The objective of the tools offered in the Government's program is the solution of this problem, since there cannot be a strong state without a middle class," said the PM.
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Headlines for June 30, 2012FATE OF CITIZENS IS MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE - KARABAKH OFFICIAL
The fate of our fellow citizens who went missing during the Nagorno-Karabakh war is an issue of great importance, Armen Gabrielyan, Head of the Working Group of the Commission on Armenian captives, hostages ...CYBER-CRIMES INCREASED SHARPLY IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime at the Police of Armenia disclosed 25 cyber-crimes for the first six months of this year, and criminal cases were instigated against 16 of ...FORMER ROAD POLICE CHIEF OF ARMENIA WILL NOT APPEAL COURT DECISION
YEREVAN. - Former Armenian Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan who was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment will not appeal the decision, the lawyer of Margar Ohanyan Mkrtich Vasakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.If ...CONFIDENTIAL PHOTOS OF HILLARY CLINTON WITH AMUSING COMMENTS (PHOTO)
On Thursday, Latvia became the hundredth country that the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited officially while being in office, PolicyMic reports adding she excelled the record of Madeleine ...20-YEAR-OLD GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE ATTEMPT ON BROTHER'S PARTY
On Thursday Saralanj village resident Anahit Aleksanyan committed a suicide attempt while the family was celebrating her brother's draft to military service, the village residents informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The ...NUMBER OF CATTLE INCREASES IN ARMENIAN LORI REGION
VANADZOR. - The number of cattle increased in Armenia's Lori region, but the numbers of other domestic animals decreased.
The number of pigs, for example, decreased because in 2010 plague spread in several ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER'S SEEING OFF, WELCOMING PRESIDENT AT AIRPORT IS PROTOCOL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan's spokesperson confirmed Friday that Tsarukyan saw off and then welcomed at the airport President Serzh Sargsyan who had gone to Brussels, ...PERSONNEL CHANGE IS UNAVOIDABLE IN ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - No matter how much Armenia's newly-appointed ministers—specifically of Healthcare and Urban Development—assure that considerable staff changes will not be made, they are inevitable, ...MYSTERIOUS VISIT TO ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's press service on Friday confirmed the information that European Council President Herman Van Rompuy will pay a visit to Armenia at the beginning of next ...ARMENIAN METAL SCULPTOR BECOMES RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Armenian metal sculptor Hakob Khalafyan, who lives in Sochi, Russia, has become Russian Academy of Fine Arts Associate Member.
Khalafyan became very popular when thematic metal sculptures started to ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Zhamanak daily tried to ascertain whether Armenia's oppositionRepublic Party leader Aram Sargsyan could nominate his candidacy for the 2013 presidential elections.
"In response, Republic ...BLAST OCCURS IN YEREVAN BUILDING
YEREVAN. - There was an explosion on the fourth floor of an Armenian capital city Yerevan building, on Saturday at 8:52am, and the blast was followed by a fire.
Due to the complexity of the fire, four ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RESPONDS TO FORMER FM'S REMARKS ON KARABAKH ISSUE
YEREVAN. - Armenian Presidential Chief of Staff, Master of International Law and Diplomacy Vigen Sargsyan specifically wrote the following in his Facebook account:
"I read with surprise Armenia's former ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT'S RULING, OPPOSITION FACTIONS TO SUCCESSIVELY CHAIR ETHICS COMMITTEE
YEREVAN. - The representatives of Armenian National Assembly's (NA) largest ruling and opposition factions will head the NA Ethics Committee in rotation, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the NA ...CAUSE OF EXPLOSION, FIRE IN YEREVAN BUILDING IS BEING DETERMINED
YEREVAN. - Fortunately, there are no casualties and injured as a result Saturday's blast and ensuing fire in a building of Armenia's capital city Yerevan, the Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WILL HEAD TO KIEV ON WORKING VISIT
YEREVAN. - At the invitation of Ukrainian Head of State Viktor Yanukovych, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan will head to Kiev on Sunday on a working visit.
Sargsyan will meet with Yanukovych, the ...CRIMINAL CASE OPENS AGAINST YEREVAN AIRPORT WORKER WHO TOOK BRIBE FOR EXTRA LUGGAGE WEIGHT
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport Police Department was informed by a man, on Friday at 2:40am, that on the same day—and while seeing off his daughter-in-law ...US SENATE APPROVES MORNINGSTAR AS AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN
The U.S. Senate approved Richard Morningstar as Ambassador to Azerbaijan on Friday.
The Senators also approved ambassadors to 10 countries: Myanmar, Gambia, Nepal, Mongolia, Micronesia, Equatorial Guinea, ...ARMENIAN MAN, WHO FATALLY STABBED SISTER 20 TIMES, IS FOUND
YEREVAN. - Romik Hovhannisyan, 49—who was suspected of killing his sister Margarita Hovhannisyan, 50, on Friday at their home in Armenia's Nor Kharberd village—was detained from a capital ...UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES ARMENIAN COLLEAGUE ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Ukrainian Head of State Viktor Yanukovych extended his congratulations to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, in connection with his birth anniversary.
"I wish you health and future success in your state ...ARMENIAN RESCUERS ARE PREPARED TO HELP GEORGIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's rescuers stand ready to render assistance to the people of Georgia in eliminating the aftermaths of the floods in that country, Emergency Situations Ministry Rescue Service Deputy ...1/4 OR 1/5 OF ARMENIA'S COUPLES SUFFERS FROM INFERTILITY - PHYSICIAN
YEREVAN. - One out of every four or five couples in Armenia suffers from primary or secondary infertility, gynecologist Arman Sahakyan stated during a press conference on Saturday.
He stressed that those ...LAWSUIT IS FILED AGAINST COMMANDER OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN TURKISH ARMY
ISTANBUL. - There was a new development in the next court trial into the case of Sevag Sahin Balikci, the Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military unit while serving in the Turkish ...APPLE WINS BAN ON SAMSUNG GALAXY NEXUS SALES IN US
Apple Corporation succeeded in banning temporary the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smart phone sales in the United States through court.
"Apple has made a clear showing that, in the absence of a preliminary injunction, ...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 2,500 shots were fired ...OSCE OFFICE PROMOTES OUT-OF-COURT RESOLUTIONS IN DEFAMATION CASES IN ARMENIA
AGHVERAN. - Resolving cases of defamation and insult without resorting to the courts is the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported workshop for journalists and lawyers that started today in Aghveran, Armenia.
The ...ISTANBUL ARMENIAN IS BURIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISLAMIC RITES
ISTANBUL. - Another news item published in Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly is widely covered by the Turkish press.
According to the news article, in order to organize the funeral service ...TWO ACCIDENTS OCCUR AT SAME SPOT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 21150 hit a tree nearby an Armenian capital city Yerevan detached house, on Friday at 2am, and, subsequently, a VAZ 2106 and a Škoda collided with one another at the same location. ...ARMENIAN VILLAGE BROTHERS STAB 37-YEAR-OLD MAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police received a call from hospital, on Friday at 7pm, informing that Makich T., 37, was in hospital with stab wounds.
Makich told the operative team, which was dispatched to the ...TWO PASSENGERS INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - BMW X-5 and VAZ vehicles crashed at 10.00 p.m. in Komitas Avenue on Friday.
As a result of the crash, two VAZ passengers were injured and hospitalized, police informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. ...CAR GOES OFF ROAD, TIPS OVER AT ARMENIAN REGIONAL MOTORWAY
YEREVAN. - A VAZ 21011 went off road at Armenia's Yerevan-Meghri Highway and tipped over, on Friday at around 11:30pm.
As a result, the two passengers sustained injuries and were transferred to hospital, ...ARMENIAN ECONOMY MINISTER OPPOSES CREATION OF IT MINISTRY
YEREVAN. - Two deputy economy ministers will shoulder responsibility for managing the IT sector in Armenia, said Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan.
Up to date the coordination of IT sector was carried out ...THERE CANNOT BE STRONG STATE WITHOUT MIDDLE CLASS - ARMENIA'S PM
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Premier Tigran Sargsyan met with the audience from the Yerevan School of Political Studies, and delivered a lecture on the current global developments and existing challenges and ...YEREVAN MAYOR TOURS OPEN-AIR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET
YEREVAN. - This is the second consecutive year that Armenian capital city Yerevan's Municipality, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, is organizing an agricultural product fair on the weekends. ...CHURCH OF NATIVITY ADDED TO UNESCO HERITAGE LIST
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as the first site to be listed as Palestinian.
The decision was made despite protests from Israel and opinions of experts ...BATUMI HOLDS ACTION AGAINST TURKISH EXPANSION
BATUMI. -Georgian MP Jondi Bagaturia organized on Saturday an action against strengthening of Turkish influence in Batumi. He called on all opposition forces to support the action.
"It will be our civil ...GROUP OF ISRAELI WOMEN TO TOUR ARMENIA AND KARABAKH
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The ...
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