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Headlines for August 31, 2012ARMENIA HAS OVER 324,000 FACEBOOK USERS
The number of registered Facebook users in Armenia increased by 67, 260 over the last six months reaching 324,180, says Socialbakers statistics portal. Facebook penetration in Armenia is 10.93% compared ...ARMENIAN SENIOR OFFICIAL AND HIS MISTRESS "OCCUPY" SWIMMING POOL - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily cites the message written by an active Facebook user. "A friend of mine told something bizarre which perhaps could happen solely in Armenia. They went to Dilijan ...ARMENIA'S BUSINESSMEN ARE LEAVING COUNTRY? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A considerable number of Armenia's leading businessmen are preparing to leave the country, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily reports. "And if on the one hand some of them are truly connected ...YEREVAN'S "NAKED WOMAN" LIKEWISE DISENCHANTS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - "The new sculpture, which is placed in the garden of Cafesjian sculptures [in Armenia's capital city Yerevan], apparently was not liked by the Yerevan residents, who complain and protest, furthermore, ...BODIES OF THREE ARMENIANS KILLED IN SYRIA ARE REMOVED FROM CONFLICT ZONE
The bodies of Bedros Matossian, 49, Kevork Matossian, 46, and Levon Matossian, 22—who were killed in the suburbs of Damascus—were removed from the conflict zone, the Syrian Diocese of the ...GOOGLE DEVOTES HOMEPAGE DOODLE TO MARIA MONTESSORI
1Google devoted its homepage doodle on Friday to renowned Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori, who is one of the educators who defined the philosophy of child education in the 20th century. ...UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES BIRTHDAY OF UKRAINIAN-ARMENIAN CHURCH LEADER
KYIV. - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych issued a congratulatory message in connection with the birth anniversary of Archbishop Grigoris Buniatian, Primate of the Diocese of Ukraine of the Armenian ...TRUCK DRIVEN BY GEORGIAN CITIZEN TIPS OVER IN ARMENIA'S VANADZOR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received information, on Friday at 5:41am, that a vehicle had tipped over at Lori Highway in Vanadzor City. It was found out that a MAN-model ...WIFI TO BE INSTALLED AT ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - There is a surprise waiting for those journalists who are accredited in Armenia's National Assembly (NA). Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned that WiFi Internet will be installed to the areas ...ARMENIAN WOMAN FROM SYRIA GIVES BIRTH IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan will pay a visit Friday to capital city Yerevan's Shengavit Medical Center, where a Syrian Armenian woman by the name of Alin has given birth to ...GAZPROMBANK PLANS TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received on Friday the delegation of Gazprombank headed by Deputy Chairmаn of the Management Board Nikolay Korenev. Welcoming the guests, Premier expressed ...FOREIGN INVESTMENTS TO ARMENIA HAVE DROPPED
YEREVAN. - Foreign investments made to Armenia constituted $266.1 million in January-June 2012, which is a 39.4-percent reduction as compared with the same time period last year, the National Statistical ...AZERBAIJANI FM AND IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DISCUSS KARABAKH ISSUE
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani along the lines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit being held in Tehran, Azerbaijani MFA press service informs. ...ARMENIAN CONTROL CHAMBER CHAIRMAN WILL HEAD TO KYRGYZSTAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Control Chamber (CC) Chairman Ishkhan Zakaryan will pay a visit to Kyrgyzstan from September 3 to 6. Zakaryan will attend regular session of the Council of the Heads of the CIS Financial ...OVER 37,000 FIRST GRADERS WILL GO TO SCHOOL IN ARMENIA THIS SEPTEMBER
YEREVAN.- , a representative of Armenia's Education and Science Ministry told reporters on Friday. Narine Hovhannisyan said the final data will be available after September 5. "The number of first graders ...ARMENIA TO HOLD LOCAL ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND IN 481 COMMUNITIES
YEREVAN. - Local self-government elections will be conducted in Armenia on September 9 and 23, Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan stated during a press conference on Friday. ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP DISSATISFIED WITH GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party has nominated candidates for council of elders, in the country's forthcoming local self-government elections, and it supports opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun ...ARMENIA'S DELEGATION WILL HEAD TO NKR
YEREVAN. - Armenia's official delegation, which will be led by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, will head Saturday to Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) capital city Stepanakert, to attend ...NO JUDGE SHALL BE PRIVILEGED - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - No judge shall be privileged, and the violations committed by the judges should not remain without consequences, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan stated during Friday's working consultation ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY CONSIDERS ITS LEADER AS OPPOSITION'S SINGLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
YEREVAN. - The opposition Heritage Party considers its chairman Raffi Hovannisian as the opposition's single candidate for Armenia's forthcoming presidential elections, Heritage's MP Zaruhi Postanjyan ...ADB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONGRATULATES ARMENIA'S PM FOR IMPRESSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH
YEREVAN. - Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executive Director Maurin Sitorus. "We underscore the future development of our ties with the Asian ...EXTRADITING SAFAROV TO AZERBAIJAN CAUSES BEWILDERMENT AND RESENTMENT - ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT VICE CHAIRMAN
YEREVAN. - The Hungarian authorities' move to extradite criminal Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan causes bewilderment and resentment at the very least, Armenian National Assembly Deputy Speaker and ruling ...DIASPORA MINISTER VISITS FIRST SYRIAN-ARMENIAN BABY BORN IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan on Friday paid a visit to capital city Yerevan's ShengavitMedicalCenter, where Syrian-Armenian couple Berdj and Aline Salipian's baby boy Krist ...DOLLAR DROPS TO AMD 408/$1 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate, against the Armenian dram (AMD), comprised AMD 408/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Friday, and this is a 0.12-percent—or a 0.49-point—fall ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONVENES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SESSION AND SPECIAL MEETING
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan on Friday held a session of the National Security Council. In addition, the President convened a special consultation with the chiefs of diplomatic missions ...AZERBAIJANI SCIENTIST CLAIMS ALIYEV VIOLATED NORMS IN ISSUING AMNESTY TO MURDERER SAFAROV
BAKU. - The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issues an amnesty to the murderer of an Armenian serviceman by violating laws of own country, Azerbaijani professor Hanlar Alikberov commented for contact.az ...RAMIL SAFAROV'S SENTENCE TO CONTINUE TO BE ENFORCED BY AZERBAIJAN - HUNGARY
BUDAPEST. - The Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice released a statement on the extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan. "Safarov, an Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Hungary ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER REFUSES TO VISIT HUNGARY
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will suspend his official visit to Hungary indefinitely. Abrahamyan planned to visit Hungary by the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart ...ARMENIAN NATION WILL NEVER FORGIVE - YEREVAN BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH HUNGARY (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Armenia breaks the diplomatic relations with Hungary, reports Armenian News-NEWS.am.The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan invited the extraordinary meeting with the participation of heads ...
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