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Published on April 01, 2005
ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO DEPART FOR FRANCE APRIL 4
Armenian President Robert Kocharian will pay a formal visit to France April 4-6, RA President's press service reported.
Headlines for April 01, 2005
YURI MERZLYAKOV: OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS COUNT ON AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS' MEETING
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group count on the meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in Moscow during the celebrations of the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, ...YURI MERZLYAKOV: THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT CANNOT BE SETTLED WITHOUT NAGORNO KARABAKH
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have already worked out a number of components of the Karabakh conflict settlement, OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated, APA Azeri news agency reports. ...OSCE MG CO-CHAIR: POSSIBILITIES TO STABILIZE SITUATION AT KARABAKH AND AZERI ARMED FORCES CONTACT LINE NOT EXHAUSTED
«We are deeply concerned over the exchange of fire at the contact line», OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated, APA Azeri news agency reports. When replying to the question ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR URGED GERMANY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Universally known singer and composer Charles Aznavour urged «Germany to follow the example of France and Switzerland and speak out on the crime against humanity», i.e. on the Armenian Genocide, ...REPORT ON NAGORNO KARABAKH LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED AT OSCE PA SUMMER SESSION
«The Nagorno Karabakh issue is not included in the agenda of the summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assemblyto be held in Washington. However, conduction of some discussions and hearings on ...ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND GUNTHER ALTENBERG DISCUSSED ARMENIA- NATO COOPERATION
Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Gunther Altenberg, RA President's press service reported. During ...BELGIAN CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER HERMAN DE CROO TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA APRIL 4
Speaker of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives Herman De Croo will pay a 2-day formal call to Armenia on the invitation of Armenian National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian, RA parliamentary press ...ROBERT KOCHARIAN DEPARTS FOR GEORGIA TODAY
Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian is departing for Georgia on a 2-day formal visit on the invitation of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, RA President's press service reported.OVER 100 MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED LETTER CALLING GEORGE BUSH TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
A congressional letter calling on President George W. Bush to properly acknowledge the Armenian Genocide in his statement of remembrance later this month, has the backing of over 100 Members of the House ...VARDAN OSKANIAN MET WITH NATO ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian met with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Gunther Altenberg, RA MFA press service reported. During the meeting ...COMMODITY TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND SLOVENIA MADE $1.1 MILLION IN 2004
An Armenian-Slovenian business-forum was held in Yerevan March 31, IA Regnum reports. According to Slovenian Ambassador to Armenia, Georgia and Greece (residence in Athens) Jozefa Puhar the forum was ...CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN BUNDESTAG POSTPONED
Faction of Social Democrats and Greens submitted to the Bundestag the proposal to postpone the consideration of the draft resolution on the Armenian Genocide Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reports. The coalition ...VOLUME OF RUSSIAN INVESTMENTS IN ARMENIAN ECONOMY IN 2004 MADE $67 MILLION 204.6 THOUSAND
In 2004 Russia invested $67 million 204.6 thousand in the Armenian economy, what makes 21.99% of the total volume of the investments. According to the data provided by the National Statistical Service ...BOOK ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TITLED «FIRST HOLOCAUST OF 20-TH CENTURY» RECEIVED SUPREME POLISH AWARD
The book about the Armenian Genocide titled «The First Holocaust of the 20-th Century received Phoenix, the supreme Polish award, Archimandrite of the Krakow monastery Tadeus Isahakian-Zalezski said ...RECURRENT MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI FMs TO MEET IN LONDON APRIL 15
The recurrent meeting of Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers Vardan Oskanian and Elmar Mamedyarov will be held in London on April 15 within the frames of the meetings on the Nagorno Karabakh settlement. ...POLISH PRESIDENT DID NOT STATE THAT «NAGORNO KARABAKH IS ESSENTIAL OF AZERBAIJAN»
Spreading propaganda the Azeri party and forges facts to achieve its goals on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Polish Ambassador to Armenia Tomasz Knothe said when commenting on the reports spread by the ...AAC PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM PROTESTED AGAINST CONDUCTION OF WORLD PRIDE 2005 - INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY OF SEXUAL MINORITIES -IN JERUSALEM
During the joint press conference with the arrangers of the World Pride 2005, the holiday of the sexual minorities, heads of three monotheistic religions called the arrangers to abandon the idea of conducting ...SHEIKS OF ASHIRET TRIBES OF SYRIA: WORLD SHOULD RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The delegation of sheiks of 12 Ashiret tribal leaders, who have authority in the Syrian Arab Republic, are in Armenia to participate in the commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. In early past century ...ANATOLY DRYUKOV: I WILL REMEMBER ARMENIAN FRIENDS AND ARMENIA AFTER RETURN TO FATHERLAND
Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdasarian today met with Russian Ambassador to ArmeniaAnatoly Dryukov, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Armenia, the Press Service of the ...ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO DEPART FOR FRANCE APRIL 4
Armenian President Robert Kocharian will pay a formal visit to France April 4-6, RA President's press service reported.
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Today in Armenian history- 1396 Tamerlane returns to Transcaucasia via the Alans.
- 1657 Birth of church-figure, musicologist, and writer Aveteek Yevdokatsee in Paris.
- 1846 Petros Minasyan (president) and Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (secretary) create the cultural association named "Association of the United Nation" in Constantinople.
- 1861 Death of Mkrtich Amira Jezayilian, one of the founders of theNersissian School in Khasgyoogh. He was born in 1805.
- 1863 Garegin Srvanjtiants edits the "Eagle of Taron" periodical at the St. Karapet monastery in Moush and issues 43 numbers.
- 1878 Birth of Movses Arazee (Harootyoonyan), writer of the "Israel Oree" and "The Sun" novels, in Yerevan. He died in 1964.
- 1906 The Bolshevik "Spark" newspaper first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Shahoomyan and Spandiaryan. Its publication was forbidden in August.
- 1908 Birth of seismologist Armenak Nazarov in Paris. He was a professor and member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 1909 Birth of civil engineer Vazreek Sekoyan in Igdir.
- 1910 Birth of trumpeter and conductor Tsolak Vardazarian in Stepanavan (formerly Jalaloghlee).
- 1918 The independent government of Van, being surrounded by Turkish and Kurdish forces, retreated to Iraq.
- 1920 Birth of Academician, linguist, and Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gevorg Jahookyan in Shahnazar (now Metsavan), Kalinino (Dasheer) region of Loree Province. He is a Professor with an interest in contemporary Armenian.
- 1920 After the Genocide of the Armenians of Marash, Hatjn, and Oorfa, the Kemalist Turkish army laid seige to Ayntab. After a 15-day defense, some 18000 were saved from murder. With the betrayal of the French forces, which suddenly withdrew from Cilicia to ahnd over the territory to the Kemalists, however, these Armenians had to flee, in 1921, to Syria.
- 1921 Bolsheviks regain control of Yerevan after having lost it during the February revolt.
- 1924 Birth of Karapet (Garoosh) Karapetian in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He was a coach and important sports figure. He was first Vice President of the European Weight Lifting Federation.
- 1928 Birth of Vladimir Greegoryan in Yerevan: a philologist, professor, and linguist. He was one of the creators of the first translation machine in the USSR. He died in 2001.
- 1930 Birth of actor and film directorr Khoren Abrahamyan.
- 1933 Birth, in Constantinople (Istanbul) of the linguist Barsegh Tooghladjyan. He authored bilingual and trilingual general and specialized dictionaries. He also authored "Ovgyanos", an encyclopedic, etymological dictionary in three volumes.
- 1935 Inauguration of the Russian Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan.
- 1938 First meeting of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1958 Opening of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Yerevan.
- 1984 Under pressure from Turkey, the Canadian government terrorizes Toronto by alleging that "Armenian terrorists" had planted a bomb in the city's subway system. No bomb was ever found. The disclosure of any evidence was denied by Canadian police forces (CSIS and RCMP) under the pretext of "National Security".
- 1993 Artsakh forces control Kelbajar (Artsakh).
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