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Published on March 03, 2008
VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE ARMENIA VISIT DELAYED
- The visit of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, scheduled for March 2-6, has been postponed owing to domestic situation in Armenia, the RA MFA press office reported. The Cardinal was expected to meet with RA President Robert Kocharian, Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Garegin II, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian. He also planned to attend the Depository of Ancient Manuscripts of Matenadaran, Mother Teresa’s sisters’ center and Grigor Lusavorich Cathedral. In Shirak, Cardinal Bertone intended to meet with the Catholic community of Armenia.
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According to preliminary data provided by the Russian Central Electoral Committee, Dmitriy Medvedev won the March 2 presidential race with 70,21 per cent of votes. He is followed by Communist Party leader ...SERZH SARGSYAN: OUR COMPATRIOTS FELL VICTIM TO BLIND HATRED OF SOME INDIVIDUALS
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Armenia’s Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sargsyan delivered the following addressed the nation: “Dear Compatriots, In consequence of the recent events, our people suffered great losses. There ...YERKRAPAH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN MYASNIK MALKHASYAN
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RA National Assembly member, deputy chairman of Yerkrapah volunteer union Myasnik Malkhasyan was detained when taking to flight from Shahumyan Square on March 2 early morning. During a search the police ...RA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF CALLS ON CITIZENS FOR ORDER
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Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian met Sunday with Special Envoy of the Chairman-in-Office Heikki Talvitie to discuss the situation in the republic, the RA leader’s press office said. “The events ...PRO-KURDISH RIOT DISPERSED IN ISTANBUL
Turkish riot police disperse pro-Kurdish demonstrators with truncheons in downtown Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 2, 2008, during a protest against Turkey’s cross-border ground incursion into northern ...TIGRAN TOROSIAN: YEREVAN EVENTS SHOULD BE LESSON FOR EVERYONE
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The latest developments in Yerevan are the result of dirty policy and should be a lesson for all, RA NA speaker Tigran Torosian told an extra parliament session. “The authorities resorted to the move ...COE SEC. GEN. CALLS ON ARMENIAN POLITICAL FORCES FOR DIALOGUE
“I am very concerned about the latest developments in Yerevan and the declaration of the state of emergency. I am shocked to learn that at least 8 people have been killed, and I call on the authorities ...CC TO CONSIDER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS APPEALS MARCH 4
The Armenian Constitutional Court has pinned the suits brought in by Tigran Karapetyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan on February 27 and February 29 respectively. The hearing on appeal of the presidential election ...RF MFA: WE REGRET TO LEARN ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN YEREVAN
“Moscow regrets to know learn about the recent events and casualties in the capital of friendly Armenia. We extend our deep condolences to the families of the killed,” says a statement issued by the Russian ...VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE ARMENIA VISIT DELAYED
The visit of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, scheduled for March 2-6, has been postponed owing to domestic situation in Armenia, the RA MFA press office ...KOCHARIAN CONGRATULATED MEDVEDEV ON ELECTION PRESIDENT
Armenian President Robert Kocharian congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on election President of Russia, the RA leader’s press office reported. The congratulatory address says, in part, “I congratulate you ...U.S. DIPLOMATS HOPE FOR SOONEST RESOLUTION OF ARMENIAN CRISIS
On March 1, Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has phone conversations with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried and his deputy, OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair ...STARA ZAGORA CITY COMMUNITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The community council of Stara Zagora, the 5-th biggest city in Bulgaria, has recognized the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The motion was passed with 28 votes ‘for’, 2 ...KOCHRAIAN EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES OVER SOFIKO CHIAURELI DEATH
Armenian President Robert Kocharian extended his condolences to the family of renowned actress Sofiko Chiaureli, who passed away on March 2 morning. The President’s address says, in part, “With pain ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1842 Birth of the great Armenian benefactor, petroleum magnat Alexander Mantashian in Tbilissi. He made donations to the Church (Ejmiadsin) and founded schools in Constantinople, Tbilissi, and Kareen -among other places. He also built the new building of the Nersisian School.
- 1872 The "Union for Salvation" is formed in Van (Western Armenia).
- 1878 Treaty of San Stefano signed between Russia and Turkey. Article 16 of the San Stefano Treaty guaranteed the security of Armenians in Western Armenia under the Turkish Empire. Article 61 of the Treaty of Berlin, however, annuled these guarantees and the majority of the Armenian lands were given to the Turks.
- 1905 Start of the Armenian - Tatar War.
- 1918 Signature of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between Russia and Germany.
- 1918 Signnature of the Russian - Turkish supplemental treaty in connection with the Peace Treaty between Russia, on the one hand, and Germany, Austria - Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey on the other.
- 1920 The Boshevik "Workers' Struggle" Armenian newspaper is published in New Nakhichevan (Rostov, Russia).
- 1930 Opening of the National Seminary.
- 1935 Birth of writer Hrant Matevossyan.
- 1943 The first volume of the novel "Vardanank", written by Derenik Demirchyan, is published during World War 2 (the Great Patriotic War). Soldiers passed it from hand to hand on the front.
- 1953 Opening of the Armenian Manuscript Depository: the Matenadaran (Architect - Mark Grigoryan). The Matenadaran has more than 13 000 ancient manuscripts and more than 100 000 archived documents.
- 1955 Hovhannes Issakov is promoted to Admiral of the Fleet (USSR).
- 1958 Yerevan's Matenadaran (Manuscript Depository) is declared a Research Institute.
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