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Published on March 06, 2008
MPS KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN AND SASOUN MIKAELYAN WANTED
- 46 individuals face arrest on accusation of organization and participation of disorders in Yerevan, said Sona Truzyan, spokesperson for the RA prosecutor general’s office. 20 suspects have been detained, she said. Ms. Truzyan reminded that on March 4 Khachatur Sukiasyan, Sasoun Mikaelyan, Hakob Hakobyan and Myasnik Malkhasyan were derived of privilege of parliament. Hakob Hakobyan and Myasnik Malkhasyan have been already arrested. Khachatur Sukiasyan and Sasoun Mikaelyan are wanted.
Headlines for March 06, 2008
OSCE: ANY SHAKE AT BORDER CAN DAMAGE KARABAKH TALKS
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva expressed serious concern about the violation of ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh on March 4. Mr Kanerva called on the parties to exercise ...NATO APPRECIATES ARMENIA’S REFORM PROGRESS
The recent developments in Armenia – rallies, disorders and imposition of state of emergency - aroused our serious concerns. We will address the issue in our consultations with Armenia, NATO Special Representative ...VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Secretary of State of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI of Rome visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex. During the visit the Cardinal put a wreath to the memorial ...U.S. CONCERNED ABOUT INCIDENT IN KARABAKH
The United States regrets for the skirmish in Nagorno Karabakh, said Tom Casey, the State Department’s Deputy Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. “We talked about this a little ...RA GENERAL STAFF: AZERBAIJAN RESPONSIBLE FOR FRONTLINE INCIDENT
There was firing at the Armenian-Azeri border and at the NKR-Azeri contact line today but the situation is under control, RA armed forces general staff chief, colonel general Seyran Ohanyan told a news ...KOCHARIAN: ARMENIA APPRECIATES VATICAN EFFORTS SEEKING FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian met His Eminence, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone and the delegation headed by him, the RA leader’s press office reported. Welcoming the guest, ...HAYK KOTANJYAN: BAKU SHIFTS BLAME FOR INCIDENT ONTO THE ARMENIAN SIDE
“By request of Karabakhi side, the Armenian armed forces’ leaders immediately brought the incident to the notion of OSCE CiO’s personal representative, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and tried to contact ...ARMENIA TRUE TO CSTO AND NATO COMMITMENTS
Armenia is true to commitments it undertook to CSTO and NATO, Armenian armed forces general staff chief, colonel general Seyran Ohanyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “Chairing the CSTO in 2008, ...EMERGENCY RULE NOT VIOLATED IN YEREVAN
The state of emergency has not been violated in Yerevan by March 6, colonel general Seyran Ohanyan told a news conference in Yerevan. The rule is observed both by the army and the society, according to ...PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE PETITIONS FOR DECLINE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OUTCOMES CONTESTATION
Armenian deputy prosecutor general Aram Tamazyan petitioned the Constitutional Court Thursday to dismiss the contestation of the February 19 presidential election outcomes brought in by Levon Ter-Petrosyan ...NKR MF URGES CONDUCTION OF CRISIS MONITORING AT CONTACT LINE
On March 5, the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and demanded to conduct a crisis monitoring of the contact line ...ANCA: U.S. SHOULD EXPAND LEVEL OF DIALOGUE WITH NAGORNO KARABAKH
In the wake of renewed threats this week against Nagorno Karabakh by Azerbaijan’s President and the March 4 military attack by the Azerbaijani military against defensive positions in the Mardakert region ...MPS KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN AND SASOUN MIKAELYAN WANTED
46 individuals face arrest on accusation of organization and participation of disorders in Yerevan, said Sona Truzyan, spokesperson for the RA prosecutor general’s office. 20 suspects have been detained, ...TURKISH WRITER CALLING TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION STANDS TRIAL IN ANKARA
On March 6, Turkish writer Temel Demirer will stand before the Ankara Penal Court N2. As independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net, on January 20, 2007, a day after Hrant Dink’s ...NKR MFA TO ASSIST OSCE CRISIS MONITORING
On March 6, in connection with the NKR Foreign Ministry’s demand to conduct a crisis monitoring on the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces contact line near the Levonarkh settlement, where the ...OSCE/ODIHR COMPLETED ARMENIA MISSION
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian received Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, head of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission, which has wrapped up activity in Armenia. The Minister thanked Ambassador ...
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- 1894 Birth of one of the founders of the Armenian national ballet school, Ilia Arbatov (Yeghia Yaghoobian) in Tbilissi.
- 1905 Death of composer Makar Yekmalian. He was born in 1856.
- 1916 Signature of the Sykes-Picot Secret Pact between Great Britain and France. It dealt with the allocation of the Asian regions of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1921 Creation of the "Ararat" trust in Yerevan.
- 1924 Foundation of the Armenian State Central Archives by decree of Armenia's Central Committee. Now there are 3 million documents in our archive. The oldest document dates from 1630.
- 1926 Foundation of the first Sewing Factory in Yerevan.
- 1945 Lieutenant-colonel of the Guard, Nelson Stepanyan is awarded his second "Gold Star" medal. Because he is a two-time "Hero of the USSR" his bronze bust is to be placed before his residence.
- 1955 Fourth election of the Armenian SSR Supreme Council.
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