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ARMENIA'S CB ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN COMMANDER ST. SARGIS

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  The Central Bank of Armenia issued a commemorative gold coin Commander St. Sargis, dedicated to the Armenian history, press office f the Central Bank of Armenia reports. Coins depict St. Sargis, saddled a horse and winning serpent. 5 000 gold commemorative coins at nominal value of 5 000 AMD each are issued by the Central Bank of Armenia. The coin is made of gold, the 900th sample, diameter 18 mm, weighing 4.3 grams. “Commander St. Sargis” was designed by a member of the Artists' Union of Armenia Karapet Abrahamyan and coined by the Mint of Finland.

• FRANCE DOES NOT CEASE ITS EFFORTS FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF NKR CONFLICT

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  France, in its capacity of MG OSCE Co-Chair, does not cease efforts aimed at assisting Armenia and Azerbaijan to achieve peaceful, fair and durable settlement of NKR conflict, French MFA official representative’s ...

• AZERBAIJAN HOPES FOR RUSSIA’S SUPPORT IN KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION

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  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said his country hopes for Russia mediation for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The talks are coming to a final stage, according to him. Aliyev thanked ...

• GUARDIAN COUNCIL CONFIRMS AHMADINEJAD VICTORY

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• ISRAELI SCHOLAR IS ASHAMED OF ISRAEL’S POSITION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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  A special conference was held at the British Parliament, organized by the British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group. Dr. Israel Charny and Harut Sassounian, The California Courier Publisher were ...

• 71% ARMENIANS THINK CRISIS AFFECTED COUNTRY’S ECONOMY

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• CIS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES MEETING HELD IN MINSK

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• RUSSIA TO BUY AZERI GAS FOR $350 PER 1,000 CU M

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• UNESCO INSCRIBES MTSKHETA HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ON LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER

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• 58% OF ARMENIAN FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED BY FINANCIAL CRISIS

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• DMITRY MEDVEDEV CONGRATULATED SERZH SARGSYAN ON 55TH BIRTHDAY

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on his 55th birthday. “As a state figure, you do much for social and economic development of Armenia. Russia appreciates ...

• YEREVAN TO HOST A CONFERENCE ENTITLED “LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION REFORMS”

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• TSVETANA PASKALEVA WAS PRESENTED WITH GARBIS PAPAZIAN AWARD FOR HER TRUE DEDICATION TO ARMENIA

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• ISRAEL REARMS AZERBAIJANI ARMY

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  The Israeli defense company Elta Systems Ltd will cooperate with Azerbaijan in the field of satellite systems. Recently, the company announced about creatoin of the TecSAR satellite. Such radar can operate ...

• GAZ DE FRANCE TO TAKE PART IN THE ELABORATION OF ABCHERON GAS PROJECT

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• EC WELCOMES INDUSTRY'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A COMMON CHARGER FOR MOBILE PHONES

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• DAVUTOğLU TO VISIT MOSCOW LATER THIS WEEK

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• GREECE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH ARMENIAN JEWELRY

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• ARMENIA MAY BECOME WEST’S NEW PARTNER IN CAUCASUS

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• ARMENIA UNDER PACE’S REGULAR MONITORING

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• RIOTS START IN UKRAINIAN CITY OF MANGANETS

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• DAVID HARUTYUNYAN AGAINST CREATING A NEW FACT-FINDING GROUP

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• FROM GOLDEN APRICOT TO JOINT REGIONAL FILM PRODUCTION

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• ARMENTEL CONGRATULATES SCHOOL LEAVERS OF PARAKAR RURAL COMMUNITY

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• ARMENIAN POLITICIANS DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND PACE’S MISSION

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• IRANIAN GAS AND IRANIAN TRANSIT – JACK-POT IN A BIG GAME

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• GREECE INTERESTED IN JOINT BUSINESS WITH ARMENIA

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• IS GEORGIA LOOKING FOR NEW STRATEGIC PARTNER IN ARMENIA?

  "Saakashvili's visit to Armenia is not accidental," armenologist Aykazun Alvrtsyan told a news conference. According to him, the main purpose of the Georgian President Saakashvili's visit to Armenia ...

• ERASMUS MUNDUS ESTABLISHES EDUCATIONAL BRIDGE FROM ARMENIA

  The purpose of the Erasmus Mundus program is to exchange graduate students, program coordinator Tanya Papiki told reporters. Saying that the program started in 2007, Tanya Papiki stressed, that the program ...

• ORDER OF HONOR TO GEORGIAN PRESIDENT ONLY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE

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• “FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY” TO PRODUCE TANGIBLE RESULTS IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009

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• SUPPORTING PREJUDICED OPINIONS DEEMED AS WRONG POLICY

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• LE PREMIER CERCLE TO OPEN GOLDEN APRICOT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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• NEW STAMP “EUROPE 2009: ASTRONOMY” ISSUED IN ARMENIA

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• NKR PRESIDENT SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

  NKR President Bako Sahakyan sent greetings to Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on his 55-th birthday. “On behalf of the people of Artsakh and myself I cordially congratulate you on Your 55th birthday. ...

• TURKEY TO HOLD EXERCISES AT CAUCASIAN BORDERS

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  Turkey intends to hold military exercises on frontier territories to Caucasus. The Turkish military servicemen will work out a scenario to combat terrorism and face regional challenges. As the Turkish ...

• BMI OPENS NEW INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE, BMI NUMBER ONE HEATHROW

  bmi, the number one airline out of London Heathrow’s Terminal 1, announced the opening of its new international lounge, bmi Number One Heathrow. The flagship lounge has been conceived with customer comforts ...

• VIVACELL-MTS LAUNCHEс NEW ON-LINE DICTIONARY SERVICE

  VivaCell-MTS Company announced the launch of a new service on-line dictionary , which allow customers to search translations of words directly from their mobile phones. The dictionary enables to translate ...

• ARMENIA AND GERMANY HOPE TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS IN DEFENSE

  Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Mrs.Andrea Victorine, in connection with completion of her diplomatic mission. Armenian Defense Minister thanked ...

• METEOROLOGY SERVICE REFUTES RUMORS ABOUT 45-DEGREE HEAT IN YEREVAN

  “Air temperature in Yerevan has never reached 45 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature in Yerevan, registered over the last 3 years was +41.6 degrees Celsius, " Natalia Disharyan Armenian meteorological ...

• 228 DETAINEES GRANTED AMNESTY IN ARMENIA

  As of January 29, 2009, 228 detainees (including 5 women and 2 minors) were granted amnesty and released from penitentiary institutions, RA Justice Ministry’s press service reports.

• ARMENIA'S CB ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN COMMANDER ST. SARGIS

  The Central Bank of Armenia issued a commemorative gold coin Commander St. Sargis, dedicated to the Armenian history, press office f the Central Bank of Armenia reports. Coins depict St. Sargis, saddled ...

• DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM CAN GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO ARMENIAN-SYRIAN RELATIONS

  Today RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the minister of culture of the Syrian Arab Republic Riad Naasan Agha. Welcoming the guest, the prime minister of Armenia particularly stressed, that ...

• ARMENIA'S CB ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN “200 YEARS OF KHACHATUR ABOVIAN”

  The Central Bank of Armenia issued a commemorative gold coin 200 years of Khachatur Abovian, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian writer, press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reports. ...

• SAAKASHVILI IMPORTANT FACTOR IN REGIONAL POLITICS

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• PACE PAPER GIVES A POSITIVE ESTIMATION TO ARMENIAN SITUATION

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• HEAD OF RA DELEGATION TO PACE DID NOT SIGN ANTI-ARMENIAN DOCUMENT

  Head of the Armenian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Davit Harutyunyan slammed Heritage party member Stepan Safaryan for his allegations that the delegation signed an anti-Armenian ...

• WHETHER COOPERATION PLATFORM FOR ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BE FORMED?

  Opposition political forces, Armenian National Congress (ANC) and “Heritage” have already formed a platform to cooperate with other forces. ARF Dashnaktsutyun has its program which is focused on national ...

• ARMENIA AND TURKEY SHOULD START FROM SCRATCH WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS

  ”By leaving the coalition ARF Dashnaktsutyun has already taken an important step in the Armenian-Turkish relations, expressing a different view and interests of the Armenian people,” Armen Rustamyan, ...

• YOVANOVICH DEFENDING OBAMA BECAUSE OF HIS APRIL 24 STATEMENT

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  The U.S. ambassador to Armenia learned that President Obama's words do have consequences, as she was peppered with criticism from Armenian-Americans upset that Mr. Obama is backing off a campaign pledge ...

• TWO ACTORS STARRING IN “TRAP” SOAP OPERA DIED IN A CAR CRASH

  

• ARTHUR ABRAHAM IS HEAVIER THAN HIS OPPONENT MAHIR ORAL

• ARMENIA EXPERIENCING FIRST STAGE OF GLOBAL CRISIS

• ARTHUR ABRAHAM SCORED A SPECTACULAR VICTORY OVER MAHIR ORAL

• ISRAEL REARMS AZERBAIJANI ARMY

  

• ADVOCACY RALLY ORGANIZED IN PARIS FOR SILVA HAROUTUNIAN

• GAGIK JANGIRYAN, EX- RA DEPUTY PROSECUTOR GENERAL IS ALREADY LIBERATED

• “ARARAT: SYMBOL OF ETERNITY OF ARMENIAN NATION” TO BE SCREENED IN YEREVAN

• MAHIR ORAL: ARTHUR IS DANGEROUS FROM FIRST TO LAST

• ERASMUS MUNDUS ESTABLISHES EDUCATIONAL BRIDGE FROM ARMENIA

• 1862  The first rebellion of Zeytoon against Turkish exactions.
• 1921  The Red Army enters Sissian.
• 1995  The International Court of Justice makes a pronouncement (90) in the Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal vs. Australia). Certain aspects of this document may be significant in the resolution of the Artsakh crisis.
• 1999  Senator Brownback speaks during the 145th Congress (Record S7840) in favor of tipping American policies in Transcaucasia in favor of Azerbaijan.

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