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Headlines for August 14, 2009
ANC RESUMES FRIDAY PROTESTS
Armenian National Congress (ANC) resumes its Friday marches and protest rallies. In particular, Congress has today released a statement which runs as follows: “As long as Nikol Pashinyan is kept in detention, ...ARMENIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN INTELLECTUAL GAMES DUE IN 2010 IN STEPANAKERT
2010 Armenian championship in intellectual games will take place in Stepanakert, Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan told today a news conference devoted to Armenian teams’ participation in ...ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH CELEBRATES ASSUMPTION DAY ON AUGUST 16
“Virgin Assumption Day is a modified form of pre-Christian holiday of Navasard,” ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan told today a news conference. Christian world celebrates Assumption Day on August 15, but ...RA SPORT MINISTER RECEIVED PARTICIPANTS OF PAN-ARMENIAN GAMES
On July 13, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs and President of Pan-Armenian Games World Committee Armen Grigoryan received a delegation of Armenians from Istanbul, which has arrived in Armenia to participate ...ARMENIA TO EVALUATE EDUCATED PEOPLE
Armenian society should treat intellectuals with more attention and take measures to develop intellectual games in the country, Education Minister Armen Ashotyan told today a news conference devoted to ...NEW BOOK ENTITLED “HOLIDAYS AND CULTURE OF CELEBRATIONS” TO BE PUBLISHED IN AUTUMN
“Holidays and Culture of Celebrations”, a book by Hranush Kharatyan, is going to be published this autumn. “The book which was ready two years ago will be published this autumn. It provides a thorough ...STRONG EARTHQUAKES NOT EXPECTED THIS YEAR IN ARMENIA
Press conference of the National seismic protection service of Armenia was organized today in Yerevan. The event was attended by Alvaro Antonyan , director of the National seismic protection service, ...VAHAN SHIRKHANYAN: SHORTAGE OF JUSTICE IS THE CAUSE OF ALL MISFORTUNES OF ARMENIAN PEOPLE
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Armenian society and government must unite, Vahan Shirkhanyan , member of the Hnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia told reporters. According to him, there is no justice in the country, this is ...VIVACELL-MTS OPENS SERVICE CENTERS IN YEREVAN’S ALL METRO STATIONS
Armenian mobile operator VivaCell -MTS opened service center at all subway stations in Yerevan. Centers will operate from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.am to 7:00 p.m. and provide all the services ...JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ARMENIA INDIGNANT BY STATEMENT THAT ARMENIA ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN ARM TRANSIT FOR HEZBOLLAH
"We are outraged by that provocation - a statement that Armenia is allegedly transit for arms to Hezbollah," Rimma Varzhapetyan , chair of the Jewish Community of Armenia said in an interview with a ...INTELLECTUAL GAME ‘WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?’ RESTART IN ARMENIA
Armenian Television will restart its intellectual game show entitled ‘What? Where? When?’, Armen Ashotyan , RA minister of education and science of Armenia told press conference in Yerevan today devoted ...IF ARMENIA AND DIASPORA UNITE, WOULD A CHANCE TO FORCE TURKEY RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE BE REAL?
"Diaspora should be the main ally of Armenia,” Vahan Shirkhanyan , member of the Hnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia told journalists today. According to him, if Armenia and Diaspora unite, there ...ARMENIAN EXPERTS CAN TAKE PART IN SHOOTING OF 'WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?' GAME
Armenian experts may take part in filming of a television version of the popular intellectual game “What? Where? When?” , broadcast on the Russian First channel Armen Ashotyan, RA minister of science ...VAHAN SHIRKHANYAN: IF ARMENIA FEELS BAD, AZERBAIJAN IS STILL WORSE
War between Armenia and Azerbaijan is impossible in the near future, Vahan Shirhanyan, member of the Hnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia told reporters. According to him, Azerbaijan will not dare ...AHMED DAVUDOGLU: TURKEY NOT ABANDONE HOPES TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmed Davudoglu in his speech on local television said that Turkey has not yet abandoned hopes to normalize relations with Armenia and is ready to continue negotiations. ...GREEN MOVEMENT ACTIVIST MARIAM SUKHUDYAN FROM A WITNESS BECAME A DEFENDANT
Mariam Sukhudyan, the youth green movement activist of S.O.S Tegout, was summoned on 15 August to Erebouni Criminal Investigation Department to give an interview concerning the charge of libel in accordance ...PROTEST RALLY OF OPPOSITION NOT TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN – VIRTUALLY NOBODY ATTEND
Protest rally scheduled by Armenian National Congress (ANC) did not take place today since only 10-15 people came to the rally. PanARMENIAN.Net reporter couldn't get explanations from the ANC representatives. ...ARMENIAN JUNIOR BOXING TEAM LEFT FOR POLAND TO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Armenian junior Boxing team left for Poland, where between August 15 to 23 will participate in the European Championship. 8 boxers under leadership of head coach Derenik Voskanyan will represent Armenia ...AZERBAIJAN IS A MERE TOOL IN TURKEY’S HANDS
"Perhaps, Azerbaijan lost the war with Armenia, but Armenia has suffered a devastating defeat in the information war " Vahan Shirhanyan , member of the “Hnchak” Social Democratic Party of Armenia told ...NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF ARMENIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY VOLUNTARY TEAMS HELD IN ARMENIA
Opening of the 10th National Championship of volunteer teams of the Armenian Red Cross Society took place today in Yerevan. The event was devoted to 60th anniversary of Geneva Conventions. Since August ...ARMENIA NOT STOPPED PREPARING SEISMIC CATALOGS, UNLIKE OTHER CIS COUNTRIES
Armenia is the only country in the post-Soviet space, managed not to stop preparing seismic catalogs, professor Vladimir Kosobokov , a researcher of the International Institute for Earthquake Prediction ...
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