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Published on March 24, 2012
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN SEOUL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
- On March 25, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to the Republic of Korea to participate in 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, with over 50 heads of state and international organizations attending it.
From March 27-29, President Sargsyan will pay a state visit to Singapore, where he will meet the President, Prime Minister and representatives of business circles of the republic.
Headlines for March 24, 2012
FARMING COOPERATIVES PRIORITY FOR AGRICULTURE MINISTRY
Establishment of farming cooperatives in rural communities still remains a priority for agriculture industry.
Armenian Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan said at the meeting with rural mayors in Ararat ...CANDIDATES FOR WORLD BANK NEXT PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
There are three candidates for the next president of the World Bank, BBC News reported.
They are Jim Yong Kim from the U.S., Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria and Jose Antonio Ocampo from Colombia.
The ...CANADIAN-ARMENIANS PROTEST AZERBAIJAN'S ONGOING AGGRESSION
Hundreds of Canadian-Armenians from across the country took part in a demonstration on Friday, March 23 at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada.
The ...FACEBOOK SAYS NO PLANS TO STOP EMPLOYERS DEMANDING USER'S PASSWORDS
Facebook may have updated its policies to stop employers demanding user's passwords for the social network, but the company says it has "no current plans" to follow through on the legal action it originally ...U.S. UNDERSECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL TO VISIT RUSSIA
Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller will visit Moscow during her European tour from March 26 to April 5 to discuss the future of conventional arms control ...EU IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON ASSAD FAMILY, SENIOR GOVT. MEMBERS
The European Union slapped sanctions on 12 more Syrians, including the British-born wife of President Bashar al-Assad and other close family members, as it seeks to add pressure on the top echelons of ...WESTERN ARMENIAN FOLK MUSIC TO BE PRESENTED IN YEREVAN
Van Project musical band will perform in Yerevan's Hakob Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre on April 2.
The concert will feature new arrangement of Western Armenian folk music pieces (Hamshena Sharan, Malatia, ...ISTANBUL DECLARATION CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE
Delegates to the first Global Human Development Forum unanimously adopted on March 23 an Istanbul Declaration calling on the world community to take bold action against global social inequities and environmental ...ARMENIAN MEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM INTRODUCED
The House of Armenia celebrated and officially introduced the Armenian men's national basketball team to the community and media on March 21.
The team, comprised of both Armenian-American, Armenian national ...AMATEUR ENGLISH FOOTBALL TEAM RECORD OF 58 GOALS
Amateur English football team bagged a new record on March 18 after hammering their local rivals 58-0, the biggest ever defeat inflicted on a side in British history.
Wheel Power FC smashed Nova 2010 ...VOLVO RECALLS OVER 12 THOUS. CARS IN CHINA
Volvo Cars is recalling 12,798 of its 2012 model year vehicles imported into China, the top Chinese quality regulator said, in order to prevent potential fuel leaks and to fix faulty wiring that could ...AUSTRALIA HIT MY MAJOR EARTHQUAKE
Australia has been hit by its biggest earthquake in 15 years, seismologists said, rattling a remote part of the desert with local Aboriginals reporting strong shaking but no major damage, AFP reported.
...OBAMA, ERDOĞAN TO HOLD "LENGTHY MEETING" IN SEOUL
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to hold a "lengthy" meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul on March 25, and the issue of Turkey's oil imports from Iran is expected to be ...SCR ORGANIZES CONTEST FOR GYUMRI SCHOOL CHILDREN
South Caucasus Railways (SCR) CJSC together with Imtour travel agency, Shirak football club and Rosgosstrakh-Armenia insurance company organized an intellectual contest-festival "Our Motherland" ...U.S. SENTENCES RUSSIAN MAN FOR BANK FRAUD SCHEME
A U.S. federal court in New York sentenced on Friday, March 23, Russian national Nikolay Garifulin to two years in prison for his involvement in a global bank fraud scheme to steal over $3 million from ...RPA, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA KEY RUNNERS FOR PARLIAMENT, RPA MEMBER SAYS
Representative of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Gagik Minasyan said RPA and Prosperous Armenia are the key favorites standing for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
"3 or 4 parties are following ...RPA'S 2012 RESULT MUST BE NO WORSE THAN IN 2007, MP SAYS
MP of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Gagik Minasyan said that at May 6 parliamentary elections the ruling RPA must at least demonstrate the same result as in 2007 elections.
According to Minasyan, ...ARMENIA'S COMMUNIST PARTY EXPECTS 17% OF PARLIAMENTARY VOTES
Communist Party of Armenia claims to get 15-17% of votes during the parliamentary elections due on May 6, the party's first secretary Ruben Tovmasyan said.
The Communist Party has its offices in 45 communities ...ANOTHER FOOTBALL ROW IN EGYPT, ONE KILLED
Witnesses say Egyptian military and police clashed with thousands of angry soccer fans in a Suez Canal port over the suspension of their club following a deadly riot last month.
A medical official says ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ON BUS TEST DRIVE
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan, Yerevan's mayor Taron Margaryan and representatives of Chinese Embassy in Armenia set on a test drive in Yerevan's ...250 INSTANCES OF AZERI CEASEFIRE VIOLATION REPORTED MARCH 17-24
250 instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces at the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan were registered during March 17-24.
Azerbaijan fired over 1500 shots from ...NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN TO PERFORM WITH SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, the winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition, will perform with Springfield Symphony Orchestra, at Kuss Auditorium, Springfield, MA, on March 31.
"When the ...GOOGLE ADDS NEW CALLING FEATURE GOOGLE+ HANGOUTS
Google continues to add new features to its Google+ social networking service.
One of the most popular sections of Google+ is Hangouts, which people use to create group conference calls. Now Google+ ...TOULOUSE GUNMAN'S BROTHER TO BE QUESTIONED IN PARIS
The older brother of the Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah was transferred to Paris along with his girlfriend on Saturday, March 24, for questioning by anti-terrorist police, a source close to the investigation ...EXPERT: AZERI ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE OSCE MG FORMAT WON'T AFFECT TALKS
Azerbaijan has repeatedly tried to alter the format of OSCE Minsk Group, as well as transfer the issue to the UN, political expert Alexander Manasyan said.
"Azerbaijan always tried to find "suitable" ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN SEOUL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
On March 25, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to the Republic of Korea to participate in 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, with over 50 heads of state and international organizations ...EXPERT: TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS A PRINCIPLE NOT RELATED TO AZERBAIJAN
Armenian political analyst Alexander Manasyan pointed out self-determination and territorial integrity as the two principles Nagorno Karabakh talks in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group are based on, with ...ARMENIAN OFFICER IN BURBANK ENDURES ETHNIC SLURS, GOES TO COURT
Testimony in another trial pitting a police officer against the city began this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, this time centering on claims that an Armenian American detective endured ethnic ...SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAYS HEAD MEETS WITH YOUNG EMPLOYEES
Director General of South Caucasus Railways (SCR) CJSC met with the members of the Youth Council of the Company, representing all structural units of the railway. Victor Rebetshighlighted the importance ...CONFERENCE ON ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
A conference on Assyrian genocide will be held in Yerevan, Armenia on April 23-24 to mark the start of the genocides of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire during the years ...YOUNG ARMENIAN FILMMAKER'S DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED IN WASHINGTON
The Pendragwn Youth Film Festival (PYFF) returns to the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, on March 24 to give youth aging 11 to 18 years old an outlet to hone their storytelling and celebrate ...EXPERT: SUMGAIT POGROMS BEHIND ARMENIA'S NON PARTICIPATION IN EUROVISION
Armenian expert Alexander Manasyan noted the bleeding wound of Sumgait and Baku pogroms as the key reason behind Armenia's refusal to participate in 2012 Eurovision song contest, and not the insignificant ...EXPERT: ASSAD'S REGIME PREFERABLE FOR ARMENIANS
Maintenance of current President Bashar al-Assad's power is preferable for Armenian community in Syria, according to Arabist Armen Petrsoyan.
"From political perspective, Assad's regime is preferable ...EXPERT: REPLACEMENT OF FRANCE IN OSCE MG WILL PROTRACT KARABAKH TALKS
Armenian political analyst forecasts protraction of Nagorno Karabakh talks in case of replacement of France with the EU in the OSCE Minsk Group.
According to Alexander Manasyan, Minsk Group's bureaucratic ...FRANCE WILL RECOGNIZE LEGITIMACY OF GENOCIDE DENIAL - EXPERT
If France doesn't adopt the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, it will automatically recognize the legitimacy of negating such an atrocity, according to Armenian political analyst.
Alexander ...THE FORTY DAYS OF MUSA DAGH TO BE REISSUED ON APRIL 24
Best known for The Song of Bernadette (1941), which was turned into an Oscar-winning movie, Jewish writer Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was also the author of one of the most popular Book-of-the-Month Club ...ARMENIAN PM BRIEFS STUDENTS ON CRISIS SOLUTIONS
On March 24, Armenian Prime Minister participated in student conference titled "20 years of Armenian independent economy" in Armenia's resort town of Tsaghkadzor. In his report Tigran Sargsyan presented ...AZERBAIJAN CAN'T EXCLUDE STEPANAKERT FROM KARABAKH TALKS - EXPERT
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Azerbaijan's attempts to reduce or dismiss the role of official Stepanakert in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement are doomed to fail, according to Armenian political analyst.
"Nagorno Karabakh Republic ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,24 MARCH 24
The market average rate of USD on March 24 totaled AMD 388,24 increasing by 0.31 point compared to March 23.
Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 514,65 increasing by 0.41 point, and the exchange rate of the ...WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
USD 82,808,827 was bought at an average price of AMD 387.73 /USD 1 and USD 106,931,593 sold at an average price of AMD 388.73 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on March 19-24.
Deals amounting ...2012 DECLARED ARMENIAN BOOK YEAR FOR DIASPORA WORLDWIDE
Every year in early November, under the auspices of Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I, the catholicate hosts a three week celebration ceremony dedicated to Armenian Book and Culture ...ENVIRONMENTALISTS VS. SEXUAL MINORITIES: MASHTOTS PARK DEVELOPMENTS
The "demotivator" - no boutiques, no gays" posted today, March 24 in Facebook social network by famous Armenian activist- environmentalist Mariam Sukhudyan sparked big fuss. The picture provoked heated ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN CIS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY SUMMIT
On March 26, parliamentary delegation headed by Armenian National Assembly speaker Samvel Nikoyan will depart for Kazakhstan to participate in the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), ...15 FEMALE KURDISH REBEL FIGHTERS DIE IN CLASHES WITH TURKISH FORCES
Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, March 24, in what is believed to be the largest one-day casualty toll for women since their ...ROME COURT UPHOLDS $1.2 MLN FINE IMPOSED ON APPLE
A Rome court has upheld a €900,000 (US$1.2 million) fine imposed on Apple last December by Italy's Antitrust Authority for circumventing consumer protection laws, Italian media said Friday, March ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1724 The Armenians and Azeri Turks of Gandzak sign an agreement to stand up to the Ottoman Turks.
- 1873 Birth of Nikolay Aghbalyan (educator). He died in 1947.
- 1894 The Hntshak Party figure Jeerayr was hung in Yozghat.
- 1903 Birth of philosopher and art historian, Hrant Apresian.
- 1922 Opening of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR.
- 1932 Birth of Vladimir Yengibarian, world famous boxer, European, World, and Olympic Games' champion, international referee.
- 1934 Birth of American Orientalist Robert Thomson. He was awarded a PhD from Cambridge University for Assyrian and Armenian translations. He translated the "Armenian History" by Agathangelos.
- 1988 The Presidency of the Supreme Soviet of Armenia decided to stop the "Gharabagh" Committee by considering its activity illegal and anti-constitutional.
- 1988 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union appoints Arkadi Volski as its authorized representative in the territory of Artsakh.
- 1992 The Helsinki Additional Meeting of the CSCE (now Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE) Council decides to have a Chairman-in-Office visit the region to contribute to the establishment and the maintenance of a cease-fire in Transcaucasia.
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