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Published on May 31, 2012
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S FIFTH CONVOCATION HOLDS FIRST MEETING
- Today, May 31, Armenian National Assembly's fifth convocation held its first meeting, chaired by oldest Member of Parliament Mkrtich Minasyan.
The MPs from the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and Heritage opposition party missed the sitting.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) took a decisive victory at the parliamentary elections on May 6 gaining 44,02% of votes.
The coalition Prosperous Armenia party comes second with 30,12% of votes and the opposition ANC is placed third with 7,08%.
The opposition parties Heritage (5,76%) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (5,67%), as well as the third coalition Orinats Yerkir party (5,51%) also joined the new parliament.
RPA gained absolute majority of 69 seats in the 131-member National Assembly, 40 by proportional and 29 by majority system of voting. Prosperous Armenia got 37 seats (28 by proportional and 9 by majority systems) and ANC was left with 7.
Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir got 6 seats each (5 by proportional and 1 by majority systems), while Heritage got 5.
Headlines for May 31, 2012
HEGHINE BISHARYAN RENOUNCES MINISTERIAL POST, PAPER SAYS
Orinats Yerkir deputy head Heghine Bisharyan was offered the post of Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, however she refused, saying she sees herself in the legislative branch, Hraparak paper reports.
...COALITION TO EXPAND AFTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE - PAPER
The leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), President Serzh Sargsyan and Orinats Yerkir head Arthur Baghdasaryan signed a memorandum on coalition on May 30, 9 pm, Haykakan Zhamanak daily ...ARMENIAN PM TO DEPART FOR BRUSSELS ON CLINTON'S VISIT DAY - PAPER
According to Zhoghovurd daily, Armenian Prime Minister Tigan Sargsyan will depart for Brussels on June 4, when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Armenia.
It's difficult to explain ...RPA PARLIAMENTARY GROUP DIVIDED INTO TWO CAMPS - PAPER
According to Yerkir paper, the parliamentary group of the Republican Party of Armenia has polarized into two camps -"core of the party" and "MPs from other political forces, who entered the parliament ...ARMENIAN PLAYERS TO PERFORM AT WOMEN'S WORLD RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP
From May 31-June 5, Armenia's Elina Danielian and Lilit Mkrtchian will perform at Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Batumi, Georgia.
The tournament will bring together 50 leading players ...NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S FIFTH CONVOCATION HOLDS FIRST MEETING
Today, May 31, Armenian National Assembly's fifth convocation held its first meeting, chaired by oldest Member of Parliament Mkrtich Minasyan.
The MPs from the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and Heritage ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT URGES NEW PARLIAMENT TO JUSTIFY VOTERS' HOPES
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated MPs on new parliament's launch of operation and thanked parliamentarians of National Assembly's previous convocation for their activity.
In his speech ...ARMENIAN GOVT. ISSUES STATEMENT ON DISSOLUTION
Under Article 55 of Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Prime Minister has already submitted a statement on government's resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan, acting PM Tigran Sargsyan said.
...RPA NOMINATES HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN FOR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S POST
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) nominated head of RPA election headquarters Hovik Abrahamyan for the post of National assembly speaker.
Other parliamentary groups nominated no candidates.
...BANK OF GEORGIA UNAWARE OF BUSINESSES ARMENIANS ESTABLISH IN THE COUNTRY
More than 300 international experts gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the Annual Meeting of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), which aims to foster economic development and prosperity in the ...NATIONAL UNITY PARTY SAYS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA'S ACTIVITY SMOOTHER IN COALITION
During its election campaign Prosperous Armenia came up with interesting statements which attracted minimum 450 thous. votes, leader of National Unity Party said.
Artashes Geghamyan noted that it would ...BRAZIL'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY DO THEIR BEST TO CONTRIBUTE TO ARMENIA'S DEVELOPMENT
Despite its small size, Armenian community in Brazil has its contribution to the assistance extended to Armenia and Artsakh, community member said.
Eduardo Mekbekian noted organization of purchase of ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN ELECTED PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
Secret ballot results for parliament speaker's post have just been announced at the National Assembly of Armenia.
110 MPs participated in the voting, with 102 of them having voted for RPA's only candidate ...EVGENY KISSIN, CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA TO PARTICIPATE IN YEREVAN FESTIVAL
On May 31, Armenian government allocated AMD 50 mln. for conduction of the 13th Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival, to be organized by Armenian Center of Contemporary Music.
As RA Minister ...EFSE ANNUAL MEETING KICKS OFF IN TBILISI
The 6th Annual Meeting of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) opened in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 31, 2012, with participation of more than 300 international experts.
The two-day event, co-hosted ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE TO DISSOLVE GOVERNMENT
On May 31, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree to dissolve the government.
Given paragraph 4 of Art. 55 of RA Constitution, the organization of RA government's activity and National Assembly's ...40 ARRESTED IN EUROVISION "TERROR" PLOT, AZERBAIJAN SAYS
Azerbaijan says it has arrested 40 people suspected of having plotted a "terrorist" attack on last week's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, according to BBC news.
The Azeri National Security ...EDUARD SHARMAZANOV, HERMINE NAGHDALYAN ELECTED PARLIAMENT VICE SPEAKERS
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) members Eduard Sharmazanov and Hermine Naghdalyan have been elected as National Assembly vice-speakers.
102 MPs participated in the secret ballot, with 91 ...SEATTLE GUNMAN SHOOTS 5, SELF
A gunman killed four people at a popular Seattle cafe on Wednesday, May 30 then fled to a downtown parking lot where he killed a fifth person and stole her car before shooting himself in the head as police ...REBELS SET DEADLINE FOR END OF BLOODSHED IN SYRIA, SAY WILL TAKE "COURAGEOUS DECISIONS"
Armed rebels have given Syria's regime until Friday noon (0900 GMT) to observe Kofi Annan's plan for ending bloodshed in Syria, warning they will take "courageous decisions" if the deadline ...ARTSAKH URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PREVENT FURTHER AZERI AGGRESSION
Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Ministry's statement was submitted to the UN Secretary General and Security Council member-states on the occasion of celebration of the triple holiday - Victory Day, 20th anniversary ...SPACEX DRAGON LEAVES SPACE STATION TO RETURN TO EARTH
The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station early Thursday, May 30 and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight, AP reported.
Astronauts set the world's first ...HONG KONG GETS TOP SPOT IN WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKINGS
International business school IMD in Switzerland has released its findings in its annual "World Competitiveness Yearbook," Dynamic Export said.
The most competitive countries among the 59 ranked in the ...SYLVESTER STALLONE, ROBERT DE NIRO IN TALKS TO STAR IN "GRUDGE MATCH" COMEDY
Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro are in negotiations to star in "Grudge Match" for Warner Bros., according to an individual with knowledge of the situation, TheWrap reported.
The comedy is about ...RUSSIA'S PUTIN TO VISIT GERMANY, FRANCE FOR SYRIA TALKS
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make brief visits to three countries during his two-day foreign tour to discuss bilateral relations and international issues, including the situations in Syria, Iran ...GLOBAL FINANCE NAMES PROMETEY BANK ARMENIA'S BEST SUB-CUSTODIAN BANK
On May 15, 2012, Global Finance magazine named Prometey Bank as one of the World's Best Sub-Custodian Banks and the Best Sub-Custodian Bank of Armenia for the second consecutive year.
Customer service, ...EFSE, MF BANKA IN BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SIGN EUR 5M MSE LOAN AGREEMENT IN TBILISI
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) - initiated by the KfW Entwicklungsbank (The German Development Bank) with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and ...BAGHDAD BOMB ATTACKS LEAVE 12 DEAD, 29 INJURED
A series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 12 people and wounded 29 others, police and medical sources said, according to BBC News.
The biggest blast, a car bomb, left ...RIDLEY SCOTT'S "PROMETHEUS" OPENS WITH $1.5M IN FRANCE
Ridley Scott's scifi thriller won't debut in the U.S. or Canada until June 8th but it's already started selling movie tickets in France, Deadline reported.
Fox's Prometheus opened with $1.5M (Euros 1.12m) ...ISRAEL RETURNS PALESTINIAN BODIES IN A BID TO RENEW PEACE TALKS
Israel has handed over the remains of 91 Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, to the West Bank government in an effort to persuade President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks, Belfast Telegraph ...ARMENIAN-BORN SOLDIER KILLED IN SYRIA BORDER CLASHES TO BE BURIED TODAY
The identity of an Armenian-born soldier killed during May 30 clashes in Syria was verified, with his body handed over to family. The soldier's funeral is due in an hour, Syrian Diocese of the Armenian ...IRAN MOVES TO BAN SALE OF TIES
When the French first embraced the knotted neckerchiefs worn by seventeenth century Croatian mercenaries, few would have guessed its descendant - the tie - would one day be worn as standard business attire ...EUROZONE INFLATION EASES TO 2,4% IN MAY
Eurozone inflation eased at a quicker pace than expected in May, EU figures showed Thursday, May 31 giving the struggling 17-nation bloc a rare piece of good news, AFP reported.
Annual inflation slowed ...CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS ANC PETITION TO ANNUL PARLIAMENTARY POLL RESULTS
Armenia's Constitutional Court rejected the petition of Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc to announce the results of May 6 parliamentary elections invalid, with Central Election Committee ...STEVE JOBS' INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOADS ON ITUNES
Some of Steve Jobs' best interviews were on the All Things D stage. Starting in 2003, the iconic Apple co-founder and former CEO sat with the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for six ...GOOGLE SAYS KNOWLEDGE GRAPH BOOSTED SEARCHES
If one of Google's goals in launching the Knowledge Graph was to increase the number of searches being conducted, then it seems the mission has been accomplished. Google reports an unspecified surge in ...CONVERSE BANK PRAISES EFSE ACTIVITY IN ARMENIA
Armenia's Converse Bank gives high assessment to the Annual Meeting of the European Fund of the Southeast Europe (EFSE) which is going on in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on May 31, 2012.
"Cooperating ...OSCAR-NOMINATED JAPANESE DIRECTOR KANETO SHINDO DIES AT 100
Director Kaneto Shindo, whose last film Postcard (Ichi Mai no Hagaki) was Japan's foreign language Oscar entry this year, passed away at his home in Tokyo Wednesday, May 30 morning at the age of 100. ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 405,74 MAY 31
The market average rate of USD on May 31 totaled AMD 405,74 decreasing by 0.39 point compared to May 30.
Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 504,01 decreasing by 1.46 point, and the exchange rate of the Russian ...LEVON ZURABYAN ELECTED ANC PARLIAMENTARY GROUP LEADER
Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan was elected as the leader of the opposition bloc's parliamentary group, ANC press service reported.
Armenian National Movement (ANM) board ...GARY OLDMAN JOINS "MONSTER BUTLER" INDIE CAST
Gary Oldman and Dominic Monaghan are joining the cast of Monster Butler, an indie being directed by Doug Rath, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Malcolm McDowell is starring in Butler, the true story of Roy ...RUSSIA'S LUKOIL WINS IRAQ OIL BID
A consortium led by Russia's private oil giant won the biggest prize of Iraq's second oil auction this year, nabbing a field initially promised them a decade ago by Saddam Hussein while other ...PORN STAR MAGNOTTA NAMED SUSPECT IN CANADIAN SEVERED LIMBS CASE
Canadian police are searching for a porn actor wanted in connection with two packages of human limbs in Ottawa and a headless torso in Montreal, BBC News reported.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, has been named ...EX-OPPOSITION LEADER TOMISLAV NIKOLIC SWORN IN AS SERBIA PRESIDENT
Former nationalist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic was inaugurated as Serbia's new president Thursday, May 31, AP said.
Nikolic, who claims to have shifted from being staunchly anti-Western to ...CNN HITS 20-YEAR MONTHLY RATINGS LOW IN MAY
The news just went from bad to worse at CNN. After the cable news network delivered its lowest-rated month in total viewers in over a decade in April, May became CNN's worst month in primetime among total ...EFSE: INSPIRING SMES, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
As part of the 6th Annual Meeting of the European Fund of Southeast Europe (EFSE), which opened in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 31, 2012, journalists from target countries had a opportunity to visit two micro ..."LES MISERABLES" MUSICAL'S TRAILER FEATURES ANNE HATHAWAY AS FANTINE
The first official trailer of "Les Miserables" has been released. Fans get the chance to hear Anne Hathaway's tearful rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" and a glimpse of her character ...CHAIRMEN OF ARMENIA'S STANDING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ELECTED
Armenia's National Assembly elected the chairmen of standing parliamentary committees based on the D'Hondt method (a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation.)
...HILLARY CLINTON SAYS RUSSIA'S STANCE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SYRIA CIVIL WAR
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Russia on Thursday, May 31 that its refusal to sanction UN action against Syria could see the outbreak of a civil war in the Middle Eastern country, RIA ...U.S. OFFICIALS, TECHNOLOGY LEADERS OPPOSE UN INTERNET CONTROL
U.S. officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday, May 31 to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce, AFP reported.
...EC PRESIDENT HERMAN VAN ROMPUY TO TRAVEL TO ARMENIA IN NEAR FUTURE
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Philippe Lefort.
At the meeting, the parties noted significant progress in Armenia-EU ties, also stressing the ...NIKE TO SELL COLE HAAN, UMBRO BRANDS
Nike Inc is looking for a buyer for its Cole Haan and Umbro brands in order to focus on its core namesake, Jordan, Converse and Hurley brands, the company said on Thursday, May 31, Reuters reported.
...WALT DISNEY PICTURES UNLEASHES ANOTHER "BRAVE" CLIP
Walt Disney Pictures unleashes another clip from its anticipated animation "Brave". Instead of highlighting Princess Merida, the snippet focuses on King Fergus as he hilariously impersonates ...IMF CHIEF CHRISTINE LAGARDE "REGRETS UPSETTING GREEKS IN HER REMARKS"
The IMF said Thursday, May 31 that its chief Christine Lagarde regrets upsetting Greeks in remarks she made contrasting Greece's plight with that of poorer Africans, AFP reported.
But as Greeks vented ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1834 The National Hospital of the Holy Savior is founded in Constantinople. It is still in operation.
- 1855 The Russian army occupies Ardahan (Western Armenia).
- 1869 Birth of seascape artist Vardan Makhookhian. He died in 1937.
- 1884 Birth of Dro (Drastamat Kanayan). He died in 1956. His remains were transferred to Aparan in 2001 to recognize his defeat of the Turkish Army there in May 1918.
- 1890 Death of Mkrteetsh Sanasarian, the founder of Karnoy Sanassarian Gymnasium.
- 1915 Zeytoon is renamed Suleymanie by order of Sultan Mehmed Reshad.
- 1918 Death of Marzpet, revolutionary and public figure.
- 1920 The Dashnak delegation starts its negotiations with Soviet Russia in Moscow.
- 1978 The Azat Reservoir (Artashat region) is operational.
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