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Published on June 11, 2012
ARMENIA TO OFFICIALLY ASSUME BOLOGNA SECRETARIAT JULY 1 - EDUCATION MINISTER
- On June 11, acting Minister of Education and Science met with rectors of Armenian state universities.
Armen Ashotyan noted that Armenia officially will take over Bologna Secretariat starting July 1, Ministry's press service reported.
"On April 25-27, Bucharest hosted a ministerial summit of Bologna Process participating countries, with European Higher Education Area priorities for the coming three years presented," Minister Ashotyan said.
He further said that the coming three years will become a turning point in Armenia's higher education system, with universities obliged to implement the program regarding ensuring the quality, range of national qualifications and institutional accreditation.
"Starting September 1, Ministry will tighten control in all institutes of higher education," Education Minister said.
Headlines for June 11, 2012
LENOVO ANNOUNCING NEW MOBILE BROADBAND ACCESS SERVICE
Lenovo is announcing details on Monday, June 11, of a new service that will allow buyers of its computers to get mobile broadband access through the PC maker, AllThingsD reports.
The service, dubbed ...LADY GAGA STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY POLE DURING NEW ZEALAND SHOW
Lady Gaga has been struck on the head by a pole while performing a concert in New Zealand.
According to the Associated Press, the singer was hit Sunday, June 10, during the third of three shows in Auckland.
...SOCIALISTS POISED TO SECURE MAJORITY IN FRENCH PARLIAMENT
French President Francois Hollande's Socialists and allies came out on top in first-round parliamentary elections Sunday, June 10, poised to secure the majority needed to push through tax-and-spend ...OIL ABOVE $86 AFTER SPAIN GETS RESCUE LOAN
Oil prices jumped above $86 a barrel Monday, June 11 in Asia after Europe offered Spain a $125 billion rescue loan for its troubled banks.
According to AP, benchmark oil for July delivery was up $2.00 ...LEVON ARONIAN SUFFERS 1ST LOSS IN TAL MEMORIAL ROUND 3
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian lost to England's Luke McShane in Mikhail Tal Memorial round 3.
After the defeat, Aronian dropped to the 4th place with 1,5 points; Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov is ...TURKISH PROVINCIAL MAYOR ARRESTED OVER TERRORISM CHARGES
The Mayor of Turkish province of Van, Bekir Kaya and two others were arrested in the ongoing Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) probe, thus raising the number of jailed mayors from Peace and Democracy ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE EAMON GILMORE ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, will travel to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan next week to meet government leaders, representatives ...EURO 2012 ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM LAUNCHED AT WADA LABORATORY
Following extensive pre-tournament out-of competition testing, the in-competition anti-doping program is under way for UEFA EURO 2012 with all 31 matches subject to controls.
Everyone is hard at work ...IATA FORECASTS GLOBAL PROFITS SLUMP
Airline industry group IATA warned on Monday, June 11, global profits would more than halve this year owing to surging oil prices and the eurozone crisis, with European carriers suffering losses of $1.1 ...MORE AZERI SOLDIERS "STEP ON MINES"
Two officers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces - Zafir Mammadov and Ilgar Verdiyev stepped on a mine in the Geranboy direction, Trend News reported citing Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
Mammadov is chief ...OVER 900,000 ANDROID DEVICES ACTIVATED DAILY
With less than 12 hours to go until Apple gets on stage and shows off the next version of iOS, Google's Andy Rubin, the father of Android, used Twitter to announce to the world that over 900,000 devices ...ELINA DANIELIAN, ANNA MUZYCHUK TIE FIDE WOMEN GRAND PRIX ROUND 2
FIDE Women Grand Prix series 4-th stage is ongoing in Russia's Kazan.
At the tournament, Armenian chess player Elina Danielian, Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk ended their round 1 game in a tie.
The following ...LAVROV TO DISCUSS SYRIA CONFERENCE WITH IRAN
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran on June 13 to discuss Russia's proposal for convening an international conference on Syria, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, June 11, RIA Novosti ...ANGRY BIRDS MAKER ROVIO MULLS MOVING HEADQUARTERS TO IRELAND
Finnish games company Rovio is fed up with having to pay so much of its profits to the government that that it is considering moving its headquarters to Ireland, TechEye reports.
Chief executive Mikael ...ARTSAKH WAR VETERANS WANT TO REPLACE SERVICEMEN AT BORDERS
After reports of multiple Azeri diversions at the border with Armenia, Artsakh war veterans expressed a wish to replace servicemen at Armenian borders.
As the head of Artsakh Liberation War Veterans ...RENEWAL OF KARABAKH WAR IMPOSSIBLE AT PRESENT - ARTSAKH WAR VETERAN
The head of Artsakh Liberation War Veterans Union believes renewal of a war in Karabakh impossible at present.
At news conference in Yerevan, Hamlet Hovsepyan cited the response of the U.S., Russia and ...FSF FOUNDER RICHARD STALLMAN ROBBED IN ARGENTINA
Richard Stallman, father of the FSF, had his bag containing his laptop, medicine, money and passport stolen after his talk at the University of Buenos Aires last week.
According to devthought.com blog, ...NKR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION TO CURB AZERI AGGRESSION
The parliament of Nagorno Karabakh Republic issued a statement on recent escalation of tensions at contact line between Artsakh defense army and Azeri armed forces as a result of Baku-orchestrated subversions.
...U.S. ENVOY HOPES ARMENIA, TURKEY TO IMPROVE TIES IN 2015
American Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern has said 2015 will be an opportunity for Turkey to improve relations with Armenia, adding that it will be an important year for both sides, Today's Zaman ...ISRAELI KNESSET TO HOLD PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON GENOCIDE JUNE 12
On the eve of the publication of the State Comptroller's report regarding the 2009 raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, Israeli Knesset is expected to hold a public discussion about the ...U.S. TO HAVE OVER 52 MILLION IPAD USERS BY YEAREND
According to digital marketing and media research agency eMarketer, iPad use will nearly double this year, with an increase of 90 percent to 53.2 million users in the U.S. by the end of 2012, as new buyers ...CHINA TO BUILD 70 NEW AIRPORTS WITHIN NEXT THREE YEARS
China will build 70 new airports within the next three years, the head of the country's aviation watchdog said Monday, June 11, as part of ambitious expansion plans in the industry despite an economic ...PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS TO ASSESS AZERBAIJAN'S COMMITMENTS TO COE
On June 12, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), co-rapporteurs of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will pay the ...GRAFFITI PRAISING HITLER SPRAYED AT HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Israel's Holocaust memorial has been daubed with graffiti saying "Thank you Hitler", in a suspected attack by Jewish religious extremists, Sky News reported.
The words were sprayed in Hebrew ...UK PM DAVID CAMERON LEFT 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BEHIND IN PUB
UK Prime Minister David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha, Downing Street has admitted. The couple's daughter Nancy ...RUSSIAN MILITARY INSPECTORS LAUNCH MISSION INTO SWEDEN, FINLAND SKIES
A group of Russian military observers begin on Monday, June 11, a six-day inspection mission in the skies of Sweden and Finland under the Open Skies Treaty, RIA Novosti reported citing the Defense Ministry's ...NEW HTC SMARTPHONE HITS HONG KONG
HTC has announced a new smartphone in its One family called the HTC One S that has hit Hong Kong. The device launched on T-Mobile a while back, SlashGear reports.
The new smartphones is very thin at ..."ANY DAY NOW" WINS TOP PRIZE AT SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST
"Any Day Now" captured the Golden Space Needle audience award for best feature and its star Alan Cumming was named best actor Sunday, June 10 at the Seattle International Film Festival, TheWrap ...BAKU DEPLOYS SNIPERS TO PROTECT "INVINCIBLE AZERI ARMY" FROM ARMENIAN VILLAGERS
Tensions at contact line between Artsakh and Azerbaijan and those at Azeri-Armenian border have entered their second week. Azeri troops shell Armenia's border villages, keeping fear alive among peaceful ...SYRIAN OPPOSITION CHIEF URGES GOVT. OFFICIALS TO DEFECT
The newly appointed head of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has called on government officials in Damascus to defect, BBC News reported.
Speaking in Istanbul, Abdelbaset Sayda reiterated ...ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE RECOGNITION MAY HAMPER SIMILAR PROCESS BY TURKEY
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According to Richard Giragosian, Israeli authorities ...BIG-SCREEN LG OPTIMUS 4X HD LAUNCHES IN EUROPE
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First ..."MADAGASCAR 3" BEATS RIDLEY SCOTT'S "PROMETHEUS" AT U.S. BOX OFFICE
Family animated tentpole Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted landed at the top of the domestic box office with a stand-out $60.4 million opening, besting the $50 million scored by Ridley Scott's ...EXPERT SAYS TURKEY AGAINST AZERI WISH TO RESUME KARABAKH WAR
Turkey is concerned over Azerbaijan's recent subversive acts at the contact line, and stands against Azeri intention to resume war in Nagorno Karabakh, director of Regional Studies Center (RSC) said.
...IRANIAN WOMEN BANNED FROM WATCHING EURO 2012
Women in Iran are being banned from watching live public screenings of Euro 2012 soccer games because of an "inappropriate" environment where men could become rowdy, a police commander said, ...5 KILLED IN AFGHAN ROADSIDE BOMB BLAST
A pregnant woman being rushed to hospital and four members of her family were killed when an ambulance struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said, according to Belfast Telegraph.
...ARMENIAN TRACTOR AGAIN "ATTACKS" AZERI ARMY UNITS
Azeri media coverage reminds of a bad scenario of a bad film. According to Azerbaijani authorities, Azeri soldiers commit mass suicide, get blown up by mine, and die in an accident. In fact, these are ...CHILEAN POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS AFTER PINOCHET DOC SCREENING
Hundreds of Chilean demonstrators have clashed with the police after the screening of a documentary praising the former military government of General Augusto Pinochet, BBC News reported.
Pablo Zalaquett, ...EGYPT'S EX-LEADER MUBARAK "IN FULL COMA"
A week after being sent to prison to begin serving a life sentence, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Monday, June 11 fell into a coma. As IBN Live said citing CNN, the information was confirmed ...RUSSIA, JAPAN DISCUSS PEACE TREATY OVER KURIL ISLANDS
Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin who is on an official visit to Japan discussed on Monday, June 11 the prospects of concluding a peace treaty between the two countries.
According to RIA Novosti, ...CANNES-SCREENED "MOONRISE KINGDOM" MAKES IT TO INDIE BOX OFFICE TOP 10
This may be tentpole season, but a couple of specialty films are making waves at the summer box office. Focus Features expanded Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" into 96 theaters and took ...LIBYA CLASHES LEAVE 16 DEAD
Fighting between government forces and tribal fighters in the southern Libyan town of Kufra has continued for a second day on Sunday, June 10, officials said, according to BBC News.
At least 16 people ...CLOUD SERVICE DROPBOX ROLLS OUT VIDEO STREAMING
One of the pioneers of cloud-based file storage solutions, Dropbox, has just rolled out an update for anyone using an Android device with version 4.0 or higher (also known as Ice Cream Sandwich), TG Daily ...RUSSIA INCREASES MILITARY FLIGHTS OVER ARMENIA AS PART OF COMBAT TRAINING
Representative of the press service of Armenian's Southern military district commented on increased number of training flights of Russian jets over Armenia.
"Intensification of flights of Russian air-unit ...TURKEY STEEPLY REDUCES IRANIAN CRUDE IMPORTS IN MAY
Turkey steeply reduced its imports of Iranian crude oil in May, bowing to international pressure ahead of planned EU and U.S. sanctions, shipping data seen by Reuters showed, according to the news agency.
...FACEBOOK IGNORES VOTES AGAINST DATA-USE POLICY CHANGES
Facebook has ignored a vote "cast" by 297,883 of its members who agreed that the social network shouldn't update its data use policy, according to The Register.
Despite that, the company ...PRESIDENT SARGSYAN, GERMAN MP DISCUSS ARMENIA'S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Ruprecht Polenz, chairman of the foreign committee of the lower house of the German Parliament, the Bundestag.
According to RA president's press service, discussion ..."CRULIC: THE PATH TO BEYOND" WINS ANNECY ANIMATED FILM FEST
Animated documentaries were the big winners at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival with top prizes going to Anca Damian's Crulic: The Path To Beyond and Laurent Boileau and Jung Henin's Approved ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CHINESE PROSECUTOR GENERAL
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Prosecutor General of People's Republic of China Cao Jianming.
President Sargsyan hailed the high level of diplomatic relations between Armenia and China, ...ARFD YOUTH UNION MEMBERS VISIT CHINAR BORDER VILLAGE
ARF Dashnaktsutyun Youth Union, concerned over recent developments, in which Armenian soldiers were killed and wounded, visited Chinar village in Armenian province of Tavush.
They further met with local ...EX-FM SAYS CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST CIVILITAS FOUNDATION POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
Former Foreign Minister of Armenia and former head of Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian has issued a statement to comment on his summons to National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia to offer ...ARMENIA TO OFFICIALLY ASSUME BOLOGNA SECRETARIAT JULY 1 - EDUCATION MINISTER
On June 11, acting Minister of Education and Science met with rectors of Armenian state universities.
Armen Ashotyan noted that Armenia officially will take over Bologna Secretariat starting July 1, ...ANNAN, DAVUTOĞLU DISCUSS SYRIA CRISIS
UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan discussed his recent talks in the U.S. on the ongoing Syria crisis with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu over the phone on Monday, June 11.
As Today's ...LEBANESE, SYRIANS KIDNAPPED IN RETALIATORY ABDUCTIONS AT SYRIA BORDER
At least seven Lebanese and Syrian citizens have been kidnapped in northern Lebanon near the border with Syria, the first such reported abductions fuelled by tensions over the uprising in Syria that have ...RADIOHEAD, JACK WHITE SET TO COOPERATE?
Radiohead could be set to work with Jack White, the band's frontman Thom Yorke hinted, according to The Guardian.
The band were headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in Manchester, Tennessee, ...AFGHAN EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERS LANDSLIDE, SCORES FEARED DEAD
An Afghan provincial governor says more than 20 houses have been buried in a landslide caused by an earthquake Monday, June 11 in northern Afghanistan. Scores are feared dead, AP reported.
Baghlan Gov. ...DIASPORA MINISTRY'S "COME HOME 2012" PROGRAM LAUNCHED
On June 11, Armenian Diaspora Ministry hosted the launch of the first stage of "Come Home 2012" program.
The event brought together Ministry employees, representatives from Yerevan administrative districts ...SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS MAY FALL INTO TERRORIST HANDS, ISRAELI GENERAL SAYS
The Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons may end up in the hands of terrorists as the ruling regime and anti-government forces continue fierce fighting, an Israeli senior military commander said on Monday, ...PETE COSEY, JAZZ GUITARIST WITH MILES DAVIS, DIES AT 68
Pete Cosey, a jazz guitarist who was best known for his work in Miles Davis' electric band in the 1970s has died aged 68, BBC News reported.
His daughter said he died at a Chicago hospital of complications ...GOOGLE RELEASES LATEST VERSION OF PICASA
Over the weekend, software giant Google released Picasa 3.9.9.637, the latest version of its photo organization program for the Mac, according to powerpage.org.
Once installed, Picasa imports (without ...GREEK RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST WHO SLAPPED WOMAN AT TV SHOW SUES
The Greek extreme-right party spokesman who caused an uproar last week by slapping one female politician on live TV and throwing a glass of water on another has sued the two women as well as the television ..."MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" STAR ZHANG ZIYI POISED TO PLAY IN ZWICK'S "GREAT WALL"
Production on upcoming movie The Great Wall has been halted by Legendary Pictures, Digital Spy reported.
The Edward Zwick-directed epic tells the story of British warriors who discover a supernatural ...GEORGIA'S DEPUTY FM: KARABAKH CONFLICT DETRIMENTAL TO REGIONAL SECURITY
Georgia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nino Kalandadze stated during June 11 briefing that Nagorno Karabakh conflict undermines security in the region .
"I'm deeply sure that all the participants ...U.S. STOCKS DIP AS ENTHUSIASM OVER SPAINSH BAILOUT FIZZLES
Following a higher open, U.S. stocks dipped into the red Monday, June 11 as early enthusiasm over a $125 billion bailout for Spanish banks fizzled.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) lost 7 points, ...ISRAELI PM INJURES LEG DURING SOCCER GAME
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the Israeli leader has injured his leg playing soccer with Jewish and Arab youths, the Associated Press reported.
Doctors diagnosed a tear in Netanyahu's ...TWO ARMENIANS WOUNDED IN MOSCOW CLASHES
Two Armenian citizens were attacked by unknown people armed with traumatic weapons in Moscow. Both were hospitalized with wounds in the stomach, leg and face.
Another clash involving Armenians occurred ...NADAL DEFEATS DJOKOVIC TO WIN SEVENTH FRENCH OPEN
Spain's Rafa Nadal sank to his knees in celebration after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 to win a record seventh French Open title on Monday, June 11.
The number two seed overtook ...NATO CONCERNED OVER AZERI ATTACKS
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia commented on tensions at the contact line.
"We support the OSCE Minsk Group's efforts in Nagorno Karabakh conflict ...ENVOY: PUTIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FAIR RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH ISSUE
Russian President Vladimir Putin is well aware of the reasons and depth of Nagorno Karabakh issue, Russia's ambassador to Azerbaijan said.
Asked if Putin will continue Karabakh settlement active efforts, ...U.S. WITHDRAWING NEGOTIATORS FROM PAKISTAN
The United States is withdrawing its team of negotiators from Pakistan without securing a long-sought deal with Islamabad to allow trucks to again supply NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, the Pentagon ...BAKU DEEMS ISRAEL'S ATTACK AGAINST IRAN FROM AZERBAIJAN POSSIBLE
Chairman of State Committee of Azerbaijan on Work with Diaspora said he can neither confirm nor deny the possibility of Israeli armed forces to attack Iran's nuclear facilities from air base in Azerbaijan.
...FITCH DOWNGRADES CREDIT RATING FOR SPAIN'S TWO LARGEST BANKS
Fitch on Monday, June 11, downgraded its credit rating for Spain's two largest banks, Santander and BBVA, by two notches in a move that follows the agency's downgrade of Spain's sovereign ...SAMSUNG CONFIRMS IT HAS NO INTEREST IN BUYING NOKIA
Samsung has confirmed that recent rumors suggesting it has any interest in buying Nokia are completely false, according to SlashGear.
The reports surfaced last week, which helped boost Nokia's slipping ...FACEBOOK MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORK IN 126 COUNTRIES
Facebook, with more than 901 million active users, is the most popular social network in 126 countries, according to the latest "World Map of Social Networks," which charts popular social networks ...U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY BLAMED FOR TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson suffered a seizure while driving his car in Los Angeles over the weekend, causing two separate traffic accidents just minutes apart, U.S. officials said Monday, June ...APPLE BOASTS 66 MILLION MAC USERS
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- 1935 The Institute of History and Literature was created within the People's Commissariat of Education.
- 1942 Death of Professor Ashkharhabek Qalantarian (Lorees Qalantar), armenologist, archeologist, and historian.
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