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Published on August 18, 2008
FOREIGN MINISTER IN MOSCOW
On August 17 the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan has visited Moscow, reported the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Foreign Minister of Armenia has had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The Foreign Ministers discussed a wide range of bilateral, international and regional questions. Edward Nalbandyan affirmed the official invitation for Mr. Lavrov to visit Armenia for working meetings.
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Headlines for August 18, 2008THE PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN FOOTBALL CLUB “ROMA” DIED
Last night the president of Roma football club, 83 year-old Franko Sensy died. According to Italian ANSA news agency, F.Sensy passed away in one of the city hospitals. Franko Sensy was born on 29 July, ...POPE IN DEFENSE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES OF CAUCASUS
1Pope Benedict 16-th has made a declaration in defense of ethnic minorities of Caucasus. During his speech in Castle-Gandolfo after a Sunday Angelus Domini holy-mass, the Pope has emphasized the significance ...MEDICAL MARIJUANA: REMEDY OR DRUG?
Depending on whom you ask, marijuana is a dangerous drug that should be kept illegal alongside heroin, or it's a miracle herb with a trove of medical benefits that the government is seeking to deny the ...SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES OUTSIDE U.S. BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
1A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the gates of a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine Afghan civilians and wounding 13, officials said. According to Associated Press, the blast ...FIVE BRONZE MEDALS AND 24TH IN OLYMPICS
Armenian sportsmen in Summer Olympic Games managed to receive 5 bronze medals. Concluding the participation of our national Olympic team Armenia is ranged in 24th horizontals in the list of 204 countries ...“FIVE STARS: INTERVISION” COMPETITION STARTS IN SOCHI
On August 28 Five Stars: Intervision musical is to start in Sochi organized by Russian public TV. Since the previous year singers from CIS member countries have an opportunity to take part in the competition. ...PRIME MINISTER OF ESTONIA SUPPORTS GEROGIAN REFUGEES
The Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus Adsip provided 500 USD to the Georgia refugees; report the Russia media referring to the press service of the Estonian Government. According to the source, Estonian ...“RUBEJ 2008” STARTED
Today the third and fourth rounds of Rubej 2008 military exercises implemented in the frames of Collective Security Treaty Organization started in Baghramian educational center. Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, ...BRIDGE WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED, PROMISED SAAKASHVILI
On August 16, in the evening the Presidents of Armenia and Georgia Serzh Sargsyan and Mikhail Saakashvili have had their second telephone conversation, reported the press service of the Presidents Administration. ...39 LORRIES WENT TO GEORGIA FOR OIL
Yesterday 39 lorries went to Georgia to import the rest of oil stocked in Batumi, said Susanna Tonoyan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communication to Panorama.am. Currently the ...GORI-TBILISI RAILROAD DAMAGED: OIL IMPORT INTO GEORGIA STOPPED
In the result of the explosion of Gori-Tbilisi railroad less oil is imported into Georgia from Azerbaijan. Georgian side blamed Russia for the explosion. Russian authorities answered that as they stopped ...FOREIGN MINISTER IN MOSCOW
On August 17 the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan has visited Moscow, reported the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Foreign Minister of Armenia has had a meeting with his ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1826 The Armenian cathedral of Constantinople, including many valuble manuscripts and documents, catches fire. The church was in Gum-Gapu (Constantinople).
- 1876 Birth of Shooshanik Kiurghinyan (poet) in Alexandropol. She died in 1927.
- 1910 Birth of Harootyoon Kalents (artist). He died in 1967.
- 1917 Hovhannissyan publishes the "Support" newspaper in Shooshee (Artsakh).
- 1954 Death of Hrant G. Pastrmadjian. He was born in 1904.
- 1993 Ghapan (Armenia) suffers heavy bombardment by Azeri Turkish forces.
- 1994 Catholicos Vazgen the First passes away in Yerevan. He was born in 1908.
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