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Headlines for November 07, 2011BAKO SAHAKYAN VISITS WORKSHOP OF FAMOUS SCULPTOR FRIEDRICH SOGHOYAN IN MOSCOW
On 5 November President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the workshop of famous sculptor Friedrich Soghoyan in Moscow.
Artsakh President considered the field of arts among the key directions ...WEATHER FORECAST: FEEBLE SNOW IN YEREVAN
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by cyclone invasion. On the 7th of November precipitations are expected in separate regions. In Lori, Tavush, Vayots Dzor, Syunik and Artsakh essential precipitations ...ADIDAS WEBSITES HACKED
Adidas has taken its website content offline after suffering what it described as a "sophisticated, criminal cyber-attack," according to BBC. The German sportswear maker said it had no evidence that ...GREEK PM AGREES TO RESIGN
Greece's President has finished hosting crunch talks between the country's Prime Minister and the main opposition chief. George Papandreou and the opposition leader have reached an agreement on forming ...MISS VENEZUELA CROWNED MISS WORLD 2011
Miss Venezuela has been crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London on Sunday, "Reuters" news agency said. Ivian Sarcos, 21, is a human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition ...DEVIL FOUND IN DETAILS OF GIOTTO FRESCO
Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, church officials said on Saturday, according ...ARAB LEAGUE CALLING FOR EMERGENCY MEETING ON SYRIA
The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting on Syria's failure to implement its peace plan, Russian "Gazeta.ru" said. It is unclear what action the Arab League might take. Arab League said the ...IRANIAN FM TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN TOMORROW
At the invitation of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Armenia on Tuesday. The press office of MFA reports that the Iranian FM will be hosted ...54 VEHICLES STUCK IN TRAFFIC JAM IN SISIAN-YEREVAN HIGHWAY
Heavy snow and ice-covered roads in Sisian-Goris highway have formed a traffic jam making 54 vehicles unable to move, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. In the 10th kilometer ...TOURIST BUS FALLS INTO GORGE IN INDIA
A tourist bus carrying 32 people skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Kashmir, India. 2 passengers survived, 5 were found dead, and the others are still unaccounted for. Utro.ru reported that ...HEALTHCARE GET 3 BILLION MORE THAN IN 2011
Although healthcare is a pivotal aspect for any country, although MP Gagik Minasyan has stressed that none of us has ever managed to escape it, the state budget doesn't seem giving much significance to ...BASHAR AL-ASSAD: SYRIA IS STRONG DUE TO UNITY OF ITS PEOPLE
Syria is strong due to the unity of its people and its independent national resolutions, said President Bashar al-Assad. He said this, speaking at a rally in the town of Raqqa on the Euphrates, during ...UN WARNED OF MISSING LIBYA ARMS
Some weapons depots in Libya have still not been secured properly, and "much has already gone missing" from unguarded sites, Russian "ITAR-TASS" says referring to the top U.N. envoy in Libya ...LAVROV: ISRAEL'S ARMED STRIKE AGAINST IRAN A BIG MISTAKE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Israel's potential armed strike against Iran would be a big mistake; "Ria Novosti" quotes Mr. Lavrov as warning during a news conference in Moscow. "It's not ...EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: ARMENIA SCORED 5
In the 3rd and 4th rounds of European team championship Armenian men team recorded a draw and a victory. The Armenian chess players first recorded 2:2 with the English and defeated the Croatians in 3:1. ...ARMENIAN-BELGIAN BUSINESS FORUM OPENS IN YEREVAN
Yerevan is hosting two-day Armenian-Belgian business forum titled "Belgian Business Week in Armenia." The Belgian provinces of Wallonia and Flandria participate in the forum. The Belgian delegation, headed ...EUROPEAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM 11TH
The Armenian women's national team is 11th with 5 points in the European Team Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece. In the 3rd and 4th rounds our female chess players first beat the German team ...IRANIAN NEWS SITE: LIBYA'S FATE THREATENS AZERBAIJAN
The defense of human rights in Azerbaijan is in an extremely critical condition, Iranian "arannews.ir" said.
Having focused on the issue of human rights in Azerbaijan, the Iranian news site says: "Assigned ...TIGRAN SARGSYAN TO TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is leaving on a two-day working visit to Brussels today. Tigran Sargsyan will attend the "Euro Crisis" conference of the European People's Party (EPP) tonight and will have ...ROADS IN THE REPUBLIC ARE OPEN
Heavy precipitations have been recorded in Sevan, Dilijan, Noyemberyan, Stepanavan, Sisian, Goris and Tavush in last two days.
Sharp decrease in temperature made the Selim mount pass ice-covered.
...CADRE CHANGE IN POLICE SECTOR
Newly appointed Armenian police chief Vladimir Gasparyan issued an order to relieve Colonel Vardan Yeghiazaryan of his duties as head of Interpol Armenia National Central Bureau, the press office of police ...WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP: ISABELLA YALIAN GRANTS RATING SCORES TO ARMENIAN TEAM
Armenian athlete Isabella Yalian took a second place Sunday for the snatch category in the 53-kg's women weightlifting event in the 2011 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships ...GEORGIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY ARRIVED IN ARMENIA
On the invitation of Armenia's Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan, Georgian Minister of Economy and Stable Development Vera Kobalia arrived in Armenia November 7. Armenian Transport ...ARTHUR BAGHDASARYAN LEAVES FOR BRUSSELS
Orinats Yerkir Party delegation led by head of the National Security Council, party's chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan is leaving for Belgium today. At the invitation of President of European People's Party ...LOS ANGELES TIMES: US BACKED AWAY FROM SANCTIONS ON IRAN CENTRAL BANK
Despite weeks of tough warnings, the Obama administration has backed away from its calls to impose new and potentially crippling economic sanctions against Iran, "Los Angeles Times" said. According to ...ANGEL DI MARIA FACES ONE-MONTH LAY-OFF AFTER HAMSTRING INJURY
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has received some disturbing news on the injury front in the aftermath of his side's 7-1 La Liga win over Osasuna on Sunday afternoon, as winger Angel Di Maria sustained ...WASHINGTON POST: IRAN ON BRINK OF NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
The International Atomic Energy Agency has a bombshell report on the state of Iran's nuclear program: the nation is on the brink of nuclear capability. The Washington Post reports that secret intelligence ...‘CYPRUS WON'T ALLOW TURKEY TO AFFECT CYPRUS' EU PRESIDENCY'
"The Republic of Cyprus will not allow Turkey to affect Cyprus' EU presidency," Famagusta-gazette quotes Deputy Minister to the President for European Affairs Andreas Mavroyiannis as saying. Regarding ...ARMED AZERI SOLDIER ESCAPED
In an Azerbaijani military unit located not far from the line of contact of Karabakhi-Azerbaijani forces an emergency incident has been recorded. A soldier escaped taking the arms under his responsibility, ...GEORGIAN FM: I HAVE COME TO ARMENIA TO ORGANIZE ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GEORGIA
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze today has refuted the rumors about cancellation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Tbilisi. "I am here to organize the Armenian President's visit," ...OSCE TO SUPPORT FEASIBILITY STUDY OF NUBARASHEN TOXIC WASTE SITE IN ARMENIA
Carel Hofstra, Acting Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan signed a memorandum of understanding today to launch an environmental security project ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1711 Death of Israel Oree. He sought justice for the Armenian Cause during the 17th century.
- 1827 Start of the two-month reconciliation negotiations of Dehkhrak.
- 1857 Birth of academician and philologist Stepan Malkhasian. He died in 1947.
- 1917 Anniversary of the Great October Revolution. According to a Moscow newspaper, about 110 million people were victims of Bolshevism.
- 1922 Opening of the State Public Library in Yerevan. (Known as the Miasnikyan Library since 1925).
- 1922 The Pedagogical Institute of Armenia's Public Commissariat of Education is opened on the basis of the Pedagogical Faculty of Yerevan University. In 1924/25 it is again joined to the State University.
- 1922 Opening of the State Museum in Yerevan containing exhibits on history, art, archeology, ethnography, the revolution, and an Archives Department.
- 1924 The copper smelter of Ghapan starts production.
- 1932 Inauguration of the Minjevan-Ghapan railroad.
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