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YEGHISHE KIRAKOSYAN APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE
- By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's decision, Yeghishe Kirakosyan was relieved of his duties as aide to Prime Minister due to his transfer to another job, government's press office reported. By another decision, Yeghishe Kirakosyan was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice. The position of Deputy Minister had been vacant since Emil Gabrielyan was appointed member of the Ethics Commission of High-Ranking Officials.
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Headlines for January 17, 2012AS FRANCE TIGHTENS THE NOOSE, TURKEY REACTS WITH OUTRAGEOUS WORDS AND DEEDS
Turkish leaders routinely proclaim that they are not afraid of facing their country's past. Yet, the minute someone reminds them of the darkest chapters of their history, they panic and overreact. ...LEVON ARONIAN LOST TO CARLSEN
Armenian GM Levon Aronyan lost to Magnus Carlsen in the 3rd round of Tata Steel. Currently, Aronyan scored 2 points and shares 2-4 places with Karuana and Rajabov. Elina Danielian, who plays in the "C" ...HEALTH EXPERTS WARN LONDON 2012 MAY CAUSE DISEASE EPIDEMIC
Experts in public health have warned mass crowds, such as those that will be seen at the London 2012 Olympics, have the potential to start a disease epidemic. Health officials are in the process of launching ...SELIM MOUNT PASS BLOCKED
All roads and mountain passes of interstate and republican significance are passable in Armenia on January 17, at 08:30, the Ministry of Transport and Communication informed. According to the source Selim ...PILGRIMAGE TO CHINSURAH
On 15th January 2012, the Armenian community of Kolkata (India), teachers and senior students of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy went on a pilgrimage to Saint John the Baptist Armenian Church ...HILLARY CLINTON VISITS IVORY COAST
The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has arrived in Ivory Coast, on a visit intended to show US support for the country's reconciliation process, BBC reported. She will meet President Alassane ...CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS
China's economy, the world's second-largest, grew at its slowest pace in more than two years, latest government figures show, according to BBC. Gross domestic product expanded by 8.9% in the three months ...YEGHISHE KIRAKOSYAN APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE
By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's decision, Yeghishe Kirakosyan was relieved of his duties as aide to Prime Minister due to his transfer to another job, government's press office reported. By another ...VARDAN MINASYAN TO FOLLOW MARCOS PIZZELI'S TRAININGS
Armenian football team coach Vardan Minasyan arrived in Spain to follow Krasnodar's club "Kuban" trainings, Armenian football federation reported. Armenia's Brazilian midfielder Marcos Pizzelli signed ...ERIC RUBIN TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Eric Rubin will visit Azerbaijan today, Trend reported. As part of his visit, Rubin is due to meet with Azerbaijani officials and representatives ...TRAFFIC CLOSED IN VERIN LARS
The situation in Verin Lars check pass hasn't changed today at 10.30. Transport and Communications Ministry informed that heavy snowfall makes the road dangerous thus traffic is blocked for all types ...RECEPTION IN HONOR OF JAPAN-ARMENIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP
Armenia's Embassy in Japan held a reception in honor of members of Japan-Armenia Interparliamentary Friendship Group today, MFA press office reported. At the reception, the sides discussed further steps ...ARMENIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
In the sixth round of the highest league tournament of 72nd Armenian Men's Chess Championship Hrant Melkumyan drew with Arman Pashikyan and continues to dominate the tournament, with 4 points. Robert ...YURI KHACHATUROV VISITS BRUSSELS
A delegation led by Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov will be in Brussels on January 17-19 to attend NATO Chiefs of Defense Session, Defense Ministry ...MARADONA UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL KIDNEY STONES OPERATION
Diego Maradona has been discharged from a hospital in Dubai after having kidney stones removed, The Daily Mail reported. Maradona's club, Al Wasl, says the coach and former Argentina great was told he ...2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: ARTSAKH ARMENIA PARTY NOT TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT
The Artsakh Armenia party is not going to run for Armenian parliament, head of the party Sergey Melkumyan told a Panorama.am reporter. According to him, the party's goal is not "to take seats in parliament" ...IRANIAN MEDIA: RELIGIOUS ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN AZERBAIJAN
Religious activists are being arrested in Azerbaijan, Iranian "arannews.ir" website informs. According to the source Azerbaijan security forces detained five citizens accused of keeping religious books ...NKR ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE
On January 16, NKR Acting Foreign Minister Vassily Atajanyan received Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. A number of issues related to the current situation ...IRAN'S MFA: WASHINGTON FACES CHALLENGES
A letter sent by US President Barack Obama to Iranian authorities means Washington faces challenges, Iranian "MEHR" news agency quotes Iran's MFA spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as stating today in a news ...OSCE MISSION HOLDS SCHEDULED MONITORING
On January 17, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed ...M. MINASYAN: NEW PARLIAMENT WITH NEW FIGURES
"Those focuses highlighted by some political forces to pass a proportional election system is technically impracticable. Statements that only proportional elections guarantee fair and transparent elections ...MY HOME IS ARMENIA PARTY NOT TO TAKE PART IN ‘PARTY GAMES'
My Home is Armenia party is not going to run for parliament due to lack of funds, head of the party Vachagan Chibukhchyan told a Panorama.am reporter. The party which "brings together warrior liberators" ...SERGEY LAVROV, WILLIAM BURNS DISCUSS IRAN'S ISSUE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has highlighted Iran's and Syria's issues in a meeting with US Assistant Secretary William Burns, who is on a working visit to Moscow, Iranian "ISNA" news agency ...T. BALAYAN: ARMENIA'S CITIZEN RELEASED
"We've contacted the citizen of Armenia who was arrested in Southern Sudan. That person is released and has not problems with the local authorities," Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told Panorama.am. ...MFA: ARMENIAN CITIZENS SECURE IN VERIN LARS
The Armenian Embassy in Georgia has contacted the Georgian authorities over the problems at Verin Lars control point, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told Panorama.am. Currently there are around ...EDWARD NALBANDIAN REAFFIRMS HARMONY BETWEEN ARMENIA, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian remarked on the year 2011 Monday reaffirming the harmony of the positions of Armenia and the international community achieved during the recent years; and the developments ...UNESCO-UNITED STATES-BRAZIL PROJECT TO TEACH RESPECT IN SCHOOLS
The "Teaching Respect for All," project born of cooperation between UNESCO, the United States and Brazil, will be launched on 18 January at UNESCO Headquarters. This is the first step in a process expected ...MARTIN SCHULZ NEW PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
A German socialist Martin Schulz has been elected president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, "Associated Press" reported. Martin Schulz replaced Poland's Jerzy Buzek, who did not seek re-election. ...SHAKHTAR HEADS OFF TO DUBAI FOR TRAINING CAMP
Today Shakhtar departed for its first training camp this year, Shakhtar.com reported. The team and the coaching staff flew to Dubai along with the club's top management representatives Dmitriy Kirilenko, ...2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: UPCPA EXPECTS TO ESTABLISH ALLIANCE OF LEFT FORCES
We are going to run for parliament, with the communist movement progressing throughout the world, head of the United Progressive Communist Party of Armenia Vazgen Safaryan told a Panorama.am reporter. ...HAYKANDUKHT PARTY: PROCESS, OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS DEPEND ON FINANCIAL MEANS
We are not sure if we will run for parliament because we have a funding problem, and the process and outcome of elections depend on financial means, head of the Haykandukht Party Armenuhi Ghazaryan told ...VARUZHAN NERSESYAN NAMED PRESIDENTIAL AIDE
By the order of President Serzh Sargsyan, Varuzhan Nersesyan has been named presidential aide, President's press office reported.2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: AGRARIAN PARTY'S ACTIVITIES FROZEN
For the present, the Agrarian Party of Armenia has its activities frozen, party leader Zaven Gevorgyan told Panorama.am. The Agrarian Party is not going to run for parliament, Gevorgyan added.TIGRAN BALAYAN: 300 CITIZENS OF ARMENIA BLOCKED IN VERIN LARS
Armenian Embassy to Georgia has contacted local authorities and has been informed that for 6 more days "Verin Lars" check pass will be blocked, thus transport companies have been requested to organize ...IRANIAN OFFICIAL SIGNIFIES RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
It's important to develop relations with Armenia in all aspects, Iranian "irdiplomacy.ir" quotes Mir Ghasem Mowmen, Chairman of "Iran-Armenia Friendship Association" as saying. Mir Ghasem Mowmen said ...BLACK ICE IN SELIM MOUNT PASS
All roads and mountain passes of interstate and republican significance are passable in Armenia on January 17, at 1730, the Ministry of Transport and Communication informed. According to the source there ...ARMENIA NAMED AMONG 43 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT EUROVISION 2012
The official website of Eurovision Song Contest has published the list of countries to take part in Eurovision 2012. Armenia has been named among the 43 participating countries. The 57th Eurovision Song ...MINISTRY OF CULTURE TRIES TO GET MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOVHANNES TUMANYAN'S TBILISI APARTMENT
The Armenian Ministry of Culture tries to get more specific information about the sale of Hovhannes Tumanyan's Tbilisi apartment, Ministry spokesperson Gayane Durgaryan told a Panorama.am reporter, when ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1904 Birth (in Ayntap) of the specialist in Armenian manuscripts and philologist Archbishop Norayr Poghosyan.
- 1921 The Armenian Government protests the demonic evils perpetrated by the Turks in the territories their troops had occupied in the course of their aggression against Armenia.
- 1930 Opening of the Writer's House in Yerevan.
- 1939 Beginning of the All-Union Census. Armenia's population was 1282000. Of these, Armenians numbered 1062000, Azeris 130900, Russians: 51400, and Kurds: 20500, etc. The population of Yerevan was 200031.
- 1979 Start of the USSR Census.
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