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Published on January 23, 2012
EU TO IMPOSE OIL EMBARGO ON IRAN IN JULY
- European Union postponed embargo decision on Iranian oil, Iranian service of German "Deutsche Welle" reported. According to the source EU family states passed a decision today in Brussels to postpone the oil embargo until July. EU states are supposed to halt oil treaties with Iran until July 2012. An EU diplomat said earlier oil embargo would not imposed on Iran until EU states found alternative ways to import oil.
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Headlines for January 23, 2012ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA SUPPORT FRANCE'S SENATE DISCUSSION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL BILL
France's Senate will hold discussion today to adopt Armenian Genocide denial bill, which was passed on December 22 in France's National Assembly. Armenians' Union of Russia has informed that in this respect ...PASSENGER SHIP SANK OFF NEAR IRAN KILLING 17
A passenger ship sank off near Iranian coast killing 17 people, "Associated Press" quotes local media outlets as saying. It's reported that 22 people were on board of the ship that sank off near the port ...YEMENI PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES LEAVING FOR USA
Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, apologized for "any shortcoming" in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after ...ANONYMOUS HACKS FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE
A group of hackers known as 'Anonymous' attacked the French president's website on Friday, apparently in retaliation of the country's official support of an American clampdown on the popular file-sharing ...SYRIA REJECTS ARAB LEAGUE POWER TRANSITION PLAN
Syria has condemned a new Arab League initiative that calls on President Bashar al-Assad to cede power by holding early elections and forming a "national unity government," Al Jazeera reported. ...66% OF CROATIANS VOTE TO JOIN EU
Croatians voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union despite a poor turnout for the referendum, AP reported. Croatia's state referendum commission said that with nearly all ballots counted, about ...PACE WINTER SESSION KICKS OFF WITHOUT TURKISH CHAIRMAN CAVUSOGLU
Strasbourg hosts today ordinary winter session of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). After two years today's session is the first one to launch without Turkish diplomat Cavusoglu as the ...TIGRAN PETROSIAN BECOMES CHAMPION OF ARMENIA
In the eleventh round of the highest league tournament of 72nd Armenian Men's Chess Championship Tigran Petrosian beat Robert Hovhannisyan and became the champion of Armenia, with 7 points, armchess.am ...ARMENIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MALAWI
Permanent Representatives of Armenia and Malawi to the United Nations, Karen Nazaryan and Brian Bowler have signed a joint declaration on establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Malawi, ...RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM MEETS OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister G. Karasin had a meeting on January 21 with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (RF), Jacques Faure (France), as well as personal representative ...MARIA KURSOVA BECOMES CHAMPION OF ARMENIA
Maria Kursova beat Hasmik Ghambaryan in the last, eleventh round of Armenian Women's 67th Championship and became the champion of Armenia, with 9 points. Anna Hairapetian became vice champion, with 8.5 ...GUATEMALANS PROTEST ATOP VOLCANO
Around 12,000 Guatemalans have climbed an extinct volcano in a protest against domestic violence, according to BBC. The activists formed what they hope was the world's longest human chain all the way ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MEET IN SOCHI
President Serzh Sargsyan departed for Sochi on Monday on a one-day working visit. As Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took initiative, Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are supposed to have a meeting ...VANADZOR-ALAVERDI-GEORGIAN BORDER ROAD PASSABLE BY ONE WAY ONLY
All roads and mountain passes of interstate and republican significance are mainly passable in Armenia today, as of 08:30. Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Georgian border road is passable by one way only due to rockslide, ...TATA STEEL CHESS: ARONIAN TO FACE CARUANA IN ROUND 9
Levon Aronian drew with Veselin Topalov in the 8th round of Tournament A, Tata Steel Chess in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Aronian has scored 5.5 points and is in the lead together with Magnus Carlsen. ...HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT COULD BE SOLD
Radical proposals are being considered as to how to tackle the long-term problem of the Palace of Westminster's subsidence, which has already caused Big Ben's clock tower to lean 18ins from the vertical, ...US, FRENCH, ENGLISH WARSHIPS PASS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Three US, French and English warships entered Persian Gulf passing the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian "FARS" news agency reported. According to the source Pentagon claimed U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln ...H. CHAKRYAN: TURKEY'S OFFICIAL THESIS RISKED
"Turkey's position of denial will be greatly exhausted, if France passes Armenian Genocide penalization bill," expert Hakob Chakryan said in a news conference. "Denial is Turkey's official thesis. Hence, ...TRIPARTITE MEETING KICKED OFF
Tripartite meeting among Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan has kicked off in Sochi, Panorama.am reporter tells. Russian "Ria Novosti" news agency said earlier today that Kremlin released a ...EU TO IMPOSE OIL EMBARGO ON IRAN IN JULY
European Union postponed embargo decision on Iranian oil, Iranian service of German "Deutsche Welle" reported. According to the source EU family states passed a decision today in Brussels to postpone ...DILIJAN TURNS BARELY PASSABLE
All roads are passable in Armenia as of 15:00. Dilijan turns are barely passable due to black ice. Selim Mountain Pass is impassable, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.IGOR GORBUL: RUSSIA PROVIDES ARMENIA DEVICES DISCLOSING EXPLOSIVES
Russia's Defense Ministry has bought new "Korshun" devices that disclose explosives. Those devices unfold even those explosives which are not active, "Ria Novosti" news agency quotes Russian colonel Igor ...2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: JUSTICE PARTY NOT TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR MAJORITY ELECTION SYSTEM
The Justice party will announce the format of running for parliament and will specify other election-related issues in late February, leader of the party Arthur Baloyan told a Panorama.am reporter, dwelling ...ARMENIAN STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM ‘WINTER DREAMS' AT FIRST CONCERT OF 2012
Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall will host the first concert of 2012 of the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra on February 3, orchestra's artistic director and general conductor Eduard Topchyan told ...SOCHI JOINT STATEMENT: SIDES COMMITTED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS, TO INTENSIFY THEM
Sochi meeting among Presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev has finished. Panorama.am reporter tells a joint statement has been released which says the sides have expressed commitment ...TONIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE IN YEREVAN
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by residual phenomena influence after cyclone. Snow is expected in the whole territory. On the 24th of January precipitation is possible from time to time in ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAMS' PLAYERS ANNOUNCED
After the end of the 2012 Armenian Championships, the chess players of Armenian national teams, who are going to take part in the World Chess Olympiad to be held in Istanbul in 2012 August, became known, ...EXPERT SUSPECTS AZERBAIJAN IS COMMITTED TO DO ANYTHING
"I profoundly suspect that Aliyev is committed to establish humanitarian relations, to push intellectuals' meetings or to reduce hostility. I deeply suspect that anything will be done to unveil incidents ...SHARMAZANOV: JOINT STATEMENT BY THREE PRESIDENTS IN ACCORD WITH POLICY OF ARMENIAN SIDES
"I think this statement by the three Presidents proceeds from the logic of peace talks and is in accord with the position of the Armenian sides. Unlike Azerbaijan, the Armenian sides have always said ...SENATE SAYS BILL NOT ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL
After four long hours of discussion step one is succeded as France's Senate has voted down the Committee vote last week against the law criminalizing Genocide Denial with a vote of 86 YES and 187 NO. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Hungarian-Armenian linguist and philologist, Ghookass Badroopanyan.
- 1904 Birth of the Armenian-Italian physician, Professor, Michael Arlen, son of the famous doctor Yervand Arlen. Michael Arlen was a Full Member of the British Medical Association.
- 1921 The ceremonial opening of Yerevan's People's University. In 1923 it was renamed Yerevan State University.
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