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SEYRAN OHANYAN RECEIVES EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PHILIPPE LEFORT
- Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort, Defense Ministry's press office reported. At the meeting, the sides discussed the Karabakh settlement process and Armenia-EU defense cooperation. They highlighted the necessity of taking action towards easing tension at the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops, particularly taking measures to strengthen mutual confidence. Both Seyran Ohanyan and Philippe Lefort attached importance to introduction of international mechanisms for unbiased investigation of ceasefire violations on the front line, the source said.
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Although there is heavy snow and bad visibility roads and mountain passes are mainly passable in Armenia as of February 01, 08:00, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said. According to the source ...ARMENIA SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR TUMANYAN'S HOUSE FROM STATE BUDGET
Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily commented on the information that Gyumri Mayor is going to buy Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in Tbilisi.
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ARF-D Bureau Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office issued a statement to inform that 76 French lawmakers have appealed on Monday a bill passed by France's Senate criminalizing denial of genocides recognized ...BARDAKYAN TO ASSUME ARMENIAN BASKETBALL TEAM COACH'S OFFICE
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National Security Council Secretary General Arthur Baghdasaryan received a delegation headed by Nicola Schmidt, OSCE/ODIHR Election Adviser. NSC press office says a wide-range of issues have been discussed ...MITT ROMNEY WON VICTORY IN FLORIDA
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Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort, Defense Ministry's press office reported. At ...327 PEOPLE KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA IN 2011
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Today in Armenian history- 1786 Birth in Moscow of Hovhannes Nazaryan, a public and cultural figure of the 19th century. He was a member of the court of the Russian Empire, and a State Adviser. (Died 1858, in St Petersburg).
- 1920 Opening of Armenia's State University in Alexandropol (since there was no convenient building in Yerevan). The first rector was Yuri Ghambaryan, Professor of Jurisprudence, who was also known in Europe.
- 1921 At a conference in London, England and France proposed the creation of Armenian National centers. The idea remained on a paper.
- 1927 Birth of Lusine Amara (Armaghanyan). She is an American-Armenian opera singer and a laureate of international competitions.
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