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A. BAGHDASARYAN HOSTS UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
- Armenia's National Security Council Secretary General Arthur Baghdasaryan received on Thursday Damtew Dessalegne, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to NSC press office issues related to asylum and refugees, protection of the rights have been highlighted during the meeting. Arthur Baghdasaryan has underlined the necessity of economic, social and cultural integration of the refugees. Damtew Dessalegne introduced the key directions of UNHCR office mission in Armenia.
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Headlines for March 01, 2012LA BOUGIE DU SAPEUR PUBLISHED EVERY FEB. 29
At news shops in Paris and around France, readers look forward to their copy of La Bougie du Sapeur every Feb. 29. Published since 1980, the satirical journal is now in its ninth edition. Its title, which ...NAPOLEON TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT
Former MP Napoleon Azizyan has decided to run for parliament, Azizyan told Zhoghovurd. Prosperous Armenia Party has already made a decision on his nomination, he said. Azizyan will run in constituency ...DAVY JONES OF THE MONKEES DIES AGED 66
Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed, according to BBC. He died in his sleep at his home in Florida. His publicist, Deborah ...STOCKHOLM MEN BEST LOOKING IN WORLD
Stockholm men are the best looking in the world, according to a new ranking. The Swedish capital enjoys the number one spot in a ranking of the best looking men by city "presented entirely by a woman's ...STRICKEN SHIP DUE IN SEYCHELLES
The stricken Italian cruise vessel Costa Allegra is due to reach land in the Seychelles, BBC reported. The ship is being towed into the islands' main port, Victoria, by a French fishing boat. More than ...NORTH KOREA TO HALT NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
North Korea raised hopes Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nuclear ...PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ON MARCH 1, AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO DOWN
The weather will be conditioned by South-Western precipitation mass influence. On the 1st of March precipitation expected from time to time in the whole territory. According to meteo-tv the air temperature ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: WHAT CONCLUSION PREMIER DREW?
Haykakan Zhamanak talked to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, who said he did not believe the reports that the Minister of Justice had picked up girls on Facebook. "I don't believe these rumors," said the ...HAYATSK: 6500 HOMELESS FAMILIES AND GYUMRI MAYOR'S HOTEL
Residents of Gyumri are indignant at the opening of the Alexandropol hotel complex near the central square of Gyumri, belonging to Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan. This is an inadmissible luxury for a city with ...HRAPARAK: PROBLEMS IN PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY?
Parliamentary candidates of Prosperous Armenia Party in majority system express discontent, Hraparak reports. Preliminary agreement states that leader of the party Gagik Tsarukyan is to assist financially ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GAGIK TSARUKYAN CEDES CONSTITUENCY
According to Haykakan Zhamanak, "our information that during the coalition talks, head of Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan ceded constituency No.21 (MP - Rustam Gasparyan) to the Republican Party ...EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE SET MAY 23-24
Egypt's first presidential election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak will take place on May 23-24, "Reuters" reported. The final results are expected June 21. Under that schedule, the outcome would be ...‘NON-APPROVED' MPS FAILED TO TALK TO PM
Two MPs, Khachik Petrosyan, (Carlos Petrosyan's nephew), and Arkady Hambartsumyan (Arkad of Derzhava), stayed at the parliament until the end of the work day yesterday. The MPs had a long conversation ...NEW HAYELI.AM WEBSITE LAUNCHED
New Hayeli.am website has been launched today, head of Hayeli ("Mirror") Press Club Anzhela Tovmasyan told a Panorama.am reporter. The site will also enable visitors to watch archive as well as new series ...NATIONAL CINEMA CENTER SUPPORTS ARMENIAN FILM MAKERS TO ATTEND CANNES FILM MARKET
Armenian national cinema center launched application submission phase for Cannes 65th film festival. Armenian film makers are invited to launch films or film programs in that largest cinema market. Cinema ...KHOSROV HARUTYUNYAN: WE STAND FIRM ON OUR POSITION OF SUPPORTING RPA
Christian Democratic Party is still discussing the format of participation in the elections, party's leader Khosrov Harutyunyan told a news conference. The party has been cooperating with RPA and other ...PRIOR TO MEJLIS ELECTIONS: IRANIANS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOTS
Those who claim there is no democracy in Iran, will soon regret for their thoughts, FARS news agency quotes Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying. Rivals of Iran wish few people ...DAVID ARUTUNIAN LEADS ROCHEFORT OPEN
GM David Arutunian has scored 5,5 points after 7 rounds and together with GM Bassem Amin (Egypt) is leading the Open being held in Rochefort, France. GMs Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and Gevorg Harutjunyan ...ARMENIAN GRANDMASTERS AT RASHT OPEN
GMs Levon Babujian, Arsen Yegiazarian and a few other Armenian chess players participate in Rasht Open chess tournament. Babujian won the first round while Yegiazarian ended in a draw. Rasht Open hosts ...SUMGAIT MASSACRE COMMEMORATED IN US CONGRESS
The 24th anniversary of Sumgait massacre has been commemorated in US Congress. Congressmen A. Schiff, F. Pallone and others delivered remarks to the plenary session of House of Representatives. MFA press ...A. BAGHDASARYAN HOSTS UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Armenia's National Security Council Secretary General Arthur Baghdasaryan received on Thursday Damtew Dessalegne, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to NSC press ...SHARMAZANOV, MELIKYAN TO HOLD OBSERVING MISSION IN RUSSIAN ELECTIONS
Parliament Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov leaves for Saint Petersburg on March 2 as a representative of CIS inter-parliamentary assembly observation mission to observe Russian presidential elections ...ADAM SCHIFF CONCERNED ABOUT CLINTON'S REMARKS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Congressman Adam Schiff expressed his strong concerns over remarks Clinton made last month, while speaking at a State Department presentation, in response to a question regarding the Armenian Genocide, ...FARS: ISRAEL TAKES PREVENTIVE MEASURES BANNING BAKU TO USE ITS ARMAMENTS AGAINST ARMENIA
Israel takes preventive measures in order Azerbaijan cannot use Israeli armaments against Armenia, Iranian FARS news agency reported. The decision came after Baku signed a $ 1.6 billion military armament ...ARMENIAN BUSINESS WOMAN KILLED IN MOSCOW
Armenian Irina Ziroyan, owner of Tanuki restaurant, has been shot dead today when leaving her restaurant. Her bodyguard has suffered a serious gunshot. According to RIA Novosti, law enforcement officials ...HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: AZERBAIJAN DESTROYS PEOPLE'S LIVES
The government of Azerbaijan has forcibly evicted homeowners and demolished their homes for urban development projects in Baku, the capital, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report, ...TOKMAJYAN: EVEN FRANCE PLAYS DOUBLE GAME
"I adore France for its culture and values but I see that even France plays a double game," sculptor Levon Tokmajyan told reporters in Yerevan, commenting on the decision of the French Constitutional ...ARMENIAN JUNIOR AND YOUTH SAMBO CHAMPIONSHIPS DUE ON MARCH 2-3
Hayastan Sport Union's complex of Vanadzor will host the Armenian Junior and Youth Sambo Championships on March 2-3, with around 250 sportsmen from Yerevan, Armenian regions and Artsakh participating. ...APARAN-SPITAK ROAD BARELY PASSABLE
All roads and mountain passes are mainly passable in Armenia as of 17:30. Selim Mountain Pass is impassable. Snowstorm and poor visibility have made Aparan-Spitak road barely passable, according to the ...TURKISH NEW CURRENCY SYMBOL RESEMBLES ARMENIAN DRAM
Turkey's Central Bank has introduced today a new symbol for its currency, Turkish Internerhaber reported. The symbol, revealed in a ceremony by Turkey's Central Bank chief Erdem Basci, is a double-crossed ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 World Civil Defense day.
- 1856 Birth of the cleric, historian, ethnologist, teacher and translator, Gyoot Aghanyan (Harootyoon Ter - Arakelian) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He translated literary classics and re-wrote Yeghisheh's "Vardanants Story" in modern Armenian. He wrote textbooks on religion and library science. He was the first in Eastern Armenia to publish a wall-calendar.
- 1857 Opening of the school at Varaga Monastery (western Armenia) for the education of "orphan and homeless" children.
- 1865 Birth in Tbilisi of Teegran Hovhannisian, translator and lawyer. He translated the novels "Harootyoon" (Resurrection) written by Lev Tolstoy and "Arants Davananki" (Without Faith) written by Henry Senkeveech.
- 1867 Birth of the writer Nar-Dos (Meekael Hovhannisyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He died in 1933.
- 1901 Birth of the poet Sarmen (Armenak Sargsian) in Pakhvants (Western Armenia). Many popular songs have been written using his poems as lyrics.
- 1915 The First Meeting of Armenian immigrants took place in Echmiadsin. The meeting tried to integrate the work of the many benevolent unions that were created to help the survivors of the 1915 Genocide.
- 1920 Azeri Turks perpetrate the Genocide of Shooshee. Some 20 000 Armenians are killed.
- 1920 The Government allots 50 million rubles for agricultural development. Agricultural tractors are brought to Armenia for the first time.
- 1930 The Sardarapat tractor plant starts production.
- 1934 Death in Yerevan of Toros Toramanyan (architecture historian).
- 1960 Martiros Saryan is awarded the title "People's Painter of the USSR".
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