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QANTAS, CHINA EASTERN TO START HONG KONG BUDGET AIRLINE
- Qantas of Australia and China Eastern Airlines are to launch Hong Kong's first budget airline in a landmark deal for foreign participation in the Chinese aviation industry, CNN reported, citing the Financial Times. Jetstar Hong Kong will be a $198m joint venture in which Qantas and China Eastern hold equal stakes. It plans to start flying next year.
It will be the first time that major Chinese and foreign airlines have together established a passenger airline, with previous partnerships limited to cargo joint ventures or codeshare agreements.
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Headlines for March 26, 2012JAPAN SHUTS DOWN NUCLEAR REACTOR
Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to abandoning atomic energy for the time being, following the Fukushima disaster, BBC reported. Only one of the 54 nuclear ...SYRIA'S OPPOSITION SEEKS TO UNITE
Syria's divided opposition groups are due to meet in Turkey to try to draw up a "national pact" how to unseat President Bashar al-Assad's government, according to BBC. The main opposition movement, ...MAJOR QUAKE RATTLES CHILE
A major quake hit central Chile on Sunday, rattling buildings and temporarily triggering a coastal evacuation on fears of a tsunami, but there was no serious damage and big mines in the world's top copper ...MAGNITUDE 2.5 EARTHQUAKE HITS ARMENIA
Magnitude 2.5 quake hit Armenia, 20 km southwest of Gavar town on March 25 at 19:28 local time, National Seismic Protection Service of Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Quake's hypocenter was at ...AFGHAN FAMILIES RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR MASSACRE
The United States paid $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan villager killed by Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in southern Afghanistan, Associated Press reported. The victims have received their compensation ...MINISTRY OF CULTURE INITIATES ARMBOOKEXPO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Cafesjian Center for the Arts will host ArmBookExpo international book exhibition initiated by the Armenian Ministry of Culture on April 21-23 to mark the 500th anniversary of Armenian printing and as ...LEONID TIBILOV LEADS SOUTH OSSETIA PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
According to preliminary data, ex-chair of State Defense Committee Leonid Tibilov is leading the South Ossetia presidential elections with 41.94 percent of the vote, Central Electoral Commission Chief ...SAMVEL NIKOYAN TO HEAD DELEGATION TO ALMATY
On March 26 National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan heads a delegation to Almaty to take part in the Jubilee Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (IPA) of the CIS Council to be held on March 27. ...EDWARD NALBANDIAN ISSUED STATEMENT ON OCCASION OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MINSK PROCESS
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian issued a statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk process. The statement reads:
20 years ago this day by the decision ...CHAVEZ RETURNS TO CUBA FOR X-RAY THERAPY
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left again for Cuba on Saturday night to undergo almost a month-long radiation therapy treatment, Venezolana de Television channel reported, according to RIA Novosti. ...EU IMPOSES SANCTIONS AGAINST 17 IRANIAN SENIOR OFFICIALS
The European Union has imposed sanctions against 17 Iranian senior statesmen, Iranian news agency FARS reported. The new sanctions list includes head of Iranian judiciary Sadeq Larijani, the minister ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN WITHDRAWING CANDIDACY IN CONSTITUENCY NO.7 RACE
Chairman of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian told a meeting at the Union of Political Scientists of Armenia that he will withdraw his candidacy in election race in Yerevan's constituency No.7 today. Raffi ...NATO SECRETARY GENERAL OUTLINES ETHOS OF SMART DEFENCE
Despite increasing military budgetary pressure in Russia and Asia, 20 NATO nations have cut their military budgets, speaking during an informal question and answer session at the Brussels Forum, hosted ...QANTAS, CHINA EASTERN TO START HONG KONG BUDGET AIRLINE
Qantas of Australia and China Eastern Airlines are to launch Hong Kong's first budget airline in a landmark deal for foreign participation in the Chinese aviation industry, CNN reported, citing the Financial ...HABER5: OBAMA-ERDOGAN MEETING HIGHLIGHTS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in South Korea. Two-hour long meeting highlighted issues related to Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Cyprus and Turkish-American ...MEDVEDEV: THESE WERE BEST THREE YEARS IN PAST DECADE OF RUSSIA-US RELATIONS
The Russian and US presidents have said that they are satisfied with the progress in relations between their nations and stressed that the "reset" policy was absolutely useful, RT reported. "These were ...ANOTHER IRANIAN CLERGYMAN URGES AZERBAIJAN TO LEARN LESSON FROM FATES OF REGIONAL DICTATORS
Azerbaijan's ruling power must learn lesson from the ruined fates of regional dictators, Iranian arannews.ir website quotes Imam Seyed Hasan Ameli from Iranian Ardebil province as saying. The Iranian ...THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATE HIGHLIGHTS OPENING OF CAUCASUS FILM FESTIVAL
Caucasus Film Festival will be held in Tbilisi between 26-31 March. The kickoff will be highlighted by Sergey Parajanov's The Color of Pomegranate, Georgian mass media reported. Caucasus Film Festival ...SQUARE OF RENAISSANCE GETTING PREPARED TO MAY 9 CELEBRATIONS
On March 26 President Bako Sahakyan got acquainted with renovation activities being carried out at the Square of Renaissance in capital Stepanakert within the frameworks of the Triple Victory Day celebrations, ...IMAM HOSSEIN'S MOSQUE IN BAKU TO BE DEMOLISHED
On the sidelines of preparatory work for Eurovision song contest to be held in Baku the mosque of Imam Hossein will be demolished, Iranian news site arannews.ir reported. It's reported that Azerbaijan's ...ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS AT EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Vladimir Akopian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Sergey Grigoriants and Vladimir Pogosian beat Alexander Shimanov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Michael Fedorovsky and Milan Pein, respectively, in the sixth round of Plovdiv-hosted ...RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN'S INITIATIVE REJECTED
Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovhannisian's initiative "those who consider themselves opposition parties, alliance, self-nominated candidates are encouraged to hold panel discussions leaving in each ...NIKOL PASHINYAN INVITES SAMVEL ALEXANYAN TO PARTICIPATE IN TELEVISED DEBATE
"Given the situation around Yerevan's constituency No.7, I am inviting Samvel Alexanyan to participate in a televised debate, and I am calling on TVs to hold a debate in any format," editor-in-chief of ...‘GOOD, THERE ARE FEW PASHINYAN-KIND OF PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY'
Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovhannisian's withdrawal, which left HAK majority candidate Nikol Pashinyan the only opposition candidate in electoral district N7, is the day's hot topic. However, head ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN ASKS ELECTORAL COMMISSION NOT TO DISCUSS HIS DOCUMENTS WHILE REGISTERING THEM
After issuing a statement in the morning, Chairman of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian, running in Yerevan's constituency No.7, asked the district electoral commission not to discuss his documents while ...REPUBLICAN MP: HOVHANNISIAN'S WITHDRAWAL MEANS READINESS TO HOLD CIVILIZED STRUGGLE
"Raffi Hovhannisian's statement about his withdrawal means the opposition is ready to hold a civilized struggle in the forthcoming elections," Republican MP Hovhannes Sahakyan said on Monday in a news ...MANCINI: INTER ERA HAD TO END
Roberto Mancini points out Inter's current crisis was predictable. "Sooner or later this moment had to arrive, as you can't win forever." "Inter have reached the end of an era and sooner or later this ...ANGELA MERKEL: GERMANY NOT TO ALLOW GREECE TO LEAVE EURO
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC it would be a huge political mistake to allow debt-stricken Greece to leave the euro. "We have taken the decision to be in a currency union. This ...BAKO SAHAKYAN HOLDS MEETING HIGHLIGHTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL ISSUES
On March 26 President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan held a working consultation dedicated to socioeconomic problems in the southern wing of the Hadrout region. Artsakh President's information department ...MAGNITUDE 5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES MUSH
Magnitude 5 quake struck now-Turkish Mush province on March 26 at midday. The tremors were registered by Bogazici University's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Dogan reported. The ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN HAS INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH HIS U.S., RUSSIAN, CHINESE COUNTERPARTS
During a working dinner while visiting the Republic of Korea, President Serzh Sargsyan had informal meetings with the Presidents of U.S., Russia and China, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev and Hu Jintao, ...SERZH SARGSYAN ARRIVED IN SEOUL: ADVANCEMENT AFTER WASHINGTON-HOSTED SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTED
President Serzh Sargsyan is on a working visit in the Republic of Korea, where he participates in Nuclear Security Summit 2012.
Panorama.am correspondent reports that heads of 53 countries and international ...ARTSAKH - ONE OF MOST INTERESTING AND PICTURESQUE PLACES OF THE WORLD
According to the data of the NKR MFA Consular Service, the number of foreign citizens visiting the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in 2011 amounted to 11,362 showing an increase of more than 3000 tourists as ...MACKY SALL DEFEATED LONG-SERVING LEADER ABDOULAYE WADE IN ELECTIONS IN SENEGAL
As the Reuters reports, Macky Sall defeated long-serving leader Abdoulaye Wade in elections, widely praised for cementing the country's reputation as West Africa's most stable democracy.
The source ...AFGHAN SOLDIER KILLS 2 BRITISH TROOPS
So-called insider attacks have mounted recently as tension between Afghanistan and its foreign backers rises over a series of incidents, including the burning of Korans at a NATO base and a massacre of ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1636 The Kzlbash retake Fort Yerevan.
- 1878 Birth of singer and teacher Tigran Nalbandian in Van. He was soloist of a choir and student of Makar Ekmalian. Arthur Aidinian, Hovhanness Badalian and other famous singers were his students.
- 1928 Birth of artist and professor Romanos Sargsian in Tbilissi. He died in 1981.
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- 1958 Death of writer Azat Vshtoony. He was born in 1894.
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