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Published on May 18, 2012
HAYATSK: HEAD OF KANAKER-ZEYTUN DISTRICT TO BE SACKED
- Arayik Kotanjyan, head of Yerevan's Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district, RPA's official-in-charge in the district, will be sacked one of these days for poor performance in the pre-election period, Hayatsk reports. "Three days ago RPA's most active members from Kanaker-Zeytun district held a banquet in Ojakh Restaurant to mark RPA's election victory. The President and the RPA candidate elected in Kanaker-Zeytun attended the banquet. Surprisingly, Arayik Kotanjyan was missing. He had not been invited to attend the celebration. Kotanjyan will be sacked soon," the paper writes.
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More than 150 countries all over the world are marking International Museum Day. Armenia has also joined the celebration offering free admission, special programs and other initiatives as part of the ...CHORRORD INKNISHKHANUTYUN: BARSEGH OF FLASH HELPS PM KEEP HIS POSITION
Who will be Prime Minister and whom RPA leader Serzh Sargsyan will send to parliament - these issues remain the main domestic political intrigue in Armenia, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes. According ...ZHOGHOVURD: MINISTRY'S FRIDGE FOUND IN MINISTER'S SUMMER HOUSE
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Arayik Kotanjyan, head of Yerevan's Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district, RPA's official-in-charge in the district, will be sacked one of these days for poor performance in the pre-election period, ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: SERZH SARGSYAN, GAGIK TSARUKYAN MEET
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The National Television and Radio Commission (NTRC) met today to discuss the issue of imposing administrative fine on Kentron and Yerkir Media TV companies. NTRC unanimously, with the exception of chairman ...YERKIR MEDIA TV NOT FINED
At the suggestion of chairman of the National Television and Radio Commission Grigor Amalyan, NTRC issued today a ruling to suspend the administrative proceedings against Yerkir Media TV. According to ...HIV/AIDS MEDICAL CURE FREE IN ARMENIA
People diagnosed with HIV form a closed group though they live in the society and keep their social contacts and communication with other people. They live a double life: they keep secret the disease, ...EVENT DEDICATED TO ARMENIA HELD IN CANADA
On the occasion of 500th anniversary of Armenian printing Armenian Embassy in Canada hosted a theatre-musical event about Armenia. MFA press and information department says foreign female officials were ...COMMUNIST PARTY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ELECTION RESULTS
The Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) does not recognize the results of the "rigged" parliamentary elections, CPA leader Ruben Tovmasyan told reporters.
"We do not recognize the results of the elections, ...AZERBAIJAN ALONE WITH ITS APPROACHES AND STANDPOINTS, EXPERT SAYS
"CSTO declaration has also fixed adherence to peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, and highlighted that Azerbaijan is alone with its approaches and standpoints. It was indeed very important ...RPA WAITING FOR PAP'S DECISION - GALUST SAHAKYAN
Hovik Abrahamyan missed the meeting of RPA executive body Thursday because he was ill, RPA Deputy Chairman Galust Sahakyan told a news conference when asked why Hovik Abrahamyan did not attend RPA executive ...NUNE YESAYAN PERFORMED FOR ARMENIANS IN ISTANBUL
"I went to Constantinople to perform for Armenians. It was Hrant Dink's dream to see me singing in Constantinople," renowned Armenian singer Nune Yesayan said adding she went to Istanbul as she was invited ...RUSSIA SAYS ANTI-RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN TURKEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE
Moscow considers it unacceptable to conduct anti-Russian demonstrations in which the participants threaten the territorial integrity of Russia and the security of its citizens and that cloud dialog between ...HANRAPETUTYUN PARTY LEAVES HAK
Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party held an enlarged meeting of its political council today. The party made a decision to leave the Armenian National Congress (HAK). The party will release a statement later. ...IRANIAN STUDENTS URGE FOREIGN MINISTRY TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN
Iranian students urge Foreign Affairs Ministry to condemn Azerbaijan's inhuman acts, Iranian news agency FARS said. The students condemned Azerbaijan's decision to host a "gay parade" during a rally in ...IRANIANS VOW TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE IF 'GAY-PARADE' NOT CANCELED IN AZERBAIJAN
If Azerbaijan does not cancel the "gay-parade", Iranians outrage and upheaval will be uncontrollable, Iranian news agency FARS quotes Imam-Jome Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari as stating during Friday praying ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS APPEALS TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OVER ELECTION RESULTS
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) has appealed to the Constitutional Court (CC) demanding the cancellation of the results of May 6 parliamentary elections, CC press office told Panorama.am. Besides ...HENRIKH MKHITARYAN VOTED BEST PLAYER OF FC SHAKHTAR IN 2011/12 SEASON
Armenian national team and FC Shakhtar midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was named the best player of FC Shakhtar in the 2011/12 season, according to the results of voting on the official website of Shakhtar. ...E SHARMAZANOV: NO ONE OF MPS REFUSED MANDATE
"At the moment no one of RPA proportional MPs has refused mandate," RPA spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov told Panorama.am. RPA proportional list was an outcome of classical selection to make it comprehensible ...HAYK KOTANJIAN ANSWER TO FUAD AKHUNDOV
Chairman of the Political Science Association of Armenia, Doctor of Political Science Hayk Kotanjian published the Association Council's following Statement On May 11, 2012, on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs' ...REAL MADRID READY TO SELL KAKA FOR 25 MILLION EUROS
Real Madrid are willing to sell Brazilian playmaker Kaka for 25 million euros, AS reported. The 2007 World Player of the Year joined Real from AC Milan for a fee of around 65 million euros ($84.14 million) ...STEVEN GERRARD: KENNY DALGLISH WILL ALWAYS BE MY IDOL
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The Reds legend was sacked as manager on Wednesday ...‘I THINK I'M BETTER THAN MESSI AT THE MOMENT'- CRISTIANO RONALDO
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he is growing weary of the comparisons with Barcelona's Lionel Messi as he feels that they cannot be put side by side because of their differences, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1843 Birth of Nerses the Fifth (Ashtaraketsi) who later became Catholicos of the Armenian Church. He died in 1857.
- 1886 The Tsarist edict making conscription compulsory in Transcaucasia as of 1887 06 02.
- 1897 Birth of Goorgen Janibekyan (actor). He died in 1978.
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