
Published on June 19, 2012
ZHOGHOVURD: SOME ROOMS IN PARLIAMENT UNDERGO RENOVATIONS
- The newly appointed management of ARF parliamentary faction is renovating the rooms of ARF MPs, Zhoghovurd reports. The room formerly occupied by Vahan Hovhannisyan, now used by newly elected head of ARF parliamentary faction Armen Rustamyan, is being renovated. Aghvan Vardanyan's room will also be renovated. Probably, it is the lack of room that makes ARF MPs miss parliament sessions, the paper writes.

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Headlines for June 19, 2012MLADIC TRIAL SUSPENDED OVER EVIDENCE ERROR
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Authorities ...MORE REMAINS TIED TO GREEN RIVER KILLER IDENTIFIED
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The newly appointed management of ARF parliamentary faction is renovating the rooms of ARF MPs, Zhoghovurd reports. The room formerly occupied by Vahan Hovhannisyan, now used by newly elected head of ...HEADS OF MG CO-CHAIR STATES ISSUE STATEMENT ON NK CONFLICT IN G20
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On June 18 President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan received delegation of the General Department of Civil Aviation adjacent to the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers led by the head of the structure ...KASPERSKY SERVICES FOR ORANGE INTERNET CUSTOMERS
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"The Los Cabos statement issued by the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states is evidence that the international community, at the head of the OSCE Minsk Group, is committed to put forth efforts ...MP: STATEMENT IS A MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO AZERBAIJAN
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Bayern Munich have approached former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola with a view to the Spaniard taking over at the Allianz Arena in the summer of 2013, Goal.com reported. Bayern boss Jupp Heynckes has ...TEHRAN APPROVES PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED BY PUTIN
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He said: ...COUNTRY CHANGES BY WOMEN INVOLVED IN ITS AFFAIRS
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Norwegian Friedhof Nansen (public figure). He died in 1930 after helping countless Armenian refugees, who had survived the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks. He created the "Nansen Passport" for these stateless refugees.
- 1911 Death of Petros Simonian, national figure, publicist in Tbilisi and editor of the "Meghoo Hayastanee" periodical.
- 1918 The first Armenian delegation arrived in Constantinople to start reconciliation talks with Turkey.
- 1935 Opening of the State Historical Museum of Armenia in Yerevan.
- 1954 Death of Smbat Boroyan, participant in the 1921 February rebellion and the volunteer movement of the Sassoon rebellion of 1904. He was born in 1882.
- 2001 Death of Sargis Baghdasarian, sculptor, artist and teacher. His "We are our mountains" - "Gharabaghthsiner" sculpture (1967) became a symbol of the national movement of Artsakh. He was born in 1923.
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