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CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES JUDGES OUT OF ELECTION COMMISSIONS
By Ruzanna Khachatrian
Armenia’s political opposition has registered a rare victory at the Constitutional Court as the Election Code provision allowing the presence of judges in election commissions was pronounced unconstitutional ...OPPOSITION BLASTS RECENT ECONOMIC DEALS WITH RUSSIA
By Anna SaghabalianSeveral opposition members have criticized the Armenian authorities for continuing to yield the country’s economic potential to Russia in a bid to secure its favors during the upcoming elections. Aram ...EXPORTERS FEAR FURTHER DRAM UPSURGE
By Shake Avoyan
A manager of Armenia’s leading diamond exporting company fears a further appreciation of the national currency may leave producers oriented for foreign markets counting their losses. Head of the British-registered ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1711 Death of Israel Oree. He sought justice for the Armenian Cause during the 17th century.
- 1827 Start of the two-month reconciliation negotiations of Dehkhrak.
- 1857 Birth of academician and philologist Stepan Malkhasian. He died in 1947.
- 1917 Anniversary of the Great October Revolution. According to a Moscow newspaper, about 110 million people were victims of Bolshevism.
- 1922 Opening of the State Public Library in Yerevan. (Known as the Miasnikyan Library since 1925).
- 1922 The Pedagogical Institute of Armenia's Public Commissariat of Education is opened on the basis of the Pedagogical Faculty of Yerevan University. In 1924/25 it is again joined to the State University.
- 1922 Opening of the State Museum in Yerevan containing exhibits on history, art, archeology, ethnography, the revolution, and an Archives Department.
- 1924 The copper smelter of Ghapan starts production.
- 1932 Inauguration of the Minjevan-Ghapan railroad.
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