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MARKARIAN HINTS AT POST-ELECTION RESIGNATION
By Astghik Bedevian
Andranik Markarian has left the strongest indication yet that he will not be Armenia’s prime minister after parliamentary elections which he believes will be scheduled for May 12. Hosting a traditional ...TYCOON REJECTS OPPOSITIONIST’S CONSPIRACY THEORY
By Ruzanna Stepanian
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman playing a growing role in Armenian politics, on Monday dismissed a conspiracy theory about his burgeoning Prosperous Armenia party that was voiced by a prominent ...TURKISH BUSINESSMAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA
By Shakeh Avoyan
The Turkish-Armenian border will remain closed without a breakthrough in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to a Turkish businessman who has long campaigned for ...DEMIRCHIAN DENIES TALKS ON NEW OPPOSITION BLOC
By Karine Kalantarian
Stepan Demirchian, the top leader of the increasingly moribund Artarutyun (Justice) alliance, insisted on Monday that the creation of a new broad-based opposition bloc is not imminent despite optimistic ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1795 Birth of Alexander Griboyedov, Russian writer, diplomat, and Armenia's friend. He was the first Russian writer, who, based on historical circumstances, became well-informed about the Armenian people.
- 1855 Publication of the "Masseatss Aghavnee" (pigeon of Masis) magazine in Paris. Editor - G. Aivazovski.
- 1903 Birth of Shmavon Arushanian in the Lacheen region. He was Agriculture Commissar of the Armenian Peoples' Committee, President of Leninakan's Regional Party Committee, and headed the Presidency of the Supreme Soviet Council of the USSR.
- 1916 Birth of artist, sculptor, and ceramist Hripsimeh Simonian in Kars (Western Armenia).
- 1931 Celebration of the first decade of the Armenian Artillery Division.
- 1959 Yerevan's population reaches 509340, according to the Census.
- 1990 The Armenian forces control the Azeri Turk village of Kiark. It has a strategic position in the Ararat region.
- 1990 The USSR Supreme Soviet installs Viktor Polianichko (Azerbaijans Communist Party Deputy Leader) as head of the Republic Organizational Committee. In order to do away with Artsakhs Armenian majority, military action takes place from January 1991 to May 1991 to expel the Armenians from 24 Armenian villages and the subsequent occupation of half of Artsakhs territory by the Azeri Army.
- 1990 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR proclaims, without foundation, an emergency situation in Artsakh and Goris.
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