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DASHNAKS, ORINATS YERKIR DEFEND DEAL WITH SARKISIAN
By Ruzanna Khachatrian 2
Two major Armenian parties that challenged Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian in the February 19 presidential election defended on Thursday their decision to join a new coalition government to be formed by ...PRO-GOVERNMENT MP SEES ‘INTERNATIONAL PLOT AGAINST ARMENIA’
By Anna Saghabalian 1
The dramatic events in Yerevan that followed last month’s presidential election were the result of an “international conspiracy against Armenia,” a parliament deputy from the governing Republican Party ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1768 Birth of satirist and public figure Grigor Anooshian (Anoosh) in Rooshtshook (Bulgaria). He is a prominent figure in modern Armenian literature. He died in 1830 in Bucharest.
- 1891 Death of actor Petros Maghakyan in Constantinople.
- 1902 Death of Christapor Kara-Murza. He was born in 1853.
- 1923 Death of Armen Karo (Garegeen Pastrmajyan), one of the founders of the "Cilician Society" organization. He was born in 1873.
- 1929 Death of Minas Cheraz (teacher and political figure) in Marseilles. He was born in 1852.
- 1929 Death of Meenass Shehraz in Marseilles (France), one of the founders of the "Cilician Society" benevolent organization. He was born in 1852.
- 1935 The premiere of "Anoosh" (opera) by Armen Tigranian takes place in Yerevan's Opera and Ballet Theater. The premiere of "Anoosh" took place in Alexandropol, in 1912.
- 1946 The People's Commissars are renamed Soviet Ministers and the People's Commissariats are called Ministries of the Armenian SSR.
- 1993 In response to a spring offensive by the Azerbaijani Armed forces, Artsakh forces launch successful counterattacks and liberate Kelbajar and Fizuli.
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