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FIRED GENERAL UNDER INVESTIGATION
By Ruzanna Stepanian and Anna Saghabalian 1
A top army general fired last week for tacitly supporting the Armenian opposition faced the possibility of criminal prosecution on Monday after being accused of issuing death threats to a former close ...MINISTER DEFENDS RALLY RESTRICTIONS
By Astghik Bedevian
The Armenian government is unlikely to abolish its controversial restrictions on opposition rallies despite pressure from the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, ...RUSSIAN OWNER PLEDGES MORE INVESTMENTS IN ARMENIAN PHONE NETWORK
By Ruben Meloyan
The Russian owner of the national telecommunication company ArmenTel said on Monday that it will invest $74 million this year in the ongoing modernization of its fixed-line and mobile phone networks in ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1821 Start of the Greek independence movement against the Turkish oppressors.
- 1858 Birth of Alexander Shirvanzade (writer, playwright) in Shamakh. He was born 1935, in Kislovodsk.
- 1864 Death of Karapet Galstian, businessman of Van and founder of the National School in Cairo (1848).
- 1915 Start of the one-month defense of Van (Western Armenia).
- 1929 First Five-year Plan is adopted for Armenia.
- 1995 The Department of Modern Armenian History, (University of California, Los Angeles) organized an international conference devoted to the 80th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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