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NEW ARMENIAN PM PLEDGES ‘AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS’
By Shake Avoyan
Armenia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian spoke of ‘ambitious programs’ of the government he is going to lead as well as his expectations of a long life as Cabinet head as he spoke to ...OPPOSITION CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL AFTER SARKISIAN OVERTURES
By Ruben Meloyan 1
A representative of the only opposition faction in Armenia’s parliament on Thursday sounded optimistic about possibilities of defusing the current political crisis, but warned that the crisis may only ...TER-PETROSIAN CALLS ON HUNGER STRIKERS TO END PROTEST
By Ruzanna Stepanian 3
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Thursday urged about two dozen people currently on hunger strike in support of opposition claims to end their protest action and spare themselves for “further ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1725 Turkish forces approach the highlands of Sissian and Ghapan.
- 1764 First publication of "Yeghisheh" by the Astvatsatoor publishing House (in Constantinople) with the financial support of the Etshmiadsin monk and former leader of Smyrna, Abraham.
- 1840 The Armenian Province is reorganized as the Provinces of Georgia-Imerethia and Caspia.
- 1902 The Armenian Drama Company of Tbilissi (Georgia) is created.
- 1938 Catholicos Khoren the First was strangled by the Bolshevik secret police (cheka).
- 1965 Inauguration of Yerevan State University's new main building.
- 1992 The tragedy of Maragha (Martakert region, Artsakh).
- 1998 Signature of the Good Friday Agreement between Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Some aspects of this Agreement may be significant in the process of finding a resolution to the Artsakh crisis.
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