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Headlines for December 05, 2011RUSSIAN PM PUTIN'S PARTY SUFFERS DROP IN STATE DUMA POLL
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party suffered a sharp drop in support in Sunday's parliamentary elections, winning nearly half of the vote but falling far short of the majority it has enjoyed ...AFGHAN CONFERENCE TO OPEN IN BONN
A major international conference on Afghanistan's future is due to open in the German city of Bonn on Monday, BBC News reported. It comes 10 years after a similar gathering held in the city, weeks after ...YEMEN ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF MILITARY COUNCIL
Yemen's vice president announced Sunday the formation of a military council of 14 members whose duties will be to stabilize the country and reform the military, CNN reported, citing a senior official ...ARONYAN SUFFERS DEFEAT IN LONDON CHESS CLASSIC
In the second round of London Chess Classic super tournament, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronyan suffered a defeat by the United States Hikaru Nakamura. Until the 32nd move, Aronyan unquestionably had ...ROADWAYS TRAFFICABLE IN ARMENIA
The recent snowfalls on the territory of Armenia have not affected the traffic movement across the country. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations all the roadways across the country were ...SHEVARDNADZE CONCERNED OVER BILLIONAIRE POLITICIAN'S SECURITY
A former Georgian president, Edward Shevardnadze, has called upon billionaire politician Bidzina Ivanishvili (who is starting a citizensghip lawsuit today) to take care of his personal security. "It ...KARAVIK ARMENIAN DANCE GROUP PERFORMS IN BEIRUT
The Kakavik Armenian dance group gave a brilliant performance at the Hovhannes Poghosyan concert hall in Beirut, Dec 4. The group management informed Tert.am that it was the group's second performance ...NEW EARTHQUAKE IN VAN
A new magnitude 4.9 earthquake rocked Turkey's Van province earlier today. According to the Azerbaijani news website SalamNews.org, Kavurma village was the epicenter this time. No damages are reported. ...ARMENIAN JUNIOR SPORTSMEN TO ATTEND EUROBASKET 2013
Armenia's U-16 basketball team will take part EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. The Basketball Federation told the local sports website ArmSport.am that the junior sportsmen, who had demonstrated a successful ...ARAM KARAPETYAN RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF NEW TIMES PARTY
Aram Karapetyan has been re-elected Chairman of the New Times party. On Dec. 2, at 2:00 pm, the New Times party held its 6th report and election meeting at the Armenian Government. Party Chairman Aram ...ARMENIA MUST ACCEDE TO MEMORANDUM ON EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
At its 6th congress on Dec. 2, the New Times party pointed out the necessity of Armenia's acceding to the declaration on formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. The party issued a statement, saying: ...ARMENIAN YOUTH ACTIVIST CALLS FOR URGENT MEASURES TO SAVE ARMY
Following the recent tragic incidents in different army units, the Armenian youth initiative No Silence has issued a statement, calling for urgent steps to save the situation in the military. Amidst ...MY FORMULA FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTIVENESS CONTEST RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN ARMENIA
Khachik Bostanjyan has been announced winner of the My Formula for Business Attractiveness contest. The contest was organized by Armenia's Ministry of Education and Science and the Finans.am portal. ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROBLEM TO BE DISCUSSED AT FRENCH SENATE
A roundtable on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is to be held at the French Senate, Dec. 8. The topics are "Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict - a forgotten conflict" and "French co-chair of ...NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ELECT SPEAKER AT ITS LAST END-OF-YEAR SESSION
Armenia's National Assembly has convened its last session of 2012. Adressing the lawmakers in his opening speech, the acting speaker, Samvel Nikoyan, said the election of a National Assembly chairman ...MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN ARMENIA
Armenia's only shelter for homeless people in the Haghtanak village is crowded this winter. At her meeting with journalists, the writer and columnist Lusine Vayachyan said that Armenia's Ministry of ...MARILYN MONROE'S FIRST PHOTO SERIES SELL FOR $352,000
A collection of images taken at Marilyn Monroe's first photo shoot have been sold at auction for $352,000 (£225,000) in Beverly Hills, California, BBC News reported. Taken by Joseph Jasgur in 1946, ...PARLIAMENT TO CONVENE AD HOC SESSION TO ELECT SPEAKER
Armenia's National Assembly will elect a vice speaker in an ad hoc session on Tuesday, according to Edward Sharmazanov, a spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Speaking to Tert.am, ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS SCANDALOUS BILL
By 63 to seven, with two abstentions the Armenian Parliament adopted the bill on environmental impact assessment in its first reading. Before the voting, Chairman of the Heritage parliamentary group ...UNDPI MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The UN Department of Public Information in Armenia hosts today an exhibition to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
In collaboration with partners and civil society organizations including ...HERITAGE PARTY NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
At its sitting Dec. 5, Armenia's Parliament discussed the issue of electing Parliament speaker. Galust Sahakyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), said that the RPA Board discussed the ...EX GEORGIAN LEADER SAYS ARMENIANS MIGHT AFFECT ADJARA'S DEMOGRAPHY
Georgia's second president, Edward Shevardnadze, has serious fears that the construction of a highway connecting Armenia with the Autonomous Republic of Adjara might have demographic challenges for his ...OSCE OBSERVES ‘LACK OF LEVEL PLAYING FIELD' IN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY POLLS
Despite the lack of a level playing field, Russian voters made use of their right to express their choice in parliamentary elections, observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ...ARMENIAN MP WANTS BE PROUD OF PARLIAMENT
Larisa Alaverdyan, a Heritage parliamentary group member nominated to the post of Parliament vice-speaker, made a speech in Parliament. She stressed that the Parliament speaker is supposed to maintain ...EDUCATION MINISTER HONORS ARMENIAN CHAMPIONS OF WORLD STUDENT GAMES
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan honored today several student athlets who won awards at the 26th World Student Games held in Shenzhen, China. According to the Ministry's Public Information ...GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS INVADE NUKE PLANT SITE IN FRANCE
Greenpeace activists secretly invaded a French nuclear site before dawn Monday and draped a banner on its reactor containment building, embarrassing the government and exposing the vulnerability of atomic ...SELF-PROMOTION AT EXPENSE OF HUMAN TRAGEDIES UNACCEPTABLE - ARMENIA'S DEFENSE OFFICE REP
David Karapetyan, Spokesman for Armenia's Ministry of Defense, responded to a statement issued by the No Silence action group. "Any self-promotion is unacceptable at the expense of human tragedies ...ARMENIAN PM, EU COMMISSIONER DISCUSS JOINT PROGRAMS
As part of his visit to Brussels, Belgium, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan met EU Comissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stephan Fule. According to a press release by the government, ...HERITAGE PARTY LEADER VS 'FATE WORSHIP'
If Larisa Alaverdyan is elected Parliament speaker, ordinary citizens will have contacts with Armenia's authorities, Raffi Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the Heritage party, stated in Armenia's Parliament, ...NAIRI BRANDY GRAND PRIX WINNER AT 15TH WINES&SPIRITS COMPETITION
20-year-old Armenian brandy «ARARAT NAIRI» produced by the Yerevan Brandy Factory company, won a Grand Prix at the 15th Wines&Spirits Competition in Moscow. The competition was held under the auspices ...ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO ATTEND RCC 45TH JUBILEE SESSION IN KIEV
An Armenian delegation headed by Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan will attend on December 7 the 45th jubilee session of the Regional Cooperation in Communication (RCC) to be held ...ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS TO MEET IN VILNIUS
On the margins of the OSCE Foreign Minister Council's meeting in Vilnius, Dec. 6 and 7, Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov is to hold a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. Elmar Abdullayev, Head ...NEW PARLIAMENT WILL BE ‘LIVELY' - MEDVEDEV
The new-look State Duma that emerged after the weekend's parliamentary polls will be more conducive to energetic debate, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti.
"I am pleased ...ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE VISITS ARMENIAN-CHINESE PLANT
Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, accompanied by the Public Council member Yuri Javadyan, visited the Chinvan CJSC in Vanadzor. The minister got acquainted with the Armenian-Chinese ...IRAN SAYS OIL WOULD GO OVER $250 IF EXPORTS BANNED
Iran warned the West on Sunday any move to block its oil exports would more than double crude prices with devastating consequences on a fragile global economy, Reuters reported.
"As soon as such ...471 MINIBUSES TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM OPERATION IN YEREVAN
Yerevan Municipality has temporarily banned 471 minibuses from operating in the capital for their insufficient sanitation appearance, according to the website of the Yerevan Municipality. At a working ...UZBEK SENATORS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S TERM OF OFFICE
Uzbek senators passed a law on Monday reducing the presidential term of office from seven to five years, RIA Novosti oreported.
"This bill was initiated by the president ... to strengthen democratic ...RUSSIAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN ‘COMMITS SUICIDE'
Moscow-based Armenian businessman has been found dead in what appears to be suicide.
According to the Russian news website Newsru.com, the body of Piotr Avagyants was found near his own flat by his wife ...GREENPEACE FRANCE NUCLEAR ACTION PROMPTS SECURITY ALERT
Environmental activists have broken into a French nuclear power station, to highlight the "vulnerability" of atomic sites in France, BBC News reported.
Greenpeace campaigners entered the site ...SYRIA HOLDS WAR GAMES IN SHOW OF FORCE AMID PRESSURE
The Syrian military has held war games that included test-firing of missiles and air force and ground troop operations "similar to a real battle," Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The ...LUXURY SPORTS CARS IN COSTLY JAPAN PILE-UP
A luxury sports car outing in Japan has ended in what may be one of the most expensive car crashes in history, according to BBC News.
Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other ...ARMENIA'S FM ATTENDS BONN CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian attended Monday a world conference dedicated to Afghanistan held in Bonn.
According to a Foreign Minsitry press release, in his speech Nalbandian said the ...'HACKING ATTACKS' HIT RUSSIAN POLITICAL SITES
A series of alleged hack attacks have struck political sites in Russia during the country's parliamentary elections accordingn to BBC News.
Radio stations, election monitors and newspapers said they came ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Birth of Stepanos Palasanyan (armenologist) in Bodushan, Moldavia. He died in 1889 in Etshmiadsin.
- 1837 Death of Hakob Shahen-Jrpetyan (armenologist) in Tbilissi. He was born in 1772 in Urfa.
- 1920 The first Armenian issue of the "Communist" daily published in Yerevan. It was the official paper of the Central Committee of the Armenian Communist Party. After 1921, it was called "Soviet Armenia".
- 1920 The first order of the Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR creates the People's Commissariat of Military Affairs of the Armenian SSR.
- 1936 The 7th Extraordinary Congress of the Soviet of the USSR confirms the new constitution. The Armenian SSR becomes a Union Republic.
- 1936 The Kanaker Power Plant is put on line.
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