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Headlines for December 06, 2011THOUSANDS IN MOSCOW PROTEST ELECTION RESULTS (VIDEOS)
Thousands of demonstrators protested in Moscow yesterday against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which took the largest share of votes in parliamentary elections that both domestic and international ...STANDARD & POORS ISSUES WARNING TO EURO NATIONS
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has put almost the entire eurozone, including Germany and France, on "credit watch" due to fears over the impact of the debt crisis, BBC News reported. S&P's ...ARMENIAN FM, MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS DISCUSS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT IN VILNIUS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, who is visiting Vilnius, Lithuania, to attend the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, met on Monday his Azerbaijani counterpart and the mediators in Karabakh conflict ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT TO ELECT SPEAKER TODAY
At its sitting Dec. 6, Armenia's Parliament is to elect its speaker. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) nominated Parliament Vice-Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, and the Heritage party nominated Larisa ...CAUCASIAN MUSLIMS LEADER SAYS VISIT TO YEREVAN WAS HARD
Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims' Office Allahshukur Pashazadeh, who was recently in Yerevan to attend the CIS Interreligious Council Session, has characterized his visit to the Armenian capital very ...ARMENIANS PERFORM AT 4TH FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC IN LEBANON
Armenian musicians perform at 4th festival of sacred music in Lebanon. Zakar Keshishyan and Kamila Keshishyan performed at the 4th festival of sacred music at the Surb Luis church in Lebanon, Dec. 5. ...OSCE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL OPENING IN VILNIUS
The18th OSCE Ministerial Council is already kicking off in Vilnius, Lithuania. The forum is expected to bring together foreign ministers from OSCE's 56 participating states and North Africa, and the ...US VICE-PRESIDENT, TURKISH PREMIER DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
At his meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan, US Vice-President Joe Biden expressed hope that the Turkish Parliament would, within the next few months, take effective steps toward ratifying the Armenian-Turkish ...31.1% INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN ARMENIA
This January-October, Armenia registered 13.1% year-on-year industrial growth. The CIS Statistical Committee reports that Armenia registered the second highest industrial growth after Kyrgyzstan (27.5%). ...US SENATOR WARNS PUTIN OF APPROACHING "ARAB SPRING"
US senator John McCain, known for his staunch criticism of Russia, warned Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that Russia would see an "Arab Spring" of its own, following the post-election street protests, ...ARMENIAN FOOTBALL TEAM NOT TO PLAY WITH BELARUS IN TURKEY
Recent reports that the Armenian football team is going to meet the Belarusian sportsmen in what appears to be a friendly match in Turkey have been denied. It comes after the president the country's ...PPA LEADER ON ARMENIA'S FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
Chairman of the Popular Party of Armenia (PPA) Tigran Karapetyan is highly critical of the current domestic political developments. "Everyone wants money and alliance. But politics must be based ...OSCE CALLS FOR MECHANISM TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENTS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT ZONE
A mechanism of investigating incidents in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone must be employed, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Audronius Ažubalis stated at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' meeting in Vilnius, 1news.az ...ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER
Armenia's Parliament has held a secret ballot to elect Parliament speaker. The ex-speaker Hovik Abrahamyan told reporters he had cast his ballot for Acting Speaker Samvel Nikoyan. Following the procedure, ...PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES RUSSIAN LEADERS ON ELECTION VICTORY
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has congratulated Russia's top leadership on the ruling United Russia party's victory in recent parliamentary polls.
"The election demonstrated United Russia's ...PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES EQUAL CONDITIONS FOR BEVERAGE PRODUCERS, IMPORTERS
On Dec. 6, Armenia's Parliament discussed amendments to the Law on Domestic Market Management and Law on State Duty. Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Ara Petrosyan said that amendments to the Law ...EXPERT DISPELS SECURITY CONCERNS OVER ARMENIA'S NUKE PLANT
Armenia's neighboring countries' concerns over the security of the Metsamor based Nuclear Power Plant are untrue, a leading expert in atomic energy has said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Adolf Birkhofer, ...RUSSIA CALLS FOR HONORING DEAUVILLE AGREEMENTS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process remains active under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stated at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' meeting in Vilnius. "We are ...FORMER YEREVAN MAYOR GAZPROMBANK'S DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Former Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan has been appointed a deputy president of Gazprombank. Speaking to Tert.am, Shushan Sardaryan, a spokesperson for Hayrusgazard company, said an order to appoint Karapetyan ...ARMENIA'S ENVIRONMENTALISTS VS PARLIAMENT
On Dec. 5, Armenia's Parliament adopted the bill on environmental impact assessment. Although the Parliament held hearings on Dec. 2, it did not wait for a relevant government agency to amend the bill, ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT GETS NEW SPEAKER
Armenia's Parliament elected Samvel Nikoyan Parliament speaker Dec. 6. Chairman of the ad hoc returning board Gagik Melikyan reported that 102 of the MPs voted for Samvel Nikoyan, and four for Larisa ...POLITICAL PARTIES DISCUSS METHODS TO COMBAT ELECTORAL FRAUDS
The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) and the US National Democratic Institute held today a discussion devoted to methods of combating electoral frauds in Armeia. The event ...ARMENIA TO FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES NEXT YEAR - PREMIER
At the Armenian Parliament's sitting Dec. 6, Armenia's Premier Tigran Sargsyan congratulated Samvel Nikoyan on being elected Parliament speaker. He expressed the confidence that the government and Parliament ...JOINT STATEMENT ON KHARABAKH SETTLEMENT ADOPTED IN VILNIUS
On the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council's meeting in Vilnius, the heads of delegations representing the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, and the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan ...BBC REVEALS SOUND OF 2012 LIST
Fifteen rising stars have been named on the BBC Sound of 2012 longlist, which aims to highlight music's most exciting new artists for the year ahead. The list, now in its 10th year, was compiled using ...ARF-D TO RAISE ISSUE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT ONCE MORE
Back in the summer of 2011, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) raised the issue of vote of no confidence in the government. "We are going to raise the issue again," ...RUSSIA ELECTION PROTESTS: PUTIN PLAYS DOWN LOSSES
Thousands of police and interior troops are on alert in Moscow, after one of the biggest opposition rallies in the city centre for years.
Police made 300 arrests as protesters chanted "Russia without ...OFFICIAL YEREVAN WELCOMES MOSCOW'S APPEAL TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
for settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "We can only express our support to the call RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed to the conflicting parties at the OSCE Ministerial Council's ...MP SAYS ARTHUR SAQUNTS' ANTI-ARMY STANCE IS WELL PAID BY GRANTS
MP for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Karen Avagyan has lashed out at Arthur Sakunts, Head of the Vanadzor Office of Helsinki Citizen's Assembly, saying his "anti-Armenian stance" is lavishly ...AFGHANISTAN BOMBS KILL 58 IN KABUL AND MAZAR-I-SHARIF
Twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims have killed at least 58 people in Afghanistan, according to BBC News.
In the deadliest incident, a suicide bomb struck a shrine packed with worshippers ...OPPOSITION MP SAYS AUTHORITIES USE TAXES TO ORGANIZE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
An MP of the opposition party Heritage has accused the ruling authorities of using taxes to organize their campaign ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Speaking at the parliament on Tuesday, Armen ...APPLE IN EU E-BOOK MARKET PROBE
Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, says the European Union's anti-trust watchdog.
As well as the tech giant, the inquiry centres on Hachette ...EDUARD SHARMAZANOV ELECTED AS DEPUTY NA CHAIRMAN
The spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly.
Eduard Sharmazanov won a total of 92 votes.
Armen Martirosyan from the opposition ...RUSSIA ELECTION: PROTESTERS DEFY RALLY BAN IN MOSCOW
Russian protesters defying a ban on unapproved rallies have been facing off with supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow city centre, BBC News reported.
Protesters chanted slogans against ...SECTS ARE UNDERMINING THE ARMENIAN FAMILY, SAYS MP
Sects are penetrating into Armenian families and are a poised to kill the national identity among Armenians, an MP from the Rule of Law party has said.
Speaking at the parliament on Tuesday, Marzpetuni ...HEZBOLLAH LEADER NASRALLAH MAKES RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE
The leader of the Lebanese Shia Islamist group Hezbollah has made his first public appearance for several years at a rally in Beirut, according to BBC News.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah normally speaks to ...POLICE REVEAL MURDER COMMITTED 18 YEARS AGO
Police have revealed a murder case committed 18 years ago in Yerevan.
The police press service told Tert.am that the Yurik Nasibyan, 72, sentenced for times, and Ashot Khachatryan, 38, were arrested ...US COMMENTS ON RUSSIAN POLLS ‘UNACCEPTABLE' - FOREIGN MINISTRY
Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday comments by senior US officials about Russian parliamentary elections were "unacceptable."
"Comments by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the Russian ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1846 The Tsar recognizes the khans, beks, aghalars, and meliks as hereditary land-owners.
- 1863 The group inspecting the Zeitoon affair (consisting of Europeans and Armenians) travels to Marash.
- 1907 Death of novelist Perch Proshyan in Baku. He was born in 1837.
- 1920 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR decrees Armenian to be the state language.
- 1921 Arshavir Shirakian executes the Grand Vezir Sayid Halim Pasha in Rome for his role in the Armenian Genocide.
- 1921 Arshavir Shirakian executes Turkish Prime Minister Sayid Halim in Rome for his part in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
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