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Headlines for March 19, 2012PM SARGSYAN INVITES ISRAELI TOURISTS TO ARMENIA
Armenia is working to prepare the infrastructure to welcome more tourists as early as spring 2012, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has said in a special interview with the Israeli news website Yntnews.
"We ...RPA PROPORTIONAL CANDIDATES KNOWN
The names of the first 76 candidates expected to represent the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) in the coming parliamentary polls are already known. The extended list of the Party's proportional candidates ...CUBAN OPPOSITIONISTS ARRESTED IN HAVANA
Cuban police have arrested dozens of opposition activists, a week ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI. According to BBC News, most of those detained are members of the protest group Ladies in White, ...TONGA'S KING DIES IN HONG KONG
Tonga's King George Tupou V, who gave up most of his powers to bring a more democratic government to his Pacific island nation, died Sunday at a Hong Kong hospital at the age of 63, The Associated Press ...ARMENIAN WOMAN DIES IN ALEPPO BLAST
The blast in the Armenian populated districts of Aleppo has left one Armenian resident dead. Tert.am has learned from our compatriots in Syria that the deceased was a woman named Araksi Petrosyan. ...UK JOURNALISTS FREED IN LIBYA
Two British journalists detained in Libya after admitting entering the country illegally have been released, BBC News reported, citing the Foreign Office. Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, from Carmarthen, ...HEAVY FIGHT BREAKS OUT IN DAMASCUS
A heavy firefight broke out on Monday between Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district of the capital Damascus, Reuters reported. The sound of heavy machineguns ...HERITAGE PARTY REP. SATISFIED WITH CANDIDATES' LIST
Stepan Safaryan, a member of the opposition Heritage party faction in National Assembly, says he is sure the party will have a success in the upcoming election. Speaking to Tert.am, he expressed concerns, ...GOVERNMENT-BACKED NOMINEES TO REPRESENT REPUBLICAN
Parliamentary candidates, considered traditional members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), have been enrolled in the second block of the party's proportional representation list, a lawmaker of ...IRAN PRODUCES NEW UNMANNED DRONES
Iranian experts managed to produce a new type of drone which is capable of carrying out military and border patrol missions, Fars News agency reported.
The new remote-controlled aircraft, called Shaparak ...WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GOING - ARMAN SAHAKYAN
Arman Sahakyan, President of the Shirak football club, who is running for parliament in election district #34 in Gyumri, had a meeting with journalists in Gyumri. Asked about the reasons for his joining ...FREE DEMOCRATS REP UNWILLING TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT ON MIXED TICKET
Ararat Zurabyan, a Board member, Free Democracts party, had no wish to run for parliament on the mixed ticket of the Heritage and Free Democrats parties. "In any case, we are discussing the mixed ticket. ...ARMENIAN, FRENCH ANTI-TRUST BODIES SIGN MEMORANDUM
The State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French antitrust watchdog. The document is aimed at expanding bilateral relations ...SPOKESMAN FOR ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE RESIGNS
David Karapetyan handed in his resignation from the post of Spokesman of Armenia's Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. The minister signed an order relieving David Karapetyan of the post because of ...OPPOSITIONIST ‘SHOCKED BY' ARMENIAN RULING PARTY'S LIST
Aram Manukyan, Board Chairman, Armenian National Movement (ANM), which forms part of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) is shocked by the list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). ...KOCHARYAN, PUTIN MEET TETE-A-TETE - SPOKESMAN
The spokesperson of Robert Kocharyan has confirmed the media reports that the second president recently had a meeting with the Russian president-elect, Vladimir Putin. "Moscow's White House hosted a ...FIDEL CASTRO WAS AWARE OF KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PLOT
A new book by an ex-CIA spook claims that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro knew about Lee Harvey Oswald's plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy and did nothing to stop it, NyDailyNews.com reported.
Author ...RULE OF LAW PARTY APPOINTS 4 MEMBERS DEPUTY CHAIRS
The Rule of Law party presently has four deputy leaders, one person less than their coalition partner, the Republican Party of Armenia. At its political board meeting on Sunday, the members of the party ...IRAQ APPROVES HORMUZ OIL EXPORTS CONTINGENCY PLAN
Iraq has approved a plan to expand its oil export routes by adding capacity from its northern fields and building a pipeline to ship oil from southern fields to Ceyhan in Turkey, Reuters reported, citing ...REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES' LIST MAY CHANGE, SAYS MEMBER
Only the top twenty candidates expected to run for parliament as Republican Party representatives can be considered official nominees as the rest of the list is subject to change, a member of the ruling ...ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT PUTS OFF BILL ON GENOCIDES IN OTTOMAN TURKEY
Armenia's parliament began its regular session. The 86 MPs present that the meeting made up a quorum. The parliament discussed the bill on condemnation of genocides of Armenians, Assyrians and other ...ANTITRUST COMMITTEE CHIEF SATISFIED WITH EFFECTIVE WORK
The head of the State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) says they revised their legislation last year to bring it in compliance with European standards. The reforms, according ...MOST ARMENIAN VOTERS UNDECIDED
Most Armenian voters are still undecided as to which political force they are going to prefer in the May 6 parliamentary elections. "Society is now interested in TV series, which is evidence that hope ...EX-MEMBER OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS RUNS FOR PARLIAMENT
The ex-mayor of Goris and member of the Armenian Volunteers' Consolidation group Samvel Harutyunyan, who left the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), is running for parliament in election district ...NO ARMENIANS SUFFER IN SKIRMISH OUTSIDE DAMASCUS EMBASSY
A skirmish in front of the Armenian Embassy in Damascus has not affected the Armenian residents of the city, Tigran Balayan a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry. has said. Media reports earlier today ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS AMENDMENTS TO LAWS
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed amendments to five laws adopted by the Armenian parliament. Specifically, the Armenian president signed amendments to the Law on Motor Transportation of Neutralized ...EUROVISION: LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT IN A DARK PLACE - THE INDEPENDENT
Britain's Eurovision bid is now in full flow, but the hosts remain out of tune with the contest's sunny image.
It is seen by Britons as a celebration of kitsch - a harmless event which millions watch ...PEOPLE NOT TO BLAME FOR INABILITY TO STOP EATING
A single mutant gene is found to be responsible the brain's inability to tell obese people when to stop eating, a recent research suggests.
Citing a team at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington ...ARMENIA POLITICAL SCIENTISTS UNION CHAIRMAN TO JOIN PAP TICKET?
Chairman of the Union of Political Scientists of Armenia Hmayak Hovhannisyan has given his prior consent to appear on the list of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). However, he has not yet finally ...ARMENIA-BASED HERITAGE PARTY CONTENT WITH MIXED TICKET
No prerequisites for changing the Heritage party candidates on the mixed ticket of the Free Democrats and Heritage parties are available, Hovsep Khurshudyan, Spokesman for the Heritage party, told Tert.am. ...ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT DISCUSSING BILL ON LEGAL REGIME OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
On Monday, Armenia's parliament continued discussing the bill "On legal regime of emergency situations". The parliament approved the bill at the first reading on March 1, 2011. Similarly to the previous ...ARMENIA DEFENSE MINISTER'S EX-SPOKESMAN TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT?
Talking to Tert.am, Heghine Bisharyan, Vice-Chairperson of the Rule of Law party, said she is not informed of David Karapetyan, ex-spokesman for Armenia's minister of defense. With respect to reports ...AZERI SNIPER KILLS ARMENIAN OFFICER
On March 19, an incident occurred in the borderline section in Tavush, Armenia. An Azeri sniper killed an Armenian officer. At about 2:20pm, 35-year-old Major Artak Mnatsakanyan received a mortal bullet ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN EURASEC INTERSTATE COUNCIL'S MEETING
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit to Moscow, Russia, participated in a meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC or EurAsEC). Armenia has ...SHUSHAN PETROSYAN UNWILLING TO WORK AS ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF CULTURE
In an interview with Tert.am, the well-known Armenian singer Shushan Petrosyan said she is most likely to decline an offer to fill the post of Armenia's minister of culture. Rumor has it that Armenia's ...
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