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BAKO SAHAKYAN MEETS OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE IN YEREVAN
- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Bako Sahakyan met on Tuesday with OSCE chairman-in-office, minister for foreign affairs and trade of the Republic of Ireland Eamon Gilmore. According to a press release by the NKR Presidential Office, issues related to the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting. Highly praising the OSCE's efforts in the process, the president stressed the importance of restoring the negotiation format approved at the OSCE Budapest Summit. He said a comprehensive settlement of the conflict would be impossible without Nagorno-Karabakh's direct participation in the talks. The head of the state once again reiterated the official Stepanakert's commitment to a peaceful settlement within the Minsk Group format. He noted at the same time that Azerbaijan's belligerent and anti-Armenian policies, which have recently assumed radical forms, are a key obstacle towards resolving the problem. Sahakyan called for international efforts to respond to such policies. The meeting was also attended by the personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk and other officials.
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Headlines for June 12, 2012TURKISH FM'S STATEMENT STINKS OF RACISM - ARMENIAN FM
Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu's statement on his being only concerned over the death of Azeri soldiers stinks of racism, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian said at a news conference held jointly with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, ...YERKIR: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA FACTION TO UNDERGO CHANGES FOLLOWING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Citing its sources the paper writes about serious changes expected in the staff of the Prosperous Armenia party's faction. These months are serious trial for the MPs of the PAP. In case of working right ...ZHOGHOVURD: OSKANIAN INTERROGATED WHILE KOCHARYAN IS OUT
The paper says a criminal case has been opened against Prosperous Armenia party MP, ex-foreign minister Vartan Oskanian on money laundering through Civilitas Foundation. The paper says the ex-foreign ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GREEN CARD LOTTERY RESULTS RECOGNIZED INVALID
The paper says according to the results of the Green card drawing, about 998 people in Armenia were granted right to permanently live in the United States. However, the results of the lottery were annulled ...MUBARAK HEALTH WORSENING AT PRISON HOSPITAL
With rumours of the former president's death spreading rapidly, authorities granted his wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the couple's two daughters-in-law special permission to visit him in ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: PARLIAMENT TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE'S PROGRAM ON JUNE 20
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is to convene an executive board meeting on Thursday to approve the new cabinet's staff, the paper says, citing Edward Sharmazanov, a spokesperson for the ruling ...168 ZHAM: WHY GOVERNMENT DID NOT SEND INVITATION TO ANC FACTION?
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has not sent invitation to the Armenian National Congress' NA faction for the discussion of the government's program as the ANC has already stated it is going to ...ZHOGHOVURD: NO FINAL AGREEMENT OVER MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS
The paper says it has learned from sources that the new cabinet is going to submit its program to the National Assembly after June 20.
June 21 is thought to be a possible date for such move, according ...US SENATE PANEL TO CONSIDER AMBASSADOR NOMINEE TO AZERBAIJAN
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider President Obama's nomination of Richard Morningstar to serve as Ambassador to Azerbaijan, during a hearing on Wednesday, June 13th at 2:45pm that ...TURKISH PETROL COMPANY TO APPOINT BRYZA ON ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Turcas Petrol is an oil company affiliated with Azerbaijan's state oil company, ...ARMENIA-TURKEY RECONCILIATION KEY ISSUE FOR REGION - US OFFICIAL
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Speaking at ...EURO 2012: SHEVCHENKO TURN GAME IN UKRAINE'S FAVOR WITH DOUBLE GOALS
Andriy Shevchenko was the hero for co-hosts Ukraine as they came from behind to beat Sweden and go top of Group D.
The 35-year-old scored two headers in the space of six minutes to turn the game in ...BAKO SAHAKYAN MEETS OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE IN YEREVAN
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Bako Sahakyan met on Tuesday with OSCE chairman-in-office, minister for foreign affairs and trade of the Republic of Ireland Eamon Gilmore. According ...EX-DEFENSE MINISTER BELIEVES INTERNATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS' RESPONSE TO PREVENT AZERBAIJAN'S FURTHER AGGRESSION
Arms-building is of the key points in maintenance of military-political balance between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the Armenian side ensuring this balance, ex-defense minister of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan ...MILLIONS OF NKOREAN CHILDREN SUFFER FROM MALNUTRITION
Millions of North Korean children are not getting the food, medicine or health care they need to develop physically or mentally, leaving an entire generation stunted and malnourished, the United Nations ...JAPANESE MAN CLIMBS WORLD'S 14 TALLEST PEAKS
A Japanese mountaineer who was nearly killed by an avalanche in 2007 finished a climb in Nepal last month that made him his country's first person to scale the world's 14 tallest mountains.
"I ...CYPRUS NEXT FOR BAILOUT AMID DEEPENING EUROZONE CRISIS
Italy and Cyprus were in the firing line last night as the £80billion bailout of the Spanish banking system failed to stem the crisis in the eurozone.
Spain became the fourth country in the single ...RURAL COMMUNITIES TO GET AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Acting Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan conducted today a consultation rating high the importance of correct information and consultation necessary both to a farmer and the ministry. The regional ...ARMENIAN CHAPEL RECOGNIZED 192D HISTORIC BUILDING OF STOCKHOLM
Armenian chapel near Stockholm has been recognized the 192d historic building of the city. No one knows who has built it.
According to the talks though, the chapel was built by Ohan Demirtchyan who ...ARTSAKH WAR LEGEND, MONTE MELKONYAN, DIED 19 YEARS AGO TODAY (VIDEO)
Famed Armenian commander Monte Melkonyan (aka Avo), who fought for the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s, died his hero's death in the fierce battle 19 years ago on this day.
Monte was awarded ...RUSSIAN PREMIER CONGRATULATES HIS ARMENIAN COUNTERPART ON REAPPOINTMENT TEN DAYS LATER
Head of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on reappointment in the post of Armenia's prime minister. According to the government's press office, ...ARMENIA MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRY IN REGION, GLOBAL PEACE INDEX REVEALS
Armenia ranks as the 115th country in the 2012 Global Peace Index (GPI), showing better results than its neighboring states in the region.
The index reveals that Armenia has climbed down by 150 points ...ANTI-KREMLIN PROTESTERS RALLY IN MOSCOW
Political activists gathered in downtown Moscow on the Russia Day public holiday on Tuesday, braving rain showers for an anti-Kremlin rally as its organizers were called in for questioning during the ...GIANT MAN-MADE 'SUPERTREES' ILLUMINATE SINGAPORE (PHOTOS)
Man-made 'Supertrees' as tall as skyscrapers are lighting up the night sky over Singapore, the Daily Mail reports. The towering structures, stretching 50 metres into the sky, have giant steel and concrete ...ARMENIAN FM, OSCE OFFICIAL DISCUSS KARABAKH CONFLICT IN YEREVAN
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore discussed the current process of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace ...FM: ARMENIA GIVES IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPING RELATIONS WITH IRELAND
Armenia gives importance to the development, fostering and enlargement of relations with Ireland, FM Edward Nalbandyan has said at a joint news conference with OSCE chairman-in-office, Ireland's Deputy ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE ISSUES STATEMENT
The National Security Service of Armenia issued a statement on grave tax crimes committed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's ex-FM, founder of the Civilitas Foundation and an MP of the Prosperous Armenia Party ...NATIONAL CURRENCY DEVALUATION NOT OBSERVABLE NOW - EXPERT
Whike the dollar market is experiencing a surge, the devaluation of the Armenian national currency is not observable now, a Diaspora-Armenian businessman has said. "I don't think there is a surge; that ...STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY ELECTS NEW RECTOR
The Yerevan State Linguistic University's (YSLU) scientific board has elected the acting rector as the University's new chief.
Gayane Gasparyan won the election with 22 votes in favor. Only one ballot ...ANC PROMISES TO SLAM AUTHORITIES IN AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT
The coordinator of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has promised that the alliance will continue criticizing the authorities both in the National Assembly and at street protests.
Speaking ...US SEC OF STATE'S REGIONAL VISIT EVIDENCE OF US CONCERN OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH
The developments on the Line of Contact arouse concern, Sabine Freizer, Istanbul-based Director of the Europe Program, International Crisis Group (ICG), told Salam News. Such incidents kill numerous ...OPPOSITION REP ON PROSECUTION AGAINST ARMENIA'S EX-FM
Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary group, commented on the criminal charge instituted against Vartan Oskanian, founder of the Civilitas Foundation and an MP of ...PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE
Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan received on Monday the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Eamon Gilmore.
Greeting the high-ranking guest, Abrahamyan said that his visit was important ...ASSANGE CALLS FOR RE-OPENING CASE
WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has asked Britain's Supreme Court to reopen his extradition case, an unusual legal maneuver aimed at blocking his removal to Sweden, the Associated Press reported. British ...CRIMINAL CHARGE POLITICAL ORDER - ARMENIA'S EX-FM
Armenia's ex-FM, founder of the Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian, who is an MP of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) left a comment on his Facebook page on the statement by the National Security Service ...KNESSET DEBATES RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On Tuesday, the Knesset (Parliament of Israel) marked the Armenian genocide with a special session to debate recognition of the genocide, as Israeli relations with Turkey continue to deteriorate, Times ...ANC LEADER'S NOMINATION IN ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOT DISCUSSED
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has not discussed nomination of its leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the next presidential election in Armenia. "In contrast to a number of political figures ...VARTAN OSKANIAN LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN - PROSPEROUS ARMENIA REP
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) has studied the statement by Armenia's National Security Service. The party has no doubts that the Civilitas Foundation has never had any problems with law. "I have ...ARMENIAN PREMIER MEETS WITH CROSS-BENCHERS
As to a link between the criminal charge against Oskanian and his possible nomination in the next presidential election in Armenia, Zohrabyan said that any political figure's ambitions must never serve ...EX-JUDGE ON CHARGES AGAINST ARMENIA'S EX-FM
In an interview with Tert.am, Pargev Ohanian, former judge at the Kentron-Nork-Marash minor court, said that "everything is possible in Armenia, both practically and theoretically." "With due respect ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1200 Birth of Vardan Aigektsee (writer of fables).
- 1724 The Russian-Turkish agreement was signed in Constantinople. Almost the whole of Transcaucasia is ceded to Turkey.
- 1752 Azad Khan marches against the Khanate of Yerevan.
- 1839 The Turkish army is overwhelmed near Nizba (northern Syria) by the Egyptian viceroy's forces.
- 1901 The Tsar lifts the Land Tax and the Tobacco Tax in Transcaucasia. He institutes the Spade Tax.
- 1903 Tsar Nicolas the Second confirms the law on the confiscation and nationalization of Armenian church properties and estates. He closes Armenian Parish Schools.
- 1921 Soviet Armenia declares that Artsakh is an integral part of its territory on the basis of the repeatedy expressed will of the majority of its population.
- 1957 Birth of Monte Melkonyan (Commander of Artsakh forces in Martooni). He died in 1993.
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