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ARMENIAN APPLICANTS SHOW BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF NATIVE LANGUAGE
- Applicants to Armenia's higher schools are taking their foreign language exams on Friday. This year, Russian is among the list of foreign languages. Gayane Manukyan, Spokesperson for the Assessment and Testing Center, told Tert.am that applicants took their Russian language exams earlier. She pointed out poorer knowledge of Russian among applicants in Armenia.
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Headlines for June 14, 2012HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAM CIRCULATED AMONG REPUBLICANS
The paper says the 2012-2017 action program of the Armenian government is already being circulated in the narrow circles of the Republican Party of Armenia. The paper says the program contains beautifully ...ZHOGHOVURD: TSARUKYAN FORCED TO HINDER OSKANIAN'S ENTRANCE TO PARLIAMENT
Citing its sources, the daily Zhoghovurd writes some ruling circles have forced Gagik Tsarukyan to do everything to hinder Vartan Oskanian's entrance to the parliament. The paper says Tsarukyan discussed ...US AMBASSADORIAL NOMINEE TO AZERBAIJAN ASKED ABOUT KARABAKH CONFLICT, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
Azerbaijan's escalation of violence against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh and ongoing repression of human rights took center stage during June 14 Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing ...INDIA VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS 11
A massive explosion at a government-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police say. The blast triggered a fire in the plant in the coastal ...AUSTRALIA TO CREATE WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE RESERVE
Australia says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks ahead of the Rio+20 summit. The reserves will cover 3.1 million sq km of ocean, including the Coral Sea, BBC reports. Restrictions ...ARMENIAN DIASPORA'S RESPONSE DEPENDS ON ARMENIAN ELITE'S QUALITY - SARDARAPAT MOVEMENT REP
Since the liberation movement was launched in 1988, the Armenian Diaspora has paid special attention to Nagorno-Karabakh. At present the Armenian Diaspora still considers Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ...LONDON POLICE BLOW UP BROKEN-DOWN CAR AFTER DOZY TOURIST PARKED IT JUST YARDS FROM THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
Any Londoner will tell you you can't leave your car for a minute without incurring the wrath of the capital's traffic wardens, The Daily Mail reports. One poor tourist learned today you risk more than ...HRAPARAK: PAP WITHDRAWS FROM COALITION: ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF SPORTS BLISSFULLY HAPPY
Armenia's Minister of Sports and Culture Artur Petrosyan is particularly happy about the Prosperous Armenia Party's (PAP) decision to leave Armenia's ruling coalition. It is common knowledge, however, ...UEFA HITS RUSSIA WITH A POTENTIAL SIX-POINT DEDUCTION
UEFA has hit Russia with a potential six-point deduction during qualification for the next European Championship in France in 2016. The suspended sanction for the violence inside Wroclaw's stadium during ...ZHOGHOVURD: SANDPITS CHANGE ARAKS RIVER'S COURSE
In an interview with the newspaper, Gurgen Yeghiazaryan, former deputy minister of national security of Armenia, a member of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, expressed his concern over the operation ...AMERICAN-BASED ARMENIAN DANNY TARKANIAN EDGES OUT CEGAVSKE IN CD4 RACE
In a race that will likely determine his political future, Danny Tarkanian nosed his way to victory in a crowded Republican primary, winning the chance to take on Democrat Steven Horsford in Nevada's ...TOTTENHAM CONFIRM EXIT OF MANAGER HARRY REDKNAPP
Harry Redknapp has left his post as Tottenham manager, the club announced this morning. Redknapp and agent Paul Stretford spent yesterday in negotiations with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and it became ...SPAIN TO GO TO UN OVER GIBRALTAR SOVEREIGNTY
Spain will go to the United Nations on Friday to insist that talks are opened on the sovereignty of Gibraltar, The Telegraph reports. Spain's Ambassador to the UN will present a report reiterating Spanish ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GAGIK TSARUKYAN'S CEMENT PLANT STOPS PRODUCTION
The Ararat cement plant has not been operating for several days. The reason is a decline in demand for cement. This January-April, the cement output showed a 12.6% decrease, but the plant is unable to ...CEMENT PRICE TO GO UP?
Ararat cement plant belonging to Armenian tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan has suspended its operation for three days because of technical reasons, Naira Zohrabyan secretary of the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP) ...LIGHTNING KILLS MAN IN ARMENIA
On June 13, Gurgen Hakobyan, a 48-year-old resident of the Nor Kyank village, Shirak region, was killed by a lightning. Police, paramedics and fire brigade arrived at the scene, the Ministry of Emergency ...AMNESTY SAYS SYRIA COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Amnesty International claims it has gathered fresh evidence that the Syrian regime is exacting revenge against communities suspected of supporting opposition groups, the rights groups said on Thursday. ...MAGNITUDE-5.5 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES SE TURKEY
Officials say a magnitude-5.5 earthquake has shaken southeastern Turkey, damaging a mosque minaret, but there were no reports of casualties, The AP reports. The Kandilli Observatory seismology center ...NOKIA CUTS ANOTHER 10,000 JOBS AS LOSSES DEEPEN
Nokia is cutting another 10,000 jobs globally and has warned that second-quarter losses from its mobile phone business will be larger than expected, BBC reports. The cuts bring total planned job cuts ...REPUBLICAN PARTY REP ON OSKANIAN'S CRIMINAL CASE
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Member of the Republican Party of Armenia Artak Davtyan abstained from commenting whether the criminal case opened against Vartan Oskanian is a coincidence or an accident. "I will refrain from giving ...ARMENIAN EXPERT ON AZERBAIJAN'S REGIONAL SECURITY CLAIMS
Russia is not so active as it was before in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. The West, in turn, is more interested in enhancing its role in the region, Edgar Hovhannisyan, Director of the National ...AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENT THROWS VEIL OF SECRECY OVER BUSINESS SECTOR
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Recent legislative efforts in Azerbaijan to protect the privacy of President Ilham Aliyev and his family are coming at the expense of investors, both foreign and domestic. ...ARMENIAN CABINET TO HOLD AD HOC MEETING ON JUNE 18
The members of Armenia's new cabinet are planning an ad hoc meeting on Monday, June 18.
Sources close to the Government say the executive's new program will be a key issue on the agenda. The document ...ARMENIAN APPLICANTS SHOW BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF NATIVE LANGUAGE
Applicants to Armenia's higher schools are taking their foreign language exams on Friday. This year, Russian is among the list of foreign languages. Gayane Manukyan, Spokesperson for the Assessment ...AZERI FM: PROBE INTO BORDER INCIDENTS TO STRENGTHEN STATUS QUO
Azerbaijan's foreign minister has expressed his country's agreement to elaborate investigation mechanisms for border incidents.
Trend.az has quoted Elmar Mammadyarov as saying that such mechanisms ...YEMENI ARMY ADVANCES ON THIRD AL QAEDA-HELD TOWN
Yemeni troops and tribesmen advanced on the southern coastal town of Shaqra on Thursday, driving out al-Qaeda linked militants in a U.S.-backed offensive to recapture territory, Reuters reported.
Government ...APPLE RELEASES MACBOOK PRO WITH RETINA DISPLAY
Apple used the WWDC keynote to announce more details of Mountain Lion - the next version of its Mac operating system, which is released next month - and iOS 6, the latest update to the operating system ...ARMENIA, BULGARIA TO EXPAND CULTURAL COOPERATION
Armenia and Bulgaria will expand their cultural cooperation. From now on, the bilateral cooperation will involve not only literature, but also cinema, theater, music, dancing, arts, museums and architecture. ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE ON IRISH EXPERIENCE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said that he would like Ireland's experience to be applied in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. ...YOUNG ARMENIANS JOIN WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY FUNCTION
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On the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day, around 150 young Armenians from different universities and organizations have visited the Yeolyan Haemotology Center to donate blood. ...DEAF, MUTE MAN FACES 25 YEARS IN JAIL FOR TERRORIST PROPAGANDA IN TURKEY
A specially authorized prosecutor in Adana has demanded 25 years in prison for a man who was born deaf and mute on charges of "making propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization" at a protest ...LAKE SEVAN RESOURCES TO MAKE UP IRRIGATION WATER DEFICIT
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The Armenian Government has approved a measure allowing rural economies to meet the irrigation water demand at the expense of the Sevan-Hrazdan energy-irrigation system.
Speaking ...EGYPTIAN COURT RULES MUBARAK ALLY ELIGIBLE FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Egypt's constitutional court ruled Thursday that former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq can run for president, despite ties to the deposed regime of Hosni Mubarak. According to Washington Post, the court ...SWEDEN'S LEFT PARTY CALLS FOR BAN ON STANDING MEN'S URINATION
Sweden's Left Party on the Sormland County Council has advanced a motion that says men on the council should sit, rather than the more common standing, while urinating in the office restrooms, The Daily ...EXPLOITATION OF SEVAN'S RESOURCES NOT RISKY - EXPERT
Releasing 150 cubic meters of water from Lake Sevan is a more positive rather than a negative phenomenon, according to Gevorg Poghosyan, an environmentalist.
"Judging by the statistics, I don't find ...FACEBOOK LAUNCHES NEW SERVICE FOR ADVERTISERS
Facebook is testing and will soon launch Facebook Exchange, a real-time bidding ad system where visitors to third-party websites are marked with a cookie, and can then be shown real-time bid ads related ...REPUBLICAN ALWAYS MINDFUL TO BORDER AREAS, SAYS MEMBER
The existing opinion that the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) remembers the population of the border cities and town only at election time is not right, says Artak Davtyan, a member of the ruling political ...TOURISM IN KARABAKH SEES 40% GROWTH
The tourism sector in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic has seen a 40% growth in comparison with last year, according a tourism official.
Speaking to Tert.am, the head of the NKR Government's ...GERMAN POLICE SEEK ANONYMOUS HACKERS
German police said Wednesday they have identified 106 computer users suspected of cooperating with the secretive Anonymous network to hack into the servers of a music rights agency.
Police raided homes ...NEW MANUAL FOR RUSSIAN-SPEAKING ARMENIANS LAUNCHED
An Armenian language text-book for Russian-speaking children has been published recently in the Russian city of Krasnodar.
According to the Russian-Armenian newspaper Yerkramas, the manual, entitled ...BRITISH COURT REJECTS ASSANGE'S CALL TO RE-OPEN CASE
Britain's Supreme Court rejected WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange's bid to reopen his extradition case on Thursday, meaning the controversial transparency campaigner could be sent to Sweden by the end of ...TURKEY FAILED TO HEED TO EUROPEAN COURT'S VERDICT, SAYS LAYWER
Dink family's lawyer Fethiye Chetin penned a letter to the Committe of Ministers of the Council of Europe, arguing that the Turkish government had failed to implement any serious, concrete or frank steps ...ARMENIAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST PLAN TO DEMOLISH HISTORICAL BUILDING
Several public activists rallied in central Yerevan on Thursday evening in protest against a plan to demolish a historical-cultural monument.
The construction, built in the late 19th century, belonged ...AZERBAIJAN REJECTS SNIPER WITHDRAWAL FROM CONTACT LINE
Azerbaijan has spurned a proposal by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to halt shooting in its territorial dispute with Armenia, saying it would do so only if its neighbor did the ...
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