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Headlines for July 12, 2012ZHOGHOVURD: RELATIONS BETWEEN HERITAGE AND FREE DEMOCRATS DETERIORATE?
Citing its well-aware sources, the paper reports that the relations between the Heritage party and Free Democrats are not so smooth. Moreover, there is serious distrust among them which results in control ...UN ENVOY READY FOR ASSAD TALKS
The UN and Arab League's envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, is due to meet President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus for talks on his six-point peace plan, BBC news reported.
The meeting comes after Annan acknowledged ...168 ZHAM: CIVILITAS FOUNDATION CASE ENTERS DEADLOCK
The paper says the authorities and the National Security Service (NSS) have reached a deadlock in ex-foreign minister Vardan Oskanian's case connected with Civilitas Foundation. For more than two weeks ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: NUMBER OF POTENTIAL MIGRANTS HIGH IN ARMENIA
A survey by the Caucasus Resource Research Institute has revealed a high number of potential migrants in Armenia, the paper has learned.
Of 4,000 people polled, 2,600 reportedly turned out to be intending ...ARAVOT: IDENTITIES OF PEOPLE BRINGING GAS BALLOONS TO REPUBLIC SQUARE KNOWN
The paper says the experts probing into the balloon explosion in Yerevan Republic square on May 4 2012 during the ruling Republic party rally say the explosion was caused as a result of high temperature ...HRAPARAK: REPUBLICAN CANCELS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is said to have canceled its executive board meeting scheduled for Thursday.
Citing its sources, the paper claims that there seems to be absolutely no serious ...MINERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN MADRID
Spanish miners and sympathizers incensed with the nation's seemingly endless austerity cutbacks clashed with riot police on one of Madrid's most famed avenues Wednesday, and six demonstrators were hospitalized ...MILITANTS AMBUSH PAKISTAN POLICE COMPOUND IN LAHORE
At least nine trainee policemen have been shot dead after militants ambushed their housing compound in the Pakistani city of Lahore, BBC reports. Reports say masked gunmen arrived on motorcycles and ...PEUGEOT CITROEN PLANS 8,000 JOB CUTS
French carmaker Peugeot Citroen has set out plans to cut 8,000 jobs and close an assembly plant outside Paris as losses mount, BBC reports. Peugeot said the Aulnay plant near Paris, which employs 3,000 ...ZHOGHOVURD: DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE DROPS
The sale and purchase rates of the US Dollar dropped overnight from 417 and 420 Drams to 412 and 414 Drams, respectively, the paper has found.
"Every time in such situations the authorities have their ...GABRIEL SARGSYAN PLAYS FIRST DRAW IN GREEK TOURNAMENT
International chess tournament with the participation of Armenian chess players Gabriel Sargsyan and Tigran Mamikonyan continues in the Greek town of Rethymno. Armenian chess player Gabirel Sargsyan ...KARABAKH'S JOINING PEACE TALKS TO BE LONG-DRAWN-OUT PROCESS - SPOKESMAN
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It will take the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) many years to join the conflict settlement talks, a press secretary for the country's president has said, commenting upon the ...ELEVEN THOUSAND TONS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EXPORTED FROM ARMENIA
As of July 10, 2012 about 10879,8 tons of fruits and vegetables were exported from Armenia, of which 8429,05 tons of apricot, 579,29 tons of cherry, 2,73 tons of plum and 847,9 tons of grape. According ...FORMER FIFA CHIEFS NAMED IN BRIBERY CASE
Ex-Fifa President Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took multi-million dollar bribes on World Cup deals, Swiss prosecutors said in a legal document released on Wednesday, dealing ...US AND ARMENIAN GOVERNMENTS LAUNCH ANTI-CORRUPTION AWARENESS PROJECT
On July 12, US Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern and Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian officially launched a joint anti-corruption awareness project at the Zvartnots International Airport.
...GEORGIA ENTERS CRUCIAL AND SERIOUS POLITICAL PROCESS, EXPERT SAYS
Georgia has entered the most crucial and serious political process since the 2003-2004 elections, political scientist Sergey Minasyan told the reporters today. The latter believes that the incumbent ...YEREVAN LEFT WITH NO CHOICE - RUSSIAN PAPER
In a recent report commenting on the the Russian Federation Council chairperson's visit to Armenia, Nezavisimaya Gazeta has elaborated on the motives behind the EU decision to suspend financial assistance ...PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PEACE, NOT WAR, ARMENIAN FM SAYS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed at the meeting today a number of issues, including Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Edward Nalbandian told at ...GOVERNMENT APPROVES PLAN TO RAISE WOMEN'S MARITAL AGE
The Armenian cabinet has approved a proposal to raise the legal age of women's marriage to 18.
Under the Family Code, women are now allowed to conclude a marriage upon turning 17.
The reform was mandated ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER RECEIVES CHINESE AMBASSADOR
Deputy speaker of Armenian parliament Eduard Sharmazanov received today Chinese ambassador to Armenia Tian Changchun. According to the National Assembly press release, the parties discussed the trade-economic, ...ELECTIONS NORMAL POLITICAL PROCESS FOR ARTSAKH POPULATION - EXPERT
Presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh have turned into a natural component of a continuing political process, according to Alexander Margarov, a political analyst.
At a news conference on Thursday, ...ARMENIAN FM WARNS TURKEY AGAINST LINKING RAPPROCHEMENT PROCESS WITH KARABAKH
The normalization of the Armenia-Turkey ties should have nothing to do with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, FM Edward Nalbandyan has said, commenting on a statement by his Turkish counterpart. ...ARMENIAN MP FORECASTS HARD WORK FOR ETHICS COMMITTEE
Artsvik Minasyan, an MP of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and member of the Ethics Committee, Parliament of Armenia, believes that the Committee is facing overwork, with ...MICROSOFT TO TAKE DOWN APPLE'S IPAD
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that the company wants to take on Apple's iPad and says it will leave no "stone unturned" in its fight to win over customers, the Forbes magazine reported.
But it's ...ARMENIAN MP DEFENDS FELLOW-MEMBER
Chairman of the National Unity party Artashes Geghamyan, who is an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), is sympathetic to President of the Football Federation of Armenia and MP Ruben Hayrapetyan, ...PROPOSAL TO WITHDRAW SNIPERS NOTHING NEW - ANALYST
The OSCE's proposal to withdraw the snipers from the Line of Contact does not say anything new, Narek Galstyan, a political analyst, told reporters on Thursday.
"They promise to address the proposal ...YEREVAN MAYOR MEETS ITALIAN ART CRITICS
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan received on Thursday a delegation of art critics who have arrived from Italy to attend a sculpture symposium to be held in Shoushi, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Greeting the guests, ...ARMENIAN FM MEETS COE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan received on Thursday the Council of Europe's deputy secretary general, Gabriela Battaini. Congratulating the European official on taking office, the minister ...EXPERT CONCERNED OVER DEPLETION OF ARMENIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES
July 2 to 4, Armenia's capital hosted a regional conference on climate changes. The conference discussed the latest processes in implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...OSCE OFFICIAL CONCERNED OVER BORDER TENSIONS
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has expressed strong concerns over the incidents on the Line of Contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
At a meeting with Armenia's parliament speaker, ...FOUR GROUPS OF ARMENIA'S NA TO FORM INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HARSNAQAR INCIDENT
At his Thursday press conference, Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary group, stated that four parliamentary groups - ANC, Prosperous Armenia, Armenian Revolutionary ...ANC TO NOMINATE CANDIDATE TO CHALLENGE ARMENIA'S INCUMBENT PRESIDENT
Levon Zurabyan, Coordinator of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC), does not think of the possibility of Armenia's opposition nominating a joint candidate in the 2013 presidential election. ...44 SIGNATURES IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT - PROSPEROUS ARMENIA MP
Naira Zohrabyan, Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group, does not know what has changed since her talk with Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary ...ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI LEADERS TO ATTEND TEHRAN SUMMIT
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received on Thursday Iranian Minister of Education, Mr Hamidreza Hajibabai. Minister Hamidreza Hajibaba conveyed to President Aliyev his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES OSCE DELEGATION
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Thursday a delegation led by Mr Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Armenia attaches ...US $15M FOR CE ACTION PLAN FOR ARMENIA 2012-2014
During its 11-year membership in the Council of Europe (CE) Armenia has acceded to six agreements. The country has also actively worked with the CE Venice Commission, Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, CE ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1864 Birth of satirist Harootyoon Alpiar. He died in 1919.
- 1923 Creation of the Bureau of History of the Communist Party of Armenia as an adjunct to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia.
- 1924 Under the initiative of the Norwegian scholar Friedthof Nansen, the League of Nations decides to grant Nansen Passports to the Armenians who had survived the Armenian Genocide.
- 1933 Death of the writer Nar-Dos (Meekael Hovhannissyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1867.
- 1934 First issue of the "Communist" newspaper (property of the Central Committee of Armenia's Communist Party, Yerevan's City Committee, and the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR).
- 1938 Opening of the first session of the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet's first convention.
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