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Published on July 13, 2012
AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER DIES AT DRILLS
- An Azerbaijani soldier was fatally wounded during the military drills conducted there. He was allegedly shot at by his comrade. The incident is said to be a result of negligence. According to Trend news agency, the soldier was rushed to hospital but the doctors could not save his life. The Azerbaijani defense ministry confirmed the information.
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Headlines for July 13, 2012GEORGIAN FM DUE IN ARMENIA
At the invitation of the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Georgia Grigol Vashadze will arrive in Armenia on July 14 for a working visit. According to the Foreign Ministry ...MASS KILLING REPORTED IN SYRIA VILLAGE
At least 200 people are reported to have been killed in the Syrian village of Tremseh, in Hama province, BBC News reported. Opposition activists quoted residents as saying the village was attacked with ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GAS BALLOONS WERE FILLED WITH METHANE
The gas balloons that went off in Yerevan's Republic Square at the ruling Republican Party's final pre-election concert-rally early in May turn out to have been charged with methane.
In an interview ...ZHOGHOVURD: CASSATION COURT RULING TO CREATE DIFFICULTIES FOR MEDIA
A recent precedential ruling by the Armenia's Cassation Court is thought to have created new difficulties for the media.
According to the paper, the ruling, which applies to the charges of defamation ...ZHOGHOVURD: AUTHORITIES TO MAKE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
The authorities are planning to make amendments in Armenia's Constitution. They have not yet voiced about their intentions, instead they have started gradually preparing people for the process, giving ...HRAPARAK: ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT VISITING GREECE WITH FAMILY
The paper says it has learned from "well-informed sources" that second President Robert Kocharyan is now in Greece together with his family.
"Kocharyan travels to the country very frequently and is said ...US LAWMAKERS FURIOUS AT CHINA-MADE UNIFORMS
Uniforms for US Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue — but made in China. The fact reportely has members of Congress fuming. Republicans and Democrats railed Thursday about the ...ZHOGHOVURD: EX TRANSPORT MINISTER IN PRESIDENT'S BLACK LIST
Citing its well-aware sources, the paper says ex transport and communication minister Manuk Vardanyan has appeared in President Serzh Sargsyan's black list. The paper says the reason is the failure ...ARMENIAN ACTOR SOS SARGSYAN IN HOSPITAL
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Renowned Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan has been hospitalized but is said to have no serious health problem.
According to Armenpress, the actor was taken to a medical center on Friday, ...ICON OF HOLY SPIRIT: ARMENIAN COMMUNITY THROUGH SYRIAN DIRECTOR'S CAMERA
The Icon of Holy Spirit, a new film by Syrian director Firas Nana, covers the life of the local Armenians, featuring it as a component of the Syrian society, SANA news agency reported.
The initiative ...AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER DIES AT DRILLS
An Azerbaijani soldier was fatally wounded during the military drills conducted there. He was allegedly shot at by his comrade. The incident is said to be a result of negligence. According to Trend ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR MEETS GEORGIA'S NEW PM
Armenian ambassador to Georgia Hovhannes Manukyan met on July 12 newly appointed Georgian Prime Minister Ivane Merabishvili. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry press release, the interlocutors ...WAR IN AUGUST? US SENDS FOURTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND DOZENS OF UNDERWATER DRONES TOWARDS IRAN
The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater drones in what is being considered just the latest move in a series of escalations ...OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR ENSURING PUBLICITY OVER LAKE SEVAN LEGISLATION REFORMS
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has called for ensuring public participation in the discussions over a legal proposal for releasing an extra quantity of water from Lake Sevan.
In a statement issued ...EACH CONFLICT POSES UNIQUE PROBLEMS AND REQUIRES SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS - KAREN NAZARYAN
Post-conflict peacebuilding was discussed at the UN Security Council on July 12, MFA press release reports, saying the issue is referred to once a year focusing on peacebuilding and restoration processes ...ARMENIAN FM MEETS OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received today OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs who are in Armenia on the sidelines of their regional tour. Robert Bradtke (the USA), Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques ...ARMENIAN DM, IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSS COOPERATION ISSUES
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received on July 12 newly appointed Iranian ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raiesi. According to DM press release, the minister congratulated the ambassador on ...SERJ TANKIAN'S CONDEMNS HOLOCAUST IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO
World-renowned US-Armenian singer and song writer Serj Tankian has depicted the horrors of holocaust in a new music video.
The song, Օccupied Tears, is from the singer's album Harakiri. It can also be ...JAVAKHK ARMENIANS READY TO ASSIST SYRIAN ARMENIANS
Javakhk Diaspora of Russia released a statement expressing its readiness to assist the Syrian Armenians who appeared in a difficult situation as a result of clashes ongoing in Syria for more than a year. ...ARMENIAN CITIZEN DROWNS IN RIVER IN KAZAKHSTAN
A 22-year old Armenian citizen has drowned in Ayat River of Kazakhstan, according to ng.kz. The incident occurred on July 9. The young man was hosted in Kazakhstan by his relatives. The police officials ...25 PRODUCT TYPES CONTRIBUTE TO 80% EXPORT
Studies into the Armenian market reveal that the major part of the export - 80% - is due to 25 types of goods, according to Gagik Makaryan, the head of the Republican Union of Employers.
"The list remains ...PROTESTERS DEMAND EXTRAORDINARY NA SITTING ON HARSNAQAR CASE (PHOTOS)
A protest rally is taking place now in front of the National Assembly of Armenia on the initiative demanding to punish all the guilty in the Harsnakar incident. Minutes ago MPs Zaruhi Postanjyan and ...YEREVAN MAYOR, KAZAKH AMBASSADOR DISCUSS COOPERATION ISSUES
Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan received today ambassador of Kazakhstan Ayimdoz Bozzhigitov. According to the press release of the City Hall, the interlocutors rated high the high level cooperation between ...ARMENIA HIGHLY RATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION BY BELGIUM
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan hosted today Belgian newly-appointed Ambassador to Armenia Gi Travrua (residence in Moscow) on the occasion of handing the credentials. President's press office reported ...DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF ARMENIAN REGION ARRESTED OVER BRIBE CASE
Deputy governor of Armenian Kotayk region Levon Mikayelyan has been arrested today while taking 40,000 drams bribe from a school principal, press release of the National Security Service reports. While ...ARMENIA'S VICE-PREMIER RECEIVED CE OFFICIAL
Armenia's Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan received on Friday Mr Alfonso Zardi, Head of the Democracy, Institution-Building and Governance Department, Council of Europe. ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT DUE BACK IN ARMENIA LATE JULY
Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan is away on a private visit, his spokesman Viktor Soghomonyan told Tert.am, asked to comment on media outlet about Kocharyan's being in Greece with his family. ...ARMENIAN DM MEETS OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received today OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (the USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France). Personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office ...UKRAINE TO MOVE KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT PROCESS FROM "DEAD POINT"
Ukraine will try to move the Karabakh conflict settlement process from "dead point" after it assumes the OSCE Presidency in 2013, Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich said speaking to reporters in Crimea. ...ARMENIAN EXPERT CONCERNED OVER LACK OF PROTECTION FOR HOME PRODUCERS
At his meeting with journalists on Friday, Melkon Gasparyan, Head of the Yerevan Branch, Social & Industrial Foodservice Institute Moscow, Russia, said that home producers are not protected in Armenia. ...HERITAGE UNIFORMED OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS' INTENTION
Although the Heritage party is one of the forces that propose holding a special meeting of Armenia's parliament to set up an interim committee to investigate the incident at the Harsnaqar restaurant, ...ARMENIAN CAPITAL'S MAYOR MEETS WITH ARCHITECT MICHEL MOSSESSIAN
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan held a meeting on Friday with Michel Mossessian, a French-Armenian architect based in London, UK, who is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The sides ...OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ISSUE STATEMENT ON REGIONAL VISIT
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs issued a statement on their regional visit, July 10-13. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian ...ARMENIA'S VICE-PREMIER MEETS WITH BELGIAN AMBASSADOR
Armenia's Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan received on Friday received on Friday the newly appointed Ambassador of Belgium to Armenia, Mr Guy Trouveroy. The Armenian ...NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN ARMENIA SOON?
No text is perfect in the world except for the Bible, and amendments are always needed, David Harutyunyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, Parliament of Armenia, told Tert.am, ...RF FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON MADE NO STATEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the Federation Council of Russia, who is on an official visit to Armenia at the invitation of Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, has not made any statement ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS COMMITTED TO ITS PRINCIPLES
The MP Lyudmila Sargsyan, Chairperson of the Hnchakian Social Democrat Party, which is part of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC), commented on the ANC ex-member David Shahnazaryan. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1723 The Turks occupy Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1848 The district of Marash changes from a pasha's domain to a vilayet.
- 1849 Grigor Galstian publishes, for four years, the semi-annual "Study" paper.
- 1878 The Berlin Congress ends.
- 1915 Start of the defence of Mount Moses (Moosa) (Western Armenia). This episode of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, as implemented by Turkey, is the subject of Franz Werfel's "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh".
- 1922 Death of Kamo (Bolshevik revolutionary figure) - Simon Ter-Petrosyan - in Tbilissi. He was born in 1882 04 05.
- 1964 Death of writer Zorik Mirzoyan. He was born in 1916.
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