• SENATORS MENENDEZ AND KIRK INTRODUCE SENATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
    WASHINGTON, DC -Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced legislation, S.Res.399, yesterday calling upon the U.S. government to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide and to use the lessons of this atrocity to prevent future crimes against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “It is time for the United States...
    March 21, 2012 7:40
  • Armenian Patriarchate’s Bold Move To Sue the Turkish Government
    We must commend Acting Patriarch Aram Ateshian and the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul for making the bold move of suing the Turkish government for the return of historically significant Armenian properties. Turkish officials normally view such legal actions with hostility and exert great pressure on judges to reject property claims filed by minorities, making it extremely...
    March 21, 2012 7:27
  • Exhibition of Marina Mamyan’s Works in the National Assembly
    On March 20 in the NA Green Hall the exhibition of the works of the gobelin maker-painter Marina Mamyan opened. Marina Mamyan, who creates works in the sphere of decorative-applied art, is a member of the Armenian Painters’ Union, the Painters’ International Federation and the Russian Painters’ Creative Union. She had personal exhibitions in Armenia and in a number...
    March 20, 2012 20:38
  • Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir discloses proportional list
    YEREVAN. – Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir Party disclosed proportional list. The party celebrates the 10th anniversary of the establishment on Tuesday and introduced the list during the celebrations. Incumbent Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan is the seventh in the list, while deputy chairmen Mher Shahgeldyan and Hovhannes Margaryan are...
    March 20, 2012 20:30
  • Amorphophallus titanum
    The titan arum’s inflorescence can reach over 3 metres (10 ft) in height. Like the related cuckoo pint and calla lily, it consists of a fragrant spadix of flowers wrapped by a spathe, which looks like a large petal. In the case of the titan arum, the spathe is green on the outside and dark burgundy red on the inside, and deeply furrowed. The spadix is hollow...
    March 20, 2012 17:41
  • Prosecutor asks 4 years in jail for former Armenian Police official
    YEREVAN. – The prosecutor Harutyun Harutyunyan asked the court for 4 years of imprisonment for the former Chief of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan at Yerevan’s court on Tuesday. In his accusatory speech the prosecutor claimed defendants Hovhannes Tamamyan, Armen Poghosyan and Vahan Khanzadyan are charged with...
    March 20, 2012 15:40
  • Scholarships Offered To Best University Students
    Armenia’s Youth Fund has assigned scholarships to 750 best first- and second-year university students from vulnerable families who are not included in the system of free education. To this end, the government has allocated AMD 60mn to the Fund. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan handed out today the certificates of scholarship. “This initiative of the Fund is backed by...
    March 20, 2012 15:38
  • Bus heading from Iran to Armenia crashes, casualties reported
    TEHRAN. – The bus heading from Iran to Armenia crashed in northern Iran, there are casualties, Iranian Hayeli.netwebsite reports. According to preliminary information, over 3-4 people are dead, while 10 are injured. Majority of the passengers were Iranians and ten Armenians. Identity of the dead people is still unknown. The accident was caused by the wheel blast, rumors...
    March 20, 2012 13:54
  • Armenian Major killed by Azerbaijanis
    Major Artak Shahbazyan, 35, who was deadly wounded by an Azerbaijani bullet in Armenia’s Tavush Region on Monday, was in agony on the way to Noyemberyan hospital, head doctor of Noyemberyan Medical Center Ashot Gezalyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am. “He received a penetrating gunshot wound in his chest,” he informed. As the doctor informed, the soldier...
    March 19, 2012 22:29
  • President Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow participated at the session of EvrAzEs Interstate Council
    President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Moscow on a working visit, today participated at the session of the Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzEs) Interstate Council. The session was attended by the Presidents of the EvrAzEs member states – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan as well as the Presidents of the observer states – Armenia, Ukraine and Moldova. Discussions...
    March 19, 2012 22:05
  • Tigran Sargsyan Receives Asad Alam
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received World Bank Regional Director for South Caucasus Asad Alam. Tigran Sargsyan thanked Asad Alam for support of the Regulatory Guillotine fast reform program and Finance Ministry’s capacity building project, for the development of Armenia‘s financial market, as well as for assisting the government with the fight against money laundering. The...
    March 19, 2012 18:08
  • Five Syrian Armenians injured in Damascus blast
    Five Syrian Armenians were injured in the terrorist attack in Damascus, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports referring to its sources. The magazine says their lives are not in danger. Earlier it was reported that an Armenian woman Araxie Bedrossian was among the fatalities of the terrorist act that occurred in the Christian section of Aleppo, Syria, on March 18.
    March 19, 2012 16:39
  • “LOOKING FROM ARARAT: ARMENIANS AND TURKS” BY TATUL HAKOBYAN
    On March 19th an Armenian veteran journalist Tatul Hakobyan presented his new book, entitled “Looking from Ararat: Armenians and Turks.” This 500 page book is the result of eight years of extensive research, analysis and travel by the author. It was first published in Western Armenian using classical orthography. This most recent one in Eastern Armenian will be presented...
    March 19, 2012 16:22
  • Tigran Sargsyan Gets Acquainted With Irrigation System Rehabilitation Works in Armavir marz
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited Aragats and Aghavnatun communities of Armavir marz to get acquainted with irrigation system rehabilitation works. In Aragats community in process is the second stage of Lower Hrazdan’s 2.183 km-long canal restoration work with an estimated cost of AMD 324mn. The upgraded canal will reduce water losses by about 4.1 million cubic...
    March 19, 2012 15:22
  • Proportional list of Armenian oppositional Heritage party will be published on Sunday
    YEREVAN. – Armenian oppositional Heritage Party will hold a political council on Sunday. The proportional list of the party and the nominees by the majoritarian system will be confirmed during the council, head of Heritage parliament group Styopa Safaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Safaryan refused to make any comments about any nomination. “As long as there is not...
    March 18, 2012 17:51