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Armenians Need to Pursue Their Cause With More Confidence and Commitment
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier This week’s column deals with the self-defeating attitude of some Armenians whose negative outlook manifested itself once again with the latest news about the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. Some people hold the skeptical view that any project undertaken by Armenians is doomed...
ankakh February 7, 2012 23:19
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Initial operative results of population census in Armenia known
According to the initial operative figures of the 2011 population census in Armenia, 3 million 285 767 people have been registered. The initial operative figure of the existing population made 2 million 871 509 people, chairman of the National Statistical Service of Armenia Stepan Mnatsakanyan told a news conference February 7. According to him, the number of permanent...
ankakh February 7, 2012 14:43
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Armenian women, who were entertaining restaurant patrons, are arrested in Turkey
Eighteen foreign women—including two minors—, who were working in a restaurant in Turkey’s Kocaeli province, are taken into custody. These women were illegally working as entertainers for the restaurant’s patrons, Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency informs. And there are women from Armenia among the arrestees. It is noted that these women were taken to the department...
ankakh February 7, 2012 10:19
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Investigation is launched against Turkish minister who denied Armenian Genocide
The Prosecutor’s Office of Switzerland’s Canton of Zurich launched an inquiry against Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis. The proceedings were launched after when Bagis had stated in Zurich, and while returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, that there was no Armenian Genocide, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs. And in an interview with Anadolu...
ankakh February 6, 2012 17:24
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“Armenian Youth for Human Rights” Photo Exhibition Organized at the UN House
Young human rights activists shared their creative view of human rights at a photo exhibition titled “Youth for Human Rights”, which aims to raise public awareness on human rights issues and to promote youth activism. It was open today at the UN House. The exhibition is supported by the UN Department of Public Information and is organized in the framework...
ankakh February 6, 2012 14:58
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US Armenian eager to go to Eurovision – interview (photo,video)
YEREVAN.- Armenian media outlets are actively discussing the names of possible candidates who would represent Armenia at the Eurovision 2012 in Baku. Among the possible candidates are Lucia Moon and Dorians rock band. The final decision will be made by the council of the public television to be voiced ahead of March 18. Lucia Moon who currently lives in Los Angeles expressed...
ankakh February 5, 2012 8:43
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Armenia marks World Cancer Day
The World Cancer Day, which is observed on February 4, was declared by the Union for International Cancer Control. The Union’s website (www.uicc.org) has posted a world map, where any organization, or initiative group, can post information on its activities to be carried out on this day. In line with Armenian Oncology Center’s 2011 data, 270 out of 100 thousand people...
ankakh February 4, 2012 13:40
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French Constitutional Council to decide on bill criminalizing genocides in one month
PARIS. – French Constitutional Council will cast a verdict on bill criminalizing denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, in early spring. More possible dates are Feb. 29 or March 1, Turkish Sabbah reports. The Council needs minimum 7 votes for the verdict. It accepted the appeal against the bill on Tuesday by 72 French Senators (minimum 60 votes are required...
ankakh February 4, 2012 10:38
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Armenian servicemen deadly injured on Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line
STEPANAKERT. – An Armenian serviceman was deadly injured in Jabrail military unit in Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, NEWS.am source reports. Head of the Karabakh MOD PR department Senor Hasratyan approved the report to the NEWS.am adding the incident occurred at 5.00 p.m. in the Nagorno-Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line on Thursday. Serviceman Karlen Baghdasaryan, 20, was...
ankakh February 4, 2012 0:18
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Serious Political Decisions Adopted
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the head of government highlighted some issues which were described as of serious political relevance. Guided by the fundamental principle of human capital development, understanding that well-being is provided through high-standard education and professional qualification,...
ankakh February 2, 2012 14:54
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Sarkozy Warns
French President Nikola Sarkozy stated that if the Constitutional Council of France rules the recently adopted law on the Armenian genocide is anti- Constitutional, the same fate will be expected for the law on the Jewish Holocaust. As we know the point is about the law penalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide. A similar law exists also with regards to the Jewish...
ankakh February 1, 2012 11:42
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Teenage girl in coma after nose plastic surgery in Armenia
YEREVAN. – Satenik Mirzoyan, 19, continues to stay in coma for already 4 months after nose plastic surgery. Erebuni medical center intensive care department head Harutyun Mangoyan told -NEWS.am that there is a progress, which does not mean, however, she gained consciousness. She turned to the center for the plastic surgery last October. The surgery was successful, but...
ankakh February 1, 2012 8:45
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France Shouldn’t Allow Turkey To Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
For nearly a century, Turkey’s leaders have tried to hide the monstrous crime of the Armenian Genocide by covering up what really took place in the killing fields of the Syrian desert, then part of the Ottoman Empire. The powerful Turkish state has committed its considerable financial and diplomatic resources to the nefarious cause of genocide denial. Turkish...
ankakh February 1, 2012 8:15
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Coalition partners meet at Presidential Office
The political parties representing the ruling coalition held an extended session at the Presidential Office on Monday. Speaking to Tert.am, Edward Sharmazanov, a spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), said President Serzh Sargsyan (who is the RPA leader) did not have a separate meeting with the leader of Prosperous Armenia party (PAP), Gagik Tsarukyan. Without...
ankakh January 31, 2012 11:08
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(Հայերեն) Կանաչ գոտու և ընդհանուր օգտագործման տարածքների հաշվին տաղավարներ չեն տեղադրվել
Վերջին 2 ամիսների ընթացքում Երևանի քաղաքապետարանը Երևանի Կենտրոնի գոտիավորման նախագծին համապատասխան կառուցապատման աշխատանքներ է կատարում Գլխավոր պողոտայի Մաշտոցի պողոտա- Եզնիկ Կողբացի հատվածում՝...
ankakh January 30, 2012 18:54
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Tigran Sargsyan Dwells On Post-Crisis Economic Policy Threats And Remedies
On January 29, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan traveled to Tsakhkadzor to meet with the students of the Yerevan School of Political Studies. The head of government delivered a lecture entitled “Post-crisis economic policy: challenges and opportunities” The lecture was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, as well as U.S. and Finnish Ambassadors to...
ankakh January 30, 2012 15:31
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Deathly drama in French city: elderly Armenian dies
LIMOGES. – A fight which took place because of a stolen car ended in a tragedy for an Armenian family from Limoges, France, on Thursday evening, Le Parisien writes. A young man shot at a father and son of Armenian origin. Martunik Aslanyan, 61, was wounded at the back and fell at the parking lot. His son Gor, 26, received a light injury. Both injured were taken...
ankakh January 30, 2012 9:10
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French senator against genocide law criticizes Turkish Ambassador to France
The Chairman of the Environmental group of the French Senate Jean-Vincent Place who was against the genocide law considers the letter sent to the French Senators by the Turkish Ambassador to France asking to sign a petition to the Constitutional council against the law criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide to be inappropriate and counterproductive, Nouvelles d’Armenie...
ankakh January 28, 2012 12:24

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