• Man who beat his wife to death sentenced to ten years in Armenia
    YEREVAN. – The general court of Vayoc Dzor and Ararat regions sentenced Yanis Sarkisov to ten years of freedom deprivation for brutally beating his 20-year-old wife to death. It turned out during the trial that Yanis Sarkisov and his mother frequently beat the 20-year-old wife who grew up in orphanage, and on the accident day they beat her and kicked on the stairs. On...
    October 15, 2011 1:10
  • ACNIS Steps into a New Phase of the Seminar-Course Program
    Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today entered the second stage of the seminar-courses marked with the presentation by Armen Grigorian, Chairman of the “Democracy for Development” NGO. The lecture entitled “The Role of Civil Society in the Process of Democratization” was delivered in the scope of citizen-society-state...
    October 14, 2011 20:24
  • Consultation On Doing Business Action Plan
    A consultation dedicated to improvement of Armenia’s business environment was held today in the Office of Government, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, the head of government noted, “Today’s consultation is dedicated to the business environment improvement program. We should review the list of planned actions to see their implementation status...
    October 14, 2011 17:39
  • “Textile and Fashion” First International Business Forum Kicks Off
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the opening of “Textile and Fashion” First International Business Forum. Welcoming the guests, the Prime Minister made a point of abiding by traditions in this field. Positive trends were said available in our country. Informing that a new concept of textile industry development is out in Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan said that the...
    October 14, 2011 17:00
  • Bernard Fassier: Karabakh issue unsettled because of Azerbaijan
    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS: Today at the end of the autumn session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Dubrovnik city, Croatia, a discussion on “the role of OSCE in Karabakh conflict settlement” was held. Armenpress reports, citing the Public Television, that during the meeting the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Personal Representative to OSCE Chairman-in-Office,...
    October 14, 2011 14:43
  • Regular Sitting Of CIS Council Of Interior Ministers Kicks Off In Yerevan
    A regular sitting of CIS Council of Interior Ministers kicked off today at the Government’s reception House, attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Welcoming the participants, the Prime Minister stated in part: “I am confident that the sitting will help strengthen the dynamically developing ties of cooperation between the CIS Interior Ministries. This gathering...
    October 14, 2011 13:58
  • Armenian doctors arrested in LA on charges of illegally selling medicine
    Two physicians are arrested in Los Angeles on charges of illegal sale of strong-affecting drugs. Mike Mikaelian and Anjelica Sanamian had received approximately one-million-dollar worth OxyContin tablets from the Medicare system, and, through their clinic, they were to distribute this medicine to the needy, free of charge. But, through their accomplices, they sold the...
    October 14, 2011 12:34
  • Azerbaijani minister arrives in Yerevan
    YEREVAN. – Azerbaijani Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov has arrived in Armenia. An airplane of the Russian delegation with Usubov on board has landed at the Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport. He arrived in Armenia to attend the meeting of the internal ministers of CIS member-states, Azerbaijani ministry’s press service reported. NEWS.am
    October 14, 2011 1:20
  • Armenian fans address UEFA president demanding Gonzalez’s dismissal
    Armenian fans posted a letter addressed to UEFA President Michel Platini on Facebookdemanding that Spanish referee Iturralde Gonzalez should be dismissed. The letter is as follows: “Dear Mr. President, During Euro-2012 Ireland-Armenia football game, on the 26th minute referee Gonzales gave a red card to Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky thinking that the latter had...
    October 13, 2011 22:13
  • Improved Business Environment In Focus
    A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, the Prime Minister touched on the issue of economic competition which was said important in terms of 2012 State budget implementation. The competition-related situation in the wake of legislative amendments was described by the head of State commission on economic competition who...
    October 13, 2011 14:20
  • President Serzh Sargsyan received the winners of the artistic and scientific works competition organized by the Union of Russian Armenians and the World Armenian Congress
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the winners of the artistic and scientific works competition organized by the Union of Russian Armenians and the World Armenian Congress as well as the leaders of the corresponding scientific and artistic organizations. At the meeting present were also the Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakopian and Chairman of the Union of...
    October 12, 2011 22:22
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “We must reveal the assets we have in the Armenian world in order to put them at the service of Homeland.”
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the presentation of Armenian World magazine. Extending his congratulations on the event, the Prime Minister thanked the initiators and the founders of the magazine for advocacy of the idea of the Armenian world. “The Armenian world is a reality. If some 20 years ago we only used to be concerned about Armenia’s inner life, maintaining...
    October 12, 2011 22:15
  • President Serzh Sargsyan received the schoolchildren and students who have been awarded the 2011 Presidential Awards in the area of Information Technologies (IT)
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the schoolchildren and students who have been awarded the 2011Presidential Awards in the area of Information Technologies (IT). President Sargsyan handed the awards received in different nominations to the winners. Along with the certificates, the winners received special emblematic statuettes which symbolize the IT sphere. Twenty-three...
    October 12, 2011 19:00
  • PM Receives Members of Armenian Union Of Manufacturers And Businessmen
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation from the Armenian Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen. Addressing those present, Tigran Sargsyan said the government was going to table a voluminous fiscal package before the National Assembly in a bid to extend the tax base which in turn will help collect AMD 101bn more taxes in 2012 as compared to this year. “To...
    October 12, 2011 15:01
  • President Serzh Sargsyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia Muhammad Ala-ad-Din Saad El-Leit. President Sargsyan congratulated the Ambassador on his new appointment and expressed hope that during his tenure he would do his best to promote the development and strengthening of the Armenian-Egyptian...
    October 12, 2011 14:55
  • Pres. Sarkozy Says ‘Tseghasbanoutyoun’ A Word Obama has yet to Utter
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Flying to Armenia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confided to his top aides last week: “I am going to toss a live grenade!” He was revealing his readiness to act firmly if Turkey continued to deny the Armenian Genocide. Shortly after arriving in Yerevan, Pres. Sarkozy courageously declared before journalists...
    October 12, 2011 8:58
  • Andranik Alexanyan was appointed to be Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia.
    By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decision, Andranik Alexanyan was appointed to be Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia.
    October 11, 2011 18:05
  • Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years in prison
    Ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Pechersky District Court of Kiev on Tuesday. The verdict was pronounced by Justice Rodion Kireyev, who presides at the trial, ITAR-TASS said. The Pechersky District Court has been hearing since June 24 the criminal case of Tymoshenko, accused of the abuse of office during the signing...
    October 11, 2011 16:46