• Alcohol Can be Good for your Health
    Alcohol can be good for your health. This is the conclusion, scientists from the University of Texas, watching the nearly 2000 volunteers aged 55 to 65 years over 20 years. As the results of the study, drinking in a relatively reasonable quantities of humans lived much longer than abstainers. Even those who drank more than 200 grams of hard liquor a day, experienced people,...
    November 10, 2010 14:41
  • Local Government System in Armenia is 14 Years Old
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated at the solemn session of the Union of the Armenian community, dedicated to the 14 anniversary of the formation of local government in the Republic of Armenia. The Prime Minister presented awards by the decree of RA President Medal Anania Shirakatsi community leaders a number of areas of RA, as experts on local government –...
    November 10, 2010 14:29
  • Gas Consumption in Armenia this Year Declined by 13.3 Percent
    The volume of imported natural gas to Armenia in 2010 during the first nine months compared with the same period last year declined by 17.8 percent and amounted to 987.8 million cubic meters. As reported by Armenpress of the company Armrusgazprom “during this period were closed objects 988.0 million cubic meters of gas. Compared with the period from January to September...
    November 10, 2010 12:01
  • Despite Major Shifts in Congress, Armenians Fared Well; Turks not so Well
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Nov. 2 elections were a referendum on Pres. Obama. He had disillusioned most Americans by his failed economic policies and disappointed Armenian-Americans by breaking his promise on the Genocide. Despite record Democratic losses in the elections, Armenian-Americans succeeded in helping elect their congressional...
    November 10, 2010 11:24
  • Working consultation on issues related to the formation of the 2011 state budget
    On 8 November President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation with the participation of National Assembly deputies and members of the Cabinet on issues related to the formation of the 2011 state budget. The Head of the State noted that the state budget should be balanced, realistic and maintain its social direction, underlining that the...
    November 10, 2010 10:39
  • At the Sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
    On November 9 at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs the conclusion of the Committee on the monitoring of the procedure of the fulfillment of the proposals included in the conclusion of RA NA Ad – hoc Inquiry Committee into the Events Occurred on 1-2 March 2008 in Yerevan Ad-hoc Committee on the Events and Their Reasons debated. During...
    November 9, 2010 23:11
  • President Sargsyan received a delegation headed by the Governor of Rostov region of RF Vasili Golubeev
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received a delegation headed by the Governor of Rostov region of the Russian Federation Vasili Golubeev. The President of Armenia stressed the high level of the Armenia-Russian relations and noted with satisfaction that the agreements reached by the two Presidents during the state visit of President Medvedev to Armenia were being successfully...
    November 9, 2010 15:29
  • Wall Posted “No-Smoking” Signboard Retired and is Morally Torn
    Yerevan State Pedagogical University, at 5-minute breaks the students sometimes do not manage to have breakfast or something to eat right and get to class on time. The reason is that the current basement “fog” fills eyes with tears and cause nausea. “At the very good” buffet of course there are some foods, but simply to bring the inside is unpleasant,...
    November 9, 2010 14:02
  • A New Delight for Haghpat Children
    On November 09, 2010, the USAID-funded Small Scale Infrastructure Program (SSIP), implemented by Cooperative Housing Foundation International (CHF) and Shen NGO, marked the completion of renovation works at the Haghpat community kindergarten in Lori province, now allowing 26 children of the community to get proper preschool education in the village. The ceremony was attended...
    November 9, 2010 13:46
  • The View of Defense Minister about the Recent Accidents on Public Discontent
    The View of Defense Minister about the Recent Accidents on Public Discontent November 8, Public Television “Real Politics” program in an interview with the Defense Minister, speaking recently of the Armed Forces of the unfortunate events, said. “I do not want to say that all the world’s armies will lead to similar moments, but I want to know that...
    November 9, 2010 11:14
  • The Defense Minister’s Response to Heydar Aliyev’s Statements about Bellicose
    November 8, Public Television “Real Politics” program in an interview with the Defense Minister, speaking during the funeral of diversionist Azerbaijan Azerbaijan’s bellicose statements made by the president, said. “Azerbaijan’s bellicose statements by military leaders aren’t news for us. It would be better that they could control their...
    November 9, 2010 11:11
  • The Decision of RA Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian Tatul Hakobyan Relieved of his Post of Deputy Minister of Health under his Own Statement.
    The decision of RA Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian Tatul Hakobyan relieved of his post of Deputy Minister of Health under its own statement. According to another decision of the Prime Minister Abraham Manoukian, also according to his own statement was released was the Deputy Minister of Health.
    November 9, 2010 10:36
  • The Armenian Community in the Don
    Armenians established themselves on the Don in the second half of XVIII century. During the Russian-Turkish war, seeking to weaken the Crimean Khanate, the Russian Empress Catherine the Great organized the migration of the Crimean Armenians in the new reclaimed areas of Russia. Already in 1779 by decree of Catherine builds the city of New Nakhichevan. 12,600 Armenians...
    November 9, 2010 9:30
  • American Armenians sell 163-year-old church to replace it by Burger King
    Armenians from Haverhill in the east coast of U.S. want to sell 163-year-old Armenian church for the buyer to replace it by Burger King. The Haverhill Historical Commission is fighting to preserve the church. According to commission members, construction of restaurant in the place of Gregory The Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church will change character of the city. Owners...
    November 8, 2010 23:49
  • “Uranium case” cracked jointly by Armenian and Georgian special services
    The Armenian special service was closely cooperating with its Georgian colleagues to detect smuggling of highly enriched uranium, Artsvin Baghdasaryan, spokesperson for the Armenian National Security Service, told . He also noted that another suspect on the case Garik Dadayan was arrested in Armenia this April within the framework of joint activities of the Armenian and...
    November 8, 2010 22:05
  • Mafiosi arrested in Yerevan not to be extradited
    A criminal case under paragraph 2 part 3 of Article 266 of the Armenian criminal code (large-scale drug trafficking) was initiated against Jose Sanches, member of Cosa Nostra recently arrested in Armenia,informed Armen Malkhasyan, employee of the Armenian police press service. According to him, article provides 7-15 imprisonment with possible confiscation of property. Armen...
    November 8, 2010 21:42