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  • Russian Premier, President-Elect Vladimir Putin Thanks Prime Minister of Armenia
    RF Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin addressed a message of thanks to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, which reads as follows: “Dear Tigran Sureni, I sincerely thank you for your kind congratulations on my election as President of the Russian Federation. I am convinced that the Russian-Armenian multifaceted and mutually beneficial relationship of strategic...
    March 30, 2012 16:16
  • Government Commission Established In Connection With Passing Of Alexander Haroutunyan Holds Sitting
    Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the government commission set up on the passing of Armenian SSR and USSR People’s Artist, laureate of State awards Alexander Haroutunyan met today in the Office of Government. Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan reported back the funeral preparations. The Commission informs that a funeral services for Alexander Haroutunyan...
    March 30, 2012 12:11
  • USAID AND OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF ARMENIA SIGN MOU
     USAID/Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema and the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Karen Andreasyan signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony held on March 29.  U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern and representatives from Counterpart International and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) attended the event. Within the framework...
    March 29, 2012 17:27
  • President Serzh Sargsyan met with the representatives of the Armenian community of Singapore
    In conclusion of the state visit, President Serzh Sargsyan met with the representatives of the Armenian community of Singapore. President Sargsyan met with them today at the Saint Gregory Church in Singapore. Tonight, delegation headed by the President will return to Yerevan. ...
    March 29, 2012 16:24
  • Found guilty and sentenced to 8 years in prison
    The Court sentenced A. Mikayelyan to imprisonment for supporting exploitation of people through prostitution, illegal selling of narcotic drugs and illegal keeping of weapons. During the preliminary investigation it has been stated that in the summer of 2010 A. Mikayelyan served as a body guard to H. Davtyan and watched N. M., S. S. and L. K. all day long who had been...
    March 28, 2012 21:38
  • Armenian police investigator is arrested while taking $500 bribe
    YEREVAN. – A case of corruption by an official was exposed in Armenia on Wednesday. Capital Yerevan Central Police Precinct Investigation Department investigator, Police Lieutenant Artur Hovsepyan was taken under custody while taking US$ 500 bribe from citizen H., in return for not launching criminal proceedings against him, the National Security Service (NSS) informed NEWS.am. At...
    March 28, 2012 21:36
  • RA NA Speaker Left for the United Arab Emirates
    The RA parliamentary delegation led by the RA National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan being in Almaty to take part in the Jubilee Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth Independent States Council on March 2 left for the United Arab Emirates on a working visit. On March 29 Samvel Nikoyan will have a meeting with Mohammad Ahmad Al Murr, Speaker...
    March 28, 2012 20:39
  • Yerevan electoral district commission does not register opposition businessman as MP candidate
    YEREVAN. – Armenian capital Yerevan’s Electoral District No. 10 Election Commission did not register well-known businessman and opposition member Khachatur Sukiasyan as an MP candidate for the upcoming National Assembly elections. To note, Khachatur Sukiasyan’s brother, Saribek, has likewise submitted MP nomination documents to the same electoral district. As Armenian...
    March 28, 2012 19:09
  • State visit of President Serzh Sargsyan to Singapore
    The President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam gave a state dinner in honor of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Singapore on a state visit. In his toast, President Sargsyan first of all expressed gratitude to the President of Singapore and the leadership of the country for the warm welcome. Then he spoke about the rich history of the Armenian-Singaporean...
    March 28, 2012 18:40
  • President Serzh Sargsyan met with the highest leadership of Singapore
    President Serzh Sargsyan has arrived on a three day state visit to the Republic of Singapore. Today, the President of Armenia met with the highest leadership of Singapore – President Tony Tan Keng Yam, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and participated at the dinner given by the Business Federation of Singapore in honor of the President of Armenia which was also attended...
    March 28, 2012 17:51
  • 1982 polling stations formed in Armenia
    YEREVAN. – A total of 1982 polling stations have been formed in Armenia’s 41 constituencies, says the website of the Central Electoral Commission. The election campaign will be held till May 5 – the day prior to elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.
    March 28, 2012 15:38
  • Vladimir Gasparyan dismisses chief of Kotayk’s police department
    Chief of the Armenia’s Police Vladimir Gasparyan signed today a decree relieving Grisha Amirkhanyan, head of Armenia’s Kotayk region’s police department, of his duties and sending him to personnel reserve. Photo correspondent Gagik Shamshyan told Tert.am that with another decree, Armenia’s police chief appointed Grisha Badalyan head of Kotayk’s police department. Shamshyan...
    March 28, 2012 11:53
  • Armenian President not surprised at Aliyev’s misinformation on Armenian NPP
    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan touched upon his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev’s misinformation on the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) at the Nuclear Security Summit 2012 in Seoul. “I am not surprised at the obvious misinformation related to the Armenian NPP voiced by the Azerbaijani President, as spreading disparaging information on Armenia has become...
    March 28, 2012 9:15
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    March 27, 2012 23:00
  • Prosecutor demands 8 years in jail for former Armenian police official
    YEREVAN.- The prosecutor demanded eight years’ imprisonment for former Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan. The hearing into Ohanyan’s case was held at capital Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court on Tuesday. Margar Ohanyan is charged with abuse of official position and large-scale embezzlement of property, and he is under custody since August...
    March 27, 2012 19:24
  • President Serzh Sargsyan participated in Seoul at the International Nuclear Summit 2012
    President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in the Republic of Korea on a working visit, participated today in Seoul at the International Nuclear Summit 2012. At the Summit, President Sargsyan made a statement. First, Serzh Sargsyan thanked the organizers of the Summit and personally President Lee Myung-bak for hosting this pivotal for the global security event. The President of...
    March 27, 2012 15:01
  • British media about ‘Sir Winston Churchill’s favourite Armenian brandy’
    London Evening Standard writes that Sir Winston Churchill’s favourite Armenian brandy — said to have played a key role in the shaping of postwar Europe — has gone on sale in Britain for the first time. Business editor Jonathan Prynn notes in his story that the prime minister developed a taste for the ArArAt brandy when it was served by Stalin at the Yalta conference...
    March 27, 2012 14:49
  • ‘Good, there are few Pashinyan-kind of people in our society’
    Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovhannisian’s withdrawal, which left HAK majority candidate Nikol Pashinyan the only opposition candidate in electoral district N7, is the day’s hot topic. However, head of Heritage faction Styopa Safaryan said he was not sure the change would favor Pashinyan. “I profoundly suspect he will win,” Styopa Safaryan told Panorama.am adding:...
    March 26, 2012 17:40