‘Daily news’

  • Top ARF-D member ‘thanks’ ANC and authorities for ‘hysterical’ attacks’ against his party
    The current dialogue between the authorities and the opposition Armenian National Congress is aimed at undermining the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), says a top ARF-D parliamentarian. Speaking at a briefing in parliament on Monday, Vahan Hovhannisyan, the leader of the ARF-D faction in parliament, characterized the collaboration between the...
    June 6, 2011 15:45
  • Iran unveils causes for delaying president’s visit
    According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, the visit has been rescheduled due to the Armenian side’s failure to prepare certain documents of exchange. The Iranian leader’s office said the date of the visit will be specified as soon as all documents are prepared. Ahmadinejad was due in Armenia on June 6. He was scheduled to meet with Armenian President Serzh...
    June 6, 2011 15:30
  • European farmers suffer losses due to outbreak of E. coli
    YEREVAN. – The European farmers suffer million euro losses, many households are on the edge of bankruptcy due to outbreak of deadly E. coli bacteria transmitted to humans through vegetables. The recent disclosure by German doctors that outbreak was caused by bean sprouts somehow eased tension but the panic has not yet disappeared. Weekly turnover of vegetables in the...
    June 6, 2011 13:24
  • Russia wins Armenia 3:1 in the European League 2012
    Russia wins Armenia 3:1 in the European League 2012. Sargis Hovsepyan broke the rule in the penalty area and Roman Pavlyuchenko scored from penalty spot on 73d minute. Pavlyuchenko scored his first two goals on 26th and 59th minutes. The first in the match scored Armenian player Pizzelli scoring the first goal on 25th minute.
    June 4, 2011 22:17
  • President Serzh Sargsyan held a farewell meeting with the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia Marie Yovanovitch
    President Serzh Sargsyan held today a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia Marie Yovanovitch who is concluding her diplomatic mission in our country. The US Ambassador expressed gratitude to the President of Armenia for warm and efficient cooperation during her tenure. Marie Yovanovitch...
    June 4, 2011 15:17
  • Synopsys and Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET) Successfully Graduate Advanced Engineering Students for Chip Design Workforce in Russia
    Highly qualified workforce for chip design in Russia continues to grow as graduates from Synopsys-MIET joint Master’s program graduate and become employed by leading semiconductor companies in the region Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET),...
    June 3, 2011 21:23
  • THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
    Nearly 20 years after the 1992 Earth Summit, the world is once again on the road to Rio – the site of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.  Much has changed in the past two decades, geopolitically and environmentally.  Hundreds of millions of people in Asia, Latin America – and, increasingly, in Africa – have risen from poverty.  Yet, evidence...
    June 3, 2011 20:55
  • Nino Burjanadze’s husband hiding in Armenia – media
    Badri Bitsadze, former deputy interior minister and husband of former Georgian parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze, is hiding in Armenia, Rezonansinewspaper writes. He has reportedly left Georgia on Sunday, newspaper writes referring to its sources. Bitsadze was accused of organizing armed resistance against the authorities and organizing mass riots. Rumors have it that...
    June 3, 2011 14:33
  • Armenian opposition decided on list of negotiators with authorities
    YEREVAN. – Armenian opposition published names of its negotiators with authorities. The Council of Armenian National Congress (ANC) decided upon the list of negotiators with the authorities. Council-endorsed delegation members’ list includes: Levon Zurabyan – ANC Headquarters’ coordinator, former president’s press officer, (Head of the delegation) David Shahnazaryan-...
    June 3, 2011 0:07
  • Criminals attack mansion of former Lincy foundation official
    YEREVAN.- Five people carried out an armed assault on a mansion belonging to a former director of one of the programs of the Lincy foundation in Yerevan’s Avan district last night Early in the morning Karen Bezoyan called police saying five people wearing masks jumped over the fence, opened the window in a bathroom and entered the house, photo journalist Gagik Shamshyan...
    June 2, 2011 16:10
  • Turkish nationalist, participant of Karabakh war arrested
    A prominent Turkish nationalist Yusuf Ziya Arpacik was arrested on charges of organizing a provocation at the rally of Nationalist Movement Party to be held on June 6. Turkish police arrested 17 people who intended to organize a provocation at a campaign rally, Internethaber reports. Yusuf Ziya Arpacik is a participant of Karabakh war. He was fighting against Armenians...
    June 2, 2011 15:40
  • Father of Armenian journalist attacked
    YEREVAN. – Armenian journalist Nare Grigoryan’s father is beaten, the journalist informed  news.am Nare’s father, Tatul Grigoryan, is a candidate in local elections of the village headman. According to the journalist, representatives of another candidate beat her father to exclude him from pre-election campaign. Village elections will take place on June 12.
    June 2, 2011 7:55
  • Prime Minister Visits Abovian Penitentiary Institution
    On International Children’s Day, accompanied by Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited today “Abovian” penitentiary institution where 17 underage inmates are kept in custody. After touring the institution and getting acquainted with the existing problems, the head of government dined with the inmates and their parents. The Prime...
    June 1, 2011 21:03
  • Telecommunications-Related Agenda Discussed
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the heads of communication administrations of the RCC (Regional Commonwealth of Communications). Welcoming the guests to the Office of Government, the Prime Minister stated in part: “It is my pleasure that Yerevan has been chosen as a venue for discussion of professional issues. We are glad to host you in Armenia. I am hopeful...
    June 1, 2011 13:49
  • Erdogan bodyguard run over
    Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan held pre-election campaign meeting in a Turkish Hoppa city. After the meeting an incident occurred. While Erdogan hurried away, on the way his bodyguard lost balance, fell from the car and was run over the car behind. The bodyguard was hospitalized.
    June 1, 2011 8:55
  • Armenians prefer to rest abroad
    YEREVAN. – Over 116.000 Armenians left abroad for tourism during January-March, 2011. The number grew by 27.6% compared with the same period of 2010, national statistic agency informs news.am. Number of tourists who spend their vacation in Armenia was 37.500 in 2011, compared with the same period of last year it grew by 13.9%.
    June 1, 2011 1:13
  • Employee of Yerevan City Hall detained for taking bribe
    YEREVAN. – An employee of Yerevan City Hall was arrested on Friday for taking bribe. Policemen detained Karen Mikaelyan, expert from trade and service department, at the moment he got a $2500 bribe. He intended to legalize illegal building in one of Yerevan streets. Spokesperson for Yerevan City Hall Shushan Sardaryan confirmed the information. “City Hall condemns...
    May 30, 2011 19:41