‘Daily news’

  • NKR MFA MESSAGES RELATED TO THE EVENT IN BRUSSELS
    In connection with the event entitled “Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan: from Khodjalu (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Baku” scheduled for February 9, 2011, Brussels, Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Georgy Petrossian sent messages to its organizers – Vice-Speaker of the European Parliament, Coordinator of the Human Rights Committee Laszlo Tokes...
    February 10, 2011 10:42
  • Meeting with founder of the “Masis Tobacco” company
    On 9 February President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received founder of the “Masis Tobacco” company Michael Vardanyan. Issues related to growing and drying tobacco plants in Artsakh were discussed during the meeting. Welcoming the programs of enlarging the production in Artsakh the Head of the State considered it a successful investment undertaking...
    February 10, 2011 10:28
  • Alleged child abuser arrested in Armenia
    U.S. citizen Serop Der-Boghossian, head of Akhtala mining plant and owner of Metal Prince Corporation, is arrested, spokesperson for National Security Service Artsvik Baghramyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Der-Boghossian was charged with sexual abuse (Article 140, Armenian criminal code). If he is proved guilty he will have to pay a penalty. He may be sentenced to corrective...
    February 9, 2011 20:42
  • President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (USA) and Igor Popov (Russia) and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office Andrjei Kasprzyk who have arrived to Armenia in the framework of a regional visit. The parties discussed issues related to the current stage of the NK peace process.
    February 9, 2011 16:50
  • The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
    On February 9, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office who arrived in Yerevan within the frameworks of a regional visit. During the meeting the sides stressed the importance...
    February 9, 2011 14:34
  • A package deal in the sphere of parking areas management and city lighting
    The issues related to the cooperation in the sphere of  parking areas management and city lighting were discussed during the meeting of Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetyan and the delegation headed by the  Chief manager of Austrian “SWARCO” company Albin Leismuller. Having thanked for warm welcome, Albin Leismuller noted that the company is ready to offer a package...
    February 9, 2011 14:31
  • Yerevan is the World Book Capital of 2012
    Yerevan was announced by UNESCO World Book Capital of 2012. The issues related to the proper introduction of the Armenian capital to the world were discussed during the meeting of Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetyan with the delegation of the National Association of Publishers. The latter especially emphasized the importance to promote book spreading and the culture of taste...
    February 9, 2011 14:25
  • Governing Council meets in Government
    The North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Governing Council met in a regular sitting, chaired by council head, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication Hrant Beglaryan reported back the results of the tender announced to select an arms-length monitoring agency for the program which were approved by the council. The meeting...
    February 9, 2011 14:13
  • American “ABBOT diagnostics” company is ready to cooperate with the municipality
    The issues concerning the possible directions of cooperation in the sphere of health care were discussed during the meeting of the mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan with the director of Central Asian and Armenian region of “ABBOTT diagnostics” company Rishat Gazizov. The company expressed its willingness to make investments in the sphere of ultra-modern clinical...
    February 9, 2011 12:47
  • Lincy Foundation Donates $10.5 Million to the UAF
    The United Armenian Fund is pleased to announce that it has received a generous contribution of $10.5 million from The Lincy Foundation. A major portion of this grant will be used by the UAF to renovate and reconstruct six schools in Northern Armenia, a region devastated by a powerful earthquake in December 1988. The Lincy Foundation had initiated this project in June...
    February 9, 2011 10:39
  • MONITORING
    On February 8, in accordance with the earlier achieved agreement with the NKR authorities the OSCE mission conducted а regular monitoring of the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Askeran direction. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Coordinator of the OSCE Office Lieutenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus...
    February 9, 2011 10:22
  • President Serzh Sargsyan had a phone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev
    Tonight, President Serzh Sargsyan had a phone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. The Presidents of the two states discussed a number of issues pertinent to the Armenian-Russian cooperation.
    February 9, 2011 8:53
  • Armenian MP proposes castration of pedophiles
    Draconian laws must be applied to pedophiles in Armenia. Castration of pedophiles is international practice, the crossbencher Victor Dallakyan stated in Parliament February 8. Armenian law is too lenient to pedophiles, which causes more child abuse cases in the country. “In 2009, only three of the 18 abusers were imprisoned. The others paid penalties. By paying small...
    February 8, 2011 23:30
  • Meteorite crater found on mount Ararat?
    Astrophysicists Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia and Sverre Aarseth from the University of Cambridge in the UK, discovered an unrecorded crater that raises the possibility that the biblical mountain Ararat was struck by a meteorite. A British scientific publication OBSERVATORY will soon publish an article about the discovery.  However, after...
    February 8, 2011 22:10
  • Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan: “Efforts will be made to redouble Armenian fish exports in 2011”
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the launch of a water meter installation pilot program at a fish-breeding entity in Sipanik village of Ararat Marz. In attendance were the ministers of agriculture and nature protection, government officials and local fish-breeders. Note that an arrangement to that effect was reached on February 3, 2011 at a consultative meeting...
    February 8, 2011 19:07