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    PACE calls on Armenia to investigate behind skewed sex ratios at birth
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on prenatal sex selection in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Emphasising that prenatal sex selection has reached “worrying proportions” in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the PACE asked those countries’ authorities to “investigate the causes and reasons behind skewed...
    October 4, 2011 13:35
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    International Day of Peace commemorated at the UN Armenia Office under the slogan “Peace is the mission of UN”
    The UN Department of Public Information organized a round table discussion on peace and democracy jointly with the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Gyumri based NGO “Women for Development”.   The event was organized within the framework of the International Day of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture...
    September 23, 2011 13:44
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    A Military Parade Dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Armenia’s Independence
    Today a military parade has been held at the Republic Square dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Armenia’s Independence. There have been units from Army Corps, Military Police, Peacekeeping Brigade, Special Brigade of Special Forces, NKR Defense Army, Police Forces, Frontier Troops of National Security Service, and the Russian 102nd Military Base. Students of Military...
    September 21, 2011 16:00
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    UN Office in Armenia Marks International Day of Democracy
    An art exhibition aimed at motivating young people to be more active and creative participants of the life in their communities, dedicated to the International Day of Democracy, was opened today at the UN House. The bright paintings of the Armenian painter Karen Tantushyan were exhibited. His artworks have attracted the attention of the UN staff, the international community,...
    September 19, 2011 16:07
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    15 thousand Armenians obtained Russian citizenship since 2011
    YEREVAN. –  CIS country residents are actively obtaining Russian citizenship. According to  Rosstat, in the first half of 2011, 159 thousand people obtained Russian citizenship, 15 thousand of which are Armenians and more than half are citizens of former Soviet republics. In the first places are Uzbekistan (28.6 thousand) and Kirgizstan (19.9 thousand). About 30 thousand...
    September 13, 2011 12:33
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    Weather forecast: air temperature will go down in Armenia
    The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by feebly expressed high pressure field. In separate eastern regions rain expected on the 12th of September. In spots wind up to 18mps is possible in the evening. The air temperature will go down by another 1-3 degrees. The geomagnetic field is unstable. “Meteo-tv” informs no precipitation is expected in the Capital. Wind...
    September 12, 2011 13:49
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    U.S.-ARMENIA AGREEMENT ON CONTINUED JUSTICE SECTOR ASSISTANCE
    Yerevan, Armenia – On September 7, Bruce Donahue, Chargé d’affaires, a.i. of the United States Embassy in Armenia, and Aghvan Hovsepian, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, signed an agreement to amend the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Armenia. ...
    September 7, 2011 18:30
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    U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation and U.S. Department of Defense Commemorate Sasnashen Plane Crash
    Sasnashen, Armenia – On September 2, Major General Mark Zamzow, the Vice Commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base, and the U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation joined Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, Sasnahen Mayor Andranik Shomian, and Sasnashen residents to commemorate the 54rd anniversary of the crash of a U.S. C-130 airplane on Armenian soil....
    September 2, 2011 20:01
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    UN Family in Armenia condemns attack on UN headquarters in Nigeria
    The UN Staff in Armenia condemned the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria, causing numerous deaths and injuries and expressed their deepest sympathies to the victims and their families. UN building in Abuja, which house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the United Nations family, were attacked by a car bomb on Friday, 26 August 2011. BAN...
    August 29, 2011 15:18
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    SHAHUMYAN COMMUNITY CELEBRATES RENOVATION OF COMMUNITY CENTER
    On August 29, the USAID-funded Small Scale Infrastructure Program (SSIP), implemented by the Cooperative Housing Foundation International (CHF) and its partner Shen NGO, marked the renovation of the Shahumyan Community Center in the Lori region.  The Governor of Lori Arthur Nalbandyan, USAID Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema, Mayor of Shahumyan Edik Manukyan, Director...
    August 29, 2011 14:12
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    Majority of Europeans are from Armenia – genetic conformation
    A recent study of the origin of the first Europeans recently published in the British monthlyProceedings of the Royal Societyreveals that the first men came to Western Europe nearly 40,000 years ago, reports Nouvelles d’Arménie. These people lived by hunting, fishing and gathering. These early Europeans were oppressed with the arrival of people from Anatolia (Armenian...
    August 27, 2011 9:01
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    Tigran Sargsyan: “Round-the-world journey of “Armenia” vessel expanded the geography of the Armenian nation.”
    Today Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan had a meeting with the crew of “Armenia” vessel, led by the head of the expedition Zori Balayan, after their tour around the world. The Prime Minister greeted the guests and congratulated them on the successful completion of the journey, noting that he had followed all the stages of the tour. “We are glad that you managed to...
    August 24, 2011 15:38
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    Another Armenian church vandalized in Georgia
    TBILISI. – Another Armenian church was vandalized in Georgia. This time it was Church of Surb Etchmiadzin located in the capital, Tbilisi,  which was consecrated by Armenian Catholicos Karekin II two months ago. On August 19 evening two young people, supposedly drunk, entered the Armenian church. Two sellers of candles and cleanup woman labeled their behavior as...
    August 23, 2011 22:37
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    FLEX Future Leaders Exchange Program
    The Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) is a US federal government program that provides opportunities for high school age students from Eurasia to spend a year in the United States, living with a family and attending a U.S. high school. This scholarship program is fully funded by the United States government and administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural...
    August 18, 2011 15:57
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    Tigran Sargsyan Receives Opposition MPs
    Shortly after today’s cabinet sitting, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received MPs from “Heritage” faction Anahit Bakhshyan and Armen Martirosyan. The dismantling of kiosks and stalls downtown Yerevan has been discussed. Note that commenting on the matter at the Cabinet sitting the Mayor of Yerevan advised that no mass dismantling of stalls will take place in...
    August 11, 2011 21:28
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    UN Office in Armenia Marks International Youth Day
    An art exhibition aimed at motivating young people to change our world, dedicated to the International Youth Day, was opened today at the UN House. The bright paintings of the talented Armenian painter Narek Avetissian were exhibited. His artwork displayed at the UN House has attracted the attention of youth, the international and art communities, civil society,...
    August 11, 2011 20:34
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    Passengers of Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan train demand compensation for detriment
    YEREVAN. – Passengers of Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan train, whose trip was postponed on July 30 due to railway accident in Georgia, are determined to appeal to the court, demanding compensation for detriment, said a passage of the train, expert of Freedom of Information center Liana Dodoyan toNEWS.am. She noted that the schedule of Yerevan – Batumi – Yerevan train...
    August 2, 2011 14:29
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    USAID/MAAC AND ICHRP CO-PUBLISH ARMENIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION OF REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CORRUPTION
    The USAID Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) Activity, in partnership with the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) has published the Armenian-language version of the Integrating Human Rights in the Anti-Corruption Agenda: Challenges, Possibilities and Opportunities Report. Ms. Kate Donald, Research Associate at ICHRP, visited Yerevan on July 26-27...
    July 28, 2011 10:32
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