‘Weekly news’

  • State Commitments To Be Complied With In Full
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. November 1, 2011 was set as a deadline for submission of finalized lists of family members in Gyumri and Akhuryan towns applicable to such earthquake-hit homeless families as may be eligible under the State-supported disaster zone housing program. In this connection, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan...
    September 15, 2011 13:57
  • Book on Armenia-Turkey Protocols Warns Arabs not to Trust Turkish Friendship
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher of The California Courier     I was privileged to attend a special program in Beirut last Friday, sponsored by the Armenian National Committee of Lebanon, dedicated to the publication of my new book in Arabic: “Armenia-Turkey Protocols: Truth or Deception?” The book is the compilation of 43 columns I had written in The California...
    September 14, 2011 1:15
  • Armenia’s Competitiveness Rating Improved
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, congratulating Armenia’s national football team members on their latest brilliant win on behalf of the government, the Premier addressed words of appreciation to the Football Federation of Armenia and its executive head. Tigran Sargsyan said to be enthusiastic about the fact that...
    September 8, 2011 14:45
  • Turkey Can Run, but Can’t Hide From the Long Arm of US Law
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis once warned one of his opponents: “You can run, but you can’t hide.” This same warning now applies to the Turkish government and two of its major banks.   Last December, when three Armenian-Americans filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court...
    September 6, 2011 14:12
  • WikiLeaks on Armenian Speaker’s attitude towards PM
    WikiLeaks website issued a cable classified by deputy head of U.S. diplomatic mission in Armenia Joseph Pennington after meeting with Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. During the meeting the sides discussed the issues related to Armenia’s foreign policy and domestic reforms. Speaking of corruption, Abrahamyan said Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan “gives a...
    September 5, 2011 18:06
  • Bureaucratic Functions to Be Reduced by 30 Percents
    Today the regular session of the RA Government was held, chaired by the RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Head of the Government started the session with the following message. “Today is the International Day of Knowledge, and, on the behalf of the RA Government, I want to congratulate all the Armenian families, citizens, and first of all the students. This day...
    September 1, 2011 13:17
  • 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
  • Modern Customs Checkpoints Will Be Built
    Today the RA Government held a session, chaired by the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Government created a competitive commission for the implementation of the construction projects of Armenian-Georgian borders of Bagratashen, Gogavan-Privolno and Bavra, and approved its staff, composed of representatives of several ministries and departments. Prime Minister Tigran...
    August 25, 2011 16:20
  • Amb. Ricciardone Finally Admits Most Churches not Operating in Turkey
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   After facing harsh criticism for covering up Turkey’s desecration and destruction of thousands of Christian churches, Amb. Francis Ricciardone, Pres. Obama’s appointee as Ambassador to Turkey, reversed himself last week, acknowledging that most churches functioning in Turkey prior to 1915 are no longer operating...
    August 24, 2011 9:52
  • Turkey nullified Armenian-Turkish normalization process
    http://ankakh.com/ankakh/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/71663.jpgANKARA. – Turkey’s parliament recognized the protocols signed by Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu, in Zurich in October 10, 2009 as expired, reports Turkish Merhaba Gazetesi. According to domestic statute of the Turkish parliament, bills not finally adopted during...
    August 23, 2011 8:57
  • Government – World Bank Cooperation Prioritized
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, the Premier advised that a message had been received from the World Bank’s regional director regarding bilateral cooperation and Armenia’s borrowing opportunities for the period 2011-2014. In an effort to further improve the business environment, the government invalidated...
    August 18, 2011 14:29
  • Another Investment Program Gets Tax Privileges
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Before the sitting, the Prime Minister referred to the findings of a service investigation conducted by the SRC in connection with a publication released by Aravot daily, as well as the dismantling of stalls and kiosks downtown Yerevan. The government decided to prolong till September 1, 2014,...
    August 11, 2011 20:03
  • The Interview of the First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan to Mediamax News Agency
    – On July 18-21, the delegation headed by you took part in Armenian-U.S. defense consultations in Washington D.C., during which the sides agreed to expand the spheres of cooperation. Tell us about these spheres, please. – During the recent consultations we mainly focused on Armenian defense reforms and development of Armenian Armed Forces, aiming to clarify...
    August 9, 2011 20:45
  • Drastic Changes In Seed-Breeding Industry
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Understanding that the previous sitting’s assignment concerning the drafting of ministry and agency FY2012 budget requests for Ministry of Finance consideration has been complied with by the latter, Tigran Sargsyan charged the Minister of Finance to draft a schedule of debates with the Prime...
    August 4, 2011 15:33
  • Erdogan Inadvertently Publicizes Armenian Territorial Claims from Turkey
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan’s hysterical outburst at Armenia’s President last week had the salutary effect of publicizing to a worldwide audience Armenian territorial demands from Turkey! By distorting and exaggerating Pres. Serzh Sargsyan’s remarks to a group of schoolchildren in Dsaghgatsor,...
    August 3, 2011 10:28
  • Congressional Panel Urges Turkey to Return Church Properties to Christians
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a strongly-worded measure on July 20, pressing Turkey to return all Christian church properties “to their rightful owners.” By an overwhelming 43-1 vote, the congressional panel adopted a sweeping amendment to the State Department’s Foreign Relations Authorization...
    July 27, 2011 10:11
  • Music from behind the door A single mom’s struggle to raise two exceptionally talented children with disabilities
    The loud television noise emanating from behind the door only deepened my apprehension. Yet, as I reminded myself, what other convenient leisure could the single mother we were about to meet offer her young children, both of whom are afflicted with disabilities? We were welcomed by Mary’s warm greetings as she unlatched the door. We followed her cordial voice into the...
    July 20, 2011 13:04
  • Account Taken of Greens’ Proposals
    A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The cabinet approved a program for preservation and maintenance of historical and architectural monuments in Khosrov public forest-reserve providing for the monitoring and restoration of over 300 such monuments available on the site. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted that the decision comes...
    July 14, 2011 13:00