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  • Armenia’s ex-presidents not to attend events dedicated to independence anniversary
    YEREVAN.- Armenia’s first and second presidents refused to participate in the solemn events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. Arman Musinyan, spokesperson for first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, did not inform of the reasons. In his turn Viktor Soghomonyan, head of ex-President’s office, said Robert Kocharyan would not attend the events...
    September 17, 2011 16:03
  • Cavusoglu makes show out of Karabakh sub-committee – Armenian delegate
    YEREVAN.- Head of PACE Mevlut Cavusoglu staged a “performance” while discussing the issues related to sub-committee on Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia’s delegate at PACE Naira Zohrabyan toldArmenian News-NEWS.am. “The scenario was as follows: some European parliamentarians are seriously concerned over problem of frozen conflicts in the region and demand that PACE should...
    September 9, 2011 18:26
  • Armenian tycoon said why president keeps PM Sargsyan in government – WikiLeaks
    Armenian petrol tycoon Mikhail Baghdasarov told US Ambassador to Armenia, Marie Yovanovitch, why President Serzh Sargsyan keeps now Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is his administration. According to a new US diplomatic cable leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Baghdasarov said at a meeting with Yovanovitch in 2010 that Tigran Sargsyan has the relevant “skills...
    September 3, 2011 21:24
  • Chief of Armenia’s road police to spend two months in jail
    YEREVAN.- Armenia’s court ruled a two-month arrest against chief of Armenia’s road police Margar Ohanyan. Ohanyan was detained on August 30 under instruction of investigator of Special Investigation Service Tigran Tamamyan who is known to have close ties with Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan. Tamamyan is to deal with the most complicated cases. The investigator...
    September 2, 2011 18:39
  • Chief of Armenia’s police arrested
    YEREVAN. – Chief of Armenia’s road police Margar Ohanyan was arrested on Tuesday suspected of abuse of power and misappropriation. Colonel Stepan Karakhanyan, Ohanyan’s close friend, was arrested the other day as well. Karakhanyan appropriated petrol intended for work of police in Armenia’s regions. Earlier, colonel’s arrest provoked rumors about future arrest...
    August 30, 2011 18:00
  • 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
  • Armenian tourist drowns in Spain’s coast
    YEREVAN. – An Armenian tourist, 28-year-old Arman Serobyan, got drowned on Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea near one of Barcelona beaches. Reliable sources informedArmenian News-NEWS.am that Serobyan’s body will be brought to Armenia. No other details are available.
    August 27, 2011 1:15
  • Marriage with Armenian employee not to hinder career of Britain’s Ambassador
    YEREVAN. – The rumors that Ambassador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Charles Lonsdale’s diplomatic mission will not be prolonged because of marriage with Armenian employee do not correspond to reality. “The mission of the Ambassador lasts for three or four years. He prolonged his stay for a year in 2010. Thus information is incorrect,” head of Press and...
    August 24, 2011 16:28
  • Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries get married
    Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and basketball beau Kris Humphries got married at a private 11 acre estate in Montecito, California on Saturday, the International Business Time reported. Kardashian wore a Vera Wang gown, reportedly inspired by the dress that Pippa Middleton wore at the wedding of Catherine (Kate Middleton), the Duchess of Cambridge. The groom Humphries...
    August 21, 2011 19:32
  • Ambassador-at-large of NKR President passed away
    STEPANAKERT.- Ambassador-at-large of Nagorno-Karabakh President Karen Baburyan passed away on Friday morning. He had a heart attack on his way from Yerevan to Stepanakert, spokesperson for NKR President David Babayan told  NEWS.am. He was taken to the hospital but doctors were not able to help him.  
    July 8, 2011 20:27
  • Requirements for bearing arms in Armenia
    YEREVAN. – Over 25 thousand of citizens bear arms in Armenia,  Armenian police press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. Sixteen commercial organizations are currently licensed and engaged in import and sale of weapons. Most of the weapons are shipped from Russia, Georgia, Ukraine and Europe.  There are more than a dozen gun shops in Yerevan. For instance,...
    June 30, 2011 15:01
  • Aircarft of Armenian Air Force makes emergency landing in Russia
    The transport aircraft of Armenian Air Force IL-76 made ​​an emergency landing at Marinovka airport in Volgograd oblast of Russia on Tuesday. No information on victims is available. “The plane of the Armenian Air Forces took off from airfield in Marinovka at 3:10 p.m. Moscow time. No landing gear was removed after takeoff. The crew decided to return to...
    June 29, 2011 14:51
  • 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report
    Washington, D.C. – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the release of the 11th annual “Trafficking in Persons Report” at the Department of State on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM (EST). The 184-country report is the most comprehensive worldwide review of government efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons, a modern form...
    June 28, 2011 17:37
  • Armenian MP’s nephew caught in airport
    YEREVAN. – Armenian police Monday instituted criminal case on 112 article of Armenian Criminal Code. Earlier, St Grigor Lusavorich medical center informed police that Norayr Ghalechyan, 40, resident of Avan district of Yerevan was hospitalized at 00.30 on Sunday, photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan told NEWS.am. Police found out that Boris Asatryan, 27, nephew of Armenian...
    June 28, 2011 16:17
  • Kim Kardashian considers her nose “too Armenian”
    TV star Kim Kardashian confessed her nose is “too Armenian”. She even turned to plastic surgeon to correct it but he refused to do anything saying she didn’t need it. “But in some photographs it looks a little too Armenian, so you’ll notice that I always keep my face tilted down to stop the shadows,” Film news quotes Kardashian. Interestingly, the surgeon agreed...
    June 24, 2011 13:31
  • Catholicos of All Armenians respects Georgian Patriarch and his experience – Armenian Church responds to scandalous statement
    YEREVAN. –  Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin is reluctant to comment on the statement by Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II on Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Spokesperson for Etchmiadzin Ter Vahram Melikyan told NEWS.am. “His Holiness Karekin II respects Ilia II and his experience” Meiklyan stressed, adding this completely reflects the position...
    June 20, 2011 20:16
  • Angelina Jolie arrived in Turkey
    Hollywood star Angelina Jolie arrived in Turkey on Friday to meet with Syrian refugees in the Hatay province bordering with Syria. She was met at the airport by deputy governor, head of police and representatives of the foreign ministry, Turkish Zamannewspaper writes. The Turkish side provided a bus to transport many toys brought by Jolie for Syrian kids. Number of Syrian...
    June 17, 2011 22:27