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    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is reconstructing Stepanakert’s internal water network 10th and 11th zones (Nagorno-Karabakh).
    Sponsored by – Telethon 2010 and Nagorno-Karabakh government   The Stepanakert water supply network, comprised of 13 zones with an overall length of 140 km, was built in 1950s. Due to the poor state of the water-pipes significant loss of water was in place. After the reconstruction the residential blocks within the area will receive regular...
    November 9, 2011 12:21
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    Mayor of Armenian capital dismissed after getting job offer from Moscow?
    YEREVAN. – Rumors on Yerevan city Mayor Karen Karapetyan’s dismissal are, so to say, confirming. According to Armenian News-NEWS.am sources, Karapetyan has resigned and will leave for Moscow in the near future. He was offered an attractive job in Gasprom Russian Company. Before Karapetyan became Yerevan city Mayor, he was the director of ArmRusGasProm and has close...
    October 27, 2011 22:35
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    Tear down barriers to put women and men on equal footing, agency head says
    In five days, world population is projected to reach 7 billion. How we respond now will determine whether we have a healthy, sustainable and prosperous future or one that is marked by inequalities, environmental decline and economic setbacks, according to The State of World Population 2011 report, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. “With planning...
    October 26, 2011 18:09
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    Turkey’s earthquake measures 3 at Armenia’s Nuclear Power Plant – Ministry
    YEREVAN. – The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant is approximately 160 kilometers away from the epicenter area of Turkey’s quake on Sunday. The tremor was also felt in Armenia, and with magnitudes ranging between 3 and 5. The earthquake measured 3 at the Plant, there was no damage to it, and there could not have been, since the Plant is calculated to withstand a minimum...
    October 24, 2011 14:54
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    Criminal case initiated based on the statement made on the case of taking bribery
    On RA Prosecutor General’s order a criminal case has been initiated on the case of an official’s taking bribery in large amount and mediation by abusing his official position. The criminal case has been initiated based on the statement made by the unit N’s platoon commander as to which he received 7500 USD from the relatives of an defendant accused for...
    October 19, 2011 18:36
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    Baku.am website also available in Azerbaijani
    YEREVAN.- Baku.am website is now available in Azerbaijani language as well. The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute presents a unique website covering the social, cultural and business life of the Armenian community in Baku now also in Azerbaijani. The creations of the Azerbaijani version of the website were supported by the numerous letters and wide responses that followed...
    October 18, 2011 18:41
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    President Serzh Sargsyan received Patrick Fine, Vice President for Compact Implementation for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today Patrick Fine, Vice President for Compact Implementation for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The parties stressed the importance of the works conducted in five years in the framework of the MCC-Armenia program which has been aimed at the improvement of life standards of the rural beneficiaries in numerous rural communities,...
    October 4, 2011 20:35
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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