YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "As fate has willed it, the sword of Damocles constantly hangs above Armenia. However no one can stop the course we
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 25, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on granting citizenship of Republic of Armenia to great singer, public
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The December 25 sitting of the RA government was conducted until the break by Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan. The sitting started
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA President's Control Service sent 630 applications on intitiation of proceedings to the Prosecutor's Office in the second half of 2008,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The authorities should provide sufficient information to media in such issues of vital importance as the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Hakob Avetikian, the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. "If Armenia's delegation is deprived of the vote in PACE, nothing serious will change in the country," Heghine Bisharian, the Vice-Chairwoman
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The political year 2008 recorded no progress, the only positive process is that really a free citizen was formed in Armenia,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2008 the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party passed a way of political ordeals and achieved a positive result by
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The political relations between Armenia and Kazakhstan are at a high level. Nurbolat Alimbayev, the Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The slaughter organized by the authorities on March 1 had undesirable consequences for Armenia's international reputation, as well as for its
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A group of NKR Public figures have created a Council on Foreign Policy and Security Issues. As the main priority the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Aram G. Sargsian, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) and In Defence of NKR steering committee,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. No progress was recorded in Armenia in 2008, moreover, the world crisis consequences were also added to people's and country's difficulties.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Acts of violence and pressures upon the political activists accused on the March 1 criminal case have become stronger in penitentiary
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian media are cut off from reality and persistently disregard the interests of our compatriots living in the liberated territory by
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 23, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received a delegation led by Vice-Secretary of IRI Supreme National Security Council Ali Bagheri.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. A wide range of issues regarding deepening of Armenia-Iran relations were discussed at the December 23 meeting of RA National Security
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 23, defendant on the "case of the seven," NA deputy Hakob Hakobian was moved from convicts' hospital, where he
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The trial on the "case of the seven" that was to continue on December 23 at Yerevan Shengavit community court was
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Hard and tragic events happened in 2008, and year 2008 will be written as a black year in Armenia's history. Hovhannes
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Over thirty policemen and sixty police special forces in red berets some hours before the start of the December 23 court
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Monitoring Committee's proposal to deprive Armenia's delegation of the vote, naturally, is not favorable, but such proposals often fail to be
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. International community's pressure upon Turkey in the issue of recognition of Armenian Genocide becomes stronger and stronger. Turkologist Ruben Safrastian, the Director
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The latest developments in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement were discussed at the meeting of RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and NKR
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The monolithic character of the ruling clique and of Armenia's economic elite, the attitude of the international community closing its eyes
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. According to opposition's own investigation of the March 1 events, the opposition has established the identity of policemen firing at peaceful demonstrants.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The consequences of the economic crisis for Armenia will be very hard, and country's common citizens will feel the economic problems
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Currently one of the most serious challenges for Armenia is the Nagorno Karabakh settlement problem. Opposition leader, first Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The main subjects of discussion at the conference of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) held on December 21 at the hall
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on December 19 left for Kazakhstan in order to participate in an unofficial summit of heads
YEREVAN. DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. "I expect the political prisoners to be released right today and this show to end," the coordinator of foreign policy issues
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Ara Zakarian, Tigran Atanesian and Arthur Grigorian - the defence of lawyer Mushegh Shoushanian - filed a complaint to the Criminal
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. At the court sitting on the "case of the seven" resumed at 17:00 judge Mnatsakan Martirosian for the second time rejected
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Parliamentary hearings over TV air contents and TV advertisements legislative regulation were held on December 19 at the National Assembly. Representatives of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. During the break of the December 19 trial on the case of seven oppositionists the crowd gathered in the yard of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The draft resolution approved by the PACE Monitoring Committee "is aimed not against Armenia and its people, but against the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The trial on the "case of the seven" started on December 19, parallel to which people gathered in the yard of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Kazakhstan on December 19 to take part in the unofficial summit of heads of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. In the opinion of the director of the Caucasus Media Institute Alexander Iskandarian, the defeat inflicted by Russian troops on the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Judge Zhora Vardanian presiding over the December 18 court sitting on the case against Gagik Jhangirian, former deputy prosecutor general of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "The year 2008 was written as a bloody and black page in Armenia's modern history," Garnik Margarian, the Chairman of the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The Council of Europe Armenian Office has spread the following press release on the results of PACE Monitoring Committee December 17
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. It is a great honor for Armenia that it has such an information agency as Armenpress, Artur Baghdasarian, the Secretary of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The Assembly is proposed stopping Armenian delegation's powers in the 9th point of draft resolution on Armenia at PACE Monitoring Committee
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree on awarding a Medal for Valour to the deputy commander of military
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The deputy foreign minister of Armenia, co-chairman of the Armenian-Chinese intergovernmental commission Gegham Gharibjanian, who is a member of the Armenian official
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. In the opinion of Aram Sargsian, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), unless the the Armenian National Movement
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the evaluation of Armenian National Congress representative Vahagn Khachatrian, the closure of the Bjni factory unequivocally has a political implication:
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. In the opinion of Alvard Petrosian, a writer, a member of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction, the most gladdening event
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's opposition does not pin hopes on the PACE Monitoring Committee December 17 sitting and on Europe in general. Stating this
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. 2008 was turning in Armenia's modern history, as society being close to the civil one was formed in the country then.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Azeri side's attempts aimed at thrusting upon the mediators and international community their own views of both Nagorno Karabakh problem and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The draft document on Armenia's security environment and assessment of threats, the proposals of the commission members, as well as some
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. French Armenian Sargis Hatspanian is continuing his hunger strike, despite the admonitions to end it, NT correspondent was informed on December 16
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The residence permit of the coordinator of Union of Armenian Volunteers national-political initiative Zhirayr Sefilian expires in 4 months, and he intends
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. According to RA Cassation Court Spokesperson Alina Yengoyan, a trial has been fixed on the criminal case on the part of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The delegation headed by the speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian was received by the chairman of the Standing
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Appreciating OSCE's constant assistance to the reforms implemented in Armenia, RA President Serzh Sargsyan said during a meeting with OSCE Secretary General
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. In response to Armenian National Congress' (ANC) application to provide the RA government sitting hall to them on December 19 "the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The rapprochement of the Russian-Turkish relations observed lately can have sad consequences for Armenia. Doctor of Political Sciences Levon Shirinian expressed such
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. "The 2008 economic year started very badly in Armenia: the event undertaken by the authorities by the name "elections" damaged country's
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding Nagorno Karabakh settlement, Armenian-Turkish relations, regional cooperation and security were discussed at the meeting of RA National Security Council Secretary
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian during the meeting with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut held in Yerevan stated that
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a message of condolence to the President of Cyprus. The message in particular reads: "I
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The draft report and resolution on the implementation of PACE resolutions 1609 and 1620 regarding the functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Committee for Protection of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons in Armenia called on French citizen Sargis Hatspanian to end his without-time-limit
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 15, NKR President Bako Sahakian held a consultation with the supreme command staff of the NKR Defense Army at
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The statement of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs adopted at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Helsinki meeting gives the hope that the conflict
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations are inefficient and no progress will be recorded in that direction in the current year. Tigran Karapetian,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The application on providing the government sitting hall to the Armenian National Congress for holding a conference submitted to the government
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. A conception-program on repatriation will be worked out in Armenia and according to RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian, a deep,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The police operation in Yerevan's Liberty Square on the morning of March 1 was led by the head of the Main
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. No new element has been added to the Madrid principles on the Karabakh conflict. The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalandian said
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Fighting corruption should be started with the upper links and be finished with the lower ones, Amalia Kostanian, the Chairwoman
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of crimes grew by 7.4% in Armenia in the first 11 months of 2008: 8,192 crimes were recorded in
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The defence group on the "case of the seven" has sent a letter-reference to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The chairman of the RA National Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Inquiry into March 1-2 Events in Yerevan and their Causes,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation led by OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut will be in Yerevan on December 14-17.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The Yerevan Criminal Court presided over by Judge Mnatsakan Martirosian will start examining the "case of the seven" on December 19,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Criminal Appeal Court on December 10 left unchanged the October 23 sentence passed by the Yerevan Criminal Court on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The participants of the December 10 sitting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The monitoring of the March 1 cases legal procedures held by RA Ombudsman's Office shows that the proving base of the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of RA President Serzh Sargsyan's official visit to Bulgaria, in the evening of December 10, with President of
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. By the December 10 decree of the president of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakian, the title "Artsakh Hero" was conferred
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The bill on local self-government and territorial administration in Yerevan will be soon submitted to the RA National Assembly for discussion
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. From December 12 Switzerland joins Schengen Agreement and starts providing Schengen visas. A Schengen visa provided by the Embassy of Switzerland
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. In order to overcome the home political crisis the Armenian authorities should disclose the real organizers and executors of the March
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement on working out Georgian Armenian community's development conception was worked out during Armenian Prime Minister's visit to Georgia. According to
SOFIA, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. On the first day of RA President Serzh Sargsyan's two-day official visit to Bulgaria, on December 10, he had a tete-a-tete
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. In connection with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) issued a statement,
PARIS, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. A reception dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Karabakh movement was held at the Permanent Representation of the Nagorno Karabakh
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Turkey is likely to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the coming 5-10 years. Bagrat Estukian, the editor of Agos weekly's Armenian
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. After Hrant Dink's murder the circulation of the Agos weekly of Istanbul has increased abruptly. Bagrat Estukian, the editor of newspaper's Armenian
BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The annual sitting of the Armenia-European Union Cooperation Council took place on December 9 in Brussels. Armenia's delegation consisting of various departments'
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 10, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of UN Human Rights International Convention, members of the Armenian National Congress
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the Consolidation of Armenian Volunteers union and of the Board of the Homeland and Honor party,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. At the December 6 sitting of the RA National Security Council, 7 issues, including the issue of carrying the three-stage court
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a message on the 60th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
TBILISI, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The governmental delegation headed by the RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan on December 9 left for the Georgian capital city of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA and RF National Security Councils Secretaries Artur Baghdasarian and Nikolay Patrushev, on December 9, signed an Agreement on 2008-2009 Cooperation Plan
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. As U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RA Marie Yovanovitch affirmed, when society's confidence to the law enforcement system is low, society
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RA Marie Yovanovitch affirmed that if a request is addressed to the Embassy of U.S. to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Gevorg Perkuperkian was elected the new Chairman of the SDHP Sargis Tkhruni student-youth union at the union's December 8 general meeting. He
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Over thirty Armenian intellectuals have sent an open letter to Turkish President Abdullah Gul calling him for admitting the fact of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. If Turkey wishes to raise its role in the region, it should improve its relations with Armenia. Kiro Manoyan, the Responsible
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. There are no political prisoners in Armenia, as criminal cases are examined on people imprisoned on the case of the March
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Sofia on a two-day official visit on December 10 at the invitation of President
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. "Heritage" faction of the RA National Assembly demands that the Armenian authorities immediately review the decision not to grant Armenian citizenship to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia is grateful to France for the assistance provided after the earthquake, the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan stated when receiving on December
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian on December 8 received the members of the French National Assembly, the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. In connection with the death of Academician of the RA National Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Paris Heruni,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan is leaving for Moscow on December 8 in order to be present at the funeral of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President Serzh Sargsyan's December 3 decree, an amnesty was granted to three convicts, Edward Ashughian, Arman Margarian, and Artur
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. For the considerable personal contribution to organization of restoration work done in Armenia after the 1988 disastrous earthquake, exclusive moral assistance provided
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding the work done in 2007-2008 on Armenia's Actions Plan within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy, first and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The governmental delegation led by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian will leave for the capital city of Georgia, Tbilisi on a
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian leaves for Brussels on a working visit, where he will take part in the Armenia-EU Cooperation
HELSINKI, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. During the OSCE ministerial meeting in Helsinki, the Azerbaijani delegation spread "Azerbaijan's Region of Nagorno Karabakh and the Principles for Peaceful Settlement
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on December 5 received the former prime minister of Ukraine, head of the Party of Regions
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The joint statement signed by the heads of foreign ministries of the countries - co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The website of the World Armenian Congress (WAC) international union has been launched. It will present the everyday life and problems
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The key point of the joint statement signed by the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, France, Russia,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The only bright point of the joint statement signed by the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, France,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The 15th sitting of the Interparliamentary Commission on cooperation between the RA National Assembly and RF Federal Assembly took place on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 3, members of Armenian student and youth organizations organized an action of protest in front of the UN Office
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The Zharangutiun (Heritage) party calls the RA government for declaring 2009 year of complete liquidation of earthquake zone problems and all
HELSINKI, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Commenting on the December 3 negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Helsinki, the U.S. Co-chair of the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian minister of defence Seyran Ohanian on December 4 received the current boxing champion of the world Vic (Vakhtang) Darchinian.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Operations are not a solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This was mentioned in the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. At the December 4 press conference, representative of the Armenian National Congress David Shahnazarian presented the written order of RA Prosecutor General
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 4, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received absolute world boxing champion in the super lightweight category Vik Darchinian. Congratulating him on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Artsakh war Commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosian ("Komandos"), one of the mistakes committed in the past did a considerable harm to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "Today the superpowers of the world carry out a life-and-death fight for an inch of land, and Armenia is going to
HELSINKI, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Helsinki on a working visit, on December 3 met with OSCE Secretary General
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Commission has put forward an initiative related to the Eastern Partnership. The initiative envisages a change in the European Union's
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. By February 2009, the Armenian government will approve the concept of working with the Diaspora, the RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The contacts between the parliaments of Armenia and Italy have great development potential. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. In the recent period the RA National Assembly Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction has voted against almost all bills. Reporting this at the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 3, the Armenian parliament in the first reading with 88 votes "for," 7 "against" and 2 "abstained" adopted a
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 2, the Passport and Visa Department of RA Police officially informed Zhirayr Sefilian, the Coordinator of the Consolidation of Armenian
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 3, the Armenian parliament in the first reading adopted a bill authored by the government envisaging amendments to the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republic of Armenia National Assembly on December 3 ratified two out of the documents signed on October 6, 2007 in
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Ex-Prime Minister of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich will visit Armenia on December 5. He will take part in events dedicated to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Parliamentary hearings will be held on December 12 on the initiative of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee of Economic Issues.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Problems of preserving Armenian historic and cultural monuments in Georgia, repairs of schools in Javakhk, teaching the history of Armenian church
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. A disrespectful attitude to state symbols is inadmissible from the moral and legal points of view, member of "ARF" faction Ruzan
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Despite numerous warnings and admonitions of the parliamentary "Heritage" faction, deputies of the National Assembly continue violating the regulations, the faction's member
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 2 the RA National Assembly finished discussing in the first reading the bill on amendments and additions to the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to development of interparliamentary relations were discussed at the December 2 meeting of the speaker of the RA National Assembly
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The criminal case filed against 7 people on the fact of the March 1 events in Yerevan has been already accepted
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding ANPP's further operation and construction of a new energy unit were discussed at the December 2 meeting of RA
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The case against the three RA NA deputies, former RA Foreign Minister, and the others in connection with the March 1
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will leave for Helsinki on a three-day visit on December 3 to take part in the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The issue of local democracy in Armenia will be discussed at the autumn session of the Congress of the Council of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. At the evening sitting on December 1, the RA National Assembly started discussing a bill considered as urgent by the government.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Chairman of Russian Gazprom company Board Sergei Miller, at the December 1 meeting, discussed a wide
LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian met with American Armenian benefactor Jerry Turpanjian on November 28 in Los Angeles. According to the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 1, the RA National Assembly in second reading discussed a bill authored by the government, which envisaged making amendments
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly's last autumn regular four-day session started on December 1. 49 issues and 11 international agreements are on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding radical opposition's further strategy and national problems are on the agenda of a conference of the Armenian National Congress
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Congress is going to support any variant of conflict settlement that will be acceptable for the Artsakh people.
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. A consultation of the parties and NGOs composing the Armenian National Congress (ANC) took place on November 28. Noyan Tapan was
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. During the November 28 meeting with the Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Lutzenberger, the speaker
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The latest events related to the Karabakh problem are conditioned by other regional developments rather than by the process of this problem's
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 28 the deputy foreign minister of Armenia Gegham Gharibjanian left for Qatar in order to participate in the international
BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenia-EU technical meeting on justice, liberty and security (JLS) related issues was held in Brussels on November 25. The meeting
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. At about 10:00, November 28, policemen again attacked a group of Artsakh war freedom-fighters, who had gone on hunger-strike from November
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The 11th Telethon organized by "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund has recorded an unprecedented index: 35 million 9,156 dollars has been raised. As NT
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The winners of the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, members of the men's chess national team of Armenia - Levon Aronian,
MINSK, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who arrived in Minsk on a one-day official visit on November 27, met with President of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular sitting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Armenian people has suffered much hardship in the name of Artsakh's liberation, whereas the current authorities are going to surrender
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. At the November 27 special session, the RA National Assembly adopted all the 11 bills and legislative packages discussed the day
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the evaluation of Stepan Grigorian, the head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, today the South Caucasus-European
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The pressures upon the Armenians in Jerusalem are not new: it has a history of years, as strong Christian states cannot
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. For their brilliant victory in the World Chess Olympiad, keeping high homeland's sports honor, presenting Armenia with dignity in the international sphere,
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 26, at about 20:00, people in red berets and people in civil clothes in Yerablur attacked a group of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. As RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian affirmed, some estimations voiced by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg at
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanian on November 26 visited the Central Sport Club of Army (CSCA) in order to
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. In order to reduce corruption risks in the judicial system, the Armenian government proposed doubling the salaries of the judges of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will go on a two-day official visit to Belarus on November 27. During the visit,
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Assembly special sitting convened on RA government's initiative started on November 26. 15 issues were placed on the agenda,
LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian who is in the U.S. met with benefactors Harut Brutian, Hrach Yadigarian, Levon and Ashkhen Arsenians
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Serzh Sargsyan's decree, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Yerevan Hrachya Ghaplanian Dramatic Theater, a title
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The Secretary of Armenian National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan said here on Sunday that Armenia supports Iran's "civilian nuclear program," Iranian Students
MINSK, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A solemn sitting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of great Armenian scientist Viktor Hambartsumian was held on November 21 at the
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. An International Conference dedicated to judicial systems and court and legal reforms in the South Caucasian countries took place on November 19-20
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. If the authorities further continue their policy towards the political prisoners, the Armenian National Congress does not exclude that mass actions of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. "If the world indeed wishes to solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem on the basis of the norms of international law, it
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Kentron investigation unit of the RA police continues the investigation into the criminal case opened by the fact of beating
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. By statistical data on crimes against economic activities (Articles 188-212 of the RA Criminal Code), 192 crimes against economic activities were recorded
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The culmination of development of Armenian-Turkish relations was the visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Yerevan. Since that moment, as the
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President, President of the Chess Federation of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan left for Dresden on November 24. As NT was
LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian met with RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian on November 23 in Los Angeles within the
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The management of Tekeyan Cultural Center violating the agreement reached in advance, half an hour before the round table to be
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe High Commissioner for Human Rights, "the last events in Georgia, discussion over Karabakh, and
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 22-27, former RA Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangirian was set free from the Vardashen penitentiary institution by the decision of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. During the November 21 meeting with the CE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan evaluated Armenia's cooperation
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. During the meeting with the Deputy Managing Director of IMF Murilo Portugal on November 21, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan expressed
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. A parliamenary hearing on the bill on amendments and additions to the RA Criminal Code will be held on November 24
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