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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Happy Families International
Armenia is the smallest of the former Soviet Republics and declared its independence from the Soviet Union on September 23, 1991.
Armenia’s terrain is rocky and dry, as evidenced by the architecture and striking structural use of stone.
Armenia is highly urbanized, with 70 percent of all residents living in cities or towns.
www.happyfamilies.org /p_armenia.html   (796 words)

  
 Armenia  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Armenia (country), republic in western Asia, bordered by Georgia on the north, Azerbaijan on the east and the Azerbaijani exclave of Naxçývan (Nakhichevan’) on the southwest, Iran on the south, and Turkey on the west.
Armenia was the most ethnically homogeneous republic of the 15 republics that made up the USSR, and the country is still characterized by a high degree of ethnic homogeneity.
Armenia’s constitution was approved by referendum in July 1995, replacing the 1978 constitution of the Soviet period.
www.galenfrysinger.com /armenia.htm   (4270 words)

  
 Government of Republic of Armenia - PRIME MINISTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan and his delegation were met by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif at the airport of Cairo, then the meeting of Prime Ministers of two countries took place.
Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmad Nazif first of all conveyed President Moubarak's greetings to the head of GoA and his delegation and wished successful completion to the proceedings of the 4th session of the intergovernmental commission.
Prime minister Ahmad Nazif noted with satisfaction the fact of the introduction of Armenia in the WTO and added that it was due to effective reforms undertakebn in the national economy.
www.gov.am /enversion/premier_2/primer_home.htm?mat=1053   (2069 words)

  
 (MANIFESTO) Tall Armenian Tale: The Other Side of the Falsified Genocide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hovhannes Katchaznouni was the Premier of the First Cabinet, in which A. Manoogian served as the Minister of the Interior, A. Khatissian the Minister of Foreign Affairs, A. Hakhverdian the Minister of War and K. Gardjigian the Minister of Finance.
The Prime Minister, elected by the Parliament, was at the head of the government.
Minister of Social Affairs in Chkhengeli's Transcaucasian government, he became the first Prime Minister of independent Armenia (July 1918 to August 1919).
www.tallarmeniantale.com /1923Manifesto-Hovhannes.htm   (4752 words)

  
 Shooting in the Armenian Parliament
The announcement of Levon Ter-Petrossyan, the ex-president of the Republic of Armenia.
Under the sounds of the anthem of the Republic of Armenia, the body of RA deputy Armenak Armenakyan was buried in the chirchyard.
Aram Sargsyan – Vazgen Sargsyan’s brother is appointed Prime Minister of Armenia.
www.internews.am /projects/archive/events/index.htm   (4281 words)

  
 Press Communiqué 98/39 - Visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia to the International Court of Justice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Armen Darbinian, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, was received today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the Court.
The Prime Minister of Armenia was welcomed by the President of the Court, Judge Stephen M. Schwebel (United States of America), and the Registrar, Mr.
Prime Minister, stands as a symbol of your country's commitment to the peaceful settlement of international disputes and to support for the international community in its quest for peace, international co-operation and justice.
www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/ipresscom/iPress1998/ipr9839.htm   (1781 words)

  
 Government of Republic of Armenia - PRIME MINISTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The delegation headed by Prime Minister A. Margaryan on a working visit to Georgia arrived in Tbilisi this June the 1st to take part in the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government to be held in the Georgian capital from June 2 to June 3.
Prime Minister A. Margaryan is scheduled to meet with Speaker of Georgian Parliament Nino Bourjanadze tomorrow, after which the visit will proceed along the lines set for the program of the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government.
In prioritizing the rapidly expanding intercourse between Armenia and Georgia, the Speaker of Georgian Parliament welcomed the visit of the Armenian Prime Minister, which, according to her, would be another strong impetus to the development of bilateral relationship.
www.gov.am /enversion/premier_2/primer_home.htm?mat=945   (1780 words)

  
 Shooting in the Armenian Parliament
According to preliminary information the Prime Minister of Armenia and the chairman of the national assembly were killed.
Journalists on the scene reported that the fire was directed towards the prime minister Vazgen Sarkissyan and the chairman of the parliament Karen Demirchyan.
He also claims to have seen the bodies of the murdered prime minister and the chairman of the N.A. Unfortunately, the tape from Gagik's camera was confiscated by the police when he was leaving the building.
www.internews.am /projects/archive/events/english/main1.htm   (276 words)

  
 CNN - Armenia's prime minister gravely wounded as gunmen storm parliament - October 27, 1999
Armenia's prime minister gravely wounded as gunmen storm parliament
YEREVAN, Armenia (CNN) -- Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire in the Armenian parliament, the government said.
Sarkisian is an ally of Armenia's Soviet-era leader Karen Demirchian, with whom he co-chairs the hard-line Unity party.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9910/27/armenia.03/index.html   (594 words)

  
 ARF News - 06 (0603)
Armenia's Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian met a delegation of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Executive Council of Armenia, comprising of Rouben Hakobian, Hrayr Karapetian and Gagik Mkrtchian, on Friday, December 13, 1996, to discuss his new program of development for Armenia.
During the hour-long meeting, the ARF delegation congratulated the newly-appointed prime minister, and stressed the importance of involving political parties in resolving the current internal political crisis.
Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian admitted that the process of primitive accumulation of capital in Armenia had resulted in sharp polarisation of society, as a result of which a considerable part of the people found themselves in hard living conditions.
www.arf.am /English/ARFNews/06/0603.htm   (1453 words)

  
 ARMENIA CESCR
Armenia was the first republic to declare independence from the Soviet Union, in September 1991.
Armenia is a small landlocked country with few natural resources and only a small amount of arable land.
The Women's Council of Armenia reports that after a Russian study of the various institutional mechanisms within the European Parliament was presented to the Armenian government, noting that similar structures existed in Russia and other CIS countries, a division of "family matters" was formed within the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.
iwraw.igc.org /publications/countries/cescrarmenia.htm   (4031 words)

  
 ARF News - 07 (0702)
Ambassador Armen Sarkissian's appointment as Prime Minister of Armenia changed the dynamics of Armenian politics, since the new Prime Minister's platform was vastly different from that of the ruling party's, namely the Armenian National Movement.
Armenia's Justice Minister Marat Alexanian said that documents which had been submitted to the Ministry by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Executive Council of Armenia are not sufficient to lift the ban on activities of the party in Armenia.
The Justice Minister said, "The party may resume its activities only if it reconsiders the issue of foreign citizens' membership to their party as it is stated in the Armenian Law on `Non Governmental Political Organizations'." The Minister also said that the Ministry cannot suggest any mechanisms for resuming the party's activities.
www.arf.am /English/ARFNews/07/0702.htm   (2003 words)

  
 JURIST - Armenia: Armenian Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
Armenia has a Constitution that provides for the separation of powers; however, the directly elected President has extensive powers of appointment and decree that are not balanced by the legislature or an independent judiciary.
The President appoints the Prime Minister, who is in charge of the Cabinet.
Under the Constitution, the Council of Justice, headed by the President, the Procurator General, and the Justice Minister, appoints and disciplines judges for the tribunal courts of first instance, review courts, and the Court of Appeals.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/armenia.htm   (635 words)

  
 Tufts-Fletcher-News:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Several years ago, Armenia was rocked by the assassination of its prime minister.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are locked in a bitter dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan populated mostly by Armenians seeking independence.
Meanwhile, Armenia continues to walk a tightrope in its foreign policy of "complementarity" in which it neither favors the United States or Russia.
fletcher.tufts.edu /news/2002/09/armenianfm.shtml   (324 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Business & Economics - New Armenian Prime Minister Falls Short on Economic Reform
The reserved reception to the appointment of Andranik Markaryan as Prime Minister is in part explained by a lack of faith in the position itself.
Previously, he led the parliamentary majority, which had insisted on the candidacy of the dismissed Prime Minister Aram Sarkissyan, brother of Vazgen Sarkissyan, who was assassinated in the parliamentary massacre of October 1999.
Prime Minister Markaryan’s economic program, submitted recently to the National Assembly, may be the best test of his vision and autonomy.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/business/articles/eav062300.shtml   (925 words)

  
 Government of Republic of Armenia - PRIME MINISTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Speech by the Prime Minister of Armenia Mr.
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia as well as on behalf of the State Commission for Organization of Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, I welcome all the participants and guests who responded to the State Commission's invitation and participated at the conference.
Armenia fully agrees with those opinions expressed by the political circles in Europe, according to which any country in search of a full membership of the European Union is at least obliged to evince the ability of putting up with the criticism of its past record by pleading guilty for the crimes committed.
www.gov.am /enversion/premier_2/primer_home.htm?mat=916   (1104 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to "oversee the Government's regular activities [and] coordinate the work of the Ministers." The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Armenia, but can be removed by a vote of no confidence in parliament.
The office of Prime Minister was first established in 1918 with the foundation of the Republic of Armenia.
If Prime Ministers from both before and after the Soviet annexation are included, there have been fourteen Prime Ministers of Armenia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia   (173 words)

  
 Armenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Armenia Landmine Impact Survey, conducted in February-August 2005, approved by the Government of Armenia on December 30, 2005 and certified by the United Nations Landmine Impact Survey Certification Committee on February 28, 2006, identified 60 mine-affected communities within areas amounting to 321.68 square kilometres, which is 1.08% of the territory of Armenia.
Since 2004, UNDP Armenia is implementing a 3-year Humanitarian Demining Programme in Armenia in cooperation with the Armenian Ministry of Defense, Humanitarian De-Mining Centre and the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Coordination.
On October 13, 2005, by the decree of the Prime Minister of Armenia the Inter-Agency Governmental Committee on Mine Action (IAGCMA) was established.
www.mineaction.org /country.asp?c=32   (1267 words)

  
 Armenia in Crisis, November 5, 1999
Soon it was learned that both the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament — the two men who jointly dominated the Unity Party which won control of Parliament last year — were dead, as were several other senior officials.
Armenia is by no means out of the crisis brought upon it by the killers, and another casualty may be the proposed Karabakh compromise formula.
Aram Sarkissian is 38, born January 2, 1961, in the village of Ararat in the Ararat region.
www.theestimate.com /public/110599.html   (2298 words)

  
 Armenian Prime Minister, 9 others slain in attack on Parliament in Yerevan
Hours after they burst into the chamber, the attackers remained in control of the building and were holding dozens of hostages, police said.
In addition to Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, the gunmen also killed parliament speaker Karen Demirchian, deputy speaker Yuri Bakhshian, Energy Minister Leonard Petrosian and senior economic official Mikhail Kotanian, according to Ararat Zurabian, a city spokesman.
Armenia, which became an independent republic following the Soviet collapse in 1991, has endured years of political and economic turmoil.
www.unb.ca /web/bruns/9900/issue8/intnews/yerevan.html   (440 words)

  
 Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News September 16 1998
Ministers from both sides today signed cooperation agreements in the fields of tourism and education, in addition to a pact that aims at avoiding double taxation between Lebanon and Armenia.
Prime Minister Hariri said Armenia has always supported Lebanon, the unconditional implementation of Resolution 425, and peace in the region.
Ministers are expected to discuss an agenda of 53 clauses.
www.lebanon.com /news/local/1998/9/16.htm   (971 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkissian and Parliament speaker Karen Demirchian were among those killed in the shootings in the parliament in Yerevan today.
Sarkissian was elected a deputy to Armenia's first post-Communist parliament in 1990 and appointed to head the parliament's defense committee.
The next year he became defense minister and helped organize the defense of the Armenian population of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, which had unilaterally declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991.
www.rferl.org /features/1999/10/F.RU.991028122942.asp   (623 words)

  
 Eurasia Centre - Executive Programmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Armen Sarkissian, former Prime Minister of Armenia and currently advisor to global energy and telecom corporations, spoke at the three-day conference and chaired a panel on energy security.
Armen Sarkissian, former Prime Minister of Armenia and currently President of Eurasia House International, took part in the proceedings as speaker.
Armen Sarkissian was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997 and a senior diplomat in Europe representing Armenia for almost a decade.
www.eurasiacentre.am /News/News.html   (1264 words)

  
 Asia Times: Attack threatens chances for settlement in Caucasus
YEREVAN, Armenia - Yesterday's brutal attack in the parliament building here that claimed the life of Armenia's prime minister, Vazgen Sarkisian, and as many as nine other government officials and lawmakers, comes just as it appeared that this country was about to settle its long and bloody dispute with neighboring Azerbaijan.
A meeting earlier this month between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan raised hopes that a peace agreement ending the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh could be reached by November 18, the date of a summit meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Istanbul.
The foreign ministers' talks in Luxembourg followed earlier talks in New York on September 28 and 29, where both attended a session of the UN General Assembly and met with US Secretary of State Madeline Albright.
www.atimes.com /c-asia/AJ29Ag01.html   (659 words)

  
 Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review
He keeps claiming that Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margaryan had been an agent of the KGB and says that Margaryan’s “collaboration with the agencies of Russian secret services has been proceeding till today”.
Aco Tomic, the former army intelligence chief close to Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, is under investigation for allegedly helping war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic evade justice, International Herald Tribune writes today, referring to yesterday’s report by the pro-government Serbian daily Politika.
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden told the Commons it would "not be in the public interest" to disclose the circumstances of his death.
www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=1109   (3449 words)

  
 Ex-Prime Minister of Armenia: Russia made a cheap shot - Russian News - REGNUM
In the context of the current level of relations between Armenia and Russia, the increase of gas price is a cheap shot, stated ex-Prime Minister of Armenia, MP and head of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan to a REGNUM correspondent.
Speaking about the statement of Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, who said that country's government does everything possible to maintain the current living standards despite the new gas price, Manukyan noted that one-time subsidies for the citizens are possible, but the economy cannot be established this way.
Armenia is interested in stability in the region, and in diplomatic solution on the Iranian nuclear program.
www.regnum.ru /english/573701.html   (917 words)

  
 Armenia Development Gateway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
is the first Vertical Industry Portal of the Armenia Development Gateway and serves as a bridge between Armenia's strategically important High-Tech and ICT industry and members of the Armenian Diaspora who are in positions to help this sector flourish.
Armenia Development Gateway supports the knowledge-based development of Armenia by promoting the use of the Internet and other information communications technologies.
E-Armenia Foundation was established as a result of collaboration of AmDG strategic partners and based on the entrust of the Prime Minister of Armenia.
www.e-armenia.am   (502 words)

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