Armenia @en Archive

09/11/2010
Charents Specialist Charges Harvard Professor with “Intimate” Interpretation

Gasbaryan argues that Professor James Russell has defamed Charents Davit Gasbaryan, a Charents specialist and a Doctor of Linguistics, claims...

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31/10/2010
Dean of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University: No sense in foreign-language schools in Armenia

A child graduating from a foreign-language school will not have gaps in his knowledge of native language, Rafael Hayrapetyan, Dean...

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27/10/2010
Biden: “the Armenian President called me and asked not to force the Armenian Genocide recognition”

WASHINGTON (A.W.)—The YouTube video of a conversation between an Armenian American activist and Vice-President Joe Biden, in which the latter...

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07/10/2010
Armenian Detainee ‘Commits Suicide’ in Azerbaijani Detention

Manvel Saribekyan, an Armenian detainee in Azerbaijan, allegedly committed suicide on Oct. 5 at 3 a.m., according to a joint...

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17/09/2010
YBC Won’t Reject Ararat Mountain Image

Representative of Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC) Emma Zakoyan said that Ararat mountain image will be removed from the YBC logotype. According...

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07/09/2010
Sassounian: Top Three Armenian Church Leaders Boycott Turkish Show in Akhtamar

The Turkish scheme of luring Armenian Church leaders to participate in a religious show at Holy Cross (Sourp Khach) Church...

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05/09/2010
Etchmiadzin to Boycott Akhtamar Mass

ETCHMIADZIN, Armenia (A.W.)—On Sept. 4, Etchmiadzin announced that it will not take part in the Divine Liturgy scheduled to take...

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20/06/2010
Political Order? City Hall Bans Concert against Re-Opening Foreign-Language Schools

We Are Against Re-Opening of Foreign-Language Schools initiative has issued a release in which it says that a previously-planned concert...

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18/06/2010
STATEMENT by the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research Regarding the April 28, 2010 Ruling by the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia

On May 21, 2010 the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research, represented by “G & I” Law Firm, received the decision...

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18/06/2010
Opposition Mounts to Proposed Foreign-Language Schools in Armenia

A government initiative to re-open foreign-language schools in Armenia after a 17-year ban is generating a heated public outcry. Many...

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11/06/2010
Last Efforts against Re-Opening of Foreign-Language Schools

We are Against Opening Foreign-Language Schools initiating groups is spending last efforts to prevent the adoption of a Government-backed draft...

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11/06/2010
RA NA debates Law on Language: ARFD and Heritage are against

At this moment, in front of the Governmental Conference hall, where the National Assembly is holding sessions, the activists of...

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11/06/2010
Protesters shout and whistle in front of government

The number of citizens protesting against a bill on opening foreign-language schools in Armenia is increasing outside the government building....

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09/06/2010
Language is a Matter of Security: Arkady Karapetyan

One of the reasons of the uprising in Karabakh was that the Armenians wanted to speak and to listen to...

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08/06/2010
Armenia Ends There, Where Armenian is Not Spoken: Khzmalyan

Armenia ends there, where the Armenian language is not spoken, Armenian film director Tigran Khzmalyan told Tert.am

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27/05/2010
Education Minister’s Initiative is ‘Betrayal,’ Says Hayrikyan Calling on HHK to Recall Him

The opening of foreign-language schools in Armenia is a “very dangerous” and “betraying” step, Head of National Self-Determination Union (NSDU)...

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