Yerevan, Armenia News

Karin Ensemble to Perform Free Outdoor Concert asbarez Saturday, February 11th, 2012 The dance ensemble in performance GLENDALE - On Sunday, February 12, the AYF and People for People Foundation are teaming up to host a free, one-time-only celebration featuring Armenia's award-winning Karin Folk Song & Dance Ensemble.

World known musician N. Madoyan will stage in Yerevan tonight http://times.am/?l=en&p=4671 Today world-known violinist Nikolay Madoyan will stage at Aram Khachatryan concert hall, Yerevan.

TURCOLOGIST: NO MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT 2-3 YEARS arminfo Friday, February 10, 19:13 No military actions against Iran will take place within the next 2-3 years, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Professor Rouben Safrastyan said at today's press conference ... (more)

DEFENCE MINISTER Mediamax News Agency Feb 9 2012 Armenia Yerevan, 8 February: Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan told Mediamax today that Armenia is ready to continue its peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA TO ATTEND 2012 NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN SOUTH KOREA Vestnik Kavkaza Feb 9 2012 Russia Azerbaijan plans to take part in the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on March 26-27, 2012, APA reports.

WORLD BANK GROUP AND ARMENIA COOPERATE TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURS TendersInfo February 9, 2012 Thursday The Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group and the Ministry of Economy of Armenia today agreed to work together to reduce the administrative burden for businesses and improve the investment climate ... (more)

EDUARD HAMBARTSUMYAN~RS FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN YEREVAN Tert.am 10.02.12 February 13 to 17, with the sponsorship of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Armenia, films by the Russia-based film producer Eduard Hambartsumyan will be shown in Yerevan.

AZERBAIJAN OFFERS ARMENIA ASSISTANCE IN RECREATING YEREVAN'S HISTORICAL CENTER Interfax Feb 10 2012 Russia Baku has offered assistance to Armenia in restoring the historical look of its capital city and pledged to provide maps and drawings of ancient Yerevan, spokesman for the Azeri presidential administration Fuad Akhundov told Interfax.

PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN armradio.am 11.02.2012 14:09 The sitting of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the National Assemblies of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Belarus will be held in Yerevan.

KARABAKH CONFLICT IN YEREVAN Trend Feb 10 2012 Azerbaijan 10 February 2012, 10:40 The delegation, headed by Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sagrsyan in Yerevan, Panorama.am. reported referring to the presidential press-service. The sides touched upon the regional problems and ... (more)

Environmentalists are currently holding an action in front of Margaryan Hospital at Mashtots Park, which is located in the middle of the Mashtots, Koghbatsi, Arami and Buzand Streets.

In order to revive historical face of Yerevan city, the Azerbaijani government is ready to give maps and features of this city to Armenia.

PREMIER OF ARMENIA: GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVE TO RESTRICT CASH OPERATIONS SEEKS TO MAKE THE BANKS EVEN RICHER arminfo Friday, February 10, 19:17 The bill "On restriction of cash operations" initiated by the Government of Armenia seeks to make the local banks even richer, the ex-premier of Armenia, economist Hrant Bagratyan said at today's press ... (more)

Enlarge Photo The head of Russia's state-run atomic agency Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko and RA President Serzh Sargsyan Enlarge Photo Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin and Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan At a meeting with representatives of the Border Control Service of Russia and the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia on February 8, ... (more)

ARMENIA'S PREMIER news.am February 09, 2012 11:46 YEREVAN. - The proposal on changes in the Law on Trade and Services, whereby norms will be specified on the number of supermarkets in a certain area, was made by the ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party, PM Tigran Sargsyan stated during Thursday's Governmental session, and added: "We designed that ... (more)

As politicians in Armenia vie to prove they prompted France to pass a genocide denial bill, some analysts say the vote probably had more to do with French politics than any pressure coming out of Yerevan.

ARMENIAN PM TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COOPERATING WITH FRENCH AND AMERICAN PARTNERS TO BUILD NPP POWER BLOCK /ARKA/ FEBRUARY 8, 2012 YEREVAN YEREVAN, February 8, /ARKA/. Armenian prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan said Wednesday that French and American companies may join the government's efforts to build a new nuclear power block in Armenia.

Manvel Sargsyan: Dissociation of people's movement from parties is a pledge of destruction of the oligarchic system of Armenia Arisa Kazinyan's 'Azerbaijan' Firing Ground book was presented in Yerevan on Friday.

Manvel Sargsyan: Dissociation of people's movement from parties is a pledge of destruction of the oligarchic system of Armenia Because of heavy snowfall in Yerevan for the last three days the snow cover reached 30 sm, Armhydrometcenter told ArmInfo correspondent.

BOOK OF ARMENIAN SCIENTIST IS AWARDED WITH "BOOK OF YEAR" IN IRAN http://times.am/?l=en&p=4594 Book by Garnik Asatryan, Chair of the Department of Iranian Studies of Yerevan State University, is awarded with "Book of year" nomination in Iran.