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Head of Communist Party: There is no alternative to socialism and people do not stop waiting for Communists' return
 Saturday, November 29 2014 11:20

On November 28, the Communist Party of Armenia held its 39th congress in Yrevan.  Delegates from Karabakh, Russia and Georgia also attended the congress.  Young pioneers opened the event.   

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Newspaper: Unconscientious supplier inflicts damage worth several hundred thousand USD to Defense Ministry of Armenia
 Saturday, November 29 2014 11:04

An unconscientious supplier has inflicted damage worth several hundred thousand USD to the Defense Ministry of Armenia.

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Armenia Wine factory announces launch of champagne production
 Saturday, November 29 2014 10:47

On November 29, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited the Armenia Wine factory in Sasunik village (Aragatsotn marz, Armenia).     

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Behind the scenes of the "closed doors" meeting of John Heffern with members of Armenian parliament
 Saturday, November 29 2014 10:41

Practically, all the domestic political and foreign political issues of Armenia's agenda were discussed over yesterday's meeting  of US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, with members of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee for Foreign Relations, that lasted for 2,5 hours. The meeting was held behind the closed doors. 

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Azeri Armed Forces fired over 12,000 shots towards Karabakhi positions over the past week
 Saturday, November 29 2014 10:12

On November 23-29, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces breached the ceasefire along the Line of Contact of the Azeri and Nagorno-Karabakh troops for about 1,000 times.

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Lawsuit filed because of mass food poisoning in a Yeghvard kindergarten
 Saturday, November 29 2014 10:04

A kindergarten in the Armenian town of Yeghvard stopped working as  58 children were hospitalized after suspected food poisoning.

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John Heffern does not hide his admiration with Armenia's Defense Minister
 Saturday, November 29 2014 09:09

The focus of Defense Minster of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan about the helicopter developments is worth of respect, John Heffern, the US Ambassador to Armenia, told reporters.

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Head of Parliament Committee for State and Legal Affairs urges punishment of those burning cars of oppositionists
 Friday, November 28 2014 14:38

 Representatives of the Republican Party of Armenia like all the reasonable citizens of Armenia condemn latest burning of the cars belonging to members of the Pre-Parliament NGO and beating of one of the NGO representatives, Hovhanness Sahakyan, Head of the Parliament Committee for State and Legal Affairs, told ArmInfo.

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HSBC Bank Armenia customers have an opportunity to use a new service - Mobile Banking
 Friday, November 28 2014 13:55

 HSBC Bank Armenia launched a new service - Mobile Banking App on 28 November. This service is available in over 25 countries where HSBC Holding is present.  Global Finance recognized HSBC Bank's Mobile Banking App as "Best Mobile Banking App" in 2014.  Today, HSBC Customers in Armenia also have an opportunity to use that service to have a 24/7 access to their bank accounts from anywhere globally, to view balances and transactions, to open time deposit accounts, to make card-to-card transfers to local and overseas beneficiaries etc. Users can also receive and send secure messages and view the bank's services and products.  

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Edward Sharmazanov: 'Black cat' is in Baku's bosom
 Friday, November 28 2014 12:25

Baku has been trying to find a black cat in a dark room, while this cat is in its bosom, vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament, Edward Sharmazanov, said when commenting on the statement of his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ziyafet Asgarov, that "the Armenian helicopter MI-24 came closer to the Azerbaijani military posts and gained an adequate reaction of the Azerbaijani party". 

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Rostelecom awards prizes to rapid chess tournament winners
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:59

 Rostelecom has awarded prizes to the winners of the rapid chess tournament held at the Children's Specialized Chess School in Vanadzor. The company's press release says that the winners of the first, second and third places have received mobile telephones.     

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Turkey's Ambassador to Azerbaijan misinterprets German Ambassador to Armenia
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:57

Turkey's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismayil Alper Coskun has misinterpreted German Ambassador to Armenia Reiner Morell. 

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With the support of Orange France more than 1,37 million EUR donation pledges were registered during the Phonethon 2014
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:56

 Already for the fifteenth year running, Orange partners with the Fonds Armenien de France for its Phonethon charity appeal.  In France, the volunteers of the Fonds Armenien de France have as usual benefitted from the know-how of Orange, as it has once again made its telecommunication and IT platforms available for them, in particular in Orange call centers in Cachan, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse.  

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Beeline digitizes telephone network in Gandzak community and sums up results of fixed network modernization
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:55

 Beeline has announced completion of digitization of the fixed network in Gandzak community. The company has also summed up the results of the fixed network modernization in 2014. 

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Armenian Activist Appeals To Jailed Colleague In Azerbaijan
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:53

 An Armenian civic activist has voiced serious concern over the fate of Leyla Yunus, a prominent Azerbaijani human rights campaigner imprisoned in Azerbaijan on dubious charges, following reports about her deteriorating health. 

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U.S. Ambassador to Armenia attends close debates at Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:49

U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern attended the close debates at the Armenian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations.   

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Tigran Balayan: Reaction of Azerbaijani MFA to Armenian FM Nalbandian's remarks at SIPRI again shows complete absence of arguments
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:48

The reaction of Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian's remarks at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) again shows the complete absence of arguments, Tigran Balayan, Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry, says on Twitter.  

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Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's 17th Telethon raises $12.4 million versus $22.66 million in 2013
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:47

 From November 27, 8 pm till November 28, 8 am, Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's 17th Telethon raised 12,399,550 US dollars. 

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Viktor Soghomonyan: Robert Kocharyan did not meet Gagik Tsarukyan in Geneva
 Friday, November 28 2014 11:45

 The second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan did not meet the leader of Prosperous Armenia Party  Gagik Tsarukyan in Geneva, the head  of Robert Kocharyan's office, Viktor Soghomonyan, told Arminfo correspondent.

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Non-power forces, except Heritage, reluctant to support Pashinyan's initiative to submit a draft resolution on impeachment of Armenian President for consideration of Parliament
 Friday, November 28 2014 07:27

The non-power  forces, except Heritage, negatively assess opposition MP Nikol  Pashinyan's initiative to submit a draft resolution on impeachment of  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for consideration of the Armenian  National Assembly.  

Head of the Orinats Yerkir (OY) Faction Heghine Bisharyan has told  ArmInfo's correspondent that OY will not join Pashinyan's initiative  and will not sign it.  

Vahan Babayan, MP from Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) says that the  given initiative is not serious at all. He points out that the  non-power parliamentary forces (PAP, Armenian National Congress (ANC)  and Heritage) have no such a goal. 

Deputy Head of Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan is the only  representative of the non-power parliamentary forces to give a  positive response to Pashinyan's initiative. "Nikol Pashinyan's  initiative will be discussed by the Heritage Faction and by the  Heritage Board if needed. This is a positive political step and  Pashinyan can present it to Heritage. I think we will have no  problems in joining the initiative", he says. In the meantime,  Martirosyan is skeptical about the destiny of the given document,  because even if Pashinyan collects signatures of 44 MPs to include  the issue in the Parliament's agenda, the draft resolution will be  rejected by the ruling majority.  

MP from Armenian National Congress Stepan Demirchyan says that the  ANC Faction will by all means discuss Pashinyan's initiative.  However, a day before, Lyudmila Sargsyan, another MP from the ANC,  said that Pashinyan's initiative is simply senseless, because the  ruling party will reject it all the same.  

Artsvik Minasyan, MP from ARF Dashnaktsutyun, just says, "No document  - no opinion. We can say nothing until he presents the document to  us". 

Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov is also  skeptical about the document. He says that Pashinyan's initiative is  doomed to failure, because it is not supported even by the non-power  forces.  

For his part, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Head of the Parliamentary  Commission for State and Legal Affairs, has told ArmInfo that there  are neither legal nor political premises for impeachment in Armenia.  Consequently, Pashinyan's initiative is an end in itself. "At the  moment the Armenian oppositionists are competing in scandalous  behavior", Sahakyan says and adds that the opposition can implement  its proposals by constructivism rather than radicalism.  

To note, opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan has prepared a draft  resolution "On Impeachment of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan". He  is going to submit the document for consideration of Parliament on  November 28. To include the document in the Parliament's agenda,  Pashinyan is to collect signatures of 44 MPs.

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