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Armenia - Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukian opens a trade exhibition in Yerevan featuring products manufactured by companies belonging to his Multi Group, 3Nov2011.

The governor of Armenia's central Kotayk province on Monday ruled out the possibility of a well-known opposition candidate's victory in the upcoming mayoral election in the regional capital Hrazdan.

ARMENIAN DAVOS AS ALTERNATIVE TO WORLD DAVOS /ARKA/ FEBRUARY 6, 2012 TSAKHKADZOR TSAKHKADZOR, February 6. /ARKA/. The ninth international economic forum, Bridge, was launched Saturday in the Armenian resort of Tsakhkadzor.

The 84-meter-high Tsopk Waterfall, also called the Jermuk Waterfall, is part of a landscape that attracts tourists to Armenia's Vayots Dzor region, along with its spas and its mineral water.

Clinton met with the two men on the sidelines of an annual conference on global security that took place in Munich, Germany.

ETHNIC ENCLAVE: NEW RAILWAY BYPASSING ARMENIA WILL FREEZE ARMENIA'S "NORTHERN ROAD" PROSPECTS By Aris Ghazinyan ArmeniaNow 06.02.12 15:15 An official announcement has been made that Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway connecting the Azeri coast of the Caspian Sea with Turkey will be put into operation in October of 2013.

NO APPLICATIONS FROM SYRIA FOR GETTING ASYLUM IN ARMENIA ARMENPRESS FEBRUARY 6, 2012 YEREVAN YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS: The number of applicants for getting asylum in Armenia from Syria has not grown.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF ARMENIA CONFIRMS FACT OF KIDNAPPING OF ARMENIAN YOUNG MAN IN SYRIA ARMENPRESS FEBRUARY 6, 2012 YEREVAN YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS: The information about kidnapping of an Armenian young man for getting a ransom has been confirmed.

The project is initiated by Yerevan press club in partnership with Azerbaijani and Nagorno-Karabakh journalists and supported by the U.S. State Department.

Russian First Vice-Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov has begun a visit to Yerevan for talks on continuing a political dialogue with Armenia and intensifying trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, the vice-prime minister's office told Itar-Tass on Monday.

Facing an uproar from Armenia's leading press freedom groups and independent media outlets, law-enforcement authorities released on Monday a prominent journalist who was arrested on controversial charges on Friday.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan met Foreign Minister of Egypt Mohamed Amr in Munich, 4 February As press-service of Armenian Foreign Ministry reported, Nalbandyan expressed condolence to his counterpart in connection with tragic events during the football match in Port Said.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is in need of a multipolar political system that would secure balance of power and parliamentarianism, Armenian political scientist said.

Among the possible candidates are Lucia Moon and Dorians rock band. The final decision will be made by the council of the public television to be voiced ahead of March 18.

February 5, 2012 - 6:17pm A delegation from the Rosselkhozbank of Russia, led by its Chairman Dmitry Patrushev, met with Armenia's President Serzh Sargyan in Yerevan where they discussed the planned activities of the Bank in Armenia, the Presidential Press Office said.

Today's Zaman Feb 5 2012 OSCE's third co-chair France to be replaced by Turkey in minsk Group? 5 February 2012 / LAMÄ°YA ADÄ°LGIZI, Ä°STANBUL After the French Senate passed a bill penalizing denying the 1915 killings of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks constituted genocide, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet ... (more)

Salon Feb 3 2012 The Persistence of Prejudice There is a city in eastern Turkey called Harput.

Deputy minister: free economic zone in the plant `Mars' in Armenia will be an oasis for export promotion YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Free economic zone in the plant `Mars' in Armenia will become an oasis for export promotion, introduction of new technologies, as well as creation of additional job places, said Deputy Economy Minister of Armenia ... (more)

Nikol Pashinyan: Arrest of Haykakan Zhamanak journalist is political persecution arminfo Friday, February 3, 20:44 "The arrest of the Haykakan Zhamanak Daily journalist Hayk Gevorgyan is political persecution initiated by Head of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan", said Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of Haykakan Zhamanak, activist of the ... (more)

Today's Zaman, Turkey Feb 5 2012 Researchers reflect on Turkish- Armenian civil society activities 5 February 2012 / YONCA POYRAZ DOÐAN, ÝSTANBUL Civil society initiatives between Turkey and Armenia have flourished during the last decade and a half, and researchers are shedding light in a new study on whether or not these initiatives have ... (more)