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Golden Apricot International Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan - MassisPost

Mon, 07/11/2016 - 2:14pm

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Golden Apricot International Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan
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YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival commenced on July 10. The festival will continue till July 17, providing Armenian film-lovers and film-makers with unique opportunity to enjoy masterpieces of international ...

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Two Armenians Wounded in Aleppo Shelling - MassisPost

Sat, 07/09/2016 - 4:17pm

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Two Armenians Wounded in Aleppo Shelling
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ALEPPO — Two Armenians were wounded in the shelling of the Armenian-populated Nor Gyugh neighborhood of Syrian Aleppo, Kandzasar paper reports. According to local Armenian sources Hripsime Ghazarian and Sosi Ghazarian-Hekimian sustained ...

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NATO Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Karabakh Conflict - MassisPost

Fri, 07/08/2016 - 11:02am

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NATO Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Karabakh Conflict
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WARSAW — NATO urged the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to reduce tension, avoid further violence, and achieve a peaceful solution, Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. “I expect our communiqué to refer to the ...

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Probe Ordered Into U.S. Villa Of Armenian Minister’s Sons - MassisPost

Fri, 07/08/2016 - 2:00am
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian has asked Armenia's National Security *Service* (NSS) to look into a media report that exposed a ...

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Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The Armenian Genocide: Özcan Mutlu - MassisPost

Thu, 07/07/2016 - 11:14pm

Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The Armenian Genocide: Özcan Mutlu
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Özcan Mutlu (born on January 10, 1968 in Kelkit – Turkey) is a Turkish-German Green Party politician. Mutlu moved to Germany in 1973, and became a German citizen in 1990. He finished his training as information electrician at the Berlin Institute of ...

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Ataturk's Statue Installed in the Yard of Ancient Armenian Church in Turkey - MassisPost

Thu, 07/07/2016 - 4:27pm

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Ataturk's Statue Installed in the Yard of Ancient Armenian Church in Turkey
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YEREVAN (Armradio) — A museum of statues of famous Turkish political and public figures has been opened in the yard of the ancient Armenian Church of Holy Trinity in the city of Sivrihisar in Turkey's Eskesehir Province, Akunq.net reports, quoting ...

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Armenia Wins European Basketball Championship for Small Countries - MassisPost

Sun, 07/03/2016 - 4:57pm

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Armenia Wins European Basketball Championship for Small Countries
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CIORESCU, MOLDOVA — Participating in a European competition for the first time, Armenian men's basketball team has won the championship for small countries beating Andorra in the final game. Armenia took the initiative from the get go and immediately ...

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US Official Briefed On Armenian-Azeri Summit In Russia - MassisPost

Tue, 06/28/2016 - 10:03am

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US Official Briefed On Armenian-Azeri Summit In Russia
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — President Serzh Sarkisian has briefed a visiting senior U.S. State Department official on his latest meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev held in Saint Petersburg, Russia last week. Bridget Brink, the U.S. deputy ...

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Martakert Celebrates 23rd Anniversary of Liberation - MassisPost

Tue, 06/28/2016 - 10:03am

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Martakert Celebrates 23rd Anniversary of Liberation
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STEPANAKERT (Armradio) — Martakert is celebrating the 23th anniversary of liberation today. The day started with a military march. Authorities and citizens of Martakert and surrounding regions laid flowers at the monument of glory and visited the ...

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Pope Francis Starts Three-Day Visit to Armenia - MassisPost

Fri, 06/24/2016 - 10:57am

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Pope Francis Starts Three-Day Visit to Armenia
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YEREVAN — Pope Francis began a three-day visit to Armenia on Friday. Highlights of the papal trip will include a visit to Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial, a meeting with members of the country's small Roman Catholic community and the ...

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Armenia and Iran Reach Agreements on Closer Military Cooperation - MassisPost

Tue, 06/21/2016 - 1:48am

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Armenia and Iran Reach Agreements on Closer Military Cooperation
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — An Armenian deputy defense minister in charge of arms and other procurements has reportedly reached agreements on closer military cooperation between Armenia and Iran during a visit to Tehran. The official, General Movses ...

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Armenian Bands to Feature at 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington - MassisPost

Fri, 06/17/2016 - 3:50pm

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Armenian Bands to Feature at 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington
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YEREVAN (Armradio) — The Armenian Public Radio (Los Angeles) and TmbaTa band (Yerevan) will participate in the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Sounds of California July 7-8. At the 2016 Folklife Festival, Sounds of California will present a series ...

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Angolan Citizen Crosses Into Armenia From Turkey - MassisPost

Fri, 06/17/2016 - 1:05pm

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Angolan Citizen Crosses Into Armenia From Turkey
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Angolan-Citizen-Boarder-2 YEREVAN (Arka) — Russian border guards patrolling Armenia's frontiers with Turkey have detained a citizen of Angola for illegal crossing from Turkey. The Border Department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), ...

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Golden Apricot 13th IFF to Be Dedicated to 25th Anniversary of Armenia's Statehood - MassisPost

Wed, 06/15/2016 - 3:04pm

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Golden Apricot 13th IFF to Be Dedicated to 25th Anniversary of Armenia's Statehood
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gaiff-2 YEREVAN (Armradio) — The Golden Apricot 13th International Film Festival will be held in Yerevan July 10-17. This year's event will be dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenia's independence. More than 900 applications for participation ...

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Gagosian Art Gallery, Qatar Royal Family Settle Dispute Over Picasso Sculpture - MassisPost

Wed, 06/15/2016 - 1:38pm

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Gagosian Art Gallery, Qatar Royal Family Settle Dispute Over Picasso Sculpture
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NEW YORK (Armradio) — The collector Leon Black is the legal victor in a dispute over the ownership of a famed Picasso sculpture and will take possession of it, the New York Times reports. On Wednesday, the parties who had been fighting over the ...

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Next Armenian-Azeri Summit 'Planned For June 20' - MassisPost

Tue, 06/14/2016 - 3:27pm

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Next Armenian-Azeri Summit 'Planned For June 20'
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MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will host on Monday a fresh meeting of his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts aimed at kick-starting the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. “Trilateral ...

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Israel Charny: German Recognition of Armenian Genocide is Strong Moral Signal to Israel and United States - MassisPost

Tue, 06/14/2016 - 2:41pm

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Israel Charny: German Recognition of Armenian Genocide is Strong Moral Signal to Israel and United States
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YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — “The German Parliament's recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a wonderful and memorable step forward, in its own right and as a communiqué to other democratic countries – such as my two countries, Israel and the United ...

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Azerbaijani Women Repatriated After Crossing into Armenia - MassisPost

Fri, 06/10/2016 - 11:53am

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Azerbaijani Women Repatriated After Crossing into Armenia
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YEREVAN — An Azerbaijani civilian – a woman who had crossed the international border into Armenia on 7 June – was repatriated today under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). She was handed over to Azerbaijani ...

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Project SAVE Presents Nora Nercessian's “The City of Orphans” - MassisPost

Fri, 06/10/2016 - 1:04am

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Project SAVE Presents Nora Nercessian's “The City of Orphans”
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WATERTOWN — Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives is proud to share with you Dr. Nora Nercessian's new book, The City of Orphans: Relief Workers, Commissars, and the “Builders of the New Armenia” Alexandropol/Leninakan 1919-1931. City of ...

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New Element in Periodic Table to be Named After Russian Armenian Physicist - MassisPost

Thu, 06/09/2016 - 3:32pm

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New Element in Periodic Table to be Named After Russian Armenian Physicist
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MOSCOW (The Associated Press) – You'll soon see four new names on the periodic table of the elements, including three that honor Moscow, Japan and Tennessee. The names are among four recommended Wednesday by an international scientific group.

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