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News \| 08.02.10 \| 16:12 Tax Amendments: New package debated by Deputies By Siranuysh Gevorgyan The recurrent “taxing package,” submitted by the Armenian Government for discussion by the National Assembly of Armenia last week, was criticized not only by representatives of the opposition but also by some pro-government MPs. The Government particularly has not managed to ground the draft on Making Amendments and Addenda (providing communities with a privilege to define eight types of local taxes) to the RA Law on Taxes. (0) Comments More Official news \| 08.02.10 \| 15:55 President Sargsyan will pay a three-day working visit to UK President Serzh Sargsyan will start a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on February 9. The Presidential delegation comprises His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, and the Mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglarian. (0) Comments More Karabakh \| 08.02.10 \| 14:31 Karabakh in Munich: Moscow sees progress in Armenian-Azeri talks By Suren Musayelyan Moscow deems the current talks to smooth relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are making progress, according to Russia’s top diplomat. U.S. Intelligence Official: Fighting could flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan (0) Comments More Genocide \| 05.02.10 \| 16:40 HR252: U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee schedules panel vote on Armenian Genocide resolution U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, for Thursday, March 4th, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported Friday. (1) Comments More	News \| 08.02.10 \| 15:28 PACE Delegates “outraged”: March 1, 2008 was coup d’ etat according to draft resolution Photolure PACE says the use of military March 1 was illegal. By Gayane Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter Twenty delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Lindblad Göran (Sweden), submitted a resolution called “Involvement of the Army in the Events of March 2008 in Armenia.” The document will be put to vote during the March plenary session of PACE. (2) Comments More Soccer \| 08.02.10 \| 13:11 Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble” By Suren Musayelyan A deliberate pre-arrangement by European soccer’s governing body has spared Armenia and Azerbaijan the trouble of potentially facing each other again in a qualifying campaign despite the fact that Sunday’s blind draw, it seemed, had put them into one group. (0) Comments More News \| 05.02.10 \| 16:54 One Night, Three Seasons: Rain, wind and, finally, snow for Yerevan and beyond By Karine Ionesyan Mother Nature offered a variety of weather beginning Thursday evening (February 4) with a rainstorm, followed by a wind storm, followed (Friday morning) with a snow storm that left about 15centimeters (six inches) of snow in Yerevan and more in provinces, where Vayots Dzor got 81cm (2.5 feet). (0) Comments More Opinion \| 05.02.10 \| 16:13 LA Times Editorial: Armenia-Turkey relations will worsen if “truce” not “rescued” An editorial in the February 5 edition of the Los Angeles Times summarizes the Armenia-Turkey foreign relations protocols and points out that the current stalled process threatens to make matters worse between the estranged countries, if a way forward cannot be found. (0) Comments More Features \| 05.02.10 \| 13:47 Baghdad in Ararat: Iraqi-Armenian refugees face difficulties adapting to the “homeland” By Siranuysh Gevorgyan The village of Darbnik, Ararat province, has become home to 26 families who escaped war in Iraq in recent years. The United Nations mission in Armenia has renovated the building of Darbnik’s former agricultural college, and prepared 46 apartments for the refugees. (0) Comments More Arts \| 05.02.10 \| 13:18 Television Cleanup?: Regulator calls for cleanup of content on prime time TV By Siranuysh Gevorgyan An Armenian TV and radio regulator is taking a harder line on what it sees as “an abundance of vulgarity, horror and brazen violence” dominating serials, films and programs on Armenian television. The National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR) has developed a set of criteria that it says will improve the quality of prime time TV. Crime Time: MP slams gangster films on TV after several daring shootings rock the country Fond Farewell: Armenia says goodbye to “Gokor” and “Garik” (0) Comments More	FEATURE PHOTO \| 08.02.10 \| 16:33 Two men on the road (to say nothing of the dog). (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 05.02.10 \| 14:40 Return of the Willful Winter? What started as rainstorm last evening turned into a heavy snowfall during the night turning Yerevan suburbs and parks into a winter fairyland. The center, however, is not that lucky with the thick layer of melting snow turning into dirt and slush on its busy streets. (The temperature today, February 3, is 3 C (34 F) degrees:) (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 04.02.10 \| 16:16 It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better The project that started in October 2008 closing Liberty Square to build a three-storey underground parking lot for 500 cars appears to be reaching the finish line as the developers close, among others, one of the key streets in the center of Yerevan (Tumanyan street). The construction of facilities that would ease the burden of heavily congested streets in downtown Yerevan is expected to be completed by May. (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 03.02.10 \| 14:33 Orange Dreams “I wish I were on a lovely sandy beach, with tropical palm trees shading me from the bright orange sun, while the ocean hugs the shore like a woman in love”. (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 02.02.10 \| 13:01 Want Winter? Go to Tsakhkadzor While winter has abandoned Yerevan as suddenly as it came (temperature today, February 2, is 7-10 C (45-50 F)), Armenia’s most famous ski resort offers snowy mountain hills, chilly weather and all the entertainment that comes with it (temperature in Tsakhkadzor is 1C (33.8F)). 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News \| 08.02.10 \| 16:12 Tax Amendments: New package debated by Deputies By Siranuysh Gevorgyan The recurrent “taxing package,” submitted by the Armenian Government for discussion by the National Assembly of Armenia last week, was criticized not only by representatives of the opposition but also by some pro-government MPs. The Government particularly has not managed to ground the draft on Making Amendments and Addenda (providing communities with a privilege to define eight types of local taxes) to the RA Law on Taxes. (0) Comments More Official news \| 08.02.10 \| 15:55 President Sargsyan will pay a three-day working visit to UK President Serzh Sargsyan will start a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on February 9. The Presidential delegation comprises His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, and the Mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglarian. (0) Comments More Karabakh \| 08.02.10 \| 14:31 Karabakh in Munich: Moscow sees progress in Armenian-Azeri talks By Suren Musayelyan Moscow deems the current talks to smooth relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are making progress, according to Russia’s top diplomat. U.S. Intelligence Official: Fighting could flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan (0) Comments More Genocide \| 05.02.10 \| 16:40 HR252: U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee schedules panel vote on Armenian Genocide resolution U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, for Thursday, March 4th, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported Friday. (1) Comments More	News \| 08.02.10 \| 15:28 PACE Delegates “outraged”: March 1, 2008 was coup d’ etat according to draft resolution Photolure PACE says the use of military March 1 was illegal. By Gayane Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter Twenty delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Lindblad Göran (Sweden), submitted a resolution called “Involvement of the Army in the Events of March 2008 in Armenia.” The document will be put to vote during the March plenary session of PACE. (2) Comments More Soccer \| 08.02.10 \| 13:11 Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble” By Suren Musayelyan A deliberate pre-arrangement by European soccer’s governing body has spared Armenia and Azerbaijan the trouble of potentially facing each other again in a qualifying campaign despite the fact that Sunday’s blind draw, it seemed, had put them into one group. (0) Comments More News \| 05.02.10 \| 16:54 One Night, Three Seasons: Rain, wind and, finally, snow for Yerevan and beyond By Karine Ionesyan Mother Nature offered a variety of weather beginning Thursday evening (February 4) with a rainstorm, followed by a wind storm, followed (Friday morning) with a snow storm that left about 15centimeters (six inches) of snow in Yerevan and more in provinces, where Vayots Dzor got 81cm (2.5 feet). (0) Comments More Opinion \| 05.02.10 \| 16:13 LA Times Editorial: Armenia-Turkey relations will worsen if “truce” not “rescued” An editorial in the February 5 edition of the Los Angeles Times summarizes the Armenia-Turkey foreign relations protocols and points out that the current stalled process threatens to make matters worse between the estranged countries, if a way forward cannot be found. (0) Comments More Features \| 05.02.10 \| 13:47 Baghdad in Ararat: Iraqi-Armenian refugees face difficulties adapting to the “homeland” By Siranuysh Gevorgyan The village of Darbnik, Ararat province, has become home to 26 families who escaped war in Iraq in recent years. The United Nations mission in Armenia has renovated the building of Darbnik’s former agricultural college, and prepared 46 apartments for the refugees. (0) Comments More Arts \| 05.02.10 \| 13:18 Television Cleanup?: Regulator calls for cleanup of content on prime time TV By Siranuysh Gevorgyan An Armenian TV and radio regulator is taking a harder line on what it sees as “an abundance of vulgarity, horror and brazen violence” dominating serials, films and programs on Armenian television. The National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR) has developed a set of criteria that it says will improve the quality of prime time TV. Crime Time: MP slams gangster films on TV after several daring shootings rock the country Fond Farewell: Armenia says goodbye to “Gokor” and “Garik” (0) Comments More	FEATURE PHOTO \| 08.02.10 \| 16:33 Two men on the road (to say nothing of the dog). (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 05.02.10 \| 14:40 Return of the Willful Winter? What started as rainstorm last evening turned into a heavy snowfall during the night turning Yerevan suburbs and parks into a winter fairyland. The center, however, is not that lucky with the thick layer of melting snow turning into dirt and slush on its busy streets. (The temperature today, February 3, is 3 C (34 F) degrees:) (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 04.02.10 \| 16:16 It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better The project that started in October 2008 closing Liberty Square to build a three-storey underground parking lot for 500 cars appears to be reaching the finish line as the developers close, among others, one of the key streets in the center of Yerevan (Tumanyan street). The construction of facilities that would ease the burden of heavily congested streets in downtown Yerevan is expected to be completed by May. (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 03.02.10 \| 14:33 Orange Dreams “I wish I were on a lovely sandy beach, with tropical palm trees shading me from the bright orange sun, while the ocean hugs the shore like a woman in love”. (0) Comments More FEATURE PHOTO \| 02.02.10 \| 13:01 Want Winter? Go to Tsakhkadzor While winter has abandoned Yerevan as suddenly as it came (temperature today, February 2, is 7-10 C (45-50 F)), Armenia’s most famous ski resort offers snowy mountain hills, chilly weather and all the entertainment that comes with it (temperature in Tsakhkadzor is 1C (33.8F)). (0) Comments More 1 2 3 4 5 Other Photo Features Mama Makes It Better Simple but Hearty: Wrap your family around Pokhindz to warm the winter My soup is like a red, red rose...?: Rosehip soup Piti: From the crock to “special fans” When bulgur wraps meat: Master class of Ishli Kufta Ghapama: Dress up the Holiday Table with an Armenian Tradition Most popular read commented e-mailed Piti: From the crock to “special fans” Pashinyan Jail-based Campaign Falters at Polls: Opposition cries foul as Simonyan takes NA seat in by-election God’s stamp on the Armenian land: Armenian khachkar maker praised in Moscow Analysis: In thaw with Turkey, Russia maintains alliance with Armenia Bloody Anniversary: Baku pogroms 20 years ago January 13 105 Years of Memory: Armenian-Turkish relations through the eyes of Genocide survivor Balance or Silence?: Outspoken deputy removed from PACE delegation Turkish Prime Minister: Armenia has exposed the protocols to ‘surgical intervention’ Freedom House 2010: Human rights 2009 worsened in Armenia New Year, New Protests: Dashnaks organize rally to protest Armenian-Turkish protocols More Bloody Anniversary: Baku pogroms 20 years ago January 13 Crowning Conviction: Armenian court legitimizes Pashinyan’s cause Repeat Performance: Second human rights organization criticizes Armenia’s behavior Help: Armenian rescue unit awaits deployment to Haiti Revision?: Azeri efforts aimed at casting “Khojalu issue” as act of genocide Armenia-Turkey Non-Relations: Erdogan points finger at Minsk Group partners Help for Home Buying?: Will mortgage scheme yield benefits or merely a pr campaign Facebook Engagement: Hostel sees benefits of social networks in promoting budget travel in Armenia Olympics: Four athletes to represent Armenia in Vancouver Analysis: In thaw with Turkey, Russia maintains alliance with Armenia More 105 Years of Memory: Armenian-Turkish relations through the eyes of Genocide survivor U.S. Intelligence Official: Fighting could flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan Freedom House 2010: Human rights 2009 worsened in Armenia My soup is like a red, red rose...?: Rosehip soup Analysis: Sunday’s vote was Groundhog Day for Armenian politics Facebook Engagement: Hostel sees benefits of social networks in promoting budget travel in Armenia Clinton Guest List “Lopsided”?: ANCA says so Bloody Anniversary: Baku pogroms 20 years ago January 13 From city to countryside, from casinos to tourism: Experts and officials argue on gambling law World Chess Championship: Bright victories (including latest over USA) and disappointing defeats for Team Armenia More
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Tax Amendments: New package debated by Deputies

President Sargsyan will pay a three-day working visit to UK

Karabakh in Munich: Moscow sees progress in Armenian-Azeri talks

HR252: U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee schedules panel vote on Armenian Genocide resolution

PACE Delegates “outraged”: March 1, 2008 was coup d’ etat according to draft resolution

Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble”

One Night, Three Seasons: Rain, wind and, finally, snow for Yerevan and beyond

LA Times Editorial: Armenia-Turkey relations will worsen if “truce” not “rescued”

Baghdad in Ararat: Iraqi-Armenian refugees face difficulties adapting to the “homeland”

Television Cleanup?: Regulator calls for cleanup of content on prime time TV

Two men on the road (to say nothing of the dog).

Return of the Willful Winter?

It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Orange Dreams

Want Winter? Go to Tsakhkadzor

Mama Makes It Better