http://www.panorama.am/ Armenian news and information portal. en-us editor@panorama.am webmaster@panorama.am PHP RSS Feed Generator Yesterday, in the social networks and media information was spread that by the order of the Chief Executive Ahmed Mukhtarov the portrait of the president was to be renewed in ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/aliyev-schools/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 15:28:00 GMT+4 Society Zhamanak daily writes that Bobruysk plant of tractor parts and units intends to sue former Armenian Deputy Minister of Agriculture, member of Prosperous Armenia Vardan Karapetyan unless he pays for ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/jamanak/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:00 GMT+4 Society A delegation of the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, headed by Minister Karen Mirzoyan, is attending events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Foreign Ministry ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/nkr/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 10:32:00 GMT+4 Society Every year since 1977 International Museum Day is organized worldwide around May 18. This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. The ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/museums/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 10:18:00 GMT+4 Society The BigCaucasus portal published a video survey conducted in Yerevan with the inhabitants of the city in connection with the statement of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The survey ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/bigcaucasus-1/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:20:00 GMT+4 Society One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper al-Ahram reported, according to ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/egypt-clashes/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:17:00 GMT+4 Society Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/iraq-blasts/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:16:00 GMT+4 Society The number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape the civil war has passed 1.5 million, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, according to CNN.  The Syrian conflict ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/un-syria/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT+4 Society A man was arrested Friday at the Cannes Film Festival after firing a gun loaded with blanks during a live television interview, sending an Oscar-winning actor running for cover, CNN ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/cannes-festival-chaos/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:14:00 GMT+4 Society About 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, BBC reported, citing officials.  Some 250 people were on the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/us-train-crash/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:00 GMT+4 Society No precipitation is expected in the most part of the day in the whole territory.  After midday it will be partly cloudy, rain and thunderstorm are expected in the afternoon and ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/weather/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:11:00 GMT+4 Society Afghan MPs are to debate a law to prevent violence against women, amid a fierce argument between leading Afghan women over tactics, according to BBC.  A law banning violence against ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/18/afghanistan-women-rights/ Society Sat, 18 May 2013 09:10:00 GMT+4 Society The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has recently made a rather interesting statement. Kadyrov has declared that the Chechen mercenaries have been involved in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, reads the article ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/bigcaucasus/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:00 GMT+4 Society Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan held a consultation on the construction of a new sports complex in capital Stepanakert. The draft of the complex was presented by the Minister of Urban ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/arcakh/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT+4 Society Up to 700 Europeans are fighting the Assad regime in Syria mainly as militant Islamists, the German government has said, warning that the militants could return as homegrown terrorists and ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/european-jihadists-syria/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:00 GMT+4 Society Although the number of citizens who were protesting the increase in gas price yesterday was not big, it is obvious that a wave of a social riot is rising in ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/hraparak1/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 11:35:00 GMT+4 Society Zhamanak daily writes that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had been invited to attend the consecration ceremony of Surb Hovhannes Church of Abovyan and the opening of the Pharaoh Casino ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/jamanak1/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:00 GMT+4 Society World Information Society Day was proclaimed to be on 17 May by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. The day ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/telecommunication-day/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:00 GMT+4 Society Here, we present an article by Vartan Matiossian, a historian, literary scholar, translator and educator, published in The Armenian Weekly on May 15. The article is presented in abridged ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/medz-yeghern-genocide/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:59:00 GMT+4 Society A school bus carrying severely disabled students home from a trip to the zoo rolled over Thursday on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring a dozen people, including five children, state ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/accident-usa/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT+4 Society Alaskans and air travelers remained on alert Thursday due to the rumblings of a more than 8,000-foot volcano emitting a continuous ash, steam and gas cloud that already extends up ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/alaska-volcano/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:08:00 GMT+4 Society The US has condemned recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying Japan's war-time use of sex slaves as outrageous and offensive, BBC reported.   A US state department spokesman said ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/us-japan-remarks/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:00 GMT+4 Society Nigeria's army has begun operations against militant Islamists in the north-east, BBC reported, citing military officials.  They say troops raided parts of a game reserve in Borno state where the Boko ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/nigeria-boko-haram-raids/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:00 GMT+4 Society Heavy rains and thunderstorm will persist in northern and eastern regions, hail and wind up to 23mps is possible. Transitory rains are possible in the Ararat Valley. The air temperature will go ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/weather/ Society Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT+4 Society Today, at the National Library of Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan met with the leadership and members of the advisory bodies for the Program of Assistance to the Young Scientists ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/serzh-sargsyan-meeting/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 18:48:00 GMT+4 Society Kirk Kerkorian -- the billionaire mogul who once owned the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas and United Artists -- is MIA, in dire shape and needs court protection from those ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/qrq-qrqoryan/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 18:29:00 GMT+4 Society A full collection of the newspaper Azerbaijan, an Inseparable Part of Iran has been published, says an article in Arannews.ir. According to the article, the newspaper, published by Pardis Publishing ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/newspaper-iran/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT+4 Society President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the southern wing of the Kashatagh region and inspected on site implementation of several socioeconomic projects. In the town of Kovsakan, President Sahakyan ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/arcakh-president/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:00 GMT+4 Society Irans Foreign Minister says that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was unimpressed by recent alleged Israeli airstrikes in Damascus and plans to retaliate the next time such a strike takes ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/syria-israel-attack/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 11:43:00 GMT+4 Society Yerevans newly built Imperial Hotel is owned by Secretary of Armenias National Security Council (NSC), leader of Orinats Yerkir Party Arthur Baghdasaryan, Zhoghovurd daily says. However, Orinats Yerkir spokesman Arthur ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/joghovurd1/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 11:27:00 GMT+4 Society Not all members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) attended the opening of PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyans Pharaoh (Paravon) complex and the following banquet, according to Zhoghovurd. Members of ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/joghovurd2/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 10:34:00 GMT+4 Society President Serzh Sargsyan met Wednesday, May 15, with President of the International Union of Judicial Officers Leo Netten who arrived in Armenia to attend events dedicated to the 15th anniversary ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/president-meeting/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT+4 Society The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/un-syria/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:28:00 GMT+4 Society Part of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early Thursday, and police say two bodies have been pulled out of the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/cambodia/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:00 GMT+4 Society Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with blasts in a southern Turkish town that killed about 50 people, CNN reported, citing the semi-official Anadolu news agency. The arrests were tied ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/turkey-blasts-arrests/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:22:00 GMT+4 Society Several people were killed and more than 100 others injured Wednesday night when a possible tornado cut a wide swath through north Texas, CNN reported, citing officials.  Kathy Jividen, a spokeswoman ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/texas-tornado/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:21:00 GMT+4 Society At least 34 people have been killed in series of bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted mainly Shia districts of Baghdad, BBC reported, citing officials. Eleven blasts in the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/iraq-attacks/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:18:00 GMT+4 Society The head of the US tax agency has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Barack Obama has announced, according to BBC.  Treasury Secretary ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/us-tax-chief-resigns/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:16:00 GMT+4 Society Almost in the whole territory heavy rains and thunderstorm are expected from time to time, hail and wind up to 23mps is possible. The air temperature will go down in daytime ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/16/weather/ Society Thu, 16 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT+4 Society Olga Shirokova, a member of Jewish Diaspora in Baku, turned to the Jewish News Agency (JNA) in tears, noting that they were her last hope. JNA says that Mohammed ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/jewish-azeri-tears/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 19:13:00 GMT+4 Society Azerbaijani parliament's approval to extend criminal defamation laws to include Internet speech is a serious setback for press freedom in a country that severely curtails free expression already, the Committee ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/cpj-az/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 18:44:00 GMT+4 Society While Azerbaijan grows rich from energy extracted from beneath the land and sea, quacks and charlatans in the Caspian Basin nation are making hay, Shahin Abbasov writes on EurasiaNet. The author ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/bayramov/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT+4 Society Photos posted online showing three detained opposition activists cleaning toilets and performing other manual work at a prison in Baku have sparked anger in Azerbaijan, RFE/RLs Azerbaijani Service of Europe ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/photo-toilet-azeri/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 17:46:00 GMT+4 Society Yerevan will host the 6th Annual DigiTec Business Forum on June 21-22, Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told todays news conference.  This year, DigiTec ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/arsen-ghazaryan/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 17:33:00 GMT+4 Society A group of Armenian hackers Ananun published on the website Vs.ananun.am a new portion of correspondence of Azerbaijani journalists who are engaged in anti-Armenian propaganda and falsifications. This time it ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/15/ananun/ Society Wed, 15 May 2013 17:14:00 GMT+4 Society