Armenia

16:50 • 11.11.12

Armenia’s president visits exhibition of Ara Guler’s photos

The exhibition has been dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Istanbul-based Jamanak paper, president’s press office reported...

 

13:51 • 11.11.12

Dramaturge Karine Khodikyan to attend opposition bloc’s rally to hear their clear position

“I will be there first of all because it is my principle. If you are a writer and do not know what is going on around you, especially in a sector that is not being covered by media and is even...

 

12:45 • 11.11.12

Government to provide 1 million AMD for third, fourth children from 2014, Social Affairs Minister says

Minister Asatryan reminded that for third and the next child a family gets 400 000 drams, for the first and the second 50,000...

 

11:10 • 11.11.12

Government proposes to lift licenses for small thermo power plants' operation

Prosperous Armenia party MP Michael Melkumyan said they should not get license by Public Services Regulatory Commission and have a wider specter of free activity...

 

10:25 • 11.11.12

Prosperous Armenia to convene faction’s sitting to decide over number of issues

“We will naturally express our position through our voting and it will be clear and obvious for all what attitude we have in connection with these issues,” faction’s secretary said...

 

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Region

No Iranian armed forces, military advisors in Syria: Iran UN envoy
“Despite the unfounded allegations, no Iranian military forces or advisors are present in Syria, but, unfortunately, certain regional countries are interfering in Syria’s internal affairs...

Azerbaijan plans purchase of Ukrainian radars
The Ukrainian representatives have offered Azerbaijan the updated version of the radars ...

Press digest

Zhoghovurd: Armavia fails to pay salaries to pilots, engineers and air stewards for seven months
The paper says the remarkable thing though is not that the company has not paid its more significant employees but it has cheated the Republic of Armenia...

Hraparak: Gagik Tsarukyan, Robert Kocharyan discussed PAP status?
Citing its sources from the Prosperous Armenia party, the paper says a serious conversation took place between the PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan and Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan over...

World

Syria conflict: Qusair in heavy bombardment by army
The army, which began an offensive to recapture Qusair last Sunday, says it has now launched a three-pronged attack on the rebel-held town...

'Mafia martyr' Don Giuseppe Puglisi beatified in Sicily
More than 50,000 people have attended the beatification of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993...

Business

Job fair conducted for graduates of Armenia’s State University of Economics
Some fifty employers have presented their vacancies and projects to the graduates who have opportunity to contact with employers directly...

China seals first free-trade deal with Switzerland
Bilateral trade between the two countries is worth $26bn through imports and exports of watches, medicines, textiles and dairy products...

Event

Dozens of pensioners and children rescued from tourist boat which sank after hitting rocks during sight-seeing trip
A massive rescue operation was launched by coastguards with five smaller vessels - including its sister boat the Dale Princess - also joining in...

Hail damages gardens in Lori province
Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry reports that fruit and vegetable gardens and fields of Agarak, Amrak and Lejan villages of Armenia’s province of Lori have been damaged...

Science/tech

Why developing more brain cells can means we forget the early days of our childhood
Now a pair of scientists believe they have worked out why the phenomenon, christened infantile amnesia by Sigmund Freud, exists – and why we’ll never get those memories back...

Some statins linked to higher diabetes risks
"We found that patients treated with atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, or simvastatin were at increased risk of new onset diabetes compared with ...

Culture

Nagorno Karabakh president attends opening of archaeological exhibition
Karabakh President considered important the carrying out archaeological excavations in Karabakh on a high professional level...

Dorians to give open air concert in Yerevan
“After returning from Eurovision song contest we were thinking about open air concert through which we want to thank all those who sincerely supported us...

Sports

Wayne Rooney: Man Utd confident forward will stay - David Gill
"I'm confident he'll be there next season. He's a great player, it's a great club and the club doesn't want to lose its star players," said Gill...

Andranik Matikozyan wins Metropolitan Chess Tournament
IM Andranik Matikozyan (Armenia) scored 7.5 points out of 10 and solely took the first prize at the 27th Metropolitan Chess Tournament that was held in Los Angeles, USA…

Lifestyle

Turkmen capital hits Guinness Book of Records
The certificate names Ashgabat as the most white-marble city in the world for its 543 new buildings lined with white marble covering the total area of 4.5 million square meters...

Chinese vase kept in a battered cardboard box sells for £120,000
The man, aged in his 80s, had inherited the 11in moonflask vase from a relative many years ago and thought it was of little value because of the damage it had suffered...