Armenia

Lavrov-Mammadyarov meeting ‘does not promt anything’ – military expert

Jamalyan stressed there is no need to worry about Sergei Lavrov’s statement about the change of the status-quo in Karabakh issue...

Armenia

Lawyers to declare strike against Court of Cassation

They complain of the court’s principles guided by which they decide either to take or refuse the cases. The lawyers claim the Court’s decision is always ‘unpredictable...’

Armenia

Army’s issues should be solved without interferences – Armed Forces spiritual leader

“It is a big institution and flaws are possible. The less interferences the better. The leader of our army is very sensible person he knows the army management mechanisms very well,” he said...

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...

Culture

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...

Armenia

58% of public opinion poll respondents say they will leave Armenia in case of gas prices rise

Fifty-six (16.4%) respondents said they will use less gas, 41 (12%) said they will use alternative resources and 45 (13.2%) said they will take to the streets for protest...’

Event

Sweden riots spread beyond Stockholm despite extra police

Cars were set alight in poor suburbs inhabited largely by immigrants, although the unrest was reportedly not as serious as on previous nights...

Event

Pakistan school bus gas blast kills 17 children

At least seven more children were taken to hospital after the blast, which caused the bus to catch fire. The incident took place on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat...

Armenia

Armenian MPs comment on European experts’ pro-Azerbaijani position at Tallin hearing on frozen conflicts

“She spoke of the need to think of not only changing the OSCE Minsk Group’s mandate, but also the fundamental principles that have proved viable…”

Armenia

Armenian MP raises issue of agricultural insurance

Armenia’s Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan said that agricultural insurance is most expensive, and no insurance company is ready to practice it…

Armenia

Armenian opposition rep urges ArmRusgasprom to be reasonable

“Is ArmRusgasprom well aware of the fact that, because of their plans, the number of poor and hungry children will increase in Armenia…”

Armenia

Armenian FM receives OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs

The Armenian FM drew the co-chairs’ attention to Azerbaijan’s repeatedly statements distorting the essence of the negotiation process, which impedes progress in the peace process…

Armenia

Pre-parliament activist says cooperation with Heritage leader possible

“After February 18, we submitted our proposal to Raffi Hovhannisyan - both in public and in writing. But the project was unfortunately ignored, and it was not brought ...

Culture

Golden Apricot 10th jubilee international film festival to take place in Armenia, July 7 to 14

"The festival has received around 1200 applications from 94 countries (to compare, in 2012 the number of applying countries was 67), which is an evidence that the interest in the world toward the..."

Armenia

Armenia worsened relations with strategic ally – Ashot Manucharyan

“Russia sees most Armenians view it as their friend, while the select few do not. Russia will try to make the people do away with the select few. On the other hand, Armenia is paving the way for..."

Armenia

Armenia’s government presents gas price rise as ‘great achievement’ – opposition MP

“From now on, Armenian consumers will pay 156 drams for a cubic meter, with the government to add 37 drams more. So the retail gas price will be raised from 132 up to 193 drams…”

Region

Armenian churches in Turkey turn into ruins

Binguli’s historic establishments are being eliminated one by one. Hundreds of buildings of the region have remained alone against nature disasters and robbers...

Event

Russia’s Sakhalin region rattled by 8.2 quake, Moscow hit by aftershocks

Russian authorities have lifted a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin region and Kuril Islands following a strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Sea of Okhotsk...

Armenia

Armenian school-leavers preparing for 'Last Bell'

The graduates in the second largest city of Gyumri have this to restrict this year's celebrations to the school’s territory. Arpine Arakchyan, who is the principal of ...

World

N.Korea ‘willing’ to resume Denuclearization talks

“Choe said the DPRK side is willing to accept advice from the Chinese side and carry out dialogue with relevant parties ...

Business

Balkan countries agree to build two new pipelines for getting gas from Azerbaijan

The governments of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia have signed a memorandum on construction of two pipelines - Trans Adriatic Pipeline and Ionian Adriatic Pipeline...

Armenia

Iranian gas pipeline offers no alternative, says energy minister

“With Russia dominating the north and Iran supplying gas to Turkey, Armenia could not become a transit country

Event

Woman in Armenia’s Vanadzor attempts self-immolation

A Vanadzor resident, who preferred to remain unidentified, told our correspondent that the threat of self-immolation was detected after the woman was hospitalized ...

Armenia

Armenian rescuers conduct test flights at 800m altitude (video)

After two-day theoretical trainings, conducted by MoD specialists, 19 paratroopers acquired skills in managing parachutes by using ...

Armenia

Ex deputy head of Nubarashen penitentiary arrested for bribery

The investigation revealed that during the period from February 2012 till December he demanded from inmate Artak Hakobyan and his wife $14,000 for early release...

Armenia

Russian ambassador hands over credentials
Sargsyan also voiced hope that Volinkin will exert all his efforts toward reinforcement of Armenian-Russian high level political relations and expansion of partnership...

Purposefulness of joining the anti-hail stations of Aragatsotn province to the general system discussed
Gevorgyan wrapped up his visit by conducting a consultation in the Aragatsotn Governor’s office where he discussed the purposefulness of joining the anti-hail stations of the province to the...

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

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...

News Corp to split in two on 28 June
Its board approved the separation into two firms, which will both be headed by the current chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch...

Event

'Black widow' bomber attacks Russia police
Eleven people, including five policemen, were wounded in the attack in the provincial capital Makhachkala, the interior ministry said...

France to begin first stage of Mali military withdrawal
A convoy of 80 lorries will leave a French base outside the capital, Bamako, and drive south to Ivory Coast. France began withdrawing some of its 4,000 troops from the country in April...

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...

Montserrat Caballé’s Yerevan concert not cancelled, says orchestra head
It comes after reports in the international media said the singer has cancelled several concert tours on account of ...

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

Female Viagra due on market ‘within three years’
The drug is said to 'increase sexual motivation and physiological sexual response, such as blood flow to the genitals and lubrication ...

Microsoft mocks Apple in New Ad (video)
The new ad for Windows 8 is called “Less talking, more doing” and it makes fun of Siri, who is rendered useless ...