Press digest

12:48 • 18.05.13

Haykakan Zhamanak: Armenia gives up new nuke plant plan?

That’s especially interesting in the light of President Serzh Sargsyan’s 2008 statement that “Armenia is beginning the construction ...

 

11:15 • 18.05.13

Zhoghovurd: Circle around Karabakh conflict getting tight

“It isn’t known yet what losses Armenia will suffer as a result of such agreements, but that we will be deprived at least some of the liberated lands ...

 

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Armenia

Human life is not worth anything for Armenia’s authorities – Tigran Khzmalyan
“The incident that took place in the army is not an extraordinary thing, the extraordinary thing is that the parent does not keep silence and goes to demand justice with the corpse of his son...

Nationalize gas pipe or create alternative – opinions on gas tariff growth
Former PM Hrant Bagratyan voiced doubt that Armenia can make sovereign decision over getting gas from Iran. He also claimed that if Russia raises gas tariff by $90, ArmRusGasProm adds $110 on it...

Region

Iran hangs two men for spying for Israel and US
Kourosh Ahmadi was convicted of providing intelligence to the CIA, Tehran's prosecutor's office said...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Moscow in June
"Russia will host a forum of gas exporting countries on July 1-2, and the Iranian president has been invited, and so we are expecting his ...

World

Syria army 'storms' rebel town Qusair
Syrian government forces have surrounded the rebel stronghold of Qusair and are storming it from several directions, says Syrian state TV...

Conference on Syria settlement to take place ‘very soon’ – UN Chief
After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place “very soon,” possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General...

Business

EBRD awards Armenia’s most active issuing bank
The honorable award, which adds to the numerous prizes from different international organizations and authoritative banks, is yet another evidence of Ameriabank's ...

Europe car sales break losing steak
Registrations rose 1.8% to 1.08 million in April, compared with a year ago. The last rise was in September 2011 ...

Event

China Premier Li Keqiang in India for first foreign trip
Border tensions and trade ties are expected to be among the issues discussed by the two men. The neighbours are the world's two most populous countries...

Bako Sahakyan attends Berdzor liberation events
In his speech, Bako Sahakyan described the liberation of Berdzor as an important military, political and psychological victory that helped put an end to the 70 years of blockade. He said ...

Science/tech

Asteroid nine times the size of the QE2 to pass Earth
Luckily, the giant space rock will get no closer than 3.6 million miles, or 15 times the distance between the Earth and the moon, The Telegraph reports...

Meteor slams into moon causing explosion
About 300 lunar impacts have been logged over the years but this latest impact, from March 17, is considered much ...

Culture

John Lennon's guitar sells for $408,000
After playing the guitar, Lennon gave it as a 25th birthday present to Alexis "Magic Alex" Mardas, a member of The Beatles' inner circle in the 1960s...

Russian cult film director Alexei Balabanov dies
Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose gritty crime films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, has died at the age of 54...

Sports

David Beckham: Tearful midfielder signs off with win in Paris
Paris St-Germain's game against Brest was briefly halted as Beckham, captain for the night, was substituted after 81 minutes, his team-mates congregating in the middle of the pitch to applaud him...

Valencia heads to 4th round of Spain’s Champions League
Real Sociedad can reclaim its hold on fourth place with a win at Sevilla later ...

Lifestyle

Beyonce ‘expecting second child’
Suspicions were first sparked by the careful camouflage of the Givenchy gown the singer, 31, wore to attend the Met Ball in New York ...

Malmo hosts Eurovision 2013; Armenian band performs at No. 12
The Armenian rock band Dorians, with its song Lonely Planet will be the 12th to go on stage. The band qualified for the final round ...