21:13 • 29.04.12

Suicide in Yerevan; man throws himself off building roof

As Photo reporter Gagik Shamshyan told Tert.am, the incident occurred at around 5:00 pm on Saturday. A police task force arrived on the scene ...

 

20:51 • 29.04.12

Serzh Sargsyan: Gyumri residents again full of optimism

“I am sure that you will come through this test with flying colors. We consider the existing dissatisfaction an incentive to progress. We will work for the kind of Armenia where everyone has a job ...

 

20:07 • 29.04.12

Grenade attack in Kenyan capital kills 15

Nairobi’s deputy police chief, Moses Ombati, said the grenade exploded at God’s House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi. Doctors at Nairobi’s Kenyatta Hospital said they had treated ...

 

19:47 • 29.04.12

Armenian FM meets Iranian counterpart

“In the past 20 years since Armenia’s independence, our countries have maintained friendly ties, and it is now time to expand ...

 

19:21 • 29.04.12

Shirak FC wins Armenian Cup (videos, photos)

The success paves the Gyumri-based football club’s way to the European League. The only goal was scored by

 

18:45 • 29.04.12

Mashtots Park activists freed

Three of them – Gor Hakobyan, Karen Harutyunyan and Arman Yaralyan – immediately returned to the park to continue the protest,

 

18:14 • 29.04.12

Tavush mourns servicemen’s death

“Azerbaijan won’t put up with the idea of defeat, and this shocking scene – the dead bodies of our fellows – is the result of their foul policies and ...

 

17:16 • 29.04.12

Kim Kardashian to become sitcom star

“Kim wants to move beyond reality TV and become a comedy actress ... She really wants to be the next Sofia Vergara ...

 

17:04 • 29.04.12

Iran ready to deal with Karabakh peace talks

“We pursue our interests in the region; hence we seek for peace in the South Caucasus ...

 

16:43 • 29.04.12

Serzh Sargsyan: Turkey has no role in Karabakh settlement

“We keep demanding justice and compensation and do not admit Turkey’s boastful and arrogant policies. Turkey has nothing to do with Artsakh; we have called upon ...

 

16:12 • 29.04.12

Ex deputy minister on enemy suppression policies

“There is an opinion that this is not the path way to follow as the Foreign Ministry has to be responsible for ...

 

15:38 • 29.04.12

7 activists taken to police from Mashtots Park (videos)

Speaking to Tert.am, Deputy Chief of Yerevan Police Ruben Melkonyan refrained from commenting on the reasons ...

 

14:45 • 29.04.12

April 29 International Dance Day

Every year, an outstanding choreographer or dancer is invited to deliver a message which is circulated throughout the world. The personality is selected by the founding entity ...

 

14:35 • 29.04.12

Healthy food lowers diabetes risk

Researchers say the findings should give people yet more incentive to eat the way our mothers always told us. The study of over 3,700 UK adults found that those who downed the most servings ...

 

14:21 • 29.04.12

Turkish commander accused of perjury

The commander of Sevak Shahin Balikci, the Turkish-Armenian soldier who was gunned during service last year, is found to have given false testimony. Sadrettin Ersoz has alleged that the crime ...

 

13:55 • 29.04.12

500 injured in Egypt factory fire

Most of those injured suffered respiratory problems from the smoke or broken bones due to the stampede of workers as they tried to evacuate the building. Ambulances transported the wounded ...

 

13:42 • 29.04.12

Police clash with protesters in Yerevan park (video)

After the first clash, the team to broke into the park, but the police managed to push them aside. A group of young protesters is expressing solidarity with the team ...

 

12:51 • 29.04.12

President: The Republican has worked honestly

“We replace import with local products wherever possible. One of our goals is to transform our economy. We do not have oil and natural gas, but we are rich in human resources and ...

 

12:03 • 29.04.12

Blast outside Istanbul police department

The territory was temporary closed to traffic. The blast drove the population in the district to anxiety. No survivors

 

11:39 • 29.04.12

Saudi Arabia allows Bin Laden family into kingdom

"Travel arrangements of Osama bin Laden's family were facilitated based on the request of Bin Laden's family in Saudi Arabia ...

 

11:18 • 29.04.12

YSLU Student Council ‘tries to stop’ petition (video)

“Today - April 28, two members of the student council tried to seize the petition from a female student and invited her to the Dean’s Office to say that the dean ...

 

10:46 • 29.04.12

Women reps of Turkey’s ruling party urge no ban on headscarves

The demand to freely wear headscarves and other “religious and political symbols” encompasses all areas of the public realm, including deputies in Parliament, but excluding the judiciary ...

 

10:30 • 29.04.12

South Sudan agrees to China loan

A government spokesman said funds would be used to build roads, bridges and telecom networks, and to develop agriculture and ...

 

10:23 • 29.04.12

Defected Cuban actors reappear

Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua emerged from hiding a week after they had gone missing at Miami airport during a stop-over on the way to a film festival ...

 

10:16 • 29.04.12

Sarkozy snaps at Strauss Kahn

Sarkozy told reporters Strauss-Kahn should keep quiet and "spare the French his remarks ...

 

10:02 • 29.04.12

Lebanon holds Syria arms ship

Milos Strugar, a spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) which assists Lebanon in preventing illegal arms entering the country, has reportedly that it was bound for ...

 

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

Turks face challenge to recognize Genocide
“We do not have only Turks and Kurds residing in this country; we have also Armenians. And we all owe to the 1915 victims. We ought ...

Top EU-Turkey meeting seeks grounds for salvaging ties
“What we expect is to have at least Chapter 22, which is on regional policy and coordination of structural instruments, opened in the near term ...

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

Two rockets hit southern Beirut
On Saturday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised his supporters they would prevail in Syria, where they are backing ...

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...

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

1 killed, 13 injured as bus turns over on Armenia's border highway
The incident was reported to the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 8:42 am local time. The crash occurred after the driver ...

Over 20 killed after India ambush
"The total number of dead now stands at 23. We can also confirm that 32 people are wounded, most of them seriously ...

Science/tech

Nextdoor launches first social network app for neighbors
The launch comes amidst an apparently strong period of growth for the San Francisco-based Nextdoor. In an interview this week, CEO Nirav Tolia said that Nextdoor now has private networks ...

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...

Culture

Cambodia genocide film wins Cannes prize
"This selection was ferociously non-sentimental but poetic nonetheless. It was political, highly original, sometimes disturbing, varied, but above all ...

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

Sports

Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Bayern Munich
Dortmund was the superior side during a captivating yet goalless first half, forcing Manual Neuer into a succession of saves ...

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...

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...