21:07 • 16.06.12

UEFA charges Croatia with racism

UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body is to announce its decision on Tuesday over what the organisation said was "the setting-off and throwing of fireworks, and the improper conduct of supporters ...

 

20:43 • 16.06.12

Armenian FM extends greetings to Queen Elizabeth (photos)

The event was attended by several politicians, representatives of diplomatic missions and journalists. Norayr Margaryan, an Armenian citizen who had the honor to greet ...

 

20:05 • 16.06.12

Kardashian loves ‘older man’

"Before, all my boyfriends were younger. I always dated 5 years younger ...

 

19:37 • 16.06.12

PAP leader meets Oskanyan amid tensions over Civilitas

“The PAP leader highly appreciates the Civilitas Foundation’s role in promoting democratic values and diversity of opinions ...

 

19:08 • 16.06.12

Rule of Law rep. says things go smoothly inside party

“I simply smile it away. The things here are calm and peaceful. The faction has been already formed, and it has been decided who is joining ...

 

18:28 • 16.06.12

Armenia 53rd in Happy Planet Index 2012

It is noteworthy that Armenia this year tops such countries as the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Canada and ...

 

18:07 • 16.06.12

US military attaché completes mission in Armenia

In this connection, a deputy minister of defense, David Tonoyan, received the US official earlier on Saturday to thank him for his effective work in Armenia ...

 

17:52 • 16.06.12

UN suspends mission in Syria

“The lack of willingness by the parties to seek a peaceful transition, and the push towards advancing military positions is increasing the losses on both sides ...

 

17:44 • 16.06.12

Gyumri to host apartment lottery for 528 families

The ceremony is being held as part of the city’s urban development program aimed at allocating houses to the families left homeless after the 1988 disastrous earthquake.

 

17:08 • 16.06.12

US tightrope walker completes walk across Niagara Falls (video)

A man from a celebrated family of professional daredevils has completed a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls in a televised stunt ...

 

16:51 • 16.06.12

Five Armenians charged with ID theft in Los Angeles

Police said they believe the men were selling the re-encoded cards for about $2,500 to truck drivers, who would then use them to buy gas. Detectives did not obtain enough evidence ...

 

16:37 • 16.06.12

Armenian cabinet to meet on June 18

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is expected to introduce to the cabinet members the newly appointed ministers of transport and communication, urban development, labor and social issues ...

 

16:19 • 16.06.12

Damascus suburbs shelled

In a statement, the Observatory said more than 1,000 families, including women and children, were trapped in embattled districts amid worsening humanitarian conditions and called for ...

 

15:48 • 16.06.12

Armenian president appoints cabinet members

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree to approve the executive’s staff. According to the Government’s press office, the president appointed the ministers in accordance with ...

 

15:01 • 16.06.12

Georgian court reduces Ivanishvili’s fine

The Chamber of Control took the financier to court accused of illegal usage of his companies for political goals. Specifically, one instance of distributing satellites to the population for free ...

 

14:49 • 16.06.12

Armenian FM to meet Azeri counterpart in Paris

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be a key issue on the agenda. In the course of her recent visited Baku, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the parties will be offered ...

 

14:25 • 16.06.12

WB appoints new regional director for South Caucasus

"We will work on development of the banking system in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia ...

 

14:12 • 16.06.12

Big flow of observers due in Karabakh ahead of polls - spokesperson

“The flow of international observers is commonly very big on those days, so we probably have to wait for them after July 15 ...

 

13:31 • 16.06.12

Forbes unveils list of world’s highest paid models

“There was a time where the odd beauty was in style, and that created a backlash for a time when advertisers couldn’t use those girls ...

 

13:03 • 16.06.12

Irish model offers no solution to Karabakh conflict – politician

“If my analysis is not right, I am hopeful the OSCE chairperson-in-office will have something new to say. Or probably, there is a plan related to Northern Ireland, which they haven’t unveiled ....

 

11:56 • 16.06.12

Book on Armenian Genocide published in Krasnodar

The author provides an objective characteristics of the tragic events, beginning his recount with the late 19th century massacres and ...

 

11:29 • 16.06.12

US house rep. accepts money gifts from Turkish Coalition in 2011

Last summer, the House ethics committee found that Schmidt had accepted an improper gift from the Turkish Coalition. Although the panel found that she didn’t know the coalition was paying her ...

 

11:15 • 16.06.12

China to send first woman astronaut to space

China is about to launch its fourth manned space mission. It is sending a crew of three, including the nation's first female astronaut, to the orbiting Tiangong space lab, BBC News...

 

11:02 • 16.06.12

Hraparak: Armenian Mormons to meet on June 17

The event is becoming particularly interesting against the backdrop of John Huntsman’s donations and the developments around ex-foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan ...

 

10:49 • 16.06.12

Haykakan Zhamanak: 69,000 air passengers left Armenia permanently this year

Comparing this year’s emigration records with the same period of 2011, the paper adds that the number of those people has grown by 5,000 or 8%. In January-April 2012, around 50,000 ...

 

10:19 • 16.06.12

Japanese PM orders reactor start

Reactors at the Ohi plant in central Fukui prefecture will be switched on in three weeks. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has urged support for the move, saying Japan faces a summer of power ...

 

10:10 • 16.06.12

Egypt to elect new president

"This series of measures shows that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the head of the counter-revolution, is adamant to bring back the old regime and the presidential elections are merely ...

 

Armenia

Armenia’s prosecutor general receives Iranian ambassador
The sides agreed to continue cooperation and discussions to sign a draft agreement on cooperation between the Armenian and Iranian Prosecutor General’s Offices…

Nagorno-Karabakh president visits south-east regions
The meeting discussed a number of issues related to strengthening the south-east regions’ defense system, development of agriculture, telecommunications and construction fields, as well as...

Region

Karabakh conflict poses regional threat – Azeri MP
“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a conflict, which Azerbaijan has been forcedly involved in, as in a number of Muslim countries ...

OSCE chair meets Georgian officials
Leonid Kozhara expressed concern over the process of erecting fences along the Administrative Boundary Line with South Ossetia, which creates ...

Press digest

Zhoghovurd: Armenia’s economy ministry spends AMD 0.5m on working dinner with EU officials
According to the paper, the Ministry has managed to organize all that through the Renco Armestate Company, which provided the necessary financial assistance. The paper says it contacted ...

Hraparak: Armenian president spending summer in Germany
While Sargsyan is abroad, his Republican Party of Armenia is said to be absolutely passive. One will not find a single car outside the RPA central headquarters’, and it looks as though

World

Belgium may legalize child Euthanasia
If child euthanasia is legalized in Belgium, the country would become the first in the developed world to have a law on the books allowing the practice, although the Netherlands has since ...

Foreign Policy: 'Lonely' Putin dominates G8 Summit
"It was a general discussion, someone was agreeing and others were arguing. But Russia was never left to defend its approach ...

Business

Facebook has 1 m advertisers who’ll have to wait for video ads
"Marketers can build personal relationships with their customers on the platform, at a scale which has never before been available ...

Azeri state oil venture sets eye on Greek DESFA
“The tender procedure on the privatization of DESFA is over and Socar has started talks with the Greek government ...

Event

Armenian FM to attend BSEC meeting in Ukraine
The country has been a member of the organization since 2001. The Armenian representation is ...

Over 100 reported killed in North India flood
Rain fury today claimed 11 more lives in the north, taking the toll to 73, even as 71,440 pilgrims bound for the Himalayan shrines remained stranded here apart from 1700 people stuck ...

Science/tech

World’s biggest TV goes on sale in Europe
When not in use, it also offers a ‘wallpaper mode’, which Sharp claims “turns the TV into a piece of art or photo frame when in stand-by mode.” The setting displays the image ...

'Hoff' yeti crab hitched on ocean super-highway
"The fact they have spread so quickly in the Southern Ocean is because the ACC provides a high-speed highway ...

Culture

Armenian composer Aram Khachatryan’s music in UNESCO special register
The Armenian bid added to the list of the 299 files maintained in sound records, reports the Foreign Ministry’s press service. The composer’s name will be later included in the list ...

Rare Superman comic book auctioned for $175,000
The high bidder for the copy of Action Comics No. 1 in the online auction was a "hard core, golden age comic book collector," Stephen Fishler ...

Sports

Henrikh Mkhitaryan leaving for London
The Liverpool football club was earlier reported to be interested in the sportsman ...

Armenian midfielder Mkhitaryan owns 50% of his transfer rights
The other 50% belongs to Ruben Hayrapetyan and Oleg Mkrtchyan, the owners of Metallurg and Kuban Football Clubs ...

Lifestyle

I ‘Can't Believe It’, Kim Kardashian says on newborn baby
"We are all good and extremely happy and thrilled for the new baby ...

David Cameron admits working in pyjamas
“I get up pretty early in the morning and I start work before I get dressed ...