22:30 • 09.08.12

Nepal women banned from Middle East over exploitation

Every day, an estimated 1,000 people leave Nepal for the Middle East for jobs as housemaids. It is estimated that there are as many as 200,000 Nepalese women working there unofficially...

 

22:13 • 09.08.12

Syrian-Armenian children to return to Syria on August 23

“Today we have implemented the first phase of the program which is being carried out within the framework of private sector-state cooperation. The children will stay in Armenia for 14 days...

 

21:25 • 09.08.12

Protest rally held against Chief Investigative Department’s activities (photos)

The investigation of the case was completed on Wednesday and has been sent to the parties for getting familiarized. Afterwards, it will be sent to court...

 

20:20 • 09.08.12

Burning garbage in Masis dump damages resident’s health (video)

In the letter the residents note that everyday garbage is being brought from Yerevan to Masis which is being burnt and the smoke caused as a result of it damages the residents’ health...

 

19:24 • 09.08.12

Akhaltskha breaks deadlock, Georgia’s president says

Akhaltskha breaks the deadlock and returns its function of being a center, Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili said during his visit to Akhaltskha...

 

18:28 • 09.08.12

Syrian-Armenian children arrive in Armenia

The first group of children has arrived in Yerevan today. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at a cabinet sitting today that the government will send another two planes to Syria...

 

17:43 • 09.08.12

Young murderers of ethnic Armenian to spend their life in jail

A man called the police on July 14 reporting that four people were beating one. Before the police arrived on site the 21-year-old Nalbandian was stabbed to death...

 

17:13 • 09.08.12

Iran to open new port in Caspian Sea

The new port will have 3.5 million tons of cargo bandwidth but initially it will accept and deliver 2.5 million tons of cargo...

 

16:34 • 09.08.12

Armenia’s criminal code to be amended

The draft is aimed at reinforcing criminal-judicial guarantees of human rights protection, balancing public and private interests, increase the role of courts and make criminal trial...

 

16:25 • 09.08.12

Honey and Berries Festival to be held in Armenia’s Tavush

Honeys, berries, beverages, as well as carpets and tapestries will be displayed at the festival…

 

15:54 • 09.08.12

Syria's Assad names new prime minister after defection

Halki, born in 1964, is from the southern province of Deraa where the uprising against four decades of Assad family rule erupted. He replaces caretaker premier Omar Ghalawanji...

 

15:47 • 09.08.12

Armenian government to send 100 veterans for summer rest

“Sending our veterans for summer rest with the state means has become a beautiful tradition,” Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said...

 

15:31 • 09.08.12

Georgia left without power

Almost all Georgia’s regions have remained without electricity, including capital Tbilisi. An official from the sphere said the causes of the accident are being clarified...

 

15:05 • 09.08.12

Come Home 2012 program’s 6th round to be wrapped up

Within the framework of the 6th round of the program 160 young people arrived in Armenia from France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus...

 

14:50 • 09.08.12

Armenia’s defense minister visits north-eastern frontline

Minister Ohanyan visited the borderline positions and inspected the defensive and engineering structures…

 

14:49 • 09.08.12

Murdered soldiers’ mothers have skirmish with police

They pushed Gohar Oghajanyan, mother of one of the murdered soldiers, Suren Ohajanyan…

 

14:31 • 09.08.12

Prosperous Armenia party to back Abovian incumbent mayor in elections

The mayoral elections in Abovian are slated for September 23...

 

14:29 • 09.08.12

Armenian children from Syria to rest in Armenia

At its last meeting, the Armenian government decided to allocate necessary funds from the state budget…

 

13:29 • 09.08.12

Armenia to open embassy in Indonesia

Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian held a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa…

 

12:27 • 09.08.12

Yerevan mayor chairs environmental commission’s meeting

Environmental Commission Chairwoman Karine Danielyan expressed gratitude for the opportunity to discuss urban development projects…

 

11:30 • 09.08.12

Turkish government to restore Carpanak church

The restoration work has got under way at the Carpanak church, which operated until 1915…

 

10:32 • 09.08.12

Hraparak: Prosperous Armenia leader’s son-in-law ‘bad worker’

Abovyan residents are joking that they would not recognize their mayor if they saw his picture…

 

10:17 • 09.08.12

Zhoghovurd: Armenia’s ex-president purchases islet in Cyprus?

The newspaper turned to Victor Soghomonyan, head of the ex-president’s office...

 

10:03 • 09.08.12

Zhoghovurd: Vahe Avetyan’s death hard on Ruben Hairapetyan

“Blood is upon my children, my family is being cursed. I would never wish anyone to feel what I am feeling now.”

 

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh MP hails co-chairing states’ interest in conflict settlement
In an address issued today, Karen Mirzoyan says that the statement reiterates the Minsk Group co-chairing countries’ resoluteness ...

Armenian MP links offshore scandal to country’s narrow borders
“On the other hand, it has become a habit with us to make a mountain out of a molehill upon hearing a rumor and putting ourselves in the shoes of a judge, trying ...

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

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 ...

US House Republicans pass abortion-limits bill
The Republican leadership pressed ahead with the abortion bill after the case of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor who was recently sentenced ...

Business

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 ...

Three Armenian airlines: positive and negative aspects
“With a total number of passengers being 2 million, one million should be considered as international air carriers’ clients. The rest divided by three, each national air carrier will serve 300,000..."

Event

World refugees' number tops 7 million
"These truly are alarming numbers. They reflect individual suffering on a huge scale and they reflect the difficulties of the international community in preventing ...

Earthquake on Armenian-Georgian border
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Armenian-Georgian border, 9 km north-east of Dmanisi, at 6:47 local time…

Science/tech

'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 ...

Gagarin air crash details emerge
"My guess would be that one of the reasons for covering up the truth was to hide the fact that there was such a lapse so close to Moscow ...

Culture

Jennifer Lopez starring in Chilean miner film
Mike Medavoy is producing the drama, based on the true story of the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued after being trapped for 69 days in 2010 ...

Bruce Lee statue unveiled in LA Chinatown
“Seeing it there in its permanent spot with the night sky of Chinatown ... it really struck me ...

Sports

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 ...

Dinamo vs. Shirak: Georgian fans assault Armenian sportsmen after home match
The Georgian fans were active during the match, showing active support to their players. And it didn’t demonstrate an undisciplined conduct. But a minute after the match, 80 Georgian fans ...

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 ...