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Culture 09:11 • 25.10.19 Leonardo da Vinci exhibition opening in Louvre The Louvre museum in Paris, home to Leonardo's Mona Lisa, opens its doors on Thursday to a display of more than 160 Renaissance-era paintings ...
Law 18:34 • 24.10.19 Former Armenian parliament speaker ‘summoned to interrogation’ The Special Investigative Service instituted a criminal case against Ara Babloyan on Tuesday, suspecting him of ‟usurpation of power″. Also Arsen Babayan, a former deputy chief ...
Event 17:42 • 24.10.19 Tigran Avinyan meets with Georgian foreign minister in Tbilisi Greeting the Armenian official, David Zalkaliani thanked the Armenian side for ensuring a high-level attendance at the Silk Road Conference. Avinyan, for his part ...
Science/tech 17:17 • 24.10.19 Toyota to unveil futuristic designs at 'Mobility Theme Park' At the Toyota convenience store, a futuristic store located at the exit of the mobility society of the future, visitors can exchange points collected on their ...
Law 16:54 • 24.10.19 Arsen Babayan's arrest 'attempt to step up pressure' against Constitutional Court's chairman ‟Though we find arrest inapplicable as a measure of restraint on several grounds – given that the charges were absolutely unfounded, and the court had to fix ...
Economy 15:50 • 24.10.19 Armenian government grants tax privileges to company owned by former tycoon In a move to increase the investment opportunities for SIL-MAAZA LLC, the cabinet, in particular, passed a decision to prolong the company's VAT payment timeframes ...
Economy 14:48 • 24.10.19 Prime minister ‘at loose ends’ over Armenia’s regress in Doing Business report “We have problematic estimates, as Armenia has backslidden [since last year]. I ask for proper explanations,” he said
Event 13:42 • 24.10.19 Pashinyan to attend Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting in Moscow The Government’s press service reports that he will return to Yerevan shortly after the meeting late on Friday.
Law 13:26 • 24.10.19 Yerevan court satisfies motion to jail Arsen Babayan While the hearing was going on, activists of the civic group VETO were pretesting outside the courthouse, calling for urgent measures to release ...
Economy 12:44 • 24.10.19 Armenia ranks 47th on World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report The country's total score on the latest index is 74.5 (compared to the 75.37 in 2018). The neighboring Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran rank respectively ...
Event 12:11 • 24.10.19 Russia to send protest note to Armenia over failed arms procurement tender bid The document, addressed to Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan, cites the lack of justified grounds behind the decision to reject ORSIS's tender bid and blacklisting the company as a ″non-conscientious weapons supplier″ ...
Law 11:18 • 24.10.19 'Persecution vs prosecution ': lawyer slams 'politically motivated' criminal case against ex-parliament official In an interview with Tert.am, Gphar Meloyan called attention also to the immunity clause ″which could have precluded the proceeding‟ over allegations of ‟official forgery″ ...
Press digest 10:24 • 24.10.19 Past: Artsakh opposition ‘consolidating’ ahead of nationwide elections The paper quotes Grigory Sahakyan, a veteran commander of the April War, as announcing his recent decision to create a political party ...
Culture 09:50 • 24.10.19 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' to be rereleased in theaters with extra footage The announcement of the release comes on the heels of Tarantino saying he would not recut the film to appease Chinese censors that were apparently not happy about the portrayal ...
Science/tech 09:45 • 24.10.19 Woman’s breast cancer detected by thermal imaging scan at Edinburgh tourist attraction Bal Gill was visiting the Camera Obscura & World of Illusions with her family in May when she noticed a red heat patch radiating ...
Entertainment 09:40 • 24.10.19 Golden Retriever dog gives birth to green puppy in Germany The 43-year-old from Germany jokingly named the unusual puppy Mojito but immediately took the pup to a vet because she was worried about ...
Politics 09:36 • 24.10.19 Brexit: European leaders expected to grant further delay The French government has privately voiced its concerns about taking the pressure off MPs to vote for the deal, which they believe could be ratified ...
Sports 09:29 • 24.10.19 Iran's first ever female commentator to cover AFC Ajax vs Chelsea live In the third week of the UEFA Champions League, AFC Ajax and Chelsea are slated to will start their match at 20:25 on Wednesday ...
Event 09:13 • 24.10.19 European lawmakers condemn Turkish operation in Syria German MEP Özlem Demirel, herself of Kurdish background, criticized the EU's dithering response , saying "the incursion of the Turkish army should be condemned ...
Politics 20:24 • 23.10.19 'Not the time 'to lackey' new shoulder straps; we may lose our homeland': Ara Saghatelyan spoke about the criminal case against Babloyan and Babayan – Pastinfo.am - First of all I have to say that both Ara Babloyan and Arsen Babayan are honest and decent individuals and involving them in this artificial case must have required very serious problems with reasonableness ...
Event 18:18 • 23.10.19 Catalan city of Sant Hilari Sacalm moves to recognize Armenian Genocide The local Armenian union Ararat had earlier submitted the bid to the municipal authorites, requesting the passage of a measure ...
Event 17:58 • 23.10.19 Joseph Daul: EPP 'concerned over criminal case' against chair of Armenia's Constitutional Court ″EPP is concerned by intimidation and a criminal case against Constitutional Court Chair Tovmasyan. The constitutional order and rule of law ...
Event 17:30 • 23.10.19 Angela Tovmasyan to host TV broadcast on Armnews after attack on her editorial office – Aram Antinyan ″Prioritzing the role of free media in our socio-political life and strongly condemning the pressures targeting Angela Tovmasyan and her media outlet
Law 16:43 • 23.10.19 Investigative Committee 'arresting relative of Hrayr Tovmasyan's godson' After launching a criminal case against Norayr Pasnosyan, the former chief of the legitimacy oversight inspectorate at the Ministry of Justice, the Investigative Committee is now arresting ...
Law 16:09 • 23.10.19 'No element of jurisprudence' in processes around Constitutional Court – lawyer In comments to Tert.am, Mihran Poghosyan condemned the recently filed criminal cases as a message to the entire judicial system, considering the arrest of Arsen Babayan ...
Sports 15:21 • 23.10.19 Belgian Paralympian dies aged 40 through euthanasia Vervoort, a Paralympic gold medalist at London 2012, lived with a degenerative spinal condition that caused her constant pain and made sleeping ...
Economy 14:26 • 23.10.19 Armenia-ADB cooperation projects discussed in Tbilisi On the sidelines of the Silk Road Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan met with Vice President of the Asian Development Bank Shixin Chen ...
Economy 13:59 • 23.10.19 Johnson & Johnson CEO testifies Baby Powder was safe 13 days before FDA bombshell “We unequivocally believe that our talc and our baby powder does not contain asbestos,” Gorsky testified in an October 3 deposition in a case involving ...
Event 13:30 • 23.10.19 OSCE Mission conducts monitoring on Artsakh-Azerbaijan border From the positions of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistants to the Personal Representative ...
Politics 13:17 • 23.10.19 Ex-chief of Armenia's Constitutional Court dismisses pressure to step down - Azatutyun.am The former president of Armenia’s Constitutional Court has commented on recently released reports on his resignation from office, dismissing the repeated allegations that he was ″forced to step down″