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Press digest 10:16 • 12.04.19 Zhamanak: UN-sponsored donation for Nature Ministry case of ‘latent corruption’? Though the move is reported to part of the UNDP-GCF project aimed at the “De-risking and Scaling-up Investment in Energy Efficient Building Retrofits”, certain experts suspect it to be ...
Science/tech 09:31 • 12.04.19 Israeli probe crashes in attempt to become first privately-funded moon lander “We had a failure of the spacecraft,” said Opher Doron, general manager of the space division at Israel Aerospace Industries, which built ,,,
Culture 09:14 • 12.04.19 Sacred stone steps associated with Jesus Christ's crucifixion uncovered in Rome for first time in 300 years The 28 steps of the Scala Santa, or Holy Staircase, are believed to have been brought from Jerusalem to Rome in the fourth century AD by Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine ...
Politics 18:05 • 11.04.19 PACE 'fails to take proper steps' to ensure democracy strengthening of Artsakh, Nikol Pashinyan says in top European body ''The rather constructive and positive dialogue, which we have initiated with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, is extremely important, of course. Yet, I do not ...
Economy 16:38 • 11.04.19 Ucom offers more channels for lower prices "This special offer is especially for those TV viewers who have thematic preferences and thus can save up to 40% of the total amount they usually ...
Law 15:59 • 11.04.19 'No revolutionary breakthrough in Armenia's judiciary' since last April, prime minister says in Strasbourg ''A revolution has taken place in the political system of Armenia, not in the judiciary. I can assure you of one thing without ...
Sports 15:14 • 11.04.19 Armenia to have central army sports club for soldiers Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan expressed his willingness to arrange to preparatory activities within the shortest possible timeframes to finalize ...
Law 14:44 • 11.04.19 Wikileaks' Julian Assange arrested by London police Assange was wanted by British police for skipping bail in August 2012, while he was under investigation for sexual assault and rape ...
Law 14:25 • 11.04.19 Kocharyan to remain in custody as appelate court rejects motion to release ex-president The Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down the defense team's motion filed on March 15 appealing against the ruling to extend ...
Event 13:47 • 11.04.19 Thorbjørn Jagland: Council of Europe commissioner 'should have the right to visit Nagorno-Karabakh' ''It is unacceptable for the Council of Europe monitoring bodies and the commissioner to be banned from working in grey zones. Nagorno-Karabakh is ...
Event 13:14 • 11.04.19 Nikol Pashinyan, Thorbjørn Jagland sum up private talks in Strasbourg news conference The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and the prime minister's press secretary, Vladimir Karapetyan. A delegation led by Pashinyan ...
Politics 12:45 • 11.04.19 Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to meet in Moscow on April 15 ''We report the date and venue of every meeting, arranged as part of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, based on coordinated procedures. Hence my clarification ...
Economy 12:16 • 11.04.19 Belarus 'interested' in trade-economic cooperation with Armenia Meeting Armenian Ambassador Armen Ghevondyan on Wednesday, Speaker of the Council of Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich called especially for active steps ...
Science/tech 11:39 • 11.04.19 First ever image of black hole revealed Scientists in six cities on three continents simultaneously unveiled the first ever picture of the mysterious phenomenon, with the image generated ...
Event 11:22 • 11.04.19 India holds world's largest ever election Tens of millions of Indians across 20 states and union territories are voting in 91 constituencies. The seven-phase vote to elect a new lower house of parliament ...
Politics 11:14 • 11.04.19 Italy 'reaffirmed commitment' to universal human values, says Armenian ambassador Victoria Baghdasaryan also thanks all the parliamentary political forces for supporting the initiative. The Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament ...
Event 10:36 • 11.04.19 Sudanese president to step down amid protests It was earlier reported that the Sudanese army will make an “important statement soon,” state television and radio announced Thursday ...
Press digest 10:26 • 11.04.19 Zhoghovurd: Armenia’s state debt 'on the decline' The lion’s share, an estimated $6.389 billion, falls to the government's lot, of which as much as $4.943 billion is the foreign debt ...
Event 10:01 • 11.04.19 Prime minister-led delegation in Strasbourg to join PACE Spring Session (video) Upon arrival at the Strasbourg airport, the prime minister was greeted by Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Armenia’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe and ...
Event 09:51 • 11.04.19 Italy's parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide The bill was approved with 382 votes in favor, none against and 43 abstentions mainly from members of the opposition center-right Forza Italia party ...
Politics 09:34 • 11.04.19 UK and EU agree on new Brexit deadline Speaking after five hours of talks at an EU summit in Brussels, European Council president Donald Tusk said his "message to British friends" ...
Law 17:51 • 10.04.19 Armenia has historic chance to 'rebuild independent judiciary', prime minister says ''We are recording really important changes in democracy and legitimacy, but to ensure those changes institutionally, it is important to give them institutional guarantees, attaching ...
Science/tech 16:59 • 10.04.19 World's first commercial drone delivery service launched Wing, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, will deliver takeaway food, coffee and medicines by drone to about 100 homes in ...
Entertainment 16:40 • 10.04.19 Indian villagers hurl cow dung at each other in bizarre street fight to bring health, prosperity and rain (photos, video) It is a yearly tradition in the village of Kairuppala in Kurnool, southern India, for members of rival villages to gather for the ...
Science/tech 16:31 • 10.04.19 Scientists 'confident' they will be able to clone an extinct horse species from DNA in a 42,000-year-old frozen foal preserved in Siberian permafrost The light ginger-coloured foal - no more than two weeks old when it died - was preserved in near perfect condition in Siberian ...
Law 16:20 • 10.04.19 Armenia's justice minister 'interrogated' over March 1, 2008 events ''I was interrogated as a witness in connection with the March case, as a representative of Levon Ter-Petrosyan to contest ...
Event 16:06 • 10.04.19 Czech defense minister pays tribute to Armenia Genocide victims Accompanied by Gabriel Balayan, a deputy minister of defense, the delegation led by Lubomír Metnar laid flowers to commemorate the canonized ...
Law 15:48 • 10.04.19 Warner Bros takes legal action against Donald Trump over Batman music The US president posted a two-minute video for his 2020 re-election campaign that featured Hans Zimmer’s Why Do We Fall? from ...
Event 15:41 • 10.04.19 Armenians have 'Secret Weapon' in Diaspora: US congresswoman hints Kardashian's impact on Trump's recognition of Genocide In a speech at a Genocide commemoration event at the Capitol Hill, Jackie Speier (California) said the Armenians could tweet to Kim Kardashian ...
Sports 15:17 • 10.04.19 Football: Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson resigns Johnson, who played a key role in bringing LeBron James to the team last year, broke the news before the 104-101 defeat by ...