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27 April 2016 • 13:35 AMT
Germany announces €1 bn plan to subsidize electric cars

Buyers will get 4,000 euros toward the purchase of an all-electric vehicle, while plug-in hybrids will receive a subsidy of up to 3,000 euros.

27 April 2016 • 13:28 AMT
EU head resists Greece’s demand for summit on talks with creditors

Tusk said he would consult with the top officials but added that the eurozone finance chiefs need to set another meeting date.

27 April 2016 • 13:18 AMT
Miramax adapting “Silver Linings Playbook” author’s newest novel

The novel follows a Vietnam war veteran who must atone for a decades-old injustice in order to reconnect with his peace-loving son.

27 April 2016 • 13:16 AMT
Khamenei accuses U.S. of creating Iranophobia among foreign banks

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that U.S. obstruction was stopping Iran from getting the full economic fruits of the agreement.

27 April 2016 • 12:49 AMT
Karabakh refutes use of banned ammunition

“Azerbaijan usually employs arms banned under int’l convention and then attempts to turn everything upside down,” Senor Hasratyan said.

27 April 2016 • 12:42 AMT
“The Little Hours” dark comedy selling at Cannes

The film is starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon

27 April 2016 • 12:34 AMT
Armenian Genocide memorial flowers get a second life

The initiative combines the idea of giving a new lease of life to the flowers and the environmental mission that promotes recycling.

27 April 2016 • 12:30 AMT
Alicia Vikander’s “Tulip Fever” release date named

“Tulip Fever” is directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by Tom Stoppard, based on Deborah Moggach’s novel of the same name.

27 April 2016 • 12:21 AMT
Islamic State seizes 5 villages from Syrian rebels close to Turkish border

A government offensive backed by Russian air power and regional militias earlier this year dislodged rebels from parts of Azaz.

27 April 2016 • 12:07 AMT
Brexit would lead to loss of income for Britons, OECD warns

In real terms, this relative loss of GDP would see household income reduced by £2,200 (2,800 euros, $3,200) in the next four years.

27 April 2016 • 11:57 AMT
Three Karabakh soldiers wounded in Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violation

Khachatryan said the soldier’s pelvis has been broken. “A major surgery will be required, but his live is out of danger,” he said.

27 April 2016 • 11:56 AMT
Star-studded “Blade Runner” sequel adds cast

Hoeks starred in “Tirza,” directed by Rudolf van den Berg, which was the official Dutch entry for best foreign language film at the Oscars in 2010.

27 April 2016 • 11:49 AMT
Glen Powell to join Emilia Clarke in romantic comedy “Set It Up”

Story follows two overwhelmed assistants who set up their tyrannical bosses romantically in order to get them out of their hair.

27 April 2016 • 11:01 AMT
Corruption in civilized states a most disgusting terrorism source: Official

Azerbaijani terrorism is a challenge not only to Karabakh, but to democracy and civilization as well, Davit Babayan noted.

27 April 2016 • 10:52 AMT
Venezuela imposes 2-day working week to over come energy crisis

Venezuela is facing a major drought, which has dramatically reduced water levels at its main hydroelectric dam.

27 April 2016 • 10:45 AMT
Study warns about obesity “explosion” among China’s rural youth

Researchers found 17% of boys and 9% of girls under the age of 19 were obese in 2014, up from 1% for each in 1985.

27 April 2016 • 10:44 AMT
Armenia’s demarche puts Russia in awkward position: paper

Sargsyan’s statements chastened supporters of talks on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Kommersant said.

27 April 2016 • 10:25 AMT
“Game of Thrones” season 6 premiere earns new record

Thrones’ last original telecast, the June 2015 finale of the fifth season, raised the bar for premiere telecasts.

27 April 2016 • 09:56 AMT
Greek PM Tsipras to seek EU summit on negotiations with creditors

Debt-crippled Greece still needs to deliver crucial reforms in order to unlock more cash from its massive 86-billion-euro bailout plan.

27 April 2016 • 09:43 AMT
Turkish PM says constitution will guarantee secularism

Ismail Kahraman later said his comments were “personal views” and that the new charter should guarantee religious freedoms.

27 April 2016 • 09:38 AMT
Chris Hemsworth’s dumb character in “Ghostbusters” gets featurette

The featurette also presents comments from director Paul Feig and the film’s cast about the actor.

27 April 2016 • 09:35 AMT
Gazprom Armenia seeks to cut gas tariff by AMD 9.3 per 1 cubic meter

For those with a monthly consumption of 10 thousand cubic meters or more, the current price of $276.98 would be reduced to $257.56.

27 April 2016 • 09:24 AMT
“Wolverine 3” casts Richard E. Grant as mad scientist

James Mangold is directing the project, which is being produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Hutch Parker.

27 April 2016 • 09:14 AMT
James Cameron’s “Alita: Battle Angel” close to finding its lead actor

Sources say Zendaya could be a frontrunner for the role, but her already busy schedules with her hit TV show could be an issue.

27 April 2016 • 09:14 AMT
Top Paris attacks suspect handed over to French authorities

“No further information will be given concerning the exact time or the circumstances of his transfer,” federal prosecutors in Belgium said.

27 April 2016 • 08:57 AMT
NSS refutes reports on Armenian citizen’s recruitment in IS

“Inspections revealed that the information is a mere provocation and is completely false,” the National Security Service said.

27 April 2016 • 08:38 AMT
iPhone 7 to be waterproof, rumors say

Another rumour going around is that the new iPhone won’t have a traditional headphone port.

27 April 2016 • 08:37 AMT
Armenia, Iran defense chiefs agree no military solution possible in Karabakh

According to both sides, the recent four-day war in Karabakh proved the impossibility of a military settlement of the conflict.

27 April 2016 • 08:32 AMT
Interesting facts about Armenian-Chinese ties

PanARMENIAN.Net will tell about Hovhannes Ghazarian, who became one of the first translators of the Bible into the Chinese language. There are no Armenian sources referring to Hovhannes Ghazarian, more known as Joannes Lassar. The information about his courtesy we possess nowadays has originated from notes by English missionaries, who worked in China and India.

27 April 2016 • 08:31 AMT
Facebook hacked, usernames and passwords extracted

Hacker Orange Tsai used his firewall-dodging wizardry to find a weakness in the social network’s internal server systems in order to earn money.