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09 July 2015 • 14:36 AMT
EU makes €6mln payment to support rural development in Armenia

Beneficiaries of the program are rural communities, farmers, producer group members, employees in agricultural value chains.

09 July 2015 • 13:37 AMT
Afghan spy agency confirms top IS commander death

Shahidullah Shahid is a former member of the Pakistani Taliban who defected to the IS and was operating in Afghanistan.

09 July 2015 • 13:35 AMT
Diplomats resume high-level push to reach accord on Iran’s nuke program

“We’re going to resolve the last issues, if we can,” Moniz said at the start of a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi.

09 July 2015 • 13:14 AMT
EU says credit-card giant MasterCard overcharged customers, retailers

MasterCard confirmed it had received the Commission’s statement of objections and would respond in due course.

09 July 2015 • 12:56 AMT
IBM says it created most powerful computer chip

Though there are now working models of the new chip, IBM has not yet revealed when it might be available for commercial use.

09 July 2015 • 10:21 AMT
Turkish PM says coalition government talks will begin next week

Ahmet Davutoglu said he expected President Tayyip Erdogan to give him a mandate later in the day to form a government.

09 July 2015 • 10:17 AMT
UN: over 4 million Syrians fled abroad to escape conflict

A surge in the number of people crossing into Turkey has increased the total by one million in just 10 months.

09 July 2015 • 10:12 AMT
Germany’s trade surplus widens to new record

In unadjusted terms compared to May 2014, Germany’s exports grew 6.2 percent in the European Union overall.

09 July 2015 • 09:40 AMT
“Thank You, Pope Francis” billboard installed in Massachusetts

In April 2015, at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis called the Armenian Genocide “the first genocide of the 20th century.”

09 July 2015 • 09:07 AMT
Number of endangered cultural monuments grows in Armenia

According to experts, the lack of protection zones is a top issue, which is a serious obstacle on the way of preservation of monuments.

09 July 2015 • 08:11 AMT
Nominations open for Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity

“We are calling for nominations of lesser known yet inspirational stories of courage and intervention,” Ruben Vardanyan said.

09 July 2015 • 07:55 AMT
Artsakh President meets Armenian parties representatives in London

State building process in Artsakh, its domestic and foreign policy, as well as the Artsakh-Diaspora cooperation were in the focus.

09 July 2015 • 07:42 AMT
Knesset must recognize Armenian Genocide, speaker says

“I visited one of the Armenian memorial sites and it is very hard to ignore what I saw there,” Yuli Edelstein said.

09 July 2015 • 07:25 AMT
AGMI director: number of Turks visiting Genocide Museum increased

“Interestingly, the new exposition of the museum has sparked interest among Turks,” Demoyan told reporters in Yerevan.

09 July 2015 • 06:00 AMT
Greek government extends bank closures

The European Central Bank has decided not to increase support for Greek banks until the debt crisis is resolved.

09 July 2015 • 05:50 AMT
SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian releases album with RZA

“That led to our second song, which is called ‘Fabricated Lies’ and is about the Armenian Genocide,” RZA said.

09 July 2015 • 05:22 AMT
WikiLeaks says NSA tapped Merkel, advisers’ phones for years

A report suggested NSA spying on Merkel and her staff had gone on far longer and more widely than previously realized.

08 July 2015 • 19:51 AMT
Tunisia to build wall along Libya border to counter terror threat

The Tunisian army would build the wall, which would have surveillance centers at certain points along it, Essid said.

08 July 2015 • 19:47 AMT
Syria to get fresh $1bn credit line from Iran: state media

The credit line agreement was between two state-owned banks, the Syrian Commercial Bank and Export Development Bank of Iran.

08 July 2015 • 19:42 AMT
JPMorgan to pay $136mln over debt collection practices

“Chase sold bad credit card debt and robo-signed documents in violation of law,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray.

08 July 2015 • 19:37 AMT
IMF boosts lending for world’s poorest countries by 50%

These goals, along with climate change which will come up for debate by year’s end, present significant financing challenges.

08 July 2015 • 19:29 AMT
Former Italian PM Berlusconi found guilty of bribery

A Naples court sentenced Berlusconi to three years in jail and banned him from holding public office for five years.

08 July 2015 • 15:13 AMT
Adobe to fix Flash flaw uncovered in Hacking Team leak

The security hole, which could allow attackers to take control of the system, works across Windows, Mac and Linux.

08 July 2015 • 14:46 AMT
OSCE MG U.S. Co-chair says new trip to South Caucasus planned

The diplomat said they also conducted talks with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria.

08 July 2015 • 12:29 AMT
U.S., allies conduct 31 airstrikes against IS in Iraq, Syria

In Syria, the strikes were focused near Tal Abyad, where seven bomber, fighter and drone attacks hit tactical units.

08 July 2015 • 12:17 AMT
Star Wars spin-off film to tell back story of space smuggler Han Solo

The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie.

08 July 2015 • 11:53 AMT
Iraqi court issues death sentences to 24 militants for killing soldiers

The slain soldiers were captured by the Islamic State group when they overran Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.

08 July 2015 • 11:46 AMT
Iran reportedly presents ‘constructive solutions’ for nuclear talks

Iran and the powers trying to reach a final agreement to end a decade-old standoff over the country’s disputed nuclear program.

08 July 2015 • 11:08 AMT
Electric Networks of Armenia fined AMD 60 million

10 out of the 11 PSRC decisions envisage a fine of AMD 5mln each, while the last one presupposes a fine of AMD 10mln.

08 July 2015 • 10:13 AMT
Italian police seize €1.6bn in assets from family suspected of mafia links

Analysts say Sicily’s Cosa Nostra and other mafia groups have expanded their activities during Italy’s recession.