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04 February 2015 • 13:42 AMT
NATO defense ministers to discuss possible response to ‘Moscow threat’

A session is also planned on issues related to the effectiveness, safety and security of the alliance’s nuclear deterrent.

04 February 2015 • 12:16 AMT
Elderly Armenian villager injured in Azeri sniper fire

According to Defense Ministry spokesman, Levon Andreasyan, aged 85, was taken to a hospital in the town of Berd.

04 February 2015 • 12:03 AMT
EEU plans termination of roaming services within 5 years

As was earlier reported, the international roaming agreement in the Eurasian Economic Union will be signed in the spring of 2015.

04 February 2015 • 11:30 AMT
Poroshenko says confident U.S. will send weapons to Ukraine

Government forces have been fighting Russia-backed militias in eastern Ukraine for 10 months in a conflict that left 5,300 people dead.

04 February 2015 • 10:49 AMT
Greece starts talks with IMF over debt swap

Greece’s new government is trying to restructure its public debt after receiving 240 billion euros in bailout money since 2010.

04 February 2015 • 09:55 AMT
University of Rhode Island offers course on Armenian history, culture

Pauline Getzoyan and Esther Kalajian will teach the course, which will focus on Diasporan studies as they relate to the Armenian experience.

04 February 2015 • 09:38 AMT
Google “working on self-driving taxi service to rival Uber”

It was reported that Uber has enlisted 50 scientists from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University to begin developing self-driving cars.

04 February 2015 • 09:38 AMT
VivaCell-MTS offers new internet opportunity

VivaCell-MTS prepaid subscribers can use the Super BIT service providing a 100 MB daily high speed Internet package at BIT price.

04 February 2015 • 09:33 AMT
Twitter selling promoted tweets on third-party platforms

The company will now charge third-parties to display Promoted Tweets, beginning with Flipboard and Yahoo Japan.

04 February 2015 • 09:09 AMT
Sony estimates cyberattack damage at $15mln

Sony said that the sum involved “investigation and remediation costs” related to the cyberattack that began in late November.

04 February 2015 • 08:56 AMT
Oscar-nommed Felicity Jones to topline “Star Wars” stand-alone film

Jones is currently making the awards season rounds for “The Theory of Everything,” for which she snagged a best actress Oscar nomination.

04 February 2015 • 08:41 AMT
Aldamisa launches sales on Scarlett Johansson directorial debut

“Summer Crossing” adapts Truman Capote’s first novel about a 17-year-old debutante who passes up on her trip to Paris for a romance.

04 February 2015 • 08:22 AMT
Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello among BoomTown Fair line-up additions

The seventh edition of BoomTown Fair takes place at Matterley Estate, Hampshire from 13 – 16 August 2015.

04 February 2015 • 08:14 AMT
Venice Biennale to feature Armenian Diaspora artists

Curated by Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg, the pavilion will explore what she’s calling the notion of “armenity.”

04 February 2015 • 08:03 AMT
Madonna teases “Living for Love” music video

Back in December, she rush-released “Living for Love” and five other brand new songs after a bunch of her demos leaked.

04 February 2015 • 07:35 AMT
Milla Jovovich to topline adaptation of George RR Martin’s short stories

It is the first time that the author’s works have been adapted for the big screen outside of HBO’s Game Of Thrones.

04 February 2015 • 07:30 AMT
CSUN hosts conference on Armenian Genocide

“Every single day as I grow older, I see the depth of this tragedy. You grow and mature as you are in the field,” Shemmassian said.

04 February 2015 • 07:26 AMT
Toyota raises earnings forecast after Q3 quarter profit jumps 14%

Toyota’s bottom line has gotten a lift from the cheap yen, although Managing Officer Taku Sasaki also credited cost cuts.

04 February 2015 • 07:18 AMT
Charlie Hunnam to replace Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Lost City of Z”

In the film, “British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, disappeared in 1925 while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon.”

04 February 2015 • 07:17 AMT
12 dead as TransAsia planes hits bridge, crashes into river in Taiwan

In July last year, 48 people died when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed amid stormy weather in Taiwan’s Penghu archipelago.

04 February 2015 • 07:05 AMT
Ryan Gosling gets behind the camera for “Lost River” fantasy thriller

“Lost River” has no U.S. release date yet, but Warner Bros. has its distribution rights, and it’s also set to have its U.S. premiere at the SXSW Film Fest.

04 February 2015 • 06:52 AMT
“Minions” supervillain Scarlet Overkill featured in new trailer

The trailer sees Kevin, Stuart and Bob trying to find a way to the Villain-Con, the evil version of Comic-Con, and eventually meeting the character.

04 February 2015 • 06:32 AMT
Sotheby’s auction breaks record for highest sales

The painting, which was part of a private collection, had been on loan to the National Gallery in London since 2006.

03 February 2015 • 15:26 AMT
Spotify shelves plans to launch in Russia

“I regret to inform you that Spotify refused to launch in Russia in the foreseeable future,” Alexander Kubaneishvili said.

03 February 2015 • 15:19 AMT
S&P to pay $1.38bn settlement to U.S. regulators

S&P will pay $687.5mln to the Justice Department and a further $678.5mln to the 19 states that had brought lawsuits against it.

03 February 2015 • 15:14 AMT
Huawei to launch new tablet, smartwatch hardware at MWC

The company told reporters during a press briefing that it is targeting the mid-to-high-end markets with its new products.

03 February 2015 • 15:09 AMT
Amazon “mulling physical retail stores”

The firm hopes that physical locations will allow it to compete with the likes of Apple, which has around 450 stores worldwide.

03 February 2015 • 14:59 AMT
Turkish helmer of Genocide drama apologizes to Armenian people

The award-winning director met with the head of the New Nakhichevan and Russia Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

03 February 2015 • 13:43 AMT
Armenia’s 1000 top taxpayers pay AMD 700B into 2014 state budget

According to SRC, AMD 430.56 billion were collected by tax authorities and AMD 269.9 million by customs authorities.

03 February 2015 • 13:00 AMT
The Cribs indie rock band premiere “Burning for No One”

The Jarman brothers recorded the forthcoming LP in New York with producer and Cars frontman Ric Ocasek.