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08 June 2013 • 12:30 AMT
Merkel urges EU countries for more structural reforms

France has said it wants the European Commission’s mandate for the negotiations to exclude the audio-visual industry.

08 June 2013 • 12:27 AMT
Obama defends surveillance programs

Obama says it will be harder to detect threats against U.S. now that the two top-secret tools to target terrorists were publicized.

08 June 2013 • 12:14 AMT
Davit Hayrapetyan wins European boxing championships gold

Hayrapetyan was announced a winner of the final bout following Ireland’s Patrick Barnes’ injury at the championships.

08 June 2013 • 12:06 AMT
Artsakh FM meets European Parliament members in Brussels

Meetings with Brussels-based NGO representatives and Belgium’s Armenian community leaders were also on the agenda.

08 June 2013 • 11:36 AMT
Armenia’s first deputy healthcare minister relieved of post

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan signed a decree to relieve Hayk Darbinyan from the post of first deputy minister of healthcare.

08 June 2013 • 11:25 AMT
Barev Yerevan bloc attends city council first meeting

The draft agenda of the first meeting was put into circulation without approval, which stirred up the bloc members’ surprise.

08 June 2013 • 11:04 AMT
Armenian PM offers condolences to his Georgian counterpart

Tigran Sargsyan addressed a letter of condolence to Bidzina Ivanishvili on the death of Georgian peacekeepers in Afghanistan.

08 June 2013 • 10:52 AMT
Armenian Defense Minister meets Russian envoy

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with newly-appointed Russian ambassador Ivan Volinkin.

08 June 2013 • 10:44 AMT
Vladimir Akopian climbs 5th at World Rapid Chess Championships

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships are ongoing in Khanty-Mansiysk, with 58 chess players participating.

08 June 2013 • 10:28 AMT
250 instances of Azeri ceasefire violation reported June 2-8

Artsakh army continued with military duty in line with ceasefire principles, taking necessary steps to protect frontline.

08 June 2013 • 10:17 AMT
Artsakh leader visits construction site of new republican hospital

Ministers of municipal engineering and public health Karen Shahramanyan and Zoya Lazaryan accompanied President Sahakyan.

08 June 2013 • 10:13 AMT
Russia to launch four GLONASS satellites

Global Navigation Satellite System which was launched in 1993, is Russia’s answer to the US Global Positioning System.

08 June 2013 • 10:06 AMT
Tintoretto painting found in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum

The error was uncovered during work on a project to catalogue continental European oil paintings in the UK.

08 June 2013 • 09:35 AMT
Rio’s Olympic stadium to remain closed for 18 months

The Joao Havelange stadium was closed in March after it emerged that the roof could collapse in high winds.

08 June 2013 • 09:24 AMT
Nelson Mandela taken to hospital in serious condition

The former South African president is in a “serious but stable condition”, a spokesman for the current President, Jacob Zuma, says.

08 June 2013 • 09:14 AMT
Artsakh President, Armenian MP discuss cultural cooperation

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met with Armenian National Assembly deputy Shushan Petrosyan.

08 June 2013 • 09:09 AMT
California man kills 4 before police shoot him dead

In a faculty parking lot on the edge of campus, he fired on two people in a red Ford Explorer that crashed through a block wall.

08 June 2013 • 09:03 AMT
Obama, Xi agree to resolve disputes over cyber security

President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping agreed on to work together to try to resolve disputes over cyber security.

08 June 2013 • 08:56 AMT
Koreas to meet at village straddling border in bid to lower tension

China tightened its cross-border trade inspections and banned its state banks from dealing with North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank.

08 June 2013 • 08:48 AMT
Notes of protest won’t hamper Karabakh-Europe ties – expert

Andrey Areshev says Baku has repeatedly harmed the social, humanitarian and cultural contacts of Nagorno Karabakh.

08 June 2013 • 08:19 AMT
Ankara displeased with Pope’s statement on Armenian Genocide

Pope alluded to Armenian Genocide during meeting with Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of Cilicia.

07 June 2013 • 20:25 AMT
Orange announces last week’s lucky customer

Lucky customers will be able to make their travel during the upcoming summer, for the period of their choice.

07 June 2013 • 18:08 AMT
Malta defeat Armenia in 2014 World Cup qualifier

Armenia played with more vigor in the second half mostly due to Yura Movsisyan who replaced Edgar Manucharyan.

07 June 2013 • 17:53 AMT
Orinats Yerkir offered to issue legislative initiatives

The political council instructed Orinats Yerkir parliamentary group to come up with legislative initiatives for the programs.

07 June 2013 • 17:38 AMT
Deputy Minister hails Syunik province revenue collection rate

Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan held a working consultation in Syunik regional administration.

07 June 2013 • 17:21 AMT
VivaCell-MTS awarded during Moscow-hosted conference

VivaCell-MTS received an award for the implementation of ISO 26000 international standard of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

07 June 2013 • 17:13 AMT
Malta beat Armenia 1:0 in first half

First half of Armenia vs Malta 2014 World Cup qualifier ended in 1:0. Michael Mifsud opened the score on the 8th minute.

07 June 2013 • 16:48 AMT
Lithuanian envoy presents credentials to Armenian President

Newly-appointed Lithuanian ambassador Erikas Petrikas presented his credentials to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

07 June 2013 • 16:23 AMT
Ara Dolunts appointed acting governor of Syunik province

A former mayoral candidate Avetik Budagyan, born in1970, was killed in the city of Goris on Saturday, June 1 evening.

07 June 2013 • 16:08 AMT
Artsakh defense army foils Azeri provocation

Azerbaijan made an attempt to attack Horadiz region on June 7 night, in the southern direction of Artsakh-Azeri contact line.