EN
29 May 2013 • 09:45 AMT
Europalia Arts Festival picks Turkey as 2015 guest country

Europalia is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage.

29 May 2013 • 09:26 AMT
Armenian President meets Prince Charles

Prince Charles attached importance to “Yerevan, My Love!” charity initiative and Dilijan International School program.

29 May 2013 • 08:56 AMT
CBA says 2012 fiscal and monetary policies balanced

Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia presented the bank’s conclusion regarding the report on 2012 state budget implementation.

29 May 2013 • 08:37 AMT
Armenia’s First Republic Day celebrated in Athens

Armenian Republic Day celebrations were held in Athens, organized by RA embassy and ARFD’s Central Committee in Greece.

29 May 2013 • 08:17 AMT
Armenia joins Convention on Transit Trade of Landlocked States

Among Armenia’s neighbors Georgia and Turkey earlier joined the Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked Countries.

29 May 2013 • 07:52 AMT
Chapel in Armenian cemetery restored

This year cultural tours will be organized to the chapel, Holy Trinity Armenian Monastery and St. Gregory the Illuminator.

29 May 2013 • 07:24 AMT
Prince Charles’s Alley to open in Dilijan

Prince Charles was given a presentation about Dilijan International School, which will be opening its doors in September.

29 May 2013 • 07:22 AMT
“World’s oldest Torah” scroll found in University of Bologna

One of the reasons for the dating is that the text has many features forbidden in later copies under rules laid down in the 12th Century.

29 May 2013 • 07:15 AMT
Disney’s animated comedy “Planes” unveils new trailer

“Planes” centers on Dusty, a big-hearted crop duster who dreams of competing in the most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history.

29 May 2013 • 07:08 AMT
Armavia employees rally to demand due salaries

Armenian national carrier Armavia ceased operations starting April 1, 2013, declaring bankruptcy.

29 May 2013 • 07:02 AMT
Russian Defense Ministry grounds Mi-8 helicopters after deadly crash

A Mi-8T helicopter crashed while performing a scheduled training flight near the village of Ivanovskoye in the Saratov Region.

29 May 2013 • 06:54 AMT
Syria rebels slam opposition coalition

The statement called for at least half the Coalition’s leadership bodies to be made up of “revolutionary forces”.

29 May 2013 • 06:44 AMT
Vanes Martirosyan to fight Ryan Davis June 15

This will be Martirosyan’s first fight after his draw with Erislandy Lara on HBO in November of last year.

29 May 2013 • 06:36 AMT
“Arrested Development” hit show pirated over 100000 times in 24 hours

That’s well short of the more than 1 million downloads of the season premiere of “Game of Thrones,” but still represents a brisk rate.

29 May 2013 • 06:30 AMT
Henry Cavill may replace Cruise in Guy Ritchie’s “Man From U.N.C.L.E.”

Armie Hammer is still onboard to co-star in the film, while Swedish actress Alicia Vikander is in negotiations for the female lead.

29 May 2013 • 06:24 AMT
President, SCR board chair discuss Armenian railway modernization

At the meeting, President Sargsyan stressed Armenia’s interest in strengthening the strategic partnership with Russia.

29 May 2013 • 06:14 AMT
Paris to get its first woman mayor in history

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, or NKM as she is often known, is widely considered the only candidate with a realistic chance.

29 May 2013 • 06:08 AMT
U.S. President, NATO chief to meet for Afghanistan talks

The meeting comes as NATO and the United States prepare to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan, ending a lengthy war.

29 May 2013 • 05:56 AMT
North Korea calls for peace treaty with South – media

The statement comes a day after North Korea announced it would not give up its nuclear deterrent capability amid “continuing U.S. threats.”

29 May 2013 • 05:50 AMT
“Skyfall” director Sam Mendes in talks to helm next James Bond film

Mendes won an Oscar for directing “American Beauty”; his other credits include “Road to Perdition,” “Jarhead,” “Revolutionary Road”.

29 May 2013 • 05:45 AMT
Animal Planet’s “Mermaids: The New Evidence” breaks ratings record

Animal Planet’s previous most-watched telecast, 2005’s “Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real,” scored 2.8 million total viewers.

29 May 2013 • 05:38 AMT
China army to conduct 1st “digital” technology military exercise

The exercise will “test new types of combat forces including units using digital technology amid efforts to adjust to informationalized war”.

29 May 2013 • 05:33 AMT
Afghan gunmen kill 7 police at checkpoint

The police chief of Kandahar district said that the two attackers were former policemen who had rejoined the force only two days previously.

29 May 2013 • 05:26 AMT
Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft docks with International Space Station

The spacecraft is carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and astronauts Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of European Space Agency.

29 May 2013 • 05:21 AMT
U.S. drone strike kills 7 in Pakistan

Obama recently indicated he was scaling back the drone strike programme, winning cautious approval from Pakistan.

28 May 2013 • 14:01 AMT
French patient dies of SARS-related respiratory virus

Dr. Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, singled out the illness in a speech on May 27 in Geneva.

28 May 2013 • 13:51 AMT
Israeli minister warns Moscow against giving Syria missiles

Israel has carried out several airstrikes in Syria that are believed to have destroyed weapons shipments bound for Hezbollah.

28 May 2013 • 13:22 AMT
Russian pilots resume trainings flights in Armenia

Pilots of MiG-29 fighters operated 150 aerial duels in low visibility conditions and 100 flights in adverse weather conditions.

28 May 2013 • 12:49 AMT
Expert forecasts no new developments in Karabakh issue in 2013

Dwelling on CSTO foreign ministers’ statements on Karabakh issue, Sergey Shakaryants said they conveyed no new remarks.

28 May 2013 • 12:18 AMT
President: we created Armenia’s statehood right in the battle field

Serzh Sargsyan says 95 years ago at Gharakilisa, Bash-Aparan and in Sardarapat, Armenia was put to a fatal test.