International Master Karen Grigoryan scored 9,5 points out of 11 to solely take the first prize in the blitz tournament.

No group claimed responsibility, but Sunni insurgents have increased their attacks over the past two months.

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers will conduct two team practice sessions on Feb 24-March 2 and March 7-21.

Turkey carried out a seismic search for energy sources in the Mediterranean in response to a similar Greek Cypriot search.

Delivering its winter forecast, Olli Rehn said the 17 economies in the eurozone would collectively shrink by 0.3% this year.

Reports about the governor’s resignation are not true to fact, an assistant to Shirak province governor said.

In 2010, authorities at a Lagos port found a hidden shipment of rockets, rifle rounds and other weapons from Iran.

At 25°C, the new technology is able to reduce active power consumption by 27% and standby power consumption by 85%.

Azerbaijan did not lead the OSCE mission to its front-line positions and the monitoring was conducted from a farther distance.

International master Karen Grigoryan scored 6 points out of 8 to fall 0.5 point behind the leader Davit Jojua.

Artsrun Pepanyan says the opposition must launch a movement to be able to overthrow the ruling authorities.

Lavrov and Prodi highlighted the need for the international community to consolidate efforts to bring an end to the crisis.

A presidential decree said voting would take place in four regional stages, due to a shortage of election supervisors.

Turkish foreign ministry says the issue should be considered in the framework of international rules of politeness.

Heritage party vice-chairman Armen Martirosyan: Under RA Constitution, we are authorized to hold peaceful rallies.

Yerevan Municipality has not authorized former presidential candidate, Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannissian to hold rallies.

Central Election Commission announced May 26, November 17 and December 8 as 2013 local government election days.

Artsakh defense army soldier Karen Hakobyan, born in 1994, died in an emergency incident on Feb 21, 9:30 am.

In international traffic South Caucasus Railway transported 2.3 thous passengers, growing by 27.8% in January 2012.

The U.S. Labor Department said initial jobless claims rose to 362,000 in the week ending February 16.

Argentina-based David Nalbandian lost to David Ferrer 2:6, 6:4, 6:0 in 1/8 final of Copa Claro tournament.

The railway is gradually increasing its key performance indicators, including the volume of freight traffic.

Areximbank-Gazprombank Group possesses Erebuni branch for customers willing to benefit from high quality services.

“We believe Oscar Pistorius should be afforded due process and we will continue to monitor the situation closely,” a spokesman said.

Cellphone use has multiplied in North Korea since Orascom built a 3G network more than four years ago.

Cuba confirmed it was interested in buying three Ilyushin Il-96-400 airliners capable of carrying 350 people from Ilyushin Finance.

“This matter should be publicly resolved by the White House in a serious and satisfactory manner,” Aram Hamparian said.

HP has recently announced plans to move beyond Microsoft’s Windows to make devices based on Google’s Chrome operating system.

Boeing 787 jets have been grounded for more than a month. Boeing and U.S. authorities are also investigating.

A draft document said Assad cannot be party to any political solution and has to be tried, but did not directly call for his removal.