No chapters have been opened in the past two-and-a-half years, since the end of the Spanish presidency in June 2010.

Syunik province will for five years let on lease pasture for five thous. head of cattle in East Azerbaijan province.

Eximbank will provide Belarus $280.9 million to build a national satellite communications and broadcasting system.

Hollande specifically recognized the “massacres” by the French during the seven-year war that led to Algerian independence in 1962.

Artsvik Minasyan: ARFD deems ruling authorizes’ anti-corruption measures irrelevant due to lack of readiness.

To calm anxieties, police in Beijing have posted an online notice telling people that “the so-called end of the world is a rumor”.

23rd Metropolitan round-robin tournament has been scheduled for December 19-December 23 in Los Angeles.

The conduct of hostilities by both sides is “increasingly in breach of international law”, independent investigators said.

Samsung has now completed its talks with the state government in Texas to finalize the details and give the project the green light.

Snapjoy lets users archive and view all photos from one place, whether they’re stocked on the camera, smartphone, PC or sites.

Notification was sent to Armenian police chief with a request to form a group of relevant experts to address the issue.

Karen Aghamalyan said Koryun Soghomonyan held quite tense bouts to finalize his performance with a gold medal.

Only 2,500 U.S. troops are present in Bulgaria at the moment. They include armor, mechanized infantry and airborne or light infantry.

The outgoing DPJ government promised to end reliance on an energy source that supplied about 30% of Japan’s needs before Fukushima.

Cargo transportation volume of South Caucasian Railway amounted to 3153.1 thousand tons in January-November 2012.

Varuzhan Hoktanyan noted education and legal sectors, as well as the law-enforcement agencies as the most corrupt.

Park Geun-hye won 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for her rival, Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party.

The Nubia Z5 has high-end hardware, unlike the U887, offering a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and 1080p display.

Ronaldo and Zidane, both UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors, again assumed the role of captain for their respective teams.

Just days before he was hospitalized, Talabani had negotiated between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdistan authorities.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

RSF urged Turkey’s courts to immediately release all journalists who have been imprisoned in connection with their work.

Hrant Bagratyan said his decision on presidency will depend on Levon Ter-Petrossian’s nomination, according to Hraparak.

ANC leader is expected to announce plans on presidency during the congress of Armenian National Movement.v

The microblogging site named Ali Rowghani its COO, a new role he quietly announced by changing his Twitter profile.

In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Abraham said he will fight Robert Stieglitz on April 6, 2013.

Jason Clare said he was working on “major structural and cultural reforms to customs” that would be announced next year.

Khaladov was one of the organizers of the 2010 major attack on native village of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

In other energy futures trading, Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 35 cents to $110.01 per barrel in London.

Areximbank-Gazprombank Group aims to increase the volume of the funds raised to AMD 114.3 bln by the end of 2013.