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07 March 2012 • 11:49 AMT
EBRD hails Armenia’s economic policy

EBRD official noted that the bank’s investment programs in Armenia are aimed at boosting investment climate of the country.

07 March 2012 • 11:37 AMT
Anonymous targets Turkish PM website

The group was also active in Turkey last year protesting government plans to set up a national Internet filtering system.

07 March 2012 • 11:36 AMT
Over 100 million of Americans have smartphones – report

As has been the current trend, both Google and Apple’s share of the smartphone market grew at RIM’s expense.

07 March 2012 • 11:11 AMT
Sigourney Weaver to star in “Political Animals” series

Weaver will play a divorced former First Lady and current Secretary of State who throws herself into the job.

07 March 2012 • 10:55 AMT
Turkish MPs clash during education bill hearing

Opposition Republican People’s Party vowed to use all procedural means to protract the proceedings and block the bill.

07 March 2012 • 10:52 AMT
Status quo in Karabakh conflict will be maintained, expert says

Armenia has no right for serious blunders during the parliamentary elections, political scientist Stepan Grigoryan believes.

07 March 2012 • 10:49 AMT
6 UK soldiers killed in armored vehicle blast in Afghanistan

Britain has some 9,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, a number due to be reduced as it ends combat operations in the next 2 years.

07 March 2012 • 10:44 AMT
Muslims will now couple on the internet instead of streets

Website developers say restricted access to the new dating website will guard serious Muslims against frivolous users.

07 March 2012 • 10:41 AMT
Armenian Foreign Ministry to move to new building

Armenian PM said that a number of government institutions will be moved to a new building located Zakyan 2/1 address.

07 March 2012 • 10:37 AMT
Jewish gravestones desecrated in U.S.

Several headstones in two sections of the Florida National Cemetery were found pushed over or dug out last weekend.

07 March 2012 • 10:35 AMT
Armenian-Indian Center for Excellence in ICT to host new trainings

Those willing to participate should fill in the online application form available on the website of Armenian-Indian Center.

07 March 2012 • 10:30 AMT
Azeri hackers keep targeting Armenian websites

Armenian information security expert noted that Azerbaijanis placed photos of Ramil Safarov and other Azeri national “heroes”.

07 March 2012 • 10:28 AMT
EU envoy: Union has new initiatives on Karabakh settlement

Head of EU delegation to Azerbaijan said that they are currently carrying out works aimed at Karabakh settlement.

07 March 2012 • 10:15 AMT
RPA launches upgraded website

The website will provide complete coverage of RPA election campaign along with the party’s annual financial reports.

07 March 2012 • 10:13 AMT
Expert: Russian society needs differ greatly from those in 2000

Stepan Grigoryan says civil society in Russia demands now political and administrative reforms, reduction of corruption.

07 March 2012 • 09:17 AMT
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba named best striker of 21st century

Spaniards David Villa (Barcelona) and Raúl González (Schalke) occupy sixth and seventh places in the top 10 list respectively.

07 March 2012 • 08:40 AMT
Armenia officially withdraws from 2012 Eurovision

“We are truly disappointed by the broadcaster’s decision to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest,” Jon Ola Sand said.

07 March 2012 • 08:31 AMT
David Nalbandian to face Potito Starace in BNP Paribas Open

After BNP Paribas Open David Nalbandian will participate in Sony Ericsson Open in Miami from March 20-April 3.

07 March 2012 • 08:29 AMT
Azerbaijan again fails to lead OSCE monitoring mission to frontline

The OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact line.

07 March 2012 • 08:13 AMT
Facebook not available to some users

Some Armenian users reported on March 7 that they face problems while trying to access the social network.

07 March 2012 • 08:10 AMT
French FM skeptical about Iran talks

“I am a little skeptical … I think Iran continues to be two-faced,”French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said.

07 March 2012 • 08:08 AMT
IDC announces leaders of business consulting services market

The vendors included in this IDC MarketScape analysis are Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, Booz & Company, etc.

07 March 2012 • 08:01 AMT
Armenia, EU share views on Karabakh conflict

People of Nagorno Karabakh are part of the European family and bear the same values, the Armenian President said.

07 March 2012 • 07:57 AMT
Armenia, Singapore to sign agreement on investments

Agreement will promote business initiatives and investments, as well as expand economic cooperation between the countries.

07 March 2012 • 07:40 AMT
Book prices will shrink soon, official says

Book price hike appeared to be caused by misinterpretation of taxation provisions by a number of economic entities.

07 March 2012 • 07:31 AMT
Sargsyan, Van Rompuy mark progress over Association Agreement

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on March 6.

07 March 2012 • 07:23 AMT
IBM improves cloud infrastructure management

IMImobile provides cloud-based mobile data services for revenue generation and customer lifecycle management.

07 March 2012 • 07:19 AMT
World’s richest people lose a total of $11.3 billion

Lakshmi Mittal, chairman of world’s largest steel company, fell from the ranking after his fortune dropped $918 million.

07 March 2012 • 07:15 AMT
Yerevan to host exhibition dated to World Press Freedom Day

Everybody is invited to present photos and caricatures for this exhibition regardless of when they have been made.

07 March 2012 • 07:10 AMT
HSBC to sell general-insurance businesses in Asia, S. America

AXA said it secured a 10-year exclusive property and casualty bancassurance agreement with HSBC in India, Indonesia and China.