RA Civil Service Council Chairman Manvel Badalyan stands against politicizing and party affiliation of civil servants .

Among chemical munitions, Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found stocks of sulphur mustard agent.

Minister of Oil: Syria lost about $2 billion in sanctions imposed on Syrian Oil sector since the beginning of last September.

The tremors caused panic among local people, the fear conditioned by the strong earthquake of the last year.

Yury Dolgoruky, the Borey-class Project 955 sub will be armed with the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“Washington supports people’s right to protest and express their views peacefully,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman said.

The Moscow authorities have received a request from Russian nationalist movements to authorize a rally Feb 4.

Tigran Sargsyan: enormous work has been carried out over the last 10 years, aimed at strengthening of statehood.

The pipeline to carry natural gas under the Black Sea to Europe will diversify Russian gas routes from transit countries.

Ukraine’s current-account deficit widened on increased natural-gas imports, with central bank tapping reserves to support hryvnia.

Viktor Orban’s party has been criticised for introducing measures that threaten independence of the media, judiciary and central bank.

The EU’s regulatory arm, threatened a lawsuit against Hungary for encroaching on the central bank’s independence.

“We don’t need bad legislation when should be safeguarding benefits of open net,” Neelie Kroes said in a Twitter message.

The Istanbul court marked the fifth anniversary of assassination of Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish newspaper “Agos”, in a very peculiar manner: one of the organizers of assassination, Yasin Hayal is sentenced to life imprisonment for incitement to murder, 18 suspects are released to freedom, including Erhan Tuncel, who together with Hayal planned the assassination. The court also resolved that Dink’s murder did not result from conspiracy of a radical group…

French President accused Iran of lying and denounced what he called its “senseless race for a nuclear bomb.”

MTS Ego is an affordable smartphone enabling to enjoy all the opportunities of contemporary mobile communication.

Israeli soldiers arrested a senior Hamas official and a lawmaker on suspicion of involvement with terrorist groups.

Freedom House assessed the situation in 195 countries and 14 territories, whose status arouses international disputes.

Janusz Palikot plans to introduce a draft law to parliament decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

“I doubt that the oil embargo, on which the Americans are pinning hopes on, will be imposed,” Sajjadi said.

Ambassador Karen Nazaryan delivered a speech on supremacy of law at United Nations Security Council.

One violent sex crime was committed by a soldier every six hours and 40 minutes in 2011, the Army said.

Police confiscated Barbie dolls from toy shops in Tehran in a crackdown against “manifestations of Western culture.”

From December 9-15, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 18.9 6 bln, while USD loans amounted to 26.6 mln.

RA citizens stuck at Armenia-Georgia border due to Istanbul-Yerevan bus driver’s strike were forced to cross the border on foot.

Asian economies will again power the expansion of the world economy this year, but with relatively subdued performances.

With Italy saddled with a $2.5 trillion public debt, investors have long feared it may prove too big to bail.

“To lead the team into the Olympics would be special for any player,” said Beckham, who captained England 59 times.

The market average rate of USD on January 20 totaled AMD 387,59 decreasing by 0.08 point compared to Jan. 19.

The Windows and Windows Live Division posted revenue of $4.74 billion, a 6% decline from the prior period.