• The World’s most Powerful Man is the China President
    According to Forbes magazine version, the first place was given to the Republic of China President Hu Tszintao who manages the planet’s population, about one fifth population of 1.3 billion, and his country is the second of economic development. In the second place is the president of the United States – Barack Obama, in the third is Saudi Arabia King Abdallah...
    November 4, 2010 16:24
  • A new procedure to be followed in paying pensions
    Following today’s cabinet sitting, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan commented on the government-approved pension payment scheme. According to the minister, the new order of pension payment as stipulated by the pension reform will be effective as of January, 2011 in cash and non-cash forms. Non-cash payments will be effectuated via bank accounts enabling...
    November 4, 2010 15:32
  • President Serzh Sargsyan Received the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Trade Sheik Lubna Al Kasimi
    President Serzh Sargsyan received the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Trade sheik Lubna Al Kasimi, who has arrived in Armenia to participate in the first business conference of the UAE. The President stressed the importance of the business forum and UAE Minister of Foreign Trade of the next visit of the regularity of meetings and Emirates over fifty businessmen’s...
    November 4, 2010 14:30
  • Grapefruit as a Medicine
    Israeli scientists have no doubts that grapefruit can treat diabetes. Grapefruit is endowed with healing feature due to citrus flavonoid naringenines’ content. It is due to its bitterness. Naringenin impact is equivalent to diabetes patients’ appointed medication’s 2 types. It was also found out that naringenin is an excellent protoxide and raises the body’s own...
    November 4, 2010 14:25
  • Yeghishe Charents’ house for sale in Turkey
    The house of the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents in Kars has been put up for sale. Rumor has it that a rich Istanbul-based Armenian wished to purchase the house last year, but the deal has not so far been effected for unknown reasons. Talking to NEWS.am, Lilit Hakobvyan, Director of the Charents memorial flat in Yerevan, could not confirm the rumors. “I know for...
    November 4, 2010 14:23
  • RA NA President Receives the Newly Appointed Ambassador of Ukraine
    On November 4 RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan received the newly appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Armenia Ivan Kukhtay. The NA President congratulated the Ambassador on assuming his diplomatic mission in our country and wished success during his tenure, expressing confidence that Mr Kukhtay’s activities would promote...
    November 4, 2010 14:11
  • Edgar Dega’s “washerwoman” Canvas was Found
    Famous artist Edgar Dega’s canvas was found in New York auction 40 years after the fact of being stolen from the French museum. Sotheby’s auction house took it out of the auction when found out that the impressionist’s “Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents” “washerwoman” canvas belonged to the Louvre. Degan created this painting in 1871-1873...
    November 4, 2010 13:26
  • Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s opening remarks at government session
    Dear colleagues, Prior to getting down to today’s agenda, I wish to give some assignments. Firstly, yesterday the President of Armenia formulated precise assignments concerning the State’s cross-border functions. We must accomplish these assignments as soon as possible. This concerns not only customs and tax administration, but also all those functions fulfilled as...
    November 4, 2010 12:39
  • The Right of Peoples’ Self-Determination was Discussed in UN
    The UN General Assembly 65-th session of the committee and its main activities continue in New York. Specifically, on November 3, discussions have taken place in “the right to self-determination of peoples” over the agenda item, during which speeches were made about four dozen countries, delegates and representatives of international organizations, which reaffirms...
    November 4, 2010 11:59
  • Defense Minister Met with Dominique Tilman
     November 3 Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian received Belgian Senator Mrs. Dominic Tilman. Mrs. Tilman introduced S. Ohanian to his initiative “Peace through Women” project, which aims to promote peace in South Caucasus, the role of women in the construction process to increase the program’s first and second stages took place in Brussels and Tbilisi, and...
    November 4, 2010 1:16
  • Expert Discussion at the ARM MoD
    On the 3rd of November at the ARM MoD building an expert discussion took place devoted to “The Strategic Ways of the ARM-Diaspora Dialogue” project developed by the ARM MoD D. Kanayan National Strategic Research Institute’s analytic center. Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan, representatives from ministries of Defence and Diaspora, representatives from National Academy...
    November 4, 2010 0:21
  • President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences on the demise of the Presidential adviser Victor Chernomyrdin
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev on the demise of the Presidential adviser Victor Chernomyrdin. The letter states: “Dear Mr. President, The news on the demise of the RF Presidential Adviser, Special Representative of the President on economic cooperation of the CIS member states, former...
    November 4, 2010 0:11
  • Working visit of President Serzh Sargsyan to Tavush marz
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a working visit to Tavush marz. The President of Armenia visited the fully renovated and refurbished Ayrum-Jiliza checkpoint and administrative building of Ayrum train station. The President familiarized with the working conditions of the checkpoint, which allow to conduct customs procedures in accordance with modern high standards...
    November 3, 2010 18:06
  • Meeting with the newly appointed ambassador of Ukraine
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received newly appointed ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia Ivan Kukhta. Congratulating the foreign diplomat on the startup of his diplomatic mission in our country, the Prime Minister said to be convinced that Mr. Kukhta’s activity will help promote the long-standing ties of friendship between our two countries. The need for making a better...
    November 3, 2010 16:58
  • The ARM MoD informs
    The ARM MoD informs that in the frames of the 27 October, 2010 Astrakhan agreement reached during the meeting of the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, on the 4th of November, 2010 at 12:00 on the north-eastern border of the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, on the Ijevan-Ghazakh road, the citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who had illegally crossed the...
    November 3, 2010 16:22
  • Provision of Agricultural Equipment to Horticultural Cooperatives
    CARD in cooperation with UMCOR is implementing Sustainable Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Development program (SCEAD). Within the scope of the program 21 agricultural cooperatives received and continue to receive financial and technical assistance for the improvement of agricultural farming technologies and practices, as well as for the introduction of new seed...
    November 3, 2010 15:58
  • In Istanbul the Conference on Afghanistan has Opened
    Today in Istanbul, will open the fourth tripartite conference of regional economic cooperation, Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan. At a general meeting of the Istanbul Summit, to be chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu and Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul will consider new ways of regional cooperation. The conference will also host Business...
    November 3, 2010 14:21