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The Armenian government is discussing with Russian officials ways of subsidizing the increased cost of Russian natural delivered to Armenia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian said on Wednesday.

On May 22, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia hosted the conference "The Future of Energy in Armenia: A Conference on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Armenia". The conference explored opportunities for Armenia to further diversify energy sources and improve energy efficiency.

Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is presently heading to Mrgashat village, one of the hail-stricken communities in the country's western Armavir province.

A journalist of Yerevan-based Aravot.am today asked lawmaker Mher Sedrakyan, a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia faction, why he had voted against the initiative to create an ad hoc committee to look into the deadly clashes of March 1, 2008.

YEREVAN, May 22./ARKA/. Yerevan City Hall is summing up the results of the Best Brand for Yerevan contest, Novosti-Armenia reported.

YEREVAN, May 22./ARKA/. Some 6.5 tons of the whitefish remains in Armenia's Lake Sevan, and this figure is dwindling year over year, said Bardukh Gabrielyan, director of Zoology and Hydro ecology Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences.

YEREVAN, May 22./ARKA/. Diversified energy supply resources in Armenia will ensure energy security and meet the domestic demand, said John Heffern, U.S. ambassador to Armenia, on Wednesday.

YEREVAN, May 22./ARKA/. VTB Bank reported Wednesday it had equipped its branches with the devices which automatically read the data from ID cards in Armenia.

"Hraparak" reports on dramatic protests that were held on Saturday by relatives of an Armenian army soldier who was shot and killed by a fellow conscript for still unclear reasons this month.

Organizer of the concert of the world-famous Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe in Yerevan, Vahagn Gevorgyan denied information about the singer's planned performance in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, Novosti-Armenia reported.

Famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe will perform at the State Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia in occupied Azerbaijani territories and in Yerevan, News.am reported.

YEREVAN, May 21./ARKA/. Great Britain supports the peace-building efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group concerning the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said at the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in London.

YEREVAN, May 21. / ARKA /. On Monday prime minister Tigran Sargsyan presented his government's plan of actions for 2013-2017 to parliament's consideration.

In an about-face condemned by the opposition, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia blocked on Monday the launch a new parliamentary inquiry into the 2008 deadly post-election violence in Yerevan.

Armenia granted Russia's Gazprom giant ownership of a pipeline supplying limited amounts of natural gas from Iran under pressure from Moscow, a senior Armenian pro-government lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Armenia's Administrative Court refused on Monday to invalidate the official results of the May 5 municipal elections in Yerevan, throwing out an appeal by Raffi Hovannisian's opposition bloc.

Gagik Khachatrian, the controversial chief of Armenia's tax and customs services, has not abused his position to enrich himself or his relatives, according to a state anti-graft body that has investigated corruption allegations leveled against him.

YEREVAN, May 21. /ARKA/. Arman Barseghyan, Ameriabank's director in charge of retail banking transactions, told journalists on Tuesday that the bank's retail portfolio is expected to grow 15% for the first six months of this year from $70 million to more than $80 million.

YEREVAN, May 21. /ARKA/. Hail damage to crops in Armavir and Aragatsotn regions of Armenia totaled around $35-40 million, chairman of agrarian-peasant union of Armenia Hrach Berberyan told a press conference Tuesday.

A document entitled 'Six Principles' does not and never has existed. The updated Madrid principles has an integral part which includes six articles, the director of the Centre for Political Innovations and Technologies, political analyst Mubariz Ahmadoglu told Trend on Monday.