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Russia -- The company logo of natural gas producer Gazprom is seen on an advertisement in front of the White House in Moscow, 08Feb2013 The Armenian government seems ready to sell its remaining 20 percent share in the domestic gas distribution network to Gazprom in order to subsidize the recently increased price of Russian natural gas delivered to ... (more)

It is doubtful whether any democrat can beat popular Newark Mayor Cory Booker in the upcoming special primary , and the fact that he has three Democrats challenging him makes it the less likely.

YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. A new stamp dedicated to the foundation of the brandy production in Armenia was cancelled and introduced into circulation today.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received on Tuesday Herwig van Staa, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, who arrived in Yerevan to attend the international conference "Participatory Democracy at Local Level," to be held on Wednesday and within the framework of Armenia's newly-assumed ... (more)

YEREVAN, June 18./ARKA/. Armenia's State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition fined Tuesday some three companies for they have demonstrated an unfair competition.

CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES VISITS ITALY http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/06/17/chief-of-general-staff-of-armenian-armed-forces-visits-italy/ 14:27 17.06.2013 Armenia, Italy The delegation headed by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, Yuri Khachaturov, has left for Italy for a three-day ... (more)

OSCE HELPS ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN ARMENIA http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/06/17/osce-helps-advance-human-rights-education-in-armenia/ 15:28 17.06.2013 Armenia, Armenian Harvest Promotion Center, ISCE A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 and 16 June 2013 brought together human rights education specialists for a ... (more)

IRAN BARTERS OVER 1.5 BCM OF GAS WITH ARMENIA ELECTRICITY IN 6 YEARS http://armenpress.am/eng/news/722809/iran-barters-over-15-bcm-of-gas-with-armenia-electricity-in-6-years.html 11:30, 17 June, 2013 YEREVAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS: Iran has bartered more than 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas with Armenia's electricity over the past six years, reports ... (more)

On Monday, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is leaving for Spain at the invitation of his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Margalio, Armenia Today reported citing the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

PanARMENIAN.Net - 2 people died as a minibus on Yerevan-Aleppo route crashed into a taxi in Turkey's Kars province.

YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. Dilijan International School will be a top level boarding school, vice-president and financial director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Manfred Schepers said.

Armenia's villagers actively defend their rights - Raffi Hovannisian 15:18 - 16.06.13 Heritage party Chairman, Armenian ex-presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian does not think that the current social discontent in Armenia's regions is the result of his Barev, Yerevan movement.

YEREVAN, June 17./ARKA/. All the materials collected during the two Armenian-Russian tour expeditions will be accessible in the special diary, Russia's RIA Novosti reported referring to Aleksandr Zorin, deputy head of expedition tourism chair at Russian International Tourism Academy.

Visit of OSCE CiO, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara to Armenia and Azerbaijan has been postponed for unknown period of time, the OSCE Yerevan Office told ArmInfo.

Local independent media are indignant that the nine-year-old boy spent 500 dollars from the country's funds for two days, Express.am reports.

YEREVAN, June 17./ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan addressed yesterday a congratulatory letter to the newly elected president of Iran Hassan Rohani, the President's Office reported.

YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. The first special Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan "Armenia" train this summer departed from Yerevan railway station Saturday, with 114 passengers on board.

He visits the rock-hewn Gerhard Church, Lake Sevan and the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the shadow of Mount Ararat.

Sometimes a wrong opinion I expressed that during the years of First Republic of Armenia important state bodies were not managed to be formed.

Daily Breeze June 15 2013 Arianna rising: Rancho Palos Verdes couple's adopted Armenian daughter keeps on battling By Kristin Agostoni Staff Writer The last time Lauren Mahakian Spiglanin visited Yerevan, Armenia, she and her husband, Tom, had just become parents of a nearly 9-month-old baby girl they had adopted from the state-run Nork orphanage.