Posts Tagged ‘At The Focus’
Iran’s oil output shows no slowdown despite sanctions
Iran's crude oil output is expected to remain steady at around 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, its OPEC governor said on Thursday, February 23, showing no sign of a slowdown despite the West's sanctions against its oil exports, according to Reuters. "The production for this month [...]
Azerbaijanis fired 1,300 shots in direction of Karabakh
STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire more than 260 times, in the past week, at the line of contact between Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. Vanguard subdivisions of the Azerbaijani army fired, through different weaponry, around 1,300 shots in the direction of Armenian [...]
Armenia never purchased nonfunctional weaponry – MOLDOVA
YEREVAN. - Press secretary of Armenian Minister of Defense David Karapetyan commented on information published in the media that Armenia purchased nonfunctional weaponry from Moldova. "Purchase of weaponry and military equipment for Armenian army is carried out under relevant norms and [...]
Chief of Armenia’s police arrested
Chief of Armenia’s road police Margar Ohanyan was arrested on Tuesday suspected of abuse of power and misappropriation. Colonel Stepan Karakhanyan, Ohanyan’s close friend, was arrested the other day as well. Karakhanyan appropriated petrol intended for work of police in Armenia’s [...]
Visit of All-Armenian Catholicos to Georgia is over: communiqué not signed
Joint communiqué between Georgian and Armenian churches was not signed during the visit of Catholicos of All Armenians to Georgia. Working process and comparison of positions still continue, reported Metropolitan Gerasim, the head of foreign affairs department of Georgian Patriarchate. He [...]
Nikol Pashinyan released
Editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily, outspoken opposition activist Nikol Pashinyan has been released. Several dozens of opposition supporters, friends and relatives of the prominent oppositionist welcomed Pashinyan outside the Artik penitentiary, chanting: "Nikol, Nikol." Pashinyan was [...]
According to global competitiveness report, Armenia occupied the last but one line as to efficiency of anti-monopoly policy
According to global competitiveness report for 2010-2011, Armenia occupies the 138th place from among 139 researched countries as to efficiency of state anti-monopoly policy. Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today, Director of “Economy and Research” Research [...]
Five presidents to arrive in Armenia for CSTO summit
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Armenia to participate in the CSTO informal summit, representatives of Belarus Embassy in Yerevan. Earlier today Belarus president’s press service refused to give information. The only CSTO leader not to attend the summit is Uzbekistan’s [...]
Azeri delegation disallows its weightlifter from participating in award ceremony
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu. After [...]
Checks on presence of pirated software support to be held in large companies in Armenia
Checks on presence of “pirated” software support (SS) will be help in large Armenian companies. Mediamax reports that representative of Business Soft Alliance (BSA), as well as the interests of Microsoft in Armenia Narine Mkrtchyan said this in Yerevan today. She did not name definite [...]