ArmInfo. UNICEF and VivaCell, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT) announced today that thanks to their joint initiative, access to quality education for more than 200 Armenian children with special needs will become much easier.Over 36 million drams

ArmInfo. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation today calling on the President and Secretary of State to urge Turkey to lift its 15 year blockade of Armenia and outline concrete steps taken by the Administration in that effort, reported the

ArmInfo. By order of RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan, arrested leader of the "New Times" oppositional party Aram Karapetyan has been transferred to "Erebuni" Medical Center from the "Center" criminal-executive establishment yesterday night, for examination and clarification of his health

ArmInfo. International Scientific Conference 'Global Challenges and Threats: Combined Efforts of Armenia and Turkey, Possible or Not?' will be held in Yerevan on May 20. Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) told ArmInfo that global challenges able to

ArmInfo. 'To overcome the internal political crisis in the country, all the political prisoners should be immediately released and independent investigation of March 1 tragic events should be started', Chairman of the oppositional People's party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan told

ArmInfo. The opposition still insists on discharge of the arrested opposition activists, because of their political views, as a condition for starting a dialogue with the power, member of the Political Council of the opposition "Republic" party Suren Surenyants said

ArmInfo. During the May 15 meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Thomas C. Adams, Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, pointed out the significance of a deep analysis of the fact of violations during the presidential election in

ArmInfo. The Armenian government should create favorable conditions for Armenia to become the most attractive country for business in the region, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at the session of the council for the support of entrepreneurship under the

ArmInfo. Today at 11:45 AM serviceman Andranik Hayrapetyan (born in 1989, drafted in 2007) was wounded by the enemy when on duty. He was sent to the hospital where he died. Investigation is underway, says the spokesman of the Defense

ArmInfo. Today policemen took member of the New Times Party (NT) Hrachya Sargsyan, who embarked on hunger strike on May 15, out of the tent by force, beat him with legs and took away his tent and shoes, the NT

ArmInfo. Hrachya Sargsyan, a member of Board of the oppositional New Times (NT) Party, announced his intention to embark on hunger strike, Thursday.During the May 15 press-conference, Hrachya Sargsyan said that the health of NT Leader Aram Karapetyan, who is

ArmInfo. The term of personification of mobile phone numbers of ArmenTel's all pre-paid subscribers expires on June 30. The subscribers, who have not registered their numbers, are to sign written agreements at ArmenTel's service departments, the press-service of the company

ArmInfo. "The principles of the Karabakh conflict settlement recently published by Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov have nothing to do with the document on the table of negotiations", Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said in parliament, Thursday. He

as against 95% in 2006). This is mentioned in the Business Software Alliance's report covering the situation in 108 countries of the world, Microsoft Armenia Country Manager Grigor Barseghyan told ArmInfo correspondent. He noted that despite the fall of piracy

ArmInfo. Several Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations held the regular anti-Armenian Round Table, during which a document was adopted with requirement to 'punish Armenia for settlement of the occupied Azerbaijani lands'. As news.bakililar.az reports, the event was organized by the Association of

ArmInfo Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 307 drams for 1 dollar, 474drams for 1 EUR and 12,7 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 308,5 drams for 1 dollar, 477

ArmInfo. The Criminal Code of Armenia does not contain any Article banning political affiliation, but there are people in the country who are subjected to persecution for their political views, Leader of the United Labor Party Gurgen Arsenyan said at

ArmInfo. Microsoft presented the latest MS developments - the software "Windows Server 2008", "Visual Studio 2008", "SQL Server 2008" in Armenia, Thursday. The presentation was held within the frames of the IT Competitiveness and Innovation Conference in Armenia.As Microsoft Armenian

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Ministry representative submits wrong information to the court on the case of the dismissed diplomats. Wednesday on May 14 the Administrative Court of Armenia studied the claim by 4 diplomats dismissed from the Foreign Ministry of Armenia.