The European Union has not lost its interest in further development of cooperation with Armenia, Ambassador of France to Armenia, Henri Reynaud, said at today's press-conference in Yerevan.

Ambassador of France to Armenia Henri Reynaud said at today's press-conference in Yerevan that he is not aware of the publications about armament delivery by France to Azerbaijan. Moreover, he thinks that any weapon deal between Paris and Baku is impossible. 

 The hypermarket Carrefour will open in Armenia in autumn of the current year, ambassador of France to Armenia, Henri Reynaud, said at today's press-conference in Yerevan. 

 Challenges of the OSCE MG about non-use of force are not targeted because of the rules of diplomacy, Ambassador of France to Armenia, Henri Reynaud, said at today's press-conference in Yerevan, when replying to the question, why the co-chairs always appeal to both parties, and do not specifically point at the Azerbajani party which violates ceasefire and makes bellicose statements. 

 The NKR Defense Ministry introduced consecutive proofs on the capture of Azerbaijani subversive-intelligence group members. The statement by the press service of the NKR Defense Ministry says:

 Beeline has awarded three "Fortuna" (Fortune) drawing participants out of the customers, who have been Beeline subscribers for over 5 years. The residents of Yerevan - B.Nurijanyan, A.Manukyan and R.Gevorgyan - were among the first subscribers to register their participation in the drawing.     

 You have extensive experience in working with large borrowers. So, we ask you to become an independent expert in your interview to explain why the banks have failed to see the upcoming problems of the large business despite their fastidious approach towards the borrowers. In Q1 2014, the banks' profit dropped by almost one-third. What have the banks neglected?         

 On July 11, the heads of the Russian and Armenian Migration Services signed an intergovernmental agreement on the order of their citizens' stay in the two countries. The signing ceremony took place following the negotiations of Russian and Armenian Prime Ministers, Dmitry Medvedev and Hovik Abrahamyan.  

The investigation department of Armenia's National Security Service has filed a lawsuit linked with financial misconduct at "ArmenTel", a source from the press-service of the National Security Service told Arminfo correspondent. He also added that the lawsuit was filed long ago, but declined to specify the date and other details of the case.

Today HSBC Bank Armenia awarded its four best trade finance customers for 2013

After the successfully held geophysical exploration, Orogen Gold has announced the mobilization of a drill rig to commence its 2014 diamond drilling program at its Mutsk gold project in Armenia. Mining  Global reported.

 Turkey is to blame for the failure to advance in the normalization of ties with Armenia because the government of Recep Erdogan demands "impossible" pre- conditions, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian says in an interview with Buenos Aires Herald. 

 According to the report of the European Asylum Support Office, the EU countries rejected about 90% of application of asylum seekers from Armenia in 2013 (down 11% versus 2012), Azatutyun.am says. 

 The fate of Nairit Plant will be decided within the next two months, Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yervand Zakharyan told ArmInfo when commenting on the July 10 action of protest. Over 100 employees of the Plant gathered near the building of the Armenian Government and demanding that the Plant should pay them the arrears of wages.

"The statement by U.S. Ambassador to Armenia made me, at least, perplexed", former advisor to the president of Azerbaijan in 1993-99, participant in the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict, political scientist Eldar Namazov says in his interview to Turan. 

 Leader of Orinats Yerkir (OY) Party, ex-Secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia Artur Baghdasaryan asks the citizens to forgive him for the possible mistakes and flaws in his party's activity. At today's press conference Baghdasaryan said that his party will present its program aimed at resolving the political, social, legal and economic problems in the country.   

 Armenia faces the threat of environmental migration due to mining development rates, Karine Danielyan, Head of the Association for Sustainable Human Development, has told ArmInfo.    

Anelik Bank CJSC offers the customers to make use of its safety deposit boxes in the summertime at a lease price starting from 2000 AMD per month. The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the customers can keep their securities, jewelry and other important documents or valuable things in the safety deposit boxes.    

 The leader of the Orinats Yerkir party, Artur Bagdasaryan, said at today's press-conference that he does not rule out his running for president of Armenia in 2018.

Last week, the British Minister for Europe, David Lidington, announced to Parliament that the British government will continue to apply the OSCE embargo to the supply of military list equipment to military, police and security forces and related governmental entities, where this equipment could be used in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, or on the land border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, commonspace.eu reported.