Baku. Caucasian Muslims Department  (CMD) creates a representative office in Iran, which will be headed by a member of the Board and the deputy head of the  fetwa department, Shamil Rasulov .

Tbilisi. Ukrainian billionaire Petr Poroshenko, leading at the presidential elections in Ukraine, stated that he had not offered former  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to become his adviser in case he was elected the President of Ukraine. At the same time, according to him, one of them would be his adviser.

Tbilisi. Russia will not punish Georgia for signing the Associated Agreement with EU, said Russian politician, head of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots, Residing Abroad and International Cooperation, Konstantin Kosachev, at the press- conference in Yurmala, where the international Baltic Forum was held.     

Tbilisi. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai congratulated Georgia on Independence Day. 

Baku. On May 27  the Serious Crimes Court, chaired by Ahmed Guliyev sentenced  a 31-year-old Abdul Abilov, an activist   in Facebook . He was convicted of drug possession and sentenced to five and a half years  of imprisonment.

Baku. The conference "Emerging of media and new challenges" organized by the Press Council and the Center "Multimedia was held on May 27 at the International Center of the press.

Baku. A group of representatives of civil society appealed to the authorities to protect democratic values.

The South Caucasus Railway (SCR) CJSC has launched the sale of Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan tickets. The Armenia train will operate every day starting from June 15.

One cannot say that Russian mass media are biased in covering the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, well-known Russian journalist Alan Kasayev said during a roundtable discussion on the peculiarities of interethnic relations in the post-Soviet area.
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 Moscow will strive to transform thye frozen conflict in Karabakh into a real war, writes Richard Giragosian, Head of the Center for Regional Studies, in his item.  

 Yerevan's authorities should have erected a monument to the victims of the March 1 events rather than to Soviet-time leader Anastas Mikoyan, opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan said in the parliament on Tuesday.

The mid-term bonds of the National Mortgage Company (NMC) (of the 10th tranche) are a profitable and effective injection,_ deputy executive  director, head of the investment department of Armswissbank, being the market-maker of the corporate papers of the NMC, Karen Turyan, told Arminfo correspondent.  He recalled that the demand for the corporate mid-term bonds of the NMC surpassed supply by 2,5 times and amounted to about 2,5 billion AMD in the conditions when the placement was guaranteed. 

On June 20-21, 2014 the visitors of the 7th annual DigiTec Business Forum will have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the solutions of around 50 Armenian, Russian and Georgian technological companies. 

 The media coverage of the Eurasian Union project leaves much to be desired, well-known Russian journalist Alan Kasayev said during a roundtable discussion on the peculiarities of interethnic relations in the post-Soviet area.

The criminal must undergo punishment no matter whose relative he is and what party he belongs to, Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament, Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), says when commenting on the recent incident in Goris.      

 The ruling Republican Party of Armenia bears the main responsibility for the reforms made in Armenia, and the RPA is concerned about effectiveness of these reforms, press-secretary of the RPA, vice-speaker of the parliament, Edward Sharmazanov, told journalists today. He also added that the RPA territorial structures including its central office should work hard and become a link between a citizen and the power, as President of Armenia, the leader of the RPA, Serzh Sargsyan, said at the RPA congress, on 24 May.

 The capabilities of telehealth in Armenia are being expended thanks to the sponsor support of Rastelecom and launching of the video-conference service. 

The development of small hydropower plants (HPP) may endanger some fish species, including the brook trout.  
WWF Armenia Head Karen Manvelyan has told ArmInfo that fish simply disappear from some rivers of Armenia, particularly, from the rivers Tsav, Marts, Akhuryan and Yeghegis. Manvelyan thinks that Armenia should toughen the control over construction of small HPPs.   

 French Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Henri Reynaud told reporters on 26 May that a chain of Carrefour supermarkets would finally emerge and have a strong presence in Armenia.

 The Goris Department of Armenian Police has confirmed that the nephew of ex-governor of Syunik Suren Khachatryan (a.k.a. Liska) and his friends have beaten and kidnapped two young men.