Leader of the Union for National Self-Determination Party Paruyr Hayrikian thinks the court verdict against former candidate for president Vardan Sedrakyan is light for organizing an assassination attempt against him. Talking to ArmInfo, Hayrikian said that 14 years in prison is a very light sentence, but he is not holding a grudge "the more so as Sedrakyan has not ordered the attempt on my life."

Former candidate for president of Armenia, folklorist Vardan Sedrakyan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

During the Sept 20 rally in Liberty Square in Yerevan, Artsakh war veteran Khachatur Avetisyan called on Armenian people to overthrow the ruling regime.

GeoProMining, a diversified international mining group (GPM or the Company), together with the Armenian Ministry of Culture has organized a concert by young Russian pianist Eduard Kunz.

Armenia issued its debut eurobonds on 19 September, the Armenian Finance Ministry told ArmInfo.

Armenia may get a real benefit from joining the Customs Union, Bruno Balvanera, EBRD Director for Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus, said at today's press conference in Yerevan. He thinks that the country may enjoy low gas tariffs.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Mark Davis as the new head of the Yerevan Resident Office, Bruno Balvanera, EBRD Director for Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus, said at today's press conference in Yerevan. 

Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan thinks the statement by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, that Armenia cannot go against the interests of Russia, is logical and reasonable.

If president of Azerbaijan thinks that he will rise his flag in Shushi and Stepanakeret, starting the battle actions and getting a victory, he is grossly mistaken, press-secretary of the NKR president, David Babayan, told ArmInfo correspondent.

Armenia has started the Customs Union joining procedure. At its today's session the government of Armenia adopted a decision to carry out works for joining the Customs Union.

Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union has evoked polemics among those who support the idea and those who oppose it. Russophiles claim that there is no alternative to Russia as a guarantor of Armenia’s national security. How much will the accession to the Customs Union strengthen our security?

The big disproportion between the compulsory and voluntary insurance classes is a "wrong" tendency, President of RESO-Garantia Sergey Sargisov said when commenting on the situation in the Armenian market. 

RESO Insurance Company has celebrated its new office on Komitas Ave, Wednesday. Head of the Company Samvel Grigoryan said at the 'housewarming party' that company is constantly expanding and improving and it needed a new comfortable office meeting the its corporate spirit. He recalled that in 2012 RESO opened also its own Claim Center.

Armenian parliamentarian from the Armenian National Congress Faction, ex-Prime Minister of Armenia Hrant Bagratyan thinks that the issue of Armenia's accession to the Customs Union should be put to a referendum.

In Jan-June 2013 Areximbank-Gazprombank (GPB) Group increased the portfolio of time deposits of individuals by 21.4% to 29.8 bln AMD. The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the deposits of resident individuals grew by 20.6% to 23.4 bln AMD.

No lawsuit will be filed against an Armenian soldier Hakop Injigulyan who fell prisoner in Azerbaijan, Armenia's Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan said at today's meeting with students and teachers of Yerevan State University.

Armenia kept in mind its national security when deciding to join the Customs Union, Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said during a meeting with professors and students of Yerevan State University on Wednesday.

Armenia may refuse to join the Customs Union, reports Zhamanak newspaper.

Armenia's planned accession to a Russian-led customs union will have no fundamental impact on its relations with the United States and Washington's security agenda in the region, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern said on Tuesday.

Since 2002 ArmRusgasprom has supplied gas to 591 out of the 998 settlements existing in Armenia, of which 546 are villages and 45 towns.