Upon the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Tigran Sargsyan received diplomatic degree of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia. 

 Armenia will remain committed to international efforts to achieve security and resolve the inter-ethnic problems in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian said at the meeting of the foreign minister of the non-NATO ISAF Contributing Nations in Brussels on 25 June, the Foreign Ministry of Armenia reported.

 Russia is ready to hold consultations over association between the CIS members and the European Union, but if such agreements affect the free trade zone (FTZ) of the Commonwealth, Moscow will take protective measures, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interfax-Russia reports.

 Azerbaijan will purchase MTU-90 armored bridge layers from Russia, Russia's "Uralvagonzavod" company told APA. 

Signing an Association Agreement with the EU on 27 June, Georgia will hardly manage to settle the major problems of its ethnic minorities, including the Sambtskhe- Javakheti region, says Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Head of the Caucasus Institute, in an interview with ArmInfo.  

 Ilham Aliyev's statements are so away from reality that it would be not serious to make any serious comments on them, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Spokesman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Eduard Sharazanov told ArmInfo on Wednesday, when asked to comment on the Azerbaijani President's speech at PACE, where he distorted history and insisted that Armenia was an Azerbaijani territory.

The viewpoints of the non-coalition four (Armenian National Congress, ARFD, Heritage and Prosperous Armenia Party)  regarding cooperation with the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, sharply differ.

The shares of the state CJSC "Vorotan Cascade Hydroelectric Power Plant" should be offered to the society, the known economist Tatul Manaseryan said at today's press-conference when commenting on an interview of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, with erkir am. portal regarding the sale of the Cascade to the American company "Countour Global".

 Armenia's accession to the EAEU is a chance to create a new model of civilized development, Ashot Manucharyan, a member of the Karabakh Committee, ex-advisor of the first president of Armenia for national security, told reporters Wednesday.

On the eve of the country's Armed Forces Day, Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov gave an interview to the state agency AzerTAG, Turan reported.

The Beautified Project, a well-known rock band, has risen up for the support of the Afrikyan building, which faces the prospect of being dismantled to broaden the roadway.    

State Commission for Economic Competition Protection (SCECP) thinks that the "Parking City Service" does not have monopoly position at the paid parking market in Yerevan, Chairman of the Commission, Artak Shaboyan, said when replying to Arminfo correspondent's question about numerous complaints of the population. 

The US House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Bill, which covers U.S. economic, humanitarian, and military assistance to the South Caucasus, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). Specific funding levels to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Nagorno Karabakh were not delineated in the bill.                                          The House bill was similar to the

Azeri apology for spies tried to draw strategically important information about the location of Armenian combat positions from the citizens of Artsakh and the servicemen of the NKR Defense Army via odnoklassniki.ru. 

The possible cooperation of Walt Disney and DreamWorks with the ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival in Yerevan has been discussed during the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, Director of ReAnimania Vrej Kassouny told ArmInfo on Wednesday. 

Armenia's Foreign Ministry has disproved the information of mass media that Belgian special services take interest in Armenia's Ambassador to Belgium, Avet Adonts.  

Public interest group Against Rise of the Power Tariff will be rallying on 28 June, Arman Avetisyan, a member of the group, told reporters.  He said the group members are determined to fight till the end despite the latest clashes with the police. The group demand relevant structures to substantiate what they think a groundless rise of the tariff. 

Sometimes it is within a policeman's duty to use physical force, Armenia's Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan told journalists on Wednesday when asked to comment on the Monday clashes between the police and civil protesters.

Over 200 activists of the "SOS! Save Afrikyans' Club Building!" public interest group are holding a protest action against dismantling of the building. 

Within the frames of the Easy Loans campaign, INECOBANK offers the SME borrowers to switch from other banks to INECOBANK and to get holidays on interest.