"The OSCE Minsk Group should teach confidence not Azerbaijan but Armenia", Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Refugees and IDPs, Ali Hasanov said, APA reported.

 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic today expressed concern about a court ruling in Armenia that forces media outlets to disclose their sources of information.

Tbilisi. Georgian Parliament Speaker, David Usupashvili, will pay a one-day official visit to Israel, on Wednesday, July 23 - Georgian Parliament's press service reports.

Tbilisi.  Moscow City Court jury members are expected to pass a verdict on the alleged accomplices to the murderer of the mutinous Georgian general, Roman Dumbadze.  According to the City Court spokesperson, Ulyana Solopova, there was a hearing of arguments in court on Monday and the verdict will be passed at the next court session on July 22.  

Tbilisi. Bus and minivan drivers, as well as ambulance drivers, will hold a protest rally in Tbilisi and some other cities throughout Georgia, on Tuesday, July 22, in connection with the driver's death as a result of scuffle with a passenger - Georgian Trade Unions Confederation reports.

Baku. On  July 22, Azerbaijan marks  the National Press Day.  One hundred 39 years, on  July 22, 1875, an  educator Hasan bey Zardabi published the first newspaper in the country "Ekinchi" (Sower.)

 On July 22, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan received Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, Thomas Hallier.

The parliamentary factions and deputy groups of the Karabakh National Assembly have come  forward with a statement because of detaining of the Karabakh businessman Levon Hayrapetyan on 15 July 2014. 

"Vallex" Group companies together with Administration of Lori region and Mayor's office of Alaverdi celebrated the Miner's Day on 20 July. The event was also dedicated to the 244th anniversary of the Alaverdi copper plant.

 A Karabakh businessman Levon Hayrapetyan's arrest is a result of hard work of Azerbaijani and Russian secret services, the Karabakh war hero, Arkadiy Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos) said at today's press-conference. 

 The government of Ukraine owns irrefutable evidence of separatists' blame for  the crash of the Malaysian Boeing, Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia, Ivan Kukhta, said at today's press-conference.

 According to the results of the first half of 2014, the growth rates of Ameriabank's indices exceed average market level, Deputy Director General - Financial Director of Ameriabank, Gevorg Tarumyan, said at today's press-conference. 

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In response to the inquiry of the Armenian Embassy in Tbilisi, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported that Georgia does not intend to establish visa regime with Armenia, Armenia's  Foreign Ministry has disseminated this information on its Facebook page, in response to the statement of the Russian and Georgian media.

 It is necessary to hold a protest action in front Russia's Embassy in Armenia to support Levon Hayrapetyan, and to demand immediate changing of the pre-trial restrictions regarding him, a businessman Vahagn Hovnanyan said at today's press-conference.    

 Growth of tension at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact is a regular ill-fated expression of its complexes by Azerbaijan, political expert, Aleksandr  Markarov, said at today's press-conference.

 "We are concerned about any loss of life on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border and the Line of Contact.  The number of incidents and resulting deaths and injuries is also a setback in our efforts to work with parties to find a lasting peace", U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick says in an interview with APA, when commenting on the detention of the Azeri subversive group in Karvachar.

 Lake Sevan is on the verge of environmental disaster, Silva Adamyan, Head of the Bird Lovers' Center NGO, said at a press conference on Tuesday. 

The health condition of the three persons injured today as a result of a landmine explosion in Kashatagh town of Nagornyy Karabakh, is assessed as serious, but stable. At present  they are in the casualty unit of the medical centre "Erebuni", Deputy Director of the Centre, Mikael Manukyan, told Arminfo correspondent,  He also added that their life is out of danger. 

The European Union has welcomed the recent ruling of the Turkish Constitutional Court regarding an investigation into the 2007 murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.