VTB Bank (Armenia) announces a summer POS lending campaign at reduced rates and without any advance payment. The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the customers can receive a loan before 16 September 2014 to do shopping at certain trade and service outlets of the Bank's partner companies not only in Yerevan but also in the marzes of Armenia.    

 Azerbaijani "black lists" are no longer bothering the European officials. Vice-President of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz, who visited the NKR, does not worry about the prospect of getting included in Azerbaijan's "black list" either. Jacek Protasiewicz, told journalists after his meeting with Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan in Stepanakert, in 22 June, Karabakhi mass media reported. 
"I have been in politics for 30 years and I have worked in different regimes, when I could even be put into jail. But I have my own principles, which guide me, and in this regard nothing bothers me" - said the Vice-President of the European Parliament.

Azerbaijan has applied to PACE Bureau to impose sanctions on Armenia. 

 Russia is ready to provide maximum assistance in the Karabakh peace process, President Vladimir Putin said in a phone talk with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Kremlin press-service said. 

 Transition to the 100% proportional system of elections will hҐlp developing the Armenian parties, the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan told yerkir.am, commenting on the demand by the four parliamentary opposition forces (ARFD, Prosperous Armenia, Armenian National Congress and Heritage Parties) to transfer to the 100% proportional election system. 

Armenian Parliament's opposition parties condemn the work style of the political majority and stand ready to fight for fulfillment of the Constitutional Court's decision together with the public, the four parliamentary opposition parties say in a statement following adoption of the Law On Funded Pension on 21 June. 

For the last period of time, Baku does not like proposals voiced by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan said at today's joint press-conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Yerevan.

 There is no analog "of the Armenian way of monitoring traffic" in any country of the world", - the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan said in an interview with Yerkir.am portal, when commenting on the public protest wave linked with big fines for the moving violations. 

 The only positive thing about privatization of the Vorotan Cascade of HPPs is investment of the U.S. capital in Armenia's energy system, Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, said in an interview with yerkir.am.

 Dozens of activists are beaten up and detained after today's protest actions against regular raise of electricity tariff in Armenia. 

Russia is ready to assist normalizing of the Armenian-Turkish relations by all means, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at today's joint press-conference with Edward Nalbandyan in Yerevan, when asked if Russia, having good relations with Turkey, is ready to assist in this matter.

 World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, who arrived I Armenia on 22 June at the invitation of Russian businessman Ruben Vardanyan, Acrois Company and IdeA Foundation, gave a chess simul for representatives of the Armenian IT-sector and the Parliament. 

Exploitation of the Sarsang water reservoir is gradually occurring on agenda of relations of NKR and Azerbaijan, Artsakh President's Spokesperson David Babayan told ArmInfo when commenting on the upcoming discussion of the issue at PACE. According to him, if Baku showed willingness to start a constructive dialogue, Sargsang's issue could become a starting point for the relations of Baku and Stepanakert. 

The Parliamentary opposition urges the parliament majority, namely the Republican Party Faction, to observe the Parliament's Regulations. Speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the Parliament on 21 June, MP Aghvan Vardanyan (ARFD Party), said the amendments to the Law On Funded Pension have been passed with gross violation of the Law on the Parliament's Regulations. 

ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank has summed up the results of its spring card campaign. Five most active cardholders have won seven-day trips for two to different cities in Europe. The winners were selected by the bank's customers on June 16.

By Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan's order, cultural and historical monuments and museums can no longer be leased out until the relevant procedures are formed.   

Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan is determined to put an end to the escalating conflict between Old Erivan Holding and Unibank. Abrahamyan has told journalists that he has recently received for the second time Manvel Ter-Arakelyan, the owner of Old Erivan Holding, and discussed with him the possibility of signing of an amicable agreement.   

 Lydian International has invested $55mln in prospecting activities over the past seven years, Environmental and Social Manager of Geoteam Armen Stepanyan said during a press tour of the company's Amulsar gold field.

Talks to convene the Minsk Conference is a closed chapter, said Vladimir Kazimirov, the former OSCE MG Co-Chair of Russia, commenting on the views of western analysts in a brief interview with ArmInfo.

 Once again Armenia has joined the World Music Day, a holiday celebrated on June 21 worldwide since 1982.