Armavir Mayor Ruben Khlghatyan's car has exploded in the mine-studded territory of Kashatagh, Artsakh, Shamshyan.com reports.  

 The Yerevan-based Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper says that the State Revenue Committee has published the list of the companies, whose funds on the tax accounts in early July 2014 are much bigger than in early July 2013. 

 The Police of the Nagorn-Karabakh Republic have published the details of the case related to neutralization and detention of the Azeri subversive and intelligence group in the NKR territory.    

The European Commission headed by ex-Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker is not going to provide the Eastern Partnership countries - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - with perspectives of EU membership. This comes from Juncker's priorities, Vzglyad newspaper says.      
According to Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU should develop close cooperation, association and partnership with its Eastern neighbors Moldova and Ukraine to further strengthen their economic and political ties. He says that one should not speak of EU expansion within the next 5 years.   

The decision to increase the water release from Lake Sevan to 270 mln cu m is a shady transaction, Head of the Green Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan has told ArmInfo. 

 From January 1 to the present day, RESO Insurance Company accepted 287 applications for compensation under hull insurance. The company took a positive decision on 261 applications or in 90.9% of the cases. Furthermore, the insurer paid out up to 9 million AMD on twenty applications submitted over the specified area.     

VTB Bank (Armenia) and Visa have announced the launch of a Summer with VTB campaign. The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the campaign is conducted among the holders of Visa cards of VTB Bank (Armenia) from 20 July to 30 September 2014.  The goal of the campaign is to promote the noncash payments with Visa cards.   

 From now on Chinari village, a community situated on the border with Azerbaijan, will have itsYouth center, equipped with computers and Orange internet connection. The press service of Orange Armenia has told ArmInfo that the Youth center will become the main informational center of the community providing sessions and master classes in the areas of computer programs, internet technologies, social networks, thus contributing to the improvement of the daily life of the young inhabitants of Chinari. This project has been implemented in the scope of the special program launched by the Orange Foundation last year, which aims to give the opportunityto Orange Armenia employees to lead philanthropic projects based on their initiative. The grant for implementation of Chinari Youth center project has been awarded to Orange Armenia Sales Department employee Romanos Petrosyan, originating from Chinari village. This is already the 6th project in a row financed based on proposals of Orange employees. 

The Yerevan Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is holding negotiations to organize a meeting with the Azerbaijani citizens detained in the Armenian territory, Zara Amatuni, Head of Communication and Prevention Programmes at the ICRC Yerevan Office, has told ArmInfo.  

 Armenia has chosen the path of destroying its water resources, Head of the Green Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan has told ArmInfo.   

The ICRC Yerevan Office maintains regular contacts with the residents of borderline villages, Zara Amatuni, Head of Communication Programs at the ICRC Yerevan Office, has told ArmInfo when commenting on the information that the heads of Movses and Chinari rural communities of Tavush region have applied to the ICRC over the escalation of tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The heads of the specified rural communities say that the tension disturbs the harvesting process.      

 In the first half of 2014, Areximbank-Gazprombank Group's net profit totaled 547.6 mln AMD (up 56.1% versus Jan-June 2013). The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that this financial achievement increased the Bank's total capital by 2.6% to 21.9 bln AMD in Jan- June 2014. 

 The authorities think that Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) is a serious obstacle in the matter of making constitutional reforms. Therefore, they are going to impose political pressure upon this party and blackmail it, the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, said in an interview with Ilur.am. 

Ankara has put forward a plan to form a free trade zone with the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, the Russian economy minister reportedly said after holding talks with his Turkish counterpart, amid Turkey's mounting frustration with the European Union over a similar scheme. 1TV.ru reported.

 Ankara's wish to create free trade zone with Customs Union has a dim prospect for Armenia, economist Vardan Bostanjan told Arminfo correspondent. 

 The delay of Armenia's joining Eurasian Economic Union is not conditioned either by technical reasons, which have been already settled, as the leadership of the country assures, or by the economic ones, as a small volume of the trade and economic relations between Armenia and Nagornyy Karabakh ($20-30 million) can have neither a positive nor negative effect at the huge market of the Eurasian area, the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, told  ilur.am portal.

The reaction of the Armenian party at the Azerbaijani invasions is quite guarded and inadequate, the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan said in an interview with ILur.am, when commenting on growth of tension at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and at the line of contact between the armed forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan. 

 It is unacceptable to speculate the Karabakh issue for the political goals, vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament, press-secretary of the RPA, Eduard Sharmazanov, told Arminfo correspondent when commenting on the statement by the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, according to which the authorities of the country, instead of dealing with the Karabakh conflict settlement, are busy with constitutional reforms, which will ensure their reproduction. 

 The Boards of Juries of International Feature, International Documentary, the Armenian Panorama and the Apricot Stone short film competition as well as the FIPRESCI and ECUMENICAL accordingly have announced this year's competition results at the official closing ceremony of the festival on July 19 held at the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan.

 From now on, Rostelecom services will be available in "Kentron" Community of Yerevan. As press-service of the company reported, to subscribe to broadband Internet, IP-TV and IP phone services residents should visit Rostelecom sales and service offices or call 060 46 00 00.