The Armenia-Diaspora conference has kicked off in Yerevan. The total of 300 prominent figures in the field of arts, politicians, businessmen, public figures and experts from 60 countries of the world take part in the conference.

Azerbaijan's demolition of Armenian cultural and historical monuments has received no appropriate response of the international community, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at an exhibition in Vatican.    

 In a few months Armenian people will mark the 100th mourning anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the crime against humanity, which unfortunately has not been properly condemned so far, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said during his visit to Vatican, the President's press service reports. 

Tbilisi. President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, does not intend to form the oppositional force, ZAkaria Kutsnashvili, one of the leaders of the parliamentary majority stated according to results of a meeting with the head of the state on Tuesday, September 16.     

Baku. The mission of the UN Subcommittee on Human Rights (UNSHR), is realizing its mandate on the basis of the UN Convention against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, cut short its visit to Azerbaijan, and prematurely left the country because of the obstacles that  it has  faced, reads the press release of the Baku Office of the United Nations sent to Turan agency.

Baku. In the next 6 months the electric transmission line Parsabad- Imishly will be completed, which will increase the capacity of the energy exchange between Azerbaijan and Iran up to 600 megawatts.

Baku. From January to August 2014 Azerbaijan has exported 22, 788,507 tons of oil, down 1.6% against the same period last year.

Baku. According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-August incomes amounted to 24 billion manat (+ 5.1% for September 1 last year).

Tbilisi. I Infantry Brigade Platoon of the Georgian Armed Forces is participating in the multinational battalion-level field exercise - "Rapid Trident 2014", in Yavoriv, Ukraine - Georgian Defence Ministry reported.

Tbilisi. Today the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on legislation, hours after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses a joint meeting of Congress, the U.S. Senate official  site reports.

Now VivaCell-MTS' "Super 0 Daily" service, providing an opportunity to make unlimited on-net calls for 1 day is also available for "Dialect" tariff plan subscribers.

 Beeline has awarded the winners of What Does Fortuna Mean to Me?, a photo contest held on Facebooik and Odnoklassniki since Aug 8.

On September 18, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Syunik Province sentenced Albert Ohanjanyan, Head of the Kapan Meat Factory, to three years and three months in jail under the buffalo meat case, Radio Azatutyun reports.  

More than 800 million people - or one in every nine on the planet - suffer from hunger, but a new joint UN agency report released today stated that the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of undernourished people by 2015 is still within reach.

 The death of Armenian contract soldier Mher Hakobyan on the Line of Contact of the Karabakh-Azeri armed forces is the result of Baku's non- constructive policy, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told journalists on Thursday. 

VTB Bank (Armenia) is enlarging its partnership with Spayka, one of Armenia's leading transportation companies: the bank has given the company a big loan so it can replenish its floating assets and intensify its export-oriented activities during the agricultural season.

 Armenian archaeologists are due to make a sensational discovery that will up-end the concept of ancient humans' migration out off the African continent that is considered to be the cradle of the humankind.   

Armenian Parliament's non-governmental 'troika' (Heritage, Prosperous Armenia and Armenian National Congress parties) hopes ARFD will change its stand and continue the combined fight for development of Armenia after the 10 October rally.  The statement came from Armen Martirosyan, Vice Chairman of Heritage Party, in a press conference, Thursday.