Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
Eurovision 2016: Armenia the last to perform at Grand Final
The organisers of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, SVT and the EBU, have revealed the running order for the Grand Final on Saturday. The running order was proposed by the producers of show (SVT) and approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand and by the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling. The running order for...
Eurovision 2016: 10 more finalists through to the Grand Final
Tonight in the second show of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from the Globe Arena, 18 countries took part in the second Semi-final in order to qualify for the remaining 10 places available in Saturday’s final. The winners are Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Israel, Lithuania and...
Putin congratulates Sargsyan on Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and citizens of Georgia and Ukraine with the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday. Putin...
Armenia to face Guatemala and El Salvador in friendlies
The Armenian national team will play two friendlies in Los-Angeles, USA. The team will face Guatemala on May 28 and El Salvador – on June 1. Head coach Varuzhan Sukiasyan has called up 11 players from abroad to take part in the upcoming matches: Gael Andonian, Dijon FCO (France) Hrayr Mkoyan, Esteghlal (Iran) Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, FK Vardar...
Armenia and Georgia connect to GÉANT, join the global research community
Researchers and students across Georgia and Armenia are now able to participate in collaborative work with their peers in Europe and other parts of the world thanks to two direct Internet links to the pan-European GÉANT network recently implemented through the EU-funded EaPConnect project. EaPConnect aims to create a world-class regional research...
Turkish leadership’s mentality unchanged 101 years after Armenian Genocide: Shavarsh Kocharyan
“Erdogan’s statement is a confession of the fact that the mentality of the Turkish leadership has not changed even after 101 years after the Armenian Genocide,” Armenian Deputy Foreign Minster Shavarsh Kocharyan said. The comments come after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “Armenia is playing with fire” and reminded about “more...
Turkey visa deal only once ‘all criteria met’: EU
The EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini said Tuesday that Turkey would only get visa-free travel to the bloc once it has met all the required criteria, AFP reports. Turkey has demanded its citizens be allowed to enter the European Union’s passport free Schengen zone without a visa by June, in exchange for it taking back migrants from...
Ukraine marks 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster
Photo: Reuters Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, the BBC reports. Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986. The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history. An uncontrolled reaction...
Armenian weightlifters return from Norway – Photos
The Armenian weightlifting team returned from Fjord, Norway last night. The athletes were greeted at Zvartnots airport by President of the National Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukyan, Minister of Sport and Youth affairs Gabriel Ghazaryan, fans and relatives. The Armenian team was the first with the overall number of medals won (8 gold, 7 silver...
Lavrov, Kerry discuss situation around Nagorno Karabakh
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation around Nagorno Karabakh during a phone conversation, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. Lavrov and Kerry also discussed the Syrian and Ukraine conflicts. …read more Source: Public Radio of...
