Rep. Howard Berman chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee called some of the arguments being made against the resolution as "morally-blind."

Lugano concert, to be held in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims, will be broadcast on local Italian-language radio program.

“I do not know the reasons for it. There is need in examination,” said Eldar Sabiroglu.

According to the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, out of 500 thousand elderly people in Armenia, 50 thousand are lonely, living in extreme poverty. For most of them, pension is the only source of income, and only 10 thousand are registered as eligible for social, medical and psychological assistance.

Weightlifting: Armenia came forth at the European Weightlifting Championships, winning 19 medals – 7 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze. Tigran Martirosyan (w.c. up to 77kg) and Gevork Poghosyan (w.c. 85 kg) won gold; Smbat Margaryan (w.c. 56 kg), Ara Khachatryan (w.c. 85 kg), Ruben Aleksanyan (w.c +105 kg) and Meline Daluzyan, (w.c. 69kg) won silver; Hripsime Khurshudyan (w.c. 75 kg) won bronze.

U.S. Facebook.com social network is the second by the number of visits in Armenia.

Automatic stations to gauge atmospheric air pollution will be set in Yerevan to assess the level of vehicle-caused pollution.