06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. 15-year-old Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatrian wins the VIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, which is held in Finland every five years.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The extraordinary congress of the National-Democratic Union (NDU), held on December 2-3, will play a consolidating role for our party", stated in the interview to Mediamax the NDU board chairman, deputy of the Armenian parliament Vazgen Manukian.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Tomorrow, December 7, the parliamentary delegation of Armenia, led by the speaker of the National Assembly Armen Khachatrian, leaves for Saint Petersburg, where the session of the CIS Inter-parliamentary assembly will be held on December 8, Mediamax was informed in the press service of the Armenian parliament.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The President of Armenia Robert Kocharian signed the Law on "Defense of Economic Competition", passed by the National Assembly.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Anonymous representatives of the criminal police of Bulgaria repeatedly noted speaking to journalists that the majority of ordered murders (including the one of the ex prime minister of Bulgaria Andrey Lukanov) committed on the territory of the country are the work of Armenian and Ukrainian killers, reports today the Russian "Segodnia" paper.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. European Commission's External Relations Director General Faousi Bensarsa stated in Teheran that the European Union (EU) supports gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia, expressing hope that the construction of the pipeline will begin in the near future.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margarian, who is in China for a working visit since December 4, left today to Shanghai from Peking.

06.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Defense Minister of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian will take part in the meeting of the defense ministers of the Council of Euro-Atlantic Partnership (CEAP) member-states, which is held today in Brussels, Mediamax was informed in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.