The fixed-line telephony in Yerevan will be completely digitized during the first half of 2011. Besides, the digitalization process in the republic as a whole is also under way, and there are regions, where these works have been already finished, said Igor Klimko of ArmenTel CEO. 2009 report of the International Telecommunications Union reads that ArmenTel invested around $200mln to digitize the fixed-line telephony in the country within recent years. According to the organization, the digitalization rate in Yerevan totaled 90% as of April 2009.

Statements of the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states can be attributed to good intentions, but, unfortunately, for the umpteenth time it came out like Chernomyrdin liked to say: “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always”. A careful reading brought out even the worse side of it - discrepancies between the official English text and its Russian variant suggest a deliberate distortion of the text by the Russian source, i.e. the Kremlin press service.

Only 3% of the world’s population (or about 200 million people) live in a country different from their country of birth. Although this is the highest rate in the past 40 years, this rate hasn’t changed much in the last decade. Migration is a phenomenon that reflects economic, social and demographic imbalances across countries and requires a multi-disciplinary approach to understand and manage. But the fact remains that there is really still only small fraction of the world population who reside outside their country of birth.

Renowned Claudia Cardinale, who co-starred in Henri Verneuil’s Mayrig (Mother) film, will attend the opening ceremony of the festival. The actress will be awarded a silver copy of a thaler made by Sergei Parajanov during the years of his imprisonment.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian commented on Artsakh defense army’s report on Azeri attempt at subversive attack in the environs of Chaylu settlement, Mardakert region. “Before every summit conference with Armenian President, Baku was attempting to frustrate negotiations through provocative statements and threats of war. This time, Azeri’s failure to gain their end triggered an open provocation after June 17 trilateral meeting.” “Obviously, Azeri side’s actions were pre-planned. Azeri authorities lost no time in organizing subversive operation once they left negotiation hall,” the Foreign Minister emphasized, adding that sudden attacks under the cover of night are characteristic for Azerbaijan.

The excavations in the territory of the ancient fortress of Van Kingdom - Erebuni (782 BC) -have been carried out gradually due to a number of reasons.

Boxing: 3 Armenian boxers – Hovhannes Davtyan, Hrachik Javakhyan and Arthur Khachatryan – broke through to the semifinal of the European Championships going on in Moscow, Russia. Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17KOs) won the battle of the unbeaten junior middleweights with a unanimous ten round decision over Joe Greene (22-1, 14KOs) to retain the NABF/NABO super welterweight titles. The official scores were 96-93, 96-93 and 98-91.