The few who see higher prices said the stronger underlying trend, despite the pullback, will eventually revert and drag prices higher.

International community, and the U.S. and Turkey in particular, require that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “halt military assault on protesters”. However, the Syrian leadership, having as an example Egypt, Tunisia and Libya that became beggars and strife-torn overnight, pays no attention to the calls of the parties interested in “building democracy”. Al-Assad is not attracted to the fate of Libya, which, despite the intensified bombings, continues remaining the Libya of Colonel Gaddafi.

Improvement in business climate may become possible through raising the level of property rights protection in the country to stimulate capital inflow and simultaneously reduce its outflow, according to Sergey Grigoryan, Deputy Director of Association of Russian Banks analytical department.

Football: Armenian forwards Gevorg Ghazaryan and Marcos Pizzelli signed 3-year contracts with Metallurg Donetsk. “We have closely watches the guys’ career, so there was no need for a try-out,” Metallurg sports director Vardan Israelyan said. The first match the Armenian forwards played as part of the Ukrainian FC was a friendly against Ujpest (Hungary) on June 21. Earlier, Metallurg signed a contract with Armenian midfielder Karlen Mkrtchyan.

The number of Armenian websites which post job announcements is growing each year. But are they flexible and useful for both employer and employee? PanARMENIAN.Net reporter tried to find the answer to this question.