Deriving lessons from the crisis, when the engine of Armenia’s economic growth – the construction industry – suffered worst losses, the Armenian government remembered that Armenia “was and will be an industrial country.”

Before 1915 there used to be around four thousand operating churches in Western Armenia, of which only 44 in Istanbul and 6 in Anatolia now operate underneath the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. All the rest were either destroyed or converted into mosques, warehouses, sheds. Most of the churches are simply ruined, and they can be recognized only by the few extant photographs. And U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone, appointed by Barack Obama during the Congressional recess, cannot but know all of this.

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.