Yerevan to celebrate Olympics openingJuly 27, 2012 - 13:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 27, 11 pm local time, Yerevan’s Lovers Park will host an event to mark the opening of London 2012 Summer Olympics. The event, organized by UK embassy in Armenia, will feature a concert, followed by live streaming of the ceremony. On July 28, British Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan James Aves will visit one of Yerevan’s maternity hospitals to distribute presents for children born during the opening ceremony. Several other events are planned in August, the embassy’s press service reported. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |