Armenia snatches 23 medals at Grand International Wine AwardsMarch 2, 2017 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has secured a total of 23 medals - 10 golds and 13 silvers - at the MUNDUS VINI 20th Grand International Wine Awards, held in the German town of Neustadt in late February. 19 winemaking companies from Armenia participated in the event, bringing 58 types of wine to the professional jury’s attention. 6,000 types of wine were presented at the awards overall from 44 countries globally. In terms of the medals it won, Armenia left behind a number of countries including Georgia (4 golds, 7 silvers), Moldova (8 golds, 12 silvers), Macedonia (6 golds, 3 silvers), Romania (6 golds, 5 silvers) and China (1 gold, 1 silver). New Zealand snatched the same amount of medals as Armenia, both countries placed the 14th among the 44 states represented. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. 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 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |