Новости за 07.04.2018

The agricultural sector has seen a 117% growth in Armenia in the past five years, a deputy minister said on Saturday, praising the effectively developing international cooperation in both the bilateral and multilateral formats,.

It's his 53rd birthday, and it would have been his 15th wedding anniversary, so it was time to clear out "stuff".

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on April 7 demanded the release of two soldiers jailed in Turkey, arguing that they should not be "pawns to blackmail."

Azerbaijan's armed forces violated the ceasefire around 300 times in the past week, releasing over 3,000 gunshots against the Armenian defense troops.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based watchdog monitoring and advocating freedom of press in world countries, has published a report voicing its concerns over media restrictions in Armenia in the wake of recent legislative changes.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based watchdog monitoring and advocating freedom of press in world countries, has published a report voicing its concerns over media restrictions in Armenia in the wake of recent legislative changes.

Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening.

A passenger has died on board a plane heading from St Petersburg (Russia) to Yerevan.

The Europeans wants strong guarantees that the visa liberalization deal they are negotiating with Armenia will not make the country a transit route for Russian citizens, the paper says, commenting on the recently observed negative dynamics in the US-Russia relations.

By Gulnoza Said/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Research Associate

Committee to Protect Journalists

When it comes to silencing critics, Azerbaijani authorities have been industrious and methodical. Ahead of snap presidential elections scheduled for April 11, potential opposition candidates have been either jailed or barred from running, and the political landscape has been cleansed of virtually all formal
avenues of expressing dissent.

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Scientists have grown the first human heart muscle that functions just like an adult's would.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) marks World Health Day every year on 7 April, an occasion to raise international awareness about a specific public health concern.

Below is Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s official congratulatory address issued on the occasion of the Motherhood and Beauty Day:

The US state of Texas is deploying National Guard members to the border with Mexico following a call from President Donald Trump.

Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, BBC News reports, citing doctors.