ArmInfo. Turkey will not become contemporary state until it has recognized the Armenian genocide, President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias said today when visiting the Memorial to the victims of the Armenian genocide Tsitsernakaberd. He visited the Memorial accompanied by his

ArmInfo. Supporting of the ore mining companies by the Armenian government will not break economical competition, Head of World Bank Yerevan Office Aristomene Varoudakis told Arminfo correspondent.'Armenia is doing the same as some other countries - it allocates financial means

Arminfo. Gas supply to Armenia will be temporarily stopped on 8-10 July because of rehabilitation work at the 'Krasniy most' gas-measuring station at the territory of Georgia, press-service of CJSC "ArmRusgasprom" told ArmInfo referring to gas transporting company of Georgia.

ArmInfo. Finance Ministry of Armenia does not yet intends to increase the funds for issue of budget guarantees to the building companies, Finance Minister of Armenia Tigran Davtyan said.'We are going to carry out the programme carefully and within the

ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 362 drams for 1 dollar, 504 drams for 1 EUR and 11,4 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 364 drams for 1 dollar,

A wanted man committed suicide after jumping from the Justice Palace's fourth floor, a security report said on Tuesday. The report said the man, 40-year-old Mohammad al-Mallah, jumped from the office window of Judge Ayham Shukr, who was questioning him,

An object seen burning on Monday in the sky above south Lebanon turned out to be a firework and not an Israeli spy device as originally believed, the Lebanese media reported on Tuesday. Local residents reported seeing what resembled a

A memorial was held at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Monday in honor of David Dodge, AUB's 13th president, who passed away in January 2009 at the age of 86. Attended by two of his daughters, Melissa and

Amal Movement MP Hani Qobeissy said on Tuesday that discussions regarding the possibility of holding a meeting in the Sunni seat of Dar al-Fatwa, expected to gather Sunni and Shiite political and religious figures, were still under way. The large-scale

Despite years of political instability, wars and domestic unrest, tourists are flocking to Lebanon this summer for what is expected to be a bumper year for the small Mediterranean country. "We expect 2 million Arabs - not including Syrians -

Gulf state's rescue investment at height of crisis reaps potentially huge dividends.

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Bahraini Saudi Bank shareholders give the nod to first acquisition in Gulf banking sector.

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Dubai's leader to move to new 'public page' on website to cope with demand from fans.

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Roshan becomes the first mobile operator in Afghanistan to strengthen its network by using capacity on national fibre backbone

Market concerns on Saudi banks' exposure to troubled firms 'overblown' - analyst.

Economy minister says GDP for Oman's non oil sectors rose to $22.2bn in 2008.