http://www.panorama.am/ Armenian news and information portal. en-us editor@panorama.am webmaster@panorama.am PHP RSS Feed Generator Singapore's prime minister has warned that the haze engulfing the city could last for weeks, as air pollution in the city-state soared to record levels, BBC reported.  At 13:00 local time ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/fire-in-singapore/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:24:00 GMT+4 Society On June 21-22, the 6th annual DigiTec Business forum will take place at the Armenia Marriott Hotel, under the theme of Smart Solutions for Smart Countries.  The official opening ceremony of ... http://www.panorama.am/en/economy/2013/06/20/digitec/ Economy Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:18:00 GMT+4 Economy I have never insulted a woman in my life, even if she was crazy, Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan told reporters after the cabinet meeting, when commenting ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/beglaryangagik/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:55:00 GMT+4 Society When unfounded increase in prices occurs in food market and the company increasing the prices is not controlled by authorized state bodies, other companies also increase the prices for their ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/b-pipoyan/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:03:00 GMT+4 Society June 20 marks the International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos (IDAEZ), a global event aimed at bringing mammoth attention to the plight of elephants in zoos, and ending ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/zoo/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:09:00 GMT+4 Society In a bid to increase the transparency of the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Belgian MP Franois-Xavier de Donnea has proposed a package of reforms that would ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/osce-pa/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:48:00 GMT+4 Society The Investigation Service of Armenian Defense Ministry cannot say yet whether the arms seized from the home of former Syunik governor are legal, Mary Sargsyan, senior officer of the Public ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/20/tert168/ Daily press Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:32:00 GMT+4 Daily press It is few days now, that a new propaganda campaign against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is being held in Azerbaijan. This time the Baku propaganda claims as if NKR grows ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/narco-azerbaijan/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:31:00 GMT+4 Society Armenias Special Investigation Service and Prosecutor Generals Office will get new uniforms, Zhoghovurd reports. The issue is on the agenda of todays cabinet meeting. The paper adds that the uniforms ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/20/joghovurd1/ Daily press Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:03:00 GMT+4 Daily press For years, many countries and regions have been holding their own Refugee Days and even Weeks. One of the most widespread is Africa Refugee Day, which is celebrated on 20 ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/world-refugee-day/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:50:00 GMT+4 Society The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) joined with Investors Against Genocide (IAG) on Tuesday in urging mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments to avoid investments in companies with ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/anca/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:35:00 GMT+4 Society The construction work at Yerevans Indoor Market ('Pak Shuka'), launched two years ago, will finish this year. New glasses have been installed and the roof is being reinforced. Levon ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/20/jamanak3/ Daily press Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:21:00 GMT+4 Daily press According to Zhamanak daily, governor of Ararat province Edik Barseghyan took a vacation on June 11 and left the country. The paper says that he may have done this ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/20/jamanak1/ Daily press Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:58:00 GMT+4 Daily press Armenias Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement Tuesday in response to an earlier declaration by presidents Barack Obama, Fracois Hollande of France and Vladimir Putin of Russia on the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/comments/2013/06/20/nalbandian-comment/ Comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:27:00 GMT+4 Comments Astrophysicists at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and the Byurakan Observatory (Armenia) have detected a star of low luminosity which within a matter of moments gave off a ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/bright-star-detected/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:24:00 GMT+4 Society By Tamar Samuelian for The Armenian Weekly Under the Georgian government, the people of Javakhk are suffering. They are unable to keep and preserve the ancient Armenian churches or even worship ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/javakhk/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:21:00 GMT+4 Society An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in fighting forced labor and sex trafficking, which could lead to U.S. ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/russia-china-trafficking/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:10:00 GMT+4 Society James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate crime boss in HBO's The Sopranos was the brilliant center of one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/james-gandolfini-dies/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:09:00 GMT+4 Society FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft in the United States for surveillance in certain difficult cases, CNN reported. Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on ... http://www.panorama.am/en/world/2013/06/20/fbi-uses-drones/ In the world Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:08:00 GMT+4 In the world President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, where he said he would ask Russia to join ... http://www.panorama.am/en/world/2013/06/20/obama-speech/ In the world Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:07:00 GMT+4 In the world China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space, BBC reported.  Speaking to students via live video, Ms Wang used spinning tops, a ball, water ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/china-space-flight/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:06:00 GMT+4 Society Brazilian authorities have failed to halt nationwide protests, despite reversing the public-transport fare increases that sparked the unrest, BBC reported.  Crowds blocked main roads in Sao Paulo and Brasilia, and protesters ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/brazil-protests/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:05:00 GMT+4 Society It will be mostly cloudy on June 20 almost the whole time, in the whole territory rains and thunderstorm is expected from time to time. Heavy showers and hail is ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/20/weather/ Society Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:04:00 GMT+4 Society Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I issued an address congratulating Irans new President Hassan Rohani, IRIB reported.  The address says, in part, We welcome your election as President ... http://www.panorama.am/en/region/2013/06/19/aram-1-iran-president/ Region Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:25:00 GMT+4 Region On June 19, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the south-east of the republic, where he held an extended consultation attended by members of the National Assembly, Cabinet of Ministers ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/bako-sahakyan/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT+4 Society A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, opposition groups and state media said, but the cause of the blast ... http://www.panorama.am/en/world/2013/06/19/reuters-syria/ In the world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:59:00 GMT+4 In the world Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will play in the U.S.-hosted Sinquefield Cup. On September 9-15, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Aronian will be joined by Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and ... http://www.panorama.am/en/sport/2013/06/19/aronyan/ Sport Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:27:00 GMT+4 Sport Robert Beglaryan, an Armenian member of the Iranian parliament, has congratulated Irans new President Hassan Rohani and presented a number of proposals, Tehran-based Armenian newspaper Alik reports.  According to the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/region/2013/06/19/robert-beglaryan/ Region Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:00 GMT+4 Region Nearly 5,000 protesters all-night action ended with a police intervention with gas bombs and water cannons in the Turkish province of Eskisehir, leaving three protesters, a journalist and a police ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/action-turkey/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:00 GMT+4 Society We rule out the use of arms against our people under any circumstances, Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan told reporters in Arzni today in response to a question whether police ... http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2013/06/19/gasparyan-1/ Law Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:00 GMT+4 Law Armenian police held today the final phase of command and headquarters exercise in the territory of Arzni airport. The police successfully dispersed an unauthorized rally.  Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan voiced his ... http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2013/06/19/gasparyan/ Law Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:44:00 GMT+4 Law Comments by NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs Karen Mirzoyan on the Joint Statement on Nagorno-Karabakh by the Heads of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair States We welcome the interest of the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/region/2013/06/19/k-mirzoyan/ Region Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:00 GMT+4 Region The 28th meeting of the CIS Council for Cultural Cooperation will take place in Belarusian capital Minsk on June 20-22, chaired by Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, an official ... http://www.panorama.am/en/culture/2013/06/19/h-poghosyan/ Culture Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:54:00 GMT+4 Culture One young man, who was shot with a rubber bullet during the police intervention in the demonstrations in Taksim Gezi Park last week, lost his sight in one eye but ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/turkey-unrest/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:16:00 GMT+4 Society A key suspect in the investigation into the murder of Hrant Dink was arrested on Tuesday in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, with the trial due the restart from ... http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2013/06/19/turkey-arrest/ Law Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:00 GMT+4 Law 25 percent of Armenian territory faces the danger of desertification, while 81 percent is subject to desertification, Ashot Vardevanyan, coordinator of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, told todays ... http://www.panorama.am/en/current_topics/2013/06/19/a-vardevanyan/ Topic of the day Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:53:00 GMT+4 Topic of the day Cyber attacks should be viewed as equal to conventional acts of aggression according to a resolution now pending at the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, the world's largest regional security ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/osce-pa/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52:00 GMT+4 Society The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations received a call at midnight that Martiros Saryan House-Museum was on fire.  Rescue groups and rapid reaction squads were sent to the scene. The fire was ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/fire/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:00 GMT+4 Society Citing sources close to Heritage party, Iravunk reports that following Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisians U.S. visit, the partys leaders say that Heritage is again considered the most prospective and authoritative ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/19/iravunq/ Daily press Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:00 GMT+4 Daily press The Scientific Council of Lomonosov Moscow State University approved yesterday a decision to open a branch of the University in Armenia, Aravot reports.   The issue was once discussed by the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/19/aravot/ Daily press Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:00 GMT+4 Daily press The information that Armenian international midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is moving to Liverpool is not confirmed, Haykakan Zhamanak reports. According to a British website, Liverpool offer FC Shakhtar 32 million euros ... http://www.panorama.am/en/press/2013/06/19/hzh/ Daily press Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:21:00 GMT+4 Daily press The Armenian National Committee of America has welcomed the State Departments first public expression of concern regarding a recent Turkish courts blasphemy ruling against noted journalist and writer Sevan ... http://www.panorama.am/en/world/2013/06/19/state-department-statement/ In the world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:00 GMT+4 In the world Presidents of the US, France and Russia, Barack Obama, Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin, as heads of states of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, issued a joint statement Tuesday ... http://www.panorama.am/en/comments/2013/06/19/karabakh-statement/ Comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:40:00 GMT+4 Comments Eric Nazarian for The Armenian Weekly I havent had time to digest what I saw this past week on the heels of my first journey to the womb of Armenian ... http://www.panorama.am/en/analytics/2013/06/19/eric-nazarian/ Analysis Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:32:00 GMT+4 Analysis The Steve Jobs of Wine is an apt metaphor to describe the ardent exactitude of winemaker and consultant Paul Hobbs. Hes a quality fanatic. Twice named Wine Personality of ... http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/06/19/paul-hobbs/ Society Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:00 GMT+4 Society