Beirut - The focus in Lebanon continues to be the ministerial policy statement that will be adopted by the national unity government for the purpose of securing the parliament's vote of confidence. The committee char

Tripoli- Gunmen from rival sectarian factions exchanged machinegun and grenade fire on Friday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, killing at least two people and wounding 9, medical sources said.

ArmInfo Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 301 drams for 1 dollar, 470drams for 1 EUR and 12,8 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 302 drams for 1 dollar, 474

ArmInfo. 'We respect the position of the Heritage party regarding joining Armenian National Congress', - first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's press-secretary Arman Musinyan said at today's press-conference in Tesaket discussion club. To recall, chairwoman of the Heritage party board Anahit

ArmInfo. MP from the Republican party of Armenia characterized the opposition's proposal to judge RA ex-President Robert Kocharyan in Hague as absurd, members of RPA parliamentary faction Armen Ashotyan told journalists today. , he said. The MP added that Armenia

ArmInfo. Meeting of heads of Permanent representations of the NKR to Armenia, France and Germany with Director of Artsakh investment fund Karen Yesayan was held within the frames of events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of creation the NKR Foreign

ArmInfo. "K-Telecom" mobile operator (trade mark VivaCell) continues leading in the list of biggest taxpayers of Armenia by the results of the first half-year of 2008, having paid 15.002 bln drams taxes to the state budget, including 5.778 bln drams

ArmInfo. Upon the results of the first half year, 2008, 14 commercial banks of Armenia entered the list of 300 biggest tax-payers of the country.By the data of RA State Tax Service, Ardshininvestbank has become the first in this list

As ArmInfo correspondent reports from Stepanakert, this year diggings started in the middle of June and implemented by Artsakh Archaeological Expedition of Archeology and Ethnography Institute under Armenian National Academy of Science.

ArmInfo. By holding of the pan-national rally on the 1 August in Yerevan Armenian opposition will start new resolute stage of fight, Arman Musinyan, press-secretary of the fist president Levon Ter-Petrosyan said in "Tesaket" discussion club today. He also added

ArmInfo. Heritage party pretends to the leading positions at the parliamentary election 2012 and presidential 2013 in Armenia, member of the RPA parliamentary faction Armen Ashotyan told journalists, Friday. "The Heritage party pretends at the role of the main opposition

Syrian skies seem to be finally clearing after a very long storm and the virtual shunning of President Bashar Assad from the international political scene for almost three years. Many may perceive the recent rapprochement between Syria and France as

New Yorker Dareen Hakim had dreamed of waking up in her grandmother's house in the mountains overlooking Beirut to a breakfast of fresh fruit jams and a manousheh - a thyme-flavoured flatbread. Her wish came true this week as she

We welcome recent moves by Syria to improve relations and positively engage with neighboring countries. We hope that indirect talks with Israel will lead as soon as possible to direct negotiations. The European side will fully support these efforts, as

Chief veterinarian for the Indian UN battalion (INDBATT) Lieutenant Colonel Satvir Singh, in full uniform, lowers himself on one knee on the side of the road in the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa. He reaches under the goat as the

The Lebanese Option Group (LOG), headed by Ahmad al-Assad, said Friday that the national unity government was unable to produce a ministerial statement, and that therefore it cannot achieve "any change as it [the Cabinet] is based on contradictions." The

Syrian security forces at the Abboudiyeh border crossing in northern Lebanon detained on Thursday night a Lebanese army sergeant and a civilian, Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reported on Friday. Al-Liwaa newspaper said on Thursday that heavy shooting took place between the Syrian

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Friday lodged a formal complaint with Israel for a series of violations of Lebanese airspace over a two-day period. In a press release Friday, UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouzianne demanded Israel bring a