WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan will move up to bantamweight when he faces Eric Barcelona on May 20 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The fight has been approved for IBO bantamweight title, according to Boxingscene.
Source: Panorama | Armenian news
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is due to leave for Strasbourg on May 11 to participate in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe member states.
Minister Nalbandian will leave Strasbourg for Brussels, where he will participate in the sitting of the North Atlantic Council in 28+1 format, with the Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, MFA reported. The process of implementation of the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan will be discussed at the sitting.
The Armenian Foreign Minister will meet with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in Brussels.
Source: Panorama | Armenian news
“The elections are of fatal significance for Javakhk since the people have been suppressed for years and so they are now, though, I am sure they will say their word,” the co-chair of Georgian “Virk” non-registered party Davit Rstakyan told Panorama.am, referring to the local self-government elections. Note that D. Rstakyan is running as a candidate in the elections.
According to him, the council of Javakhk non-governmental organizations participates in the elections and he is convinced that people will vote for them since they realize that it’s this very team that carries responsibility for the protection of their rights. Seeing
The Central Bank of Armenia has put into circulation silver coins to the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff.
The coin is released in the framework of Football Kings program. The coin bears Cruyff's portrait with his signature at the bottom.
Designer is Robert Kotovich from Poland. The coin is printed on the Polish Mint
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Armenian chess player Lilit Mkrtchyan defeated Baira Kovanova (Russia) in the 8th tour of Women's Fide Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria.
Currently, Lilit Mkrtchyan shares 6-7th places with Indian Humpri Konerun with 4 points.
Armenian chess player Elina Danielyan played a tie with Zhu Chen of China. Danielyan is the last on the standings with 1,5 points.
In the 9th round Lilit Mkrtchyan will face Humpri Konerun and Elina Danielyan - Bathuyag Mongontuul (Mongolia)
Tatyana Kosintseva (Russia) is in the lead with 6,5 points followed by four chess players with 5 points each.
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Landslide caused by continuous rains halted train traffic on the 10th km of Vanadzor-Alaverdi covering the railway with a 500-metre layer of soil.
Thanks to the efforts of local rescuers, the road was partially cleaned yesterday evening. The traffic was temporally resumed.
Special equipment was provided from Yerevan for removing huge blocks from the railway.
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