Three candidates claim the office - Constitutional Court member Alvina Gyulumian, director of the Academy of State Governance Armen Harutyunian and chairman of the Securities Market Commission of Armenia Eduard Muradian.

"Without your success the country's on the whole would not have been possible," - said Russian president Putin when handing the order to our compatriot.

Harvard University doctor Brenda Schaffer said at a conference in London devoted to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project.

It will be a large structure with a big authorized capital stock, which will engage not only in business, but also science, culture, supporting ties between Armenian communities of the world.

In his words, the unification of efforts of all Armenians is a conceptual issue today, which should contribute to maintaining and development of the statehood in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

There are no nationalist sentiments in Krasnodar region of Russia, region governor Alexander Tkachov said.

Addressing the International Affairs Committee of the US Senate acting coordinator of the US aid to European and Eurasian countries Thomas Adams said the most important thing for Armenia was consecutive implementation of the reformed laws.

Armenia's attitude towards the international community in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has not changed: we work with the OSCE Minsk group and will assert our position in the issue, Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian said.

US ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow said.

The congratulation message of the Turkish President addressed to Robert Kocharian in occasion of his reelection has caused indignation in Baku. It nearly led to a diplomatic scandal between Baku and Ankara. Representatives of both, executive and legislative authorities of Azerbaijan voiced their indignation in occasion of the letter of Ahmet Sezer.