An action of protest against the planned rise in the public transport fares in Yerevan is being held in front of the Municipality.

 Hrachya Harutyunyan cannot be extradited to Armenia for the moment, says Armenia's Justice Ministry.

Heritage Party is preparing for a nationwide revolution that will take place in autumn 2013, Heritage Leader Raffi Hovannisian said at a press conference on Friday. 

The British Museum has renamed its room 54 from "Ancient Turkey" into "Anatolia, Urartu."

On July 18, within the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, a working meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry, with the participation of Minister Karen Mirzoyan, the senior staff of the Ministry, and the NKR Permanent Representatives to foreign countries. 

 A group of veterans of the Karabakh war continue a sit-down strike in Liberty Square.

 Microbus fare in Yerevan will rise to 150 AMD, Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan told journalists on July 18.     

"Why hasn't a single word been said about the condition of the bus driver who failed to react to the fact that a loaded KamAZ was going to crash into him? He did not even try to turn the steering wheel" Stepan Grigoryan, Head of the Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, said at a press conference on Thursday.

 Former Deputy Chief of the Ashtarak Police Sargis Kasyan has been arrested for blackmail.

An incident occurred in front of the Government building before the Government's session on Thursday.    

 The criminal case on the tragic road accident in "new Moscow" that killed 18 passengers is unfolding an international scandal, Izvestia.ru says.

 Armenia "should know the limits of its capacity," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in Baku, referring to Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's recent statement on the need to re-obtain the Armenian territories after the Armenian Genocide of 1915.  

A criminal case has been instituted against the ex-mayor of Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasyan, for contempt of court.  

Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 410 drams for 1 dollar, 535,5drams for 1 EUR and 12,6 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 411 drams for 1 dollar, 539,5 drams for 1 EUR and 12,7 drams for 1 Russian ruble .                                        

ArmInfo-Turan. The Embassy of Greece refutes the reports that Greece has sold MILAN anti-tank missile systems to Armenia. 

Tbilisi. A five-member delegation of the European Parliament visited ex-premier of Georgia, Secretary General of the pro-presidential party United National Movement Ivane (Vano) Merabishvili, who was in the pre-trial detention in Tbilisi penitentiary facility #9.

Tbilisi. Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Suma Chakrabarti, who is paying a working visit to Georgia, discussed issues of current and future cooperation on Wednesday, July 17, the press-service of the head of the Georgian government reports. 

Tbilisi. On Tuesday, July 16, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Lithuanian Republic Khatuna Salukvadze handed over credentials to President of Lithuania, Daia Drybauskaite, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reports on Wednesday, July 17.

The premiere of Andrey Babayev's opera, Artsvaberd (Eagle's Fortress), will take place in Shoushi, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, on Sept 1 2013.

The foreign markets seem to be preparing some new surprises for our economy after its relative post-crisis revival. The Central Bank is reluctant to soften its fiscal policy for fear of inflation, while the Government is bogged down in its paper reforms and is unable to do anything practical to improve the economy.