The company began work in the village on the basis of a license issued by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources dated Sept. 5, 2008, which allows the company to map the territory for copper and molybdenum.

During Medvedev’s visit, Moscow and Yerevan signed a protocol extending Russia’s lease on the Russian military base in Armenia and expanding “the geography” of its actions. The amended 1995 treaty also commits the Russian military base stationed in the Armenian northwestern city of Gyumri to protecting the security of the whole of Armenia, and not only along the borders of the former Soviet Union as before, but along the entire perimeter of the Republic of Armenia borders.

The administration of the French University in Armenia says the reason for dismissing 29 lecturers was both the end of the term of their employment contracts and their failure to meet the quality requirements necessary to work for the university and failing to adhere to the internal disciplinary norms of the institution.

The incident took place at 6:30 am on August 31 in the vicinity of the village of Chailu in northeastern Karabakh.

“The Armenian servicemen on duty timely noticed the movement of an enemy special task group and took corresponding action,” the report said, adding that following the Armenian response the Azeri forces retreated, “suffering losses”. Neither the strength of the Azeri sabotage unit or the number of losses it suffered is reported.

Shakhtar Donetsk have officially announced this week that they have completed the transfer of young midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan from the city’s rival club Metallurh, at a cost of 6 million euros (about $7.5 million).