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The European Union needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, the Commission president has told MEPs in Strasbourg, the BBC reports.

Jean-Claude Juncker said the lack of a “permanent structure” resulted in money being wasted on missions.

Part of his annual state of the union address was devoted to the UK’s unexpected vote to leave the EU.

He insisted that the bloc was not at risk and urged Brexit negotiations to take place as quickly as possible.

Mr Juncker warned that the UK could not expect selective “a la carte” access to the internal market without accepting free movement of people.

Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan had a telephone conversation with Head of RF Government Dmitry Medvedev. The Prime Minister of Armenia congratulated and offered his best wishes on his Russian counterpart’s birthday.

Karen Karapetyan highly appreciated Dmitry Medvedev’s personal contribution to the development of friendship-fostered cooperation between Armenia and Russia. Highlighting the importance of active cooperation between the two governments, the Prime Minister of Armenia stressed the need to deepen bilateral economic and trade relationship in the best interest of our two peoples in both bilateral and multilateral formats, including within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Karen Karapetyan thanked Dmitry Medvedev for congratulating him on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

One of Japan’s most active volcanoes is due for a major eruption within the next 30 years, say scientists who have studied a build-up of magma there, the BBC reports.

The Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Kyushu island poses a “growing threat”, researchers at the University of Bristol say.

The volcano, located 49km (30 miles) from the Sendai nuclear plant, is also close to Kagoshima, a city of 600,000.

Sakurajima’s last deadly eruption was in 1914, when 58 people died.

The Japanese archipelago, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of fire”, has more than 100 volcanoes. Sakurajima regularly spews ash and there are many small explosions there each year, with the latest eruption being in February.

Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as the new president of Uefa, European football’s governing body, the BBC reports.

Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia, polled 42 votes at Uefa’s congress in Athens, 29 more than Dutchman Michael van Praag.

The 48-year-old succeeds former France player Michel Platini, who resigned after being banned from all football activity last year.

Ceferin will take on the remainder of Platini’s term of office, until 2019.

“After Genocide: From Trauma to Rebirth, A Gendered Perspective”, a conference organized by Women in War (France) in partnership with the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Armenia, DVV International, and AGBU Armenia, will be held in Yerevan from September 17 to 19.

The conference will bring together over fifty speakers from all over the world to discuss the gendered nature of personal, political and social consequences after genocide.

Feminist thinkers and activists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and lawyers will share differing perspectives. This project was made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Institute Internationale de la Francophonie, BMZ and other partners.

The Armenian Church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Virgin Mary) in Caeserea (Kayseri), which has been used as a gym for 40 years, will turn into a library after the completion of reconstruction works carried out by the Kayseri City Hall, reports.

The library will work round the clock and will host 50 thousand books, the report says. The library will have e-books and a document section.

A café-library will also be opened adjunct to the main building. The library is expected to open its doors in fall 2017.

Manchester United have announced their 20-man travelling squad for the Europa League clash with Feyenoord, with Wayne Rooney and Henrikh Mkhitaryan the stand-out names to have been left out, Goal.com reports.

Jesse Lingard, who, along with Mkhitaryan, was withdrawn at half-time of the Manchester derby defeat on Saturday is also absent, while Antonio Valencia is another to have not been included.

Jose Mourinho has already confirmed that Marcus Rashford is all set to start the meeting with the Eredivisie side, while the likes of Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Memphis Depay could also get the nod.

Mkhitaryan, who reportedly has become unhappy at life at Old Trafford due to his role in the team, did not take part in training prior to the squad flying to Rotterdam, while Phil Jones was another who didn’t take part.

Armenia’s Acting Foreign Minister Edwrad Nalbandian will visit Bishkek September 15-16 to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the CIS member states, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

Armenia’s newly appointed Prime Minister has said his program will consist of two stages, and does not promise rapid changes in the first one.

“As for the second stage, we need time to decide which direction we’re chosing for our country,” Karen Karapetyan said at his first Q&A session at the National Assembly.

He advised not to expect rapid changes in the economy but added that “there will be signals on the direction of future development of economy.”

The Prime Minister said the program of the previous government will be used and added that “creation of favorable conditions for those who create added value will be a priority.”

Referring to the formation of the Cabinet of Ministers, he said the emphasis will be put on maximal professionalism irrespective of party affiliation.

A delegation of the distance learning group from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, led by the coordinator of the information management system of the “Partnership for Peace” program and the “GlobalNet” program, Davit Ghazaryan, participated in the NATO distance learning forum, taking place at the modelling and simulation center in Suffolk, Virginia.

During the forum, the working group from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia presented its achievements in distance learning. The distance learning program designed for servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia took firm place in the presentation-competition that took place during the forum. Among the 11 participants in the competition were, NATO member states, the US, Finland, Turkey, as well as NATO institutions such as the NATO school, the NATO Defense College, etc.

Currently, the working group of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia is cooperating with the “Partnership for Peace” consortium of the NATO reform command. Aid for the distance learning program is obtained from OSCE Yerevan.

The distance learning program that took first place is already being implemented in the education and academic programs of the staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.