• President Sahakyan received co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group
    On 8 June President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russian Federation) and Bernard Fassier (France) who arrived in Artsakh the other day. Issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement and regional processes were discussed during the meeting. Touching upon the issue of sniper...
    June 9, 2011 10:32
  • Armenia and OFID Sign Loan Agreement
    On a working visit to Vienna for attendance of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met yesterday with OFID Director-General Suleiman Jazeer Al-Herbish at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development (OFID). After the meeting, a loan agreement was signed between...
    June 9, 2011 10:15
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “Either Our Azerbaijani Partners Should Show Political Will”
    “We are interested in the settlements of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,” Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said yesterday answering the journalists’ questions at a session of the Vienna World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia. The OSCE Minks group was said to be close to success as evidenced by the recent statement of US, French and Russian presidents. According...
    June 9, 2011 10:11
  • Europe and Central Asia-Devoted World Economic Forum Kicks Off In Vienna
    Attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led government delegation, the World Economic Forum kicked off today at Vienna’s Hoffburg congress-center. Following the global crisis, the “Arab spring” and the Japanese disaster the need has arisen to rethink the targets set for economic development and reforms, as well as to readjust the policies carried out in the field...
    June 8, 2011 14:36
  • HIV infected Ukrainian prostitute slept with Turkish city mayors
    In the framework of Antalya police initiated operations against prostitution, 26 sex workers have been apprehended. One of the women appeared to be HIV infected. The police revealed that HIV infected Ukrainian Svetlana K., 26, had sexual relations with approximately 200 men, including city mayors and businessmen. Svetlana claimed that she had previously warned her clients...
    June 8, 2011 10:15
  • The United States of America Celebrates Independence Day
    Hovik Abrahamian, Friends:   Thank you for joining us to celebrate the birthday of the United States of America.   July 4th is not for a few weeks, but the legacy of America’s independence is worth celebrating every day of the year.  On Independence Day, Americans reconnect with family, friends and community, remember our history, and renew our commitment...
    June 8, 2011 10:06
  • Turk teenagers engage in prostitution for drugs
    In Turkish city of Zeytinko estimated 7000 people are on drugs, the city became a point of final destination for drug-tourism. Average daily profit of drug circulation amounts to $300 thousand reads the publication of Turkish Aksam newspaper journalist Mustafa Kozak. “Walking through a densely populated area, you can witness drug traffic or mark a youngster doing injections....
    June 7, 2011 18:36
  • Armenian circus actors register new record
    The Armenian actors of circus Sos and Victoria Petrosyans exceeded their own record in Guinness Book of Records June 4 in Germany. Director of the Yerevan circus and art director Sos Petrosyan said the registered record related to the transformation – quick changing of costumes. “After the record established in 2010 our actors have been training day and night,...
    June 7, 2011 15:40
  • Youth at Risk in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Stories of Vulnerable Youth Documented Through Photography
    UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Istanbul, 07 June 2011 –  UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launched a Youth at Risk photography and multimedia exhibition today to call attention to the need to invest in young people and to accelerate action to meet the rights of young people to health, information and education. The exhibition also...
    June 7, 2011 15:10
  • A Glimmer of Hope, Amid the Discord On the Armenian Genocide Museum
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   In a recent column titled, “There is a Time to Sue and a Time to Settle,” I urged the Armenian-American community to come together and launch the long-awaited Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial in Washington, located two blocks from the White House.   I made that suggestion after a federal...
    June 7, 2011 14:10
  • Armenians and Azerbaijanis perpetrated bloody fight in Russia
    Armenians and Azerbaijanis perpetrated bloody fight in Kupchino in St. Petersburg on Saturday night. Two citizens of Azerbaijan were hospitalized, informs AN. Condition of one Azeri citizen is bad. The fight occurred in the café. Armenians made a majority during the fight. Excitation of the criminal case is still pending. Azerbaijani citizens Allakhverdiyev, Bakhshiyev...
    June 6, 2011 18:17
  • Prime Minister to Pay Working Visit to Vienna
    Tomorrow, June the 7th, a Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led government delegation will be off to Vienna on a working visit to take part in the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia. On the first day of his visit, the Prime Minister will be among the participants of the reception hosted on behalf of the President of the Austrian Republic as followed by a working...
    June 6, 2011 18:03
  • Iranian Foreign Ministry on Ahmadinejad’s visit postponement
    Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Monday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will surely visit Armenia in near future. “The Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia enjoy friendly relations and good neighborliness and authorities of the two countries are continuously in contact,” Mehmanparast said. He added the trip of Iranian President will...
    June 6, 2011 17:30
  • Top ARF-D member ‘thanks’ ANC and authorities for ‘hysterical’ attacks’ against his party
    The current dialogue between the authorities and the opposition Armenian National Congress is aimed at undermining the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), says a top ARF-D parliamentarian. Speaking at a briefing in parliament on Monday, Vahan Hovhannisyan, the leader of the ARF-D faction in parliament, characterized the collaboration between the...
    June 6, 2011 15:45
  • Iran unveils causes for delaying president’s visit
    According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, the visit has been rescheduled due to the Armenian side’s failure to prepare certain documents of exchange. The Iranian leader’s office said the date of the visit will be specified as soon as all documents are prepared. Ahmadinejad was due in Armenia on June 6. He was scheduled to meet with Armenian President Serzh...
    June 6, 2011 15:30
  • European farmers suffer losses due to outbreak of E. coli
    YEREVAN. – The European farmers suffer million euro losses, many households are on the edge of bankruptcy due to outbreak of deadly E. coli bacteria transmitted to humans through vegetables. The recent disclosure by German doctors that outbreak was caused by bean sprouts somehow eased tension but the panic has not yet disappeared. Weekly turnover of vegetables in the...
    June 6, 2011 13:24
  • Remarkable findings of Armenian archeologist in Luxor
    ICOMOS-Armenia Cairo based member, archaeologist and Egyptologist Hourig Sourouzian reported new details about excavations in a burial temple of 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1390-1352 BC). The expedition discovered alabaster colossus of the pharaoh near third supporting pillar of the temple in Kom el-Hettan, in western part of Luxor reports IKOMOS-Armenia. “The...
    June 5, 2011 21:49