‘Daily news’

  • Turkey’s 4 major parties nominate Armenian candidates for parliamentary election
    Turkey’s four major political parties, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), all of which have a group in Parliament, are expected to nominate Armenian candidate hopefuls in the upcoming general elections slated for June 12. According...
    March 19, 2011 11:20
  • President Sargsyan received the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Azubalis
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Azubalis and his delegation. First, the President of Armenia congratulated Lithuania on the assumption of chairmanship at the OSCE and underscored that Armenia attaches great importance to the cooperation in the framework of the OSCE. “I am hopeful...
    March 18, 2011 18:28
  • Prime Minister meets with Georgian Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures of Georgia Ramaz Nikolaishvili. Welcoming the guest, the Prime Minister stressed the need for activating economic relations between Armenia and Georgia. “I think it is in the best interest of our two peoples as the providing of wider economic space to economic entities may...
    March 18, 2011 12:26
  • OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
    OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued a statement on Thursday summing up their visit to the region. Armenian News-NEWS.am posts the full text. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) traveled to Baku, Yerevan, and Nagorno-Karabakh March 15-17. In Baku, they...
    March 18, 2011 9:10
  • Prime Minister sums up outcome of his visit to Brussels
    “To succeed in multilateral relations, including in Europe, it is important to have precedents of successful bilateral relations,” President of Belgian Parliament Andre Flao said after the meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in Brussels. In this context, he made a point of Armenian Prime Minister’s visit to the Kingdom of Belgium during which a broad range...
    March 17, 2011 22:12
  • President Sargsyan received the PACE Monitoring Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the PACE Monitoring Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer. The President of Armenia welcomed the guests and since this is Mr. Fisher’s first visit to our country, wished him success in his tenure as the PACE Co-Rapporteur for Armenia. “We have had a number of occasions with Mr. Prescott to speak about the benefits...
    March 17, 2011 19:43
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “International community should send a clear indication that there is no alternative to peaceful settlement.”
    On the sidelines of his visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a statement at the External Relations Committee of the European Parliament after which he answered the journalists’ questions. Below you will find the Prime Minister’s answers and the questions which may be grouped in 3 main areas: “The first group of the questions relate...
    March 17, 2011 14:50
  • The President of the RoA Serzh Sargsyan Reacted to the Appeal by the Vice Speaker of the Azeri Parliament Bahar Muradova and Stated
    “Dear Ms. Muradova, I have been sincerely upset by your appeal to me and my spouse made at the session of the Milli Mejlis. I have been upset for two reasons. First, I think that you were really sincere and convinced in what you said. Second, the newly invented legends about my people grow into beliefs day by day in your country, which would be very difficult to dispel...
    March 17, 2011 14:44
  • Azerbaijan Threatens To Shoot Down Karabakh Planes
    According to Arif Mammadov, the director of Azerbaijan’s Civil Aviation Administration, the Azerbaijani government warned the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) last October that it does not authorize any flights to Karabakh. “We notified that the airspace over Karabakh is closed,” Mammadov said, according to the APA news agency. “The law on aviation...
    March 17, 2011 14:14
  • Erdogan presents copy of Russia-Turkey treaty to Russian President
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev a copy of a treaty on friendship and fraternity between the two states and a stamp issued by Turkish authorities to mark 90 anniversary of the document. He recalled that on March 16, 1921 Soviet Russia recognized the Republic of Turkey and gave security guarantees of the joint borders. “The...
    March 17, 2011 12:09
  • President Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese on the occasion of national holiday – Saint Patrick’s Day.
    March 17, 2011 10:07
  • Armenian, Belgian Prime Ministers meet in Brussels
    On the sidelines of his 3-day working visit to Brussels, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with his Belgian counterpart Yves Leterme. Discussed were issues concerning bilateral relations and cooperation in EU frameworks. The parties highlighted the scheduled signing of an agreement on avoidance of double taxation which is supposed to provide better conditions for the...
    March 16, 2011 20:40
  • President Sargsyan invited a working meeting to discuss issues related to the social and economic situation in the marzes
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan invited a working meeting to discuss issues related to the social and economic situation in the marzes, problems related to the implementation of development programs, summarized works conducted in 2010, and spoke about programs for 2011 and their efficient implementation. The meeting was attended by the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of...
    March 16, 2011 19:49
  • The newly appointed Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation presented his credentials to President Sargsyan
    Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation Konstantin Obolensy presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President of Armenia congratulated the first resident Swiss Ambassador in our country and wished him all the best. He welcomed the decision of the Swiss authorities to establish full diplomatic...
    March 16, 2011 19:45
  • Tigran Sargsyan: Reforms to be reinvigorated with EU support
    On the second day of his trip to the Kingdom of Belgium, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with President of Belgian Parliament Peters Dani. During the meeting, possibilities for the furtherance of Armenian-Belgian ties and partnership prospects were discussed. Note that as early as on March 16, 1998, the Belgian Senate adopted a resolution which evoking the multitude...
    March 16, 2011 18:38
  • Hayastan All-Armenian Fund builds kindergarten in Drakhtik, a village in Artsakh’s Hadrut Region
    The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is implementing its third development project, the construction of a kindergarten, in Drakhtik, a village in Artsakh’s Hadrut Region. The initiative is co-sponsored by the fund’s French affiliate and the government of Artsakh. Drakhtik’s old kindergarten, built in the Soviet era, was converted to a military post during the Artsakh War....
    March 16, 2011 13:20
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “We are convinced to succeed in all spheres in 2011”
    During the joint press conference following his meeting with Jose Manuel Barroso, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia described as very warm the talks held with the head of the European Commission. “First of all, I wish to extend my appreciation of the warm welcome offered to the Armenian delegation. We had substantial talks on all the items of the EU-Armenia...
    March 16, 2011 12:09
  • M. Barroso: “We welcome Armenia’s efforts”
    “We welcome Armenia’s efforts aimed at boosting trade, as well as strengthening institutional capacity in the country.” This is what President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso stated on March 15 at the joint conference with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Mr. Barroso further noted that the EU is strengthening its relations with Armenia in the framework...
    March 16, 2011 9:59