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  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE NKR
    A two-day international scientific conference called “The legal, political, and historical bases for the formation of the NKR” took place at the National Assembly of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The conference was opened by Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghulian. “This conference is taking place within the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the...
    May 24, 2011 10:46
  • PM and UN High Commissioner for Refugees look at refugee issues
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutierres. Welcoming the guest, the Prime Minister thanked him for attendance of the international conference of donor organizations: “The fact that refugee issues are still high on our agenda was behind the idea of holding such an important conference. Evidence shows that Armenia continues...
    May 17, 2011 13:31
  • Program on annihilation of Armenians in Turkey existed – debates in French Senate
    At the moment French Senators are holing debates on the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. Senator representing ruling majority Bruno Gilles said Turkey is a candidate to the EU but there is a criminal liability provided for mentioning the Genocide within Turkey. “We must condemn strongly Armenian Genocide denial.  I recognize it and will vote for...
    May 4, 2011 21:30
  • Armenian Government Makes Another Concession To Opposition
    Reversing its own decision announced earlier this month, the Yerevan municipality said it has accepted the HAK’s written application to stage the demonstration in the city’s Liberty Square. The municipality had rejected numerous such applications filed since the March 2008 break-up of anti-government protests staged there by HAK leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosian....
    April 27, 2011 0:08
  • Armenia`s ruling forces not surprised at PACE report?
    The PACE report on Armenia will be presented at the autumn session, Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Harutyunyan told journalists Monday. He is not at all surprised at the report. “That was expected,” Harutyunyan said. After talking to the PACE rappoteurs` on Armenia he realized that they are content with certain reforms in the country, whereas...
    April 18, 2011 18:04
  • Armenia No Longer Eligible For U.S. Aid Program
    She said the approaching parliamentary and presidential elections in the country will be an opportunity for the Armenian government to improve its democracy and human rights record and thus again qualify for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The U.S. government approved $236 million worth of MCA assistance to Armenia in 2006 to finance a rural development...
    April 16, 2011 9:24
  • Monitoring
    On April 13, according to the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line on the Akna-Barda road, Askeran direction. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring group was led by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office...
    April 13, 2011 16:46
  • Heritage rep: early elections in Armenia to make ANC void of content
    The Armenian authorities and the Armenian National Congress (ANC) reached an agreement on early elections, Ruben Hakobyan, Vice-Chairman of the Heritage, told journalists April 11. Both the ANC and the authorities would benefit from early elections now, as the ANC still enjoys some public supports. Since the March 17 rally, when the ANC announced cooperation with the authorities,...
    April 11, 2011 15:37
  • ACNIS Convenes a Seminar Discussion for Students
    Yerevan―The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) held a seminar discussion for students from different HEIs entitled “The Current State of Diplomatic Settlement of Nagorno Karabagh Issue: Negotiations and Incidents along the Contact Line of the Armed Forces.” A documentary film entitled “Artsakh: At the Crossroads of History” made by...
    April 9, 2011 16:32
  • Working visit of President Serzh Sargsyan to Armavir marz
    President Serzh Sargsyan conducted today a working visit to Armavir marz. In the framework of the visit, President Sargsyan attended the inauguration of the newly constructed school in Aygek community, toured the premise and familiarized with the conditions in the new school. In Armavir, the President of Armenia visited also a number of the region’s companies, where...
    April 7, 2011 17:59
  • ACNIS Director of Research Holds First Press Conference
    Political scientist and Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) Director of Research Manvel Sargsian held his introductory news conference in this capacity. Welcoming the audience with opening remarks, ACNIS Administrative Director Karapet Kalenchian also introduced the Center’s new analysts: political scientists Edgar Vardanian and Saro Saroyan. The...
    April 7, 2011 16:02
  • Dashnaksutyun finds negotiations over common leader impossible
    The Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashankstutyun (ARFD-D) cannot collaborate with any political party over the issue of selecting a single leader, a top ARF-D member has said. “No political force respecting itself can collaborate with anyone over a concrete leader,” Vahan Hovhannisyan, the leader of the ARF-D faction in parliament, told a discussion...
    April 6, 2011 21:36
  • Armenia: Little Hope of More Democracy
    Sense of being surrounded by threats impedes creation of fairer society. Although there is still more than a year to go until the next parliamentary election, opposition parties in Armenia are already calling their followers onto the streets. There is plenty of popular dissatisfaction with the status quo, driven by rising prices and widespread poverty. But experts say...
    April 5, 2011 15:35
  • Author of book on genocides may be next U.S. Secretary of State?
    According to New York Times, Samantha Power, the Dublin-born aide to President Obama, could be his next Secretary of State or National Security Adviser. She has been the main architect, along with Hillary Clinton, of the Libya policy and has an increasing influence in the White House inner circle. With Hillary Clinton due to step down after Obama’s first term, she would...
    April 4, 2011 18:46