‘Armenia’ Archives
U.S. congressional panel recognize as genocide 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
The mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks beginning in 1915 remains an emotional issue. A major U.S. congressional panel has described the massacre as genocide. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at the ramifications of the congressional action for the [...]
Turks protest PM’s Armenian deportation threat
ISTANBUL - More than 1000 protesters took to the streets of Istanbul Friday, accusing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of racism over his threat to deport illegal Armenian workers. Between 100-150 demonstrators marched along the Istiklal Avenue, the main commercial street on the [...]
CoE anti-torture Committee publishes report on Armenia
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its ad hoc visit to Armenia in March 2008, together with the response of the Armenian Government. Both documents have been made public at the [...]
Leave Turkey immediately
"I advise Armenians appearing in the territory of Turkey for this or that reason to immediately leave the country as it is obvious who we are dealing with. A threat uttered by Turkey's top official from such a high rostrum could be perceived by some forces as a signal to launch anti-Armenian [...]
Exchange rate for AMD per USD dollar reaches 405
Average market exchange rate of Armenian Dram to US Dollar on Armenia’s foreign exchange market reached AMD 405 for USD 1 as of March 19, 2010 press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reported
Erdogan goes back on his word
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defended his statements about deporting undocumented Armenian workers and criticized the media for misinterpreting his remarks. He said the media was wrong to compare Roma and Armenian citizens to illegal immigrants, saying his comments in [...]
Rosgosstrakh to become leader in Armenia
The Rosgosstrakh insurance company will soon become leader in Armenia, President of the company Danil Khachaturov said in his interview with Vedomosti. He pointed out that the company launched its activities in Armenia six months ago, and it is now one of the leaders. “We want to become the [...]
Genocide bill introduced to Bulgarian Parliament
Bill on Armenian Genocide is included in the Bulgarian Parliament agenda. According to Turkish HaberX, the bill was proposed by “Order, Lawfulness, Justice” party. Party’s leader Yane Yanev underlined that they seek to reach consensus over the estimates of these tragic events and [...]
EBRD to invest $150m in Armenia
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is ready to invest $150m in Armenia’s economy – ditto as in 2009, EBRD President Thomas Mirow said at the press conference in Yerevan. He informed that total investments of EBRD in Armenia make about $500m. Last year investments in [...]
Baku hails positive Armenia’s adoption of revised Madrid Principles
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov hailed positive the fact that Yerevan adopted revised version of Madrid Principles, Trend News reports. “This will create an opportunity to continue the negotiation process and begin work on a large agreement on the settlement of the conflict,” [...]