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Nagorno-Karabakh holds parliamentary vote
YEREVAN, (Reuters) - Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh held a parliamentary election on Sunday, a month after the collapse of a plan to end hostility between Armenia and Turkey and ease tension in the south Caucasus. Most candidates and parties insist on independence for Nagorno-Karabakh from [...]
OSCE monitoring Nagorno-Karabakh truce
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24 (UPI) -- European officials arrived Monday to survey a cease-fire along the Azeri border with Armenia following elections in a breakaway region, Azeri officials said. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry said a monitoring group from the Organization for Security and [...]
Does Russia support Azerbaijan?
Moscow reiterated its support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity on Monday in the wake of parliamentary elections in Nagorno Karabakh. "Moscow does not think that the peace settlement of the conflict might depend on the results of the Nagorno Karabakh elections," said Andrei Nesterenko, a [...]
Liberty Square is again available
The monuments to Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiaryan removed from the vicinity of Opera House last year have been re-inaugurated in Yerevan's Liberty Square. The monuments were removed in October 2008 for the construction of an underground parking intended for 500 cars. The [...]
How to defend Armenia from the crisis
Former RA Prime Minister, economist Hrant Bagratyan doesn't exclude the continuation of the global economic crisis and if so, foresees that the crisis will hit Armenia in September-October. According to him, if the government is smart, it will put an end to the devaluation of the euro. "Armenia [...]
Armenia weightlifting coach dies at 51
Armenia weightlifting coach Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, died of a heart attack in Zvartnots International Airport on May 23, when welcoming the youth weightlifting team returning from Valencia after the European Championships. Mkhitaryan had trained the national team since 2006. Under his guidance, [...]
Eva Rivas sets the stage on fire
Oslo, Norway - The Armenian rehearsal today saw some changes compared to the first one. Shining bubble chains were hanging above the stage, and more pyrotechnical effects were used to enhance the performance. The Armenian delegation had made some changes in the choreography to Apricot Stone: [...]
Turkey’s joining the EU within next 25-30 years highly unlikely
On May 18, Paris hosted a conference, entitled Turkey: Still Headed for the West? French journalist, geopolitics expert, Bernard Guetta stated at the conference, “It is now highly unlikely that Turkey can join the EU. At least, not until 25-30 years. In the crosshairs “Islamist violence that [...]
France supports efforts of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents
French Minister of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche said that France, which co-chairs the Minsk Group, supported Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders' efforts to take steps to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, he emphasized that political [...]
Azeri delegation disallows its weightlifter from participating in award ceremony
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu. After [...]