Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
PACE Co-Rapporteurs arrived in Georgia
March 22, Co- Rapporteurs of the monitoring committee for Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Matyas Eorsi and Kastriot Islami arrived on a working visit to Georgia. They will visit information center of the CoE and meet with Special Representative of the Secretary General of [...]
Picket in defense of Javakheti Armenians held in Moscow
A picket in defense of Armenians of Samtskhe Javakheti was held in Moscow on March 30. Some 15 people (the number of demonstrators was limited by Moscow authorities) marched with Armenian flags and distributed leaflets telling about the persecutions of Armenians in Georgia. The Javakheti [...]
The genocide problem – states, parliaments and people
There is a heated debate in Turkey following the decisions of the Swedish Parliament and the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee on the Armenian issue. If we put aside Turkey’s well-known official thesis on this subject, we must admit that there must also be a theoretical [...]
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 [...]
Another man dies in Georgia after Russian invasion hoax on Imedi
Another man died in Georgia after the program on 2010 Russian invasion hoax, broadcasted on Imedi TV. A 75-year-old refugee from Sukhumi Vano Nasaridze felt ill and suffered a stroke, ITAR-TASS reports. Same day he was hospitalized to the local hospital and died several days after. The [...]
Bulgaria RZS Demands Condemnation of Armenian Genocide
Bulgaria's conservative Order, Law, and Justice (RZS) party is submitting with the Parliament Thursday an official declaration asking that Bulgaria condemns the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey. The declaration is in connection with the Thursday visit of Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet [...]
Moscow hosted consultations on Karabakh conflict settlement
Wednesday, March 17, Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Grigori Karasin met with the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon in the framework of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Russia. The meeting focused [...]
RA Parliament Speaker invited to Georgia
March 18, RA Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan held a phone conversation with his Georgian counterpart David Bakradze. NEWS.am was informed that the conversation was held on the initiative of Georgian side. The sides discussed issues on bilateral cooperation, particularly between [...]