Posts Tagged ‘Politic’
Iran’s oil output shows no slowdown despite sanctions
Iran's crude oil output is expected to remain steady at around 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, its OPEC governor said on Thursday, February 23, showing no sign of a slowdown despite the West's sanctions against its oil exports, according to Reuters. "The production for this month [...]
Armenian singers reject Baku-hosted Eurovision over soldier death
Armenian singers issued a statement expressing refusal to participate in Baku-hosted Eurovision 2012 song contest, following the February 23 death of an Armenian soldier in Azeri sniper attack. “We refuse to perform in a country, notorious for mass killings and massacres of Armenians, a [...]
French Senate adopts genocide bill
The French Senate adopted bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial after long debates on Monday. President of France will ratify the law in 15 days after receiving the finally adopted law from the government. He can ask the parliament to review the full law or certain articles. The review [...]
Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize Armenian genocide denial
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since the killing of thousands of Armenians, but the wounds seem far from healed. The French parliament is to vote on a bill on Thursday making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The bill, which is expected to [...]
French parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
France’s National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially [...]
British Embassy in Tehran seized
Demonstrators in Tehran stormed the building of the British Embassy. Iranian police initially did not try to interfere with the thugs, and then blocked access to the Embassy. Those who still managed to reach the territory of the British mission will be detained, reports AFP. Reuters reports [...]
Wearing Emporio Armani considered Armenian propaganda in Turkey, and is punishable by law
ISTANBUL. – Turkish press widely covered Taraf daily’s columnist Roni Margulies’ funny story about three unlucky Turks, who were found guilty of wearing Emporio Armani t-shirts and thus carrying out Armenian propaganda. In his article, Margulies presents the three Turks’ [...]
Azerbaijanis fired 1,300 shots in direction of Karabakh
STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire more than 260 times, in the past week, at the line of contact between Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. Vanguard subdivisions of the Azerbaijani army fired, through different weaponry, around 1,300 shots in the direction of Armenian [...]
Armenia never purchased nonfunctional weaponry – MOLDOVA
YEREVAN. - Press secretary of Armenian Minister of Defense David Karapetyan commented on information published in the media that Armenia purchased nonfunctional weaponry from Moldova. "Purchase of weaponry and military equipment for Armenian army is carried out under relevant norms and [...]
Chief of Armenia’s police arrested
Chief of Armenia’s road police Margar Ohanyan was arrested on Tuesday suspected of abuse of power and misappropriation. Colonel Stepan Karakhanyan, Ohanyan’s close friend, was arrested the other day as well. Karakhanyan appropriated petrol intended for work of police in Armenia’s [...]