YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 19, RA President Serzh Sargsyan visited an examination center dislocated at Yerevan State University to get acquainted with the
WASHINGTON, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Congresswoman of California Laura Richardson has promised to cosponsor Armenian Genocide Resolution 252 which was submitted to the House
YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group on elaboration of the national program of fighting drugs has today convened its first sitting chaired by Artur
YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of National Holiday of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - official birthday of Her Majesty
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 18, RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Armenia Reena Pandey on the
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Irrespective of the outcome of fight between the candidates after the presidential elections in Iran that country's policy to Armenia will
RYDE, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Parliamentarian Mr. Victor Dominello from the Australian city of Ryde (LIB) has recently spoken about the Armenian Genocide
WASHINGTON, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. US Congress House of Representatives announced the Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. The Armenian
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The seeing off ceremony of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who had arrived in Armenia on an official visit, and his wife
MOSCOW, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A letter by representatives of the Javakhk territory of Georgia populated by Armenians has been received from Moscow.
Yerevan, June 17, Noyan Tapan. Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received the Governor of Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation Georgi Boss. The President of Armenia noted with satisfaction the
Yerevan, June 17, Noyan Tapan. The President of the Arab Republic of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, and his spouse Mrs. Asma Al-Assad arrived in Yerevan on June 17 on a
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The ideology of decisions on amnesty made earlier is the basis of RA President's proposal on granting an amnesty to be
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Malatia-Sebastia communities' general jurisdiction court examining the case by the speeded-up order pronounced a judgement, by which Norik Yeghiazarian and Armen
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Under lack of national ideology and ignorance of Turkish ethnophsychology Armenia-Turkey rapprochement is beneficial for Turkey and dangerous for Armenia. Psychologist Albert
ISTANBUL, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Istanbul-based Armenian Raffi Bilal has been elected deputy chairman for external relations of the Social-Democratic People's Party (SHP) of
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 16, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian receiving Ambassador of Germany Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorin completing her diplomatic mission in Armenia thanked
ISTANBUL, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Turkish government decided to empower the Armenian community of the country to elect a Co-patriarch. According to the
WASHINGTON, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Geragos&Geragos legal company in USA, which belongs to renowned Armenian lawyer Mark Kirakosian, calls the heirs of
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The conflicts that started in Iran after the presidential elections are likely to finish in a week, and the home political
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. As it has been already reported, one issue, RA President's proposal on granting an amnesty according to part 1, Article
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. After the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders elections the opposition ceased to pose danger for the authorities, and at present
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. "Active development dynamics is recorded in Armenian-Syrian relations lately," orientalist Suren Manukian said at the June 16 press conference. In his words,
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. A RA NA special session will be convened on June 19 at 12:00 by the decision of RA NA Speaker Hovik
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Secretary of the National Security Council Artur Baghdasarian receiving the delegation headed by the regional coordinator of drug confronting program in the
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of the Arab Republic of Syria Bashar Al-Assad and Mrs Asma Al-Assad will arrive in Armenia on June 17
WASHINGTON, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Five big American and British weapon producing organizations carried on propaganda against the ratification of the Armenian Genocide Resolution
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 15, NKR President Bako Sahakian signed a decree on relieving Lernik Hakobian of the post of NKR Minister of
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian society has not reconciled itself to the rigged presidential and Yerevan Council of Elders elections. Nor Zhamanakner (New Times)
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. At present except the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) there is no other structure, which Armenia could join. Nor Zhamanakner (New
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The first sitting of the working group on elaboration of information strategy on European integration in Armenia took place on June
MOSCOW, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Moscow on a working visit, participated in the sitting of CSTO Foreign Ministers'
MOSCOW, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Moscow for taking part in the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council sitting, met with
MOSCOW, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 14, the delegation led by RA President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the CSTO Collective Security Council regular sitting in
GLENDALE, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian National Committee-Western Region (ANC-WR), joined by other Armenian community organizations, met with KFI640-AM radio show host Bill
VASHINGTON, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. In a major blow to Turkey's global campaign to suppress the truth about the Armenian Genocide, U.S. District
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Russia's possibilities in the diplomatic sphere of NKR's international recognition are limited, but most of Russians support the Nagorno Karabakh struggle: according
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. According to ARFD Bureau member, head of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction Vahan Hovhannisian, U.S. State Department's report publicized on
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "Unlike European structures or groups having observation missions that immediately estimated the communal elections as communal elections, the U.S. always does so:
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The estimation on Armenia in the U.S. State Department report publicized on June 10 "is even mild, as indeed we see
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Possibilities of development of Armenian-Polish relations were discussed at the June 12 meeting of RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and member
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Monitoring Committee Co-rapporteurs John Prescott and George Colombier will arrive in Yerevan on a three-day visit on June 15.
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan visited former RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian's grave on June 12, Andranik Margarian's birthday, at
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Administrative Court on June 10 made a decision not to accept for examination and to return the lawsuit of
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian leaves for Moscow on June 13 to take part in the sitting of Collective Security Treaty
YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors, chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, today held its
YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Armenia attaches importance to further deepening of bilateral relations with Estonia and relations within the framework of the European Union," RA President
YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the constitutional amendments Yerevan Mayor will have less levers for making personal decisions than the former Mayors,
YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian receiving Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet, who is in Yerevan on an official visit, expressed
CRIMEA, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The second international conference titled Armenians of the Ukraine: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow will take place on September 5-6
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On June 8, deputies of the NKR National Assembly met with deputy of French National Assembly, Chairman
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the agreement reached with the Nagorno Karabakh Republic authorities in advance, on June 10, the OSCE mission conducted
YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 10, the RA National Assembly ratified the protocol Between RA Defence Ministry and Republic of Greece National Defence Ministry
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Armenia Reena Pandey visited the RA Ministry of Diaspora on the occasion of completing
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The dissolution of the fact-finding committee of experts on study of the 2008 March 1-2 events will have a deep negative
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 10, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to RA Massimo Lavezzo Cassinelli on the occasion
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Public Council (PC) at the June 9 sitting made a decision to apply to RA President Serzh Sargsyan with
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the RF national holiday, day of adoption of a declaration on State Sovereignty, RA President Serzh Sargsyan
VIENNA, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "War of Nagorno Karabakh" book's (Der Krieg um BergKarabach) launching was held at the Military Academy of Austria
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 10, RA National Security Council Secretary, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on Coordination of Armenia's Cooperation with European Structures Artur
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 9, NKR President Bako Sahakian met with Francois Rochbluan, a deputy of the French National Assembly, the Chairman of
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The PACE Co-rapporteurs on Armenia presented their report on activity of democratic institutions in Armenia at the PACE Monitoring Committee June
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 9, the Armenian National Congress made a statement condemning the stopping of the activity of the fact-finding committee of
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 8, NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Vardan Barseghian met with the delegation led by UK House of Lords Deputy Speaker
BRUSSELS, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A traditional meeting of pupils of Armenian schools of Holland and Belgium dedicated to the holiday of the First Republic of
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Former RA Foreign Minister, Chairman of the Civilitas Foundation Vardan Oskanian, on June 17 and 18, will give lectures at Bentley
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The U.S. attaches importance to expansion of cooperation with Armenia in various spheres. As U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon
TBILISI, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. At Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's invitation, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian paid a two-day working visit to Tbilisi on June
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenian Assembly of America Western Region Director Yeghig Keshishian met with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and discussed the
BEIRUT, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on June 7, which ended by the victory of the leading bloc
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 8, the RA National Assembly by secret ballot elected ARFD faction member Hrayr Karapetian as Chairman of the NA
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 8, the RA National Assembly by secret ballot elected Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) faction member Naira Zohrabian as Chairwoman of
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 6, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed an order on invalidating RA President's 2008 October 23 order On Establishing the
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) at the June 8 special sitting registered Bargavach Hayastan party member Vachagan Khurshudian as a
OSLO, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Law and policy of genocide denial" was discussed during one of the Global Forum on Freedom of Expression
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The first sitting of newly elected Yerevan Council of Elders was convened on June 8, which was conducted by the Council
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Central Electoral Commission, at the June 6 special sitting, by a decision made with 6 votes "for" and 2
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the decision made at the RA Central Electoral Commission June 6 special sitting, the following figures were elected Yerevan
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The wrong decisions of the Armenian National Congress resulted in a very low turnout of civil society in Yerevan Council of
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be solved through negotiations until Armenia and Azerbaijan renounce the formulation "Karabakh is ours." Suren Sureniants, a
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Suren Sureniants, a member of the Hanrapetutiun (Republic) party Political Board, the most important event of the past days
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Currently Armenia has 47 diplomatic representations abroad, two of which, in Hague (the Netherlands) and Batum (Georgia) were opened in 2008.
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. At the June 5 court sitting on the case of former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian and Suren Sirunian the prosecutor
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Onik Alexanian, the Chairman of commission of polling station N 8/15, was arrested on June 5 on the criminal case examined
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. In addition to other issues, the report on activity of democratic institutions in Armenia will be discussed at the PACE Monitoring
SAINT PETERSBURG, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Saint Petersburg on a visit, had a private talk with RF President Dmitry
WASHINGTON, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. California State Senate passed Genocide Res.234 which was presented by Senator Mark Wyland. According to the bill, it
PARIS, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Florans Martirosian is the sixth on Democratic Movement party's (France) south-east constituency list in the elections of European Parliament
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "Time showed that being nominated by political forces, fact-finding committee members, unfortunately, failed to get free of their political agenda and act
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "The whole responsibility of depriving Hakobian David of the mandate at Yerevan Council of Elders institution before the God and the
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of complaints addressed to the RA Ombudsman in connection with the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders elections was
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "The whole state system led and coordinated by Serzh Sargsyan was made to serve for the falsifications committed in the May
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The activity of fact-finding committee of experts on study of the cases of mass disorders of 2008 March 1-2 in Yerevan
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Hayastan All Armenian Fund congratulates all winners of the 2008 President Prize, including intellectuals Vahakn Dadrian and Wolfgang
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The results of the ANCA Fund's Endowment Telethon surpassed the expectations. According to the Asbarez daily, the
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Appeal Court presided by Mher Arghamanian, by the June 2 judgement kept unchanged the sentence of Yerevan Kentron and
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. If the Armenian National Congress (ANC) does not accept the preliminary results of the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders elections
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenian-Turkish closed conference of political scientists and journalists dedicated to the two countries' relations was held on between May 26
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NAYAN TAPAN. On June 4, RA President Serzh Sargsyan leaves for Saint Petersburg on a two-day working visit to take part in the
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the agreement reached with the NKR authorities in advance, on June 3, the OSCE mission carried out a plan
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. "What took place on May 31 in Yerevan cannot be named "elections," Vahagn Khachatrian, ANC representative, coordinator of ANC Malatia-Sebastia community's election
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President Serzh Sargsyan's June 2 decree, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of RA to Estonia Ashot Galoyan was given the degree
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President Serzh Sargsyan's June 2 decree, Vladimir Karmirshalian was given a degree of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The first plenary sitting of Public Council was held on June 2 in Yerevan. One of the issues on the sitting
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 2, RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a consultation with the participation of law enforcement system responsible figures on the
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 2, RA President Serzh Sargsyan receiving Foreign Minister of Syria Walid al-Muallim being in Armenia on a working visit
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The reason of ruling coalition representative Robert Avagian's not participating in the work of the fact-finding committee on study of the
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Committee on Protection of Freedom of Expression is concerned and indignant with a number of facts of hindering activity of
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "I would like one of the Bargavach Hayastan party representatives, former deputy Aghasi Arshakian, Armen Rustamian from ARFD and Levon Zurabian
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 2, RA National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasarian received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Netherlands Onno Elderenbosch on the occasion
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. After Yerevan Council of Elders elections the Armenian National Congress made a statement that read: "Ilegal regime's
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the criminal case investigated at the RA Special Investigation Service, filed for checking facts and publications in
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Norayr Yeghiazarian, a member of Yerevan polling station commission N 05 of electoral district N 8, and Armen Ohanian, a voter
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the Republican Party of Armenia, Bargavach Hayastan party, and the Armenian National Congress on the occasion of
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the National Press Club June 1 statement, Yerevan Council of Elders elections were accompanied by violence to representatives of
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The monitoring mission of Council of Europe Congress of Local and Territorial Authorities states that the general organization level of Yerevan
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Ombudsman's institution received more than ten oral application-complaints in the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders elections that mainly regarded
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian National Congress Coordinator Levon Zurabian stated in his interview to journalists late in the evening of May 31 that the
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian signed a decision, according to which a RA NA special sitting will be convened on June
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Central Electoral Commission, on June 1, summed up the preliminary results of Yerevan Council of Elders elections held the
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 31, at 14:10, at polling station N 9/28, Zharangutiun party's district electoral commission member Daniel Iohannisian made up a
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan by the Armenian National Congress (ANC), a number of other violations were recorded
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Press Service of RA Prosecutor General's Office considers not complete the May 31 report of the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. Observers are only able to follow the elections at polling stations: they do not control processes having an impact on electoral
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. Acts of violence against journalists covering Yerevan Council of Elders elections of May 31 continue. According to the Armenian National Congress, violence
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. First RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian will answer all questions on June 1. He declared this to journalists on May 31, on
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. Today, at about 10:25, NA deputy Levon Sargsian burst into polling station N 9/1 and ordered his bodyguards
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. As of 12:00, the Armenian National Congress had already recorded a number of violations. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. All 439 polling stations opened for voting from 08:00, May 31, in Yerevan Council of Elders elections. According to the data
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan and members of his family, his wife and daughter, voted at polling station N 9/10 located at
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. 771 477 voters are included in the final list of voters in Yerevan Council of Elders elections. Norayr Muradkhanian, the Head
LOS ANGELES, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Congressman Xavier Becerra continues his support to the resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide, which was authored
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan at the March 28 interview to journalists stated that he is ready to use his constitutional right
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. By speaking about his readiness to grant an amnesty, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan just wished to continue the show that is
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the surveys conducted by the Sociometer sociological center in April-May, 25% Yerevan residents take no interest in the forthcoming Yerevan
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Positive changes will be made in Armenia after the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders elections, at that, in case of
STOCKHOLM, MAY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Swedish press touched upon the recent statement of Swedish Foreign Minister in connection with denial of the
ETCHMIADZIN, MAY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 27, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway to Armenia Knut
YEREVAN, MAY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. ARFD calls RA President Serzh Sargsyan for stopping "football diplomacy" carried on towards Turkey. ARFD Armenian Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamian stated
YEREVAN, MAY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Avet Adonts appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Belgium and pluralistically head of Armenia's representation in the European Union will
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. If Vahe Stepanian, the head of the RA Ombudsman's office staff, leaves the fact-finding committee on study of the March 1-2
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. If the activity of the experts' fact-finding committee on study of the March 1 events fails, Zharangutiun (Heritage) party will continue
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "We wonder who is behind the Armenian-Turkish flirt, whether Russia or the U.S.," Ashot Melkonian, the Director of the History Institute
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 27, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received Governor of RF Yaroslavl region Sergey Vakhrukov. Expressing satisfaction
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. State independence is the guarantee of any nation's future. Ashot Melkonian, a historian, the Director of the History Institute of the
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 27, newly appointed Ambassador of Benin to Armenia Ayi Visinto d'Almeida (residence Moscow) handed his credentials to RA President
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President's May 26 decree Avet Adonts was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Belgium (residence Brussels).
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President's May 26 decree Vigen Chitechian was relieved of the post of RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 26, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Armenia Renate Stille on the occasion
YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Former RA Prime Minister, head of the Liberty party Hrant Bagratian does not exclude that the social situation in Armenia will
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 26, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received newly appointed Ambassador of Benin to RA Ayi Visinto d'Almeida (residence
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian people is grateful for Norway for the humanitarian aid provided after the 1988 destructive earthquake. RA NA Speaker Hovik
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The body governing Yerevan should be national. RA NA deputy Artsvik Minasian heading the ARFD electoral roll in Yerevan Council of
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Elections already becoming annual in Armenia call forth more questions than answers. To all appearances, Yerevan Council of Elders elections
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Zharangutiun (Heritage) party Board Chairwoman Anahit Bakhshian sent a letter to RA President Serzh Sargsyan on May 26 drawing his attention
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Nig Aparan Compatriotic Union will organize a series of festive events on May 28 in Aparan on the occasion of
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2008 Armenia pinned its hopes on "football diplomacy," as it was a new approach to Armenian-Turkish relations. As Democratic Party
YEREVAN, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan receiving Knut Houg, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway to RA (residence Moscow), on May
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 25, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received newly appointed Ambassador of Norway to RA Mr. Knut Houg (residence Moscow)
STEPANAKERT, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. NKR President Bako Sahakian received French Armenian benefactor Karpis Nikoghosian on May 22. According to the NKR
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian, on May 25, met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalaghania, who heads the working
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) preelection program's part Yerevan a City of Work mentions that if the party wins the
WASHINGTON, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The National Council of the Churches of Christ of the USA sent a letter to Speaker of
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. "Release of political prisoners is already a matter of weeks," first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian stated at the March 24 preelection
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. If the authorities commit falsifications on the day of Yerevan Council of Elders elections, the opposition will be able to fight
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. During the election campaign of Yerevan Council of Elders elections the Armenian National Congress has recorded a number of gross violations,
YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The May 22 tete-a-tete conversation between the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic, who is
YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian at the May 22 meeting with President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic attached importance to deepening and
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The seminar organized by the Armenian Center for National and International Studies on May 21 was dedicated to discussion of Armenian-Iranian
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. At RA President Serzh Sargsyan's invitation President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic arrives in Yerevan on an official visit in the evening
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Anahit Bakhshian, the Chairwoman of the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party Board and a member of the NA faction of the
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Over the past weeks the Turkish Prime Minister and other high-ranking Turkish officials stated on various occasions that normalization of relations
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Council of Elders elections campaign is accompanied by acts of violence to witnesses during political trials. Armenian National Congress (ANC) Central
YEREVAN, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. According to regular official information provided by the Central Bank of Armenia to the Central Electoral Commission, as of May 15,
BRUSSELS, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who was in Brussels on a working visit, met with OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair Bernard
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Newly appointed Ambassador of Cyprus to RA Petros Kestoras (residence Moscow) handed his credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan on May
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. If the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) wins Yerevan Council of Elders elections to be held on May 31 it plans
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's Criminal Appeal Court presided by Arshak Khachatrian on May 20 kept unchanged the sentence of Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' court
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan convened a National Security Council sitting on May 19, during which the report of RA Minister of
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The process of normalization of Armenia's relations with Turkey is a threat to Armenian people's unity. Vardan Khachatrian, a member of
YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The parliaments of Armenia and Artsakh should try to unitedly change the distorted picture of Nagorno Karabakh problem the international
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) responsible figures, one should not politicize the clash between representatives
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. In total 4 415 representatives of 21 local NGOs have been accredited at the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia so far
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Contacts between legislators of Armenia and Artsakh have become active lately. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian at the May 19 meeting
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian authorities should use Yerevan Council of Elders elections for recording progress in the sphere of democracy. Hovhannes Hovhannisian, a member
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Newly appointed Ambassador of Croatia to RA Vesna Cvjetkovic-Kurelec (residence Athens) handed her credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan on May
ATHENS, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The final meeting of the 17th OSCE Forum under the title Migration Government and Its Interrelation with Strategy Carried out in
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. North Atlantic Council's sitting in the format 28+1 will be held on May 20. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defence
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 18, RA President Serzh Sargsyan had a private talk with RF Vice-Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov, who is in Yerevan
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Creation of new dividing lines in the region is unacceptable. And differences should be settled by peaceful and political means. RA
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly at the May 18 sitting started election of NA Vice-Speaker and Chairman of Standing Committee on Science,
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 18, the RA National Assembly by secret ballot elected RPA faction Secretary Samvel Nikoyan as parliament Vice-Speaker. He replaced
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 18, the RA National Assembly by secret ballot elected Artak Davtian Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science, Education,
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The proposal of appointing Ara Vardanian Director of Hayastan All Armenian Fund's Executive Board was approved at the Fund Board of
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian at the May 16 meeting with Special Representative of EU for the South Caucasus, Ambassador
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Reaffirming Armenia's loyalty to European values, RA President Serzh Sargsyan at the May 18 meeting with EU Special Representative for the
Yerevan, MAY 17, Noyan Tapan. "The disaster at the Nairit chemical plant must be another alarm for the heads and owners of Armenia's other enterprises," the president of Armenia
Yerevan, May 17, Noyan Tapan, The newly appointed Ambassador of Indonesia to Armenia Ms. Nining Suningsih Rochadiat (residence in Kiev) presented her credentials to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan. Congratulating
Yerevan, May 15, Noyan Tapan. Much to be done for the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, the Genocide is crime against humanity, and these efforts will
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