YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. While protracting the ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols, Turkey will not withdraw from the reconciliation process as it has numerous problems. Editor-in-chief
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. At present Armenia is making its proposals over the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, an agreement about which was reached at the tripartite
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. First RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian, on February 16, met with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, who had arrived in Yerevan
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia supports Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev's initiative to hold an OSCE summit in late 2010 in Kazakhstan. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
YERVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) is pleased to announce that the Annual Members Weekend will take place
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. One of OSCE's most important priorities is solution of so-called protracted conflicts, thus Kazakhstan's State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev on the post
"Frost over the world" YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. - Mr. President, the Turkish
PARIS, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. During his working visit to France, the Secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia Arthur Baghdasarian on February 15 had
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The opening of the post-graduate course "Political Institutions and Processes" took place at the Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The festive opening of the Diplomatic School of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held in Yerevan on February 15.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. A 40-strong peacekeeping sub-unit of Armenian armed forces arrived in Kunduz, Afghanistan on February 14 in order to participate in the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "The issue of Nakhijevan was raised for the first time in the speech that Serzh Sargsyan recently made in Great Britain,"
PYATIGORSK, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On 13 February President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan arrived in the city of Pyatigorsk, administrative center of the North
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Kazakhstan's State Secretary-Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev will visit Armenia between February 15 to 16. The OSCE Chairman-in-Office will meet RA
WARSAW, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Political consultations between the foreign ministries of Armenia and Poland were held at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February
SOUKHUM, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 12 February President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan on the invitation of the authorities of the Republic of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The opening of Armenia's border with Turkey will benefit the economies of the two countries, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie
DEIR ZOR, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Deir Zor Governor Huseyn Arnus and Baas party Deir Zor provincial structure head Taha Khalifa received a delegation led by
BRATISLAVA, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. The President of Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe Ashot Grigorian has sent an open letter to the Foreign Minister
PARIS, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanian met with French Defence Minister Erve Moren on February 10. The tete-a-tete conversation between the
LONDON, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. During his working visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was received by
BRATISLAVA, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. The President of Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe Ashot Grigorian has sent an open letter to the Foreign Minister
LONDON, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. During his working visit to the UK, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition of works of
LONDON, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN.Below are fragments of the speech by President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in the British Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chattem House) on 10 February
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. According to ARFD Bureau member, Head of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction Vahan Hovhannisian, the discussion of the resolution condemning
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian receiving Adviser to IRI President, Chairman of IRI Organization for Cultural and Islamic Contacts Mehdi Mostafavi
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 9, RA Defence Minister Seyran Ohanian met with Camille Grand, Executive Director of one of the leading research centers
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ms. Karine Ghazinian will leave for Warsaw on February 10 to participate in political consultations between the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. DVV International organization (the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association) jointly with its Yerevan office has been implementing
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Board of the Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia (RAPA) is convinced that the regular hike in the gas price
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Congressman John Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Defence Subcommittee, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania in the United States House
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. As a state playing an important role in the region, Iran should restore its participation in some format in the Karabakh
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 9, Foreign Minister of Syria Walid al Muallem received the delegation led by RA Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosian
SOFIA, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Bulgarian parliament did not adopt the proposal to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Zaman paper (Turkey) reported that
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The levers of influencing the Karabakh conflict settlement are not growing through the Armenian-Turkish normalization process, nor is Azerbaijan prompted to resume
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A delegation led by RA Defence Minister Seyran Ohanian arrived in Paris on February 8 at the
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN -ARMENIANS TODAY. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s meeting with Armenian American groups, scheduled for February 9 has been postponed, with the State
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. President Serzh Sargsyan sent a message to the president of the Republic of Turkey Abdullah Gul.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Although the Armenian-Turkish normalization process has slowed down, it has not reached a deadlock, and it is now Turkey' turn to
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on February 5 received the newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Ms.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Karabakh war has not ended: a ceasefire was signed in 1994, which means that war can resume
PASADENA, CA, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Leaders of the Armenian American community in Pasadena exchanged ideas with a leader of the Pasadena chapter of the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ms. Karine Ghazinian on February 8 received a group of first year students studying for a
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Arman Kirakosian will pay a visit to Syria on February 9-11 in
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will go on a three-day working visit to the UK on February 9. The Armenian delegation is
ISTANBUL, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Speaking at the conference held by Turk Democracy organization on February 2, the deputy advisor to the Turkish
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On the initiative of the White House, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has invited representatives of the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A meeting of defence ministers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) participating states was held in Istanbul on
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The Turkish side's insults and criticism levelled at the OSCE Minsk Group have closed the opportunities for Turkey to assume the
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee sets the vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, which was introduced to Committee
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Armenian authorities need to implement the reforms recommended by the ad hoc Committee of the National Assembly of Armenia on
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on February 5 First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan expressed satisfaction with Armenian-Russian relations
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Artur Baghdasarian, the Chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on Coordination of Armenia's Cooperation with European Structures, Secretary of the National Security Council,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The lawyers of Vahagn Chakhalian - a Javakheti Armenian political activist sentenced by Georgian authorities to 10 years' imprisonment for his political
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 5, NKR President Bako Sahakian signed a decree on fixing NKR NA regular elections for May 23 2010.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 4, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and the delegation accompanying him. U.S. Assistant
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian at a February 3 meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of PRC to RA Hun Tszyu
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on February 4 passed in the second reading and completely a bill on an addition to the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the Armenian-Turkish normalization process, some coldness is noticeable today not only in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations, but also in Armenia-Diaspora
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. In the context of the current development of Armenian-Turkish relations, the Armenian community of Turkey is an ignored or not much
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The RA National Assembly on February 2 passed unanimously in the first reading a government-submitted bill envisaging an
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 2, in Yerevan the National Security Council, the EU Delegation to Armenia and UNDP Resident in Armenia signed the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Turkey tries to establish good-neighborly relations with all its neighbors creating a new policy in the South Caucasus under the motto
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Four RA NA deputies will also observe the second tour of the presidential elections to be held on February 7 in
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On Tuesday speaking at an annual series of hearings of the Senate Select Communittee on Intelligence Dennis
WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. President Barack Obama presented fiscal year 2011 (FY11) budget to Congress in which particularly to give $40 million in assistance
WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will travel to Armenia and Georgia on February 4th and 5th. According to
BOSTON, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Boston based coalition of Armenian and Jewish Community Leaders launched grassroots petition urging all people to
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly ratified on February 2 the Framework Financing Agreement (the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program) signed between the Republic
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. By coming to power through the rigged election, Serzh Sargsyan's regime has put itself in a vulnerable position before the international community.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. One of the most important issues discussed within the framework of PACE was the report on corruption in the judicial system,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the Open Doors program of the RA National Assembly, henceforth senior pupils will be allowed to be present at the
LOS AMGELES, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular assembly of diplomats accredited to the state of California took place in Los Angeles on January 28. The
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Starting from January 31, almost a thousand heirs of the Armenian Genocide victims will receive their compensation payments from AXA insurance
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process has entered into a critical stage, which causes an apprehension among those who imagined the process as very
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 1, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY."The events of late February 1988 in the town of Sumgait shocked the international community with their savagery and brutality", it's said
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Serzh Sargsyan's January 29 decree Armen Gevorgian was relieved of the post of the RA Minister of Sport
OSLO, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian during his January 29 short official visit to Oslo met with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenia-Turkey normalization process has reached a deadlock by efforts of Turkey, and this could be foreseen as the Turkish policy
LONDON, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is on a working visit to London, on January 28 participated in the London Afghanistan
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Based on the application of Armenian Times daily's editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian, the RA Constitutional Court on March 5 will examine a
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. "Republican Party of Armenia" ("RPA"), "Prosperous Armenia" and "Country of Law" factions of the RA National Assembly issued a statement on January
WASHINGTON, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. During a seminar recenly held at the George Washington University, a map of Turkey, on which the Eastern
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. "Generals, Officers, and Soldiers, I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Army Day.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 27, RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian received Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki who is in Yerevan for the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is leaving for Great Britain on January 28 to take part in the International Conference on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 27, RA President Serzh Sargsyan receiving Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki, who is in Yerevan for the purpose
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on January 26. The latter is in Armenia for
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Serzh Sargsyan's January 25 decree first deputy of RA President's chief military inspector, Major-General Leonid Martirosov was awarded the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Serzh Sargsyan's January 25 decree Head of the Operative Department of RA Armed Forced General Headquarters, Colonel Artak
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 26, the meeting between Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki took
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Unites States welcomed the RA Constitutional Court's ruling that the Armenia-Turkey protocols do not conflict with the Constitution of the Republic
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference of representatives of the World Armenian Congress youth organizations will be held on January 27 in Yerevan within the framework
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The PACE Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs at a January 26 meeting unanimously approved the mandates of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs receives complaints from citizens on conscripts' health, as well
NEW YORK, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. A festive event on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Armenian Armed Forces took place on January 22 with
YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. During the PACE plenary session that started on January 25, a decision was made to pass the issue of non-approval of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation headed by Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will arrive in Armenia on January 26 in order to participate in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The relatives of those killed during the March 1-2, 2008 events in Yerevan, as well as representatives of Heritage Party staged
SOCHI, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular tripartite meeting of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the Nagorno Karabakh
YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation headed by Prime Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri will pay a one-day working visit to Armenia on January 26.
LOS ANGELES, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Activists and leaders of the Armenian National Committee welcomed newly-elected Councilmember Paul Krekorian to the Los Angeles City
STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 22, NKR President Bako Sahakian met with members of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund delegation headed by Executive Director
YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Taking into consideration the discussion of the report under the title Respect for Media Freedom to be held in PACE in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. A number of Armenian NGOs filed an application to the members of the PACE in connection with the recent change that
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. If Turkey is not prepared to head for the protocols' ratification and it continues to use a language of preconditions, then
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Following the publication of the RA Constitutional Court's decision on Armenia-Turkey protocols, some Armenian political figures are trying to pretend to be
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. At the end of 2009 the Armenian ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian was elected CEO of the Interstate Fund of Humanitarian
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. During the January 21 meeting of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, at a January 21 meeting, discussed the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The pivotal issue discussed at the January 21 meeting of RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian and European Union Special Representative for
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian's decision David Muradian was relieved of the post of RA Deputy Minister of Culture. Noyan
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Former RA President Robert Kocharian met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on January 20 in Tehran. According to the Tehran
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The court sentence passed on the case of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper's editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian was unprecedented in its whole essence. Former RA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. A tripartite meeting of RA President Serzh Sargsyan, RF President Dmitry Medvedev and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev dedicated to the Nagorno Karabakh
STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR National Assembly's political forces, the Democracy, Homeland and ARFD-Movement-88 factions, on January 19, made a statement on the 1990 January massacres
LONDON, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On January 12 I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. In
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 20, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzliakov (RF), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (U.S.), and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Moscow bookstores are filled with Azeri books about "aggressions of Armenians" and an attempt is made to prove that allegedly Armenians
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and expressed concern over Turkish Foreign Ministry's
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Azeri information agencies in their anti-Armenian agitation have already moved to obvious falsehood. Information technologies specialist Tigran Kocharian made such a statement
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Press Club on January 20 made a statement expressing deep indignation over the judgement sentencing editor-in-chief of the Haykakan
UPPSALA, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the third anniversary of the assassination of the Armenian intellectual Hrant Dink committed by Turkish extremists and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, on January 19, receiving the European Union Advisory Group in Armenia led by Raul de Luzenberger,
ISTANBUL, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Award-winning Canadian journalist Naomi Klein will deliver Hrant Dink memorial lecture titled "The Power of Being Consistent: Insisting on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The 20th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians committed in 1990 January in Baku and the 3rd anniversary of murder of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex on January 19, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Constitutional Court with its decision on the Armenian-Turkish protocols corrected and proofread the mistakes the RA Foreign Ministry had made.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' general jurisdiction court presided by judge Mnatsakan Martirosian by the January 19 judgement sentenced Haykakan Zhamanak daily's
SOFIA, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Consultations between the RA and Bulgarian Foreign Ministries were held on January 18 in Sofia, led by RA Deputy Foreign Minister
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) party's opinion of Armenian-Turkish protocols is kept unchanged." BH leader Gagik Tsarukian's Spokesperson Khachik Galstian reported this to
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey spread a press release, which read:
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. After discussing the complaints about the January 10 by-election of a National Assembly deputy by the majoritarian electoral system, the district election
MOSCOW, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan together with his spouse Rita Sargsyan paid a
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. In connection with the 20th anniversary of the January 1990 Armenian massacres in Baku and the 3rd anniversary of Hrant Dink's
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Constitutional Court's decision on the Armenia-Turkey protocols is consonant with the statements that the Armenian president made in Armenia, in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargysan with his spouse Mrs Rita Sargsyan leaves for Moscow on a working visit on January 18, at
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian is in the Arab Republic of Egypt on an official visit. The NA Speaker met with
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. RA President Serzh Sargsyan received OSCE Minsk Group American Co-chair Robert Bradtke on January 16. According to RA President's
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia has three main problems: establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations, Nagorno Karabakh settlement, and international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Sergey Arutyunov, the
MOSCOW, JANUARY 18, NOYAN-TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The scientists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will published book "The History of the South Caucasus" in Russian in
STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian received OSCE Minsk Group American Co-chair Robert Bradtke on January 17. According to the NKR President's Press Office,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 15, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a working dinner with Ambassadors of EU member states accredited in Yerevan
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. At RF President Dmitry Medvedev's invitation RA President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a short working visit to Moscow with his spouse
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan met with OSCE Minsk Group American Co-chair Robert Bradtke on January 16. According to RA President's Press
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Consultations between the foreign ministries of Armenia and Bulgaria will take in Sofia on January 18. According to the RA MFA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian believes that the Constitutional Court's decision about constitutionality of the Armenia-Turkey protocols answered a number of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 15 sitting, the RA Central Election Commission (CEC) registered member of the National Unity Party Ara Simonian as
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The delegation headed by the RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian will go on an official visit to Egypt on January
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Constitutional Court gave a legally competent response to various speculations and interpretations regarding the Armenian-Turkish protocols in Turkey's political and legal
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA RPA faction Secretary Eduard Sharmazanov positively estimates RA Constitutional Court's resolution on recognizing the commitments stipulated by the Armenian-Turkish protocols
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. With the decision of the Constitutional Court, Armenia has taken its step, and now it is Turkey's turn, Turkologist Artak Shakarian
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian, a discussion was held on January 15 in connection with the 20th anniversary
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Heritage party believes that the RA Constitutional Court's December 12 decision, by which the commitments to be assumed by Armenia under
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Armenia is the first visit of a high-ranking guest to Armenia in the new
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, on January 14, received RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. At the meeting the sides spoke about Armenian-Russian dynamically
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. RA and RF Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Sergey Lavrov, at a January 14 meeting spoke about dynamically developing relations between Armenia
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Constitutional Court by recognizing the provisions of the Armenian-Turkish protocols as corresponding to the RA Constitution meanwhile mentioned some shortcomings
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The international law does not permit to make reservations in bilateral agreements as it is senseless and absurd. Vladmir Vardanian, the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian receiving USAID/Armenia Mission Director Jatinda Cheema on January 14 appreciated cooperation of the Armenian authorities with USAID
CYPRUS, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Bojidar Dimitrov, Bulgaria's Minister in charge of the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, stirred a hornet's nest at the
MOSCOW, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to military and military-technical cooperation of Armenia and Russia, regional security, and education of Armenian servicemen at Russian military
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. As of January 12, one report was received regarding violations during the January 10 by-election of a National Assembly deputy at
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The leaders of the Union of Young Conservatives (UYC) on January 13 filed an application to the French Ambassador to Armenia
AMSTERDAM, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Ambassador to Belgium and the Netherlands Avet Adonts on January 13 had a meeting with the Netherlands' Minister for Development Cooperation
BOSTON, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Boston University will host an international conference and a student workshop on the Armenian diaspora during the weekend
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. ARFD Armenian Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamian at a January 13 press conference presented ARFD's statement on Constitutional Court's decision made the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian-Turkish protocols cast a doubt on the issue of deprivation of the Armenian people of its homeland. RA National Assembly
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. According political scientist Alexander Manasian, the massacres of Armenians committed 20 years ago in Baku should be considered as a genocide of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. District election commission No 10 in Yerevan started on January 12 a re-count of the votes at a number of polling
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Eldar Heydar ogli Tagiev, 47, resident of the village of Alibeyli in Tovuz region of Azerbaijan was arrested during an attempt
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. By the decision taken by the RA Constitutional Court on January 12, the commitments stipulated in the Protocol on the Establishment
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The advisor to the Armenian prime minister, former President of the RA National Academy of Sciences, former deputy of the RA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. At RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian's invitation RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Armenia on January 13-14.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "Just as talibs in Afghanistan power gangs in Armenia try to keep the people away from the electoral process in the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Constitutional Court on the basis of RA President's application, at the January 12 meeting started examining the case on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. A picket was organized in the January 12 morning in front of the RA Constitutional Court building on the initiative of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) does not recognize the results of the January 10 by-election of deputy of the RA National
ANTELIAS, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I received the Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharian on January 11. A
NEW YORK, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A Turkish pupil was assigned to write a composition on Armenian Genocide at a school of New
PARIS, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A special judicial structure on Armenian Genocide issues will be established in France to attend to the issue
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan district electoral commission N 10 in the established term, by January 11, 14:00, received applications on recounting the preliminary results at
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a consultation on January 8 in Tsakhkadzor dedicated to territorial government policy carried on in Armenia, summing
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the preliminary results, National Unity party member Ara Simonian won NA deputy's by-elections by majority system held on January 10
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. At 2:45 pm on January 10 the Kentron unit of the RA police received a call about an argument in front
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The press service of the Armenian government on December 30 issued the congratulatory speech of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on the
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on December 29 signed a decree on conferring the Republic of Armenia 2009 State Awards in Literature
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. By a December 29 decree of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, several members of the creative team were awarded an order and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan accompanied by the leaders of the country visited on December 30 Yerablur and paid a tribute of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyid Ali Saghayan on December 29, Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian expressed
BEIRUT, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The relations between Armenia and Lebanon and the prospects of encouraging the bilateral cooperation were discussed during the meeting
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. About 10 young activists from the pre-election headquarters of Nikol Pashinian, the editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily who has been nominated to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Candidate for RA NA deputy, Chairman of the Union of Political Scientists Hmayak Hovhannisian, on December 28, officially withdrew his candidature and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 26, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on appointing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of RA to Greece Gagik Ghalachian
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 27, NKR President Bako Sahakian received head of Mesrop Mashtots expedition Zori Balayan and Armenia sailer's crew and congratulated them
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA ARFD faction member Armen Rustamian, at a December 25 press conference, commenting upon RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian's public statement
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 25, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received a delegation led by UAE's First Deputy Foreign Minister Tariq Al-Haidan that
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 24, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed the law On 2010 RA State Budget adopted by the National Assembly. Noyan
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The first political consultations between the RA and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Ministries were held between December 24 to 25