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Germany had previously refused to pay compensation to the Greek claimants
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  • 2012-02-03 17:07:29

Italian legal experts were in court to hear the verdict on Friday. The UN's highest court has ruled that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims

Germany will continue assisting Armenia - German ambassador
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  • 2012-02-03 13:39:37

The Government of Germany will continue assisting Armenia in carrying out its legal and economic reforms, German Ambassador to Armenia, Hans-Jochen Schmidt said during a seminar, being held

Schiff, Berman Discuss Armenian-Populated Samtskhe-Javakheti Region of Georgia with Saakashvili
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  • 2012-02-03 10:38:07

WASHINGTON—Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide resolution, and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Georgian president,

AINA: Scholars Call for Israeli Recognition of the Assyrian Genocide
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  • 2012-02-02 11:15:32

(AINA) -- In a significant milestone for efforts towards the worldwide recognition of the Assyrian genocide, nearly thirty internationally renowned holocaust and genocide scholars, and Assyrian and Greek social,

French President to Re-Draft Genocide Bill if Rejected
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  • 2012-02-02 11:14:18

PARIS—French President Nicolas Sarkozy will immediately submit a new draft of a law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide if France’s top judicial body rejects it, two ministers

Author of Genocide bill disappointed by Senators’ move
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  • 2012-02-01 14:39:04

French lawmaker Valerie Boyer has expressed disappointment with French Senators’ move to the argue the constitutionality of the bill outlawing the Armenian Genocide denial. The French magazine Le Figaro has

AFP: France’s Genocide Law Put on Hold
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  • 2012-01-31 21:31:49

PARIS (AFP)—France’s new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide was put on hold on Jan. 31 after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that its constitutionality be examined. Turkey

Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation
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  • 2012-01-31 19:22:02

On 31 January President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation with heads of the republic’s power structures. Issues related to the activities carried out by

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan
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  • 2012-01-31 11:41:45

On January 30, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received Andrey Sorokin, the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Welcoming the guest, the Armenian Minister of Foreign

The Minister of Foreign Affairs received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia
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  • 2012-01-31 10:40:04

On January 30, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received Philippe Lefort, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia. In the course

Witness Says Armenian Soldier Death Racially Motivated
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  • 2012-01-31 05:26:16

New testimony on Friday revealed that the death of a Turkish-Armenian soldier who was fatally shot on April 24 was racially motivated, reported the Sabah newspaper. After Private Sevag

Vardan Oskanyan: "Armenia needs serious and deep reforms"
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  • 2012-01-30 17:17:01

I firmly believe that it is of utmost importance that Armenia hold free and fair parliamentary elections. Armenia needs serious and deep reforms and I’m convinced that all

Ahmet Davutoglu:‘France had lost its impartiality in the Azeri-Armenian conflict’
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  • 2012-01-30 14:26:15

‘France had lost its impartiality in the Azeri-Armenian conflict’, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) says. A French bill criminalizing denials of Armenian genocide claims is designed to “Nazify” Turkey

EUSR Philippe Lefort will arrive in Armenia for a two-day visit
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  • 2012-01-30 14:02:29

The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort will arrive in Yerevan on 30 January, the Press and Information Department

Turkish minister: I deny the Armenian genocide, come arrest me
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  • 2012-01-30 13:49:23

Turkey's EU affairs minister has challenged France's controversial genocide-denial bill in Switzerland, saying such efforts have no chance of survival. Turkish EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told reporters in

Davutoglu Thanks Clinton For Remarks on Armenian Bill
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  • 2012-01-30 12:03:14

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Hillary Clinton on Saturday. Diplomatic sources said that Davutoglu phoned Clinton and thanked her for the remarks

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia
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  • 2012-01-28 13:20:52

On January 27, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Eric Rubin, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia. Welcoming the guest, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Serzh Sargsyan: The Armed Forced of the Republic of Armenia are among the most important guarantees of the preservation of the balance in our region
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  • 2012-01-28 10:10:23

Congratulatory Address by President Serzh Sargsyan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Armed Forces of Armenia Dear Compatriots, Generals, officers, soldiers, Ladies and Gentlemen, I cordially congratulate

Bako Sahakyan. "We are proud to have such a victorious army"
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  • 2012-01-28 09:54:48

On 28 January President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in connection with the 20th anniversary of Defense army’s formation. The

The working visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Lithuania
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  • 2012-01-27 16:24:15

On January 26 took place the working visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian to Lithuania. The Vilnius agenda of Edward Nalbandian included the meetings with the

Ran and development in Syria
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  • 2012-01-27 14:53:11

Today Iran experiences one of the gravest consequences of the “Arab spring”: the anti-governmental movement, which started in Syria in spring, more and more resembles civil war and president

Clinton says genocide recognition opens “dangerous door”
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  • 2012-01-27 11:41:39

This is the same Hillary Clinton who, four years ago, pledged that she would recognize the Genocide as U.S. President. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday, Jan

Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia calls on Australia to recognize Armenian Genocide
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  • 2012-01-27 11:36:41

This is what Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia Varand Mgrdichian said regarding the French Senate’s adoption of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian

Audronius Ažubalis: “Sooner or later history knocks at the gates of our present, and we have to open them”
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  • 2012-01-27 10:55:47

On January 26 took place the working visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian to Lithuania. The Vilnius agenda of Edward Nalbandian included the meetings with the

Forum for Stateless Nations and Other Minorities
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  • 2012-01-26 23:38:26

by Eilian Williams - Wales The 5th anniversary of Hrant Dink's martyrdom was marked in London with a meeting in the House of Lords

Declarations in PACE about Hrant Dink, genocide and Teghut
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  • 2012-01-26 22:02:18

Zaruhi Postanjyan, the Heritage Party’s delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has spearheaded two written declarations made public at PACE’s plenary session underway here, "Heritage"

The OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line,
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  • 2012-01-26 16:39:29

On January 26, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani

Sarkozy sends letter to Erdogan, Davutoglu replies
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  • 2012-01-26 13:42:38

President of France Nikola Sarkozy has sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan in the wake of the adoption of the bill criminalizing genocide denial

The working visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Latvia
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  • 2012-01-26 09:49:10

On January 25 took place the working visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian to Latvia. In Riga Minister Nalbandian was received by Andris Berzins,

The meeting of Russian and Turkish foreign ministers
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  • 2012-01-25 15:07:15

Russian and Turkish foreign ministers met in Moscow. Sergei Lavrov and Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the bilateral relations, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Middle East, Iran and Syria problems, cooperation with

France won't dispute Genocide bill at Constitutional Commission
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  • 2012-01-25 14:42:48

French National Assembly President Bernard Accoyer refused to dispute the legitimacy of the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial at Constitutional Commission. "The issue is out of discussion," Mr Accoyer

Erdogan: "Ankara would not allow anyone use Turkey for its political purposes"
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  • 2012-01-24 14:35:40

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would not allow anyone use Turkey for its political purposes and is committed to previously announced sanctions to be imposed

Turkey says French Senate vote "irresponsible"
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  • 2012-01-24 12:48:04

Turkey will take every step needed to counter the decision by the French Senate to vote in favour of a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass

Author of Genocide denial bill could not restrain tears
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  • 2012-01-24 12:08:53

French lawmaker Valerie Boyer, who authored bill outlawing the Armenian Genocide denial, is said to have been unable to hold back her tears once the Senate passed her

Headlines of Turkish print media related to genocide bill adoption
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  • 2012-01-24 12:06:07

All the headlines on the January 24 editions of print media in Turkey are related to the French Senate's January 23 adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of

ANCA Comment on French Senate Adoption of Anti-Genocide Denial Law
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  • 2012-01-24 02:21:16

-- Passage Places Spotlight on President Obama's Pledge to Recognize Armenian Genocide WASHINGTON, DC -- Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian offered the following comment on

This day will be written in gold not only in the history of friendship between the Armenian and French peoples
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  • 2012-01-24 01:47:22

The Statement of the Foreign Minister of Armenia: "Today's Senate decision is the logical continuation of the law recognizing the Armenian Genocide adopted by France in 2001. This day will

French Senate Passes Armenian Genocide Bill
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  • 2012-01-24 01:33:05

France’s upper house of parliament approved late on Monday a government-backed bill that makes it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide, despite Turkey’s threats to impose more

Armenia and Malawi establish diplomatic relations
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  • 2012-01-23 10:56:11

On January 20, the Permanent Representatives of Armenia and Malawi to the United Nations Garen Nazarian and Bryan Bowler signed a Joint Communiqué on the establishment of the diplomatic

Sarkozy Urges Reason in Letter to Erdogan
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  • 2012-01-21 09:55:11

PARIS—French President Nicolas Sarkozy this week sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging reason and restraint in regards to a bill that would criminalize the

British MPs debate OSCE in House of Lords
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  • 2012-01-20 16:00:08

COPENHAGEN, 20 January 2012 – The British government should report more frequently to Parliament on its activities within the OSCE, and the OSCE in Vienna should co-operate more fully

RFI: France's Armenia genocide bill faces setback
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  • 2012-01-18 22:48:19

By RFI A French Senate committee rejected the bill that would outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide in a vote on Wednesday. The decision is unlikely to stop the

NKR MFA welcomes Great Britain’s readiness to hold a referendum on the future status of Scotland
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  • 2012-01-18 19:19:14

Commentary of the NKR MFA Information department on the referendum on the future status of Scotland: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic welcomes Great Britain’s readiness

Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin to Travel to Yerevan
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  • 2012-01-18 11:12:05

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric S. Rubin will visit Baku, Istanbul and Yerevan January 17-28. This will be his first visit to Armenia since assuming duties as Deputy

EU and OSCE to Support Democratic Elections in Armenia
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  • 2012-01-17 20:22:42

The European Union and OSCE will support democratic general elections in Armenia in 2012 and 2013. The European Union and the OSCE have agreed on a joint project, worth

Scheduled monitoring near the NKR Martuni region’s Kuropatkino village
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  • 2012-01-17 13:00:40

On January 17, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani

NKR Acting Foreign Minister received Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
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  • 2012-01-17 12:49:28

On January 16, NKR Acting Foreign Minister Vassily Atajanyan received Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. A number of issues related to the current situation on the

The Minister of Foreign Affairs received the PACE monitoring co-rapporteur on Armenia
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  • 2012-01-17 12:07:55

On January 16, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received John Prescott, the monitoring co-rapporteur on Armenia of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). Welcoming the guest,

The Minister of Foreign Affairs received the PACE monitoring co-rapporteur on Armenia
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  • 2012-01-17 11:34:27

On January 16, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received John Prescott, the monitoring co-rapporteur on Armenia of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). Welcoming the guest,

Bako Sahakyan met personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk
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  • 2012-01-16 21:37:53

On 16 January President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Issues related to the recent developments and current situation along