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WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE INFLUENCE OF 4-MILLION-POPULATION ARMENIA - TURKISH DAILY
- Turkey's Milliyet daily reflected on the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, and noted that Turkey did not take sufficient steps to prevent this law proposal's passing.
"We had enough time to take preventive measures once the French National Assembly had passed the bill. But we could not take any preventive measures. When there was talk about boycotting French products, the Turkish Manufacturers' and Businessmen's Union President and the Industry Minister announced that such boycotts do not yield results, and they reassured France. FM's cognizant words that 'France is carrying out a disgrace,' and PM Erdogan's 'I will no longer go to France,' were insufficient to convince the other side. Our nation, which has lost its national instincts, was not bold enough to suffer some losses against the smearing of its honor. In the recent years, when foreign countries adopted decisions on genocide, we sufficed ourselves with issuing a small message of criticism. That is why no country avoids scoring a genocide goal to Turkey. They know that Turkey, after threatening a bit, accepts the abasement. The French Senate's decision is as much a victory of Armenia as it is of France, because not only France's Armenian electorate, but also Armenia has put Sarkozy on such road. We do not have the influence of the 4-million-population Armenia, even on the international platform," Milliyet's columnist writes.
To note, with a vote of 127 in favor and 86 against, France's Senate passed Monday the bill that criminalizes the denial of the genocides which this country has formally recognized. And these are the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. This bill sets a one-year prison sentence plus a 45-thousand-Euro fine for anyone who denies these genocides. According to the regulations, the French President will ratify it within fifteen days of the Senate's decision. And Turkey had announced earlier that if the bill were to pass, it will impose a number of sanctions against France.
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Headlines for January 25, 2012COORDINATION COUNCIL OF ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN FRANCE WELCOMES ADOPTION OF BILL ON GENOCIDES
The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France welcomed the adoption of the bill criminalizing the denial of genocides, which has been acknowledged by the law adopted by the French Senate ...FAMOUS TURKISH WRITER TO SUE HIS ARMENIAN EX-GIRLFRIEND
ANKARA. - Famous Turkish writer, Noble Prize winner Orhan Pamuk warned his Armenian ex-girlfriend Karolin Fisekci through his lawyer to stop talking about him with or without any reason.
Pamuk's lawyer ...PAST IS NEVER DEAD - FRENCH EXPERT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PARIS. - Armenian community of France feels a deep satisfaction from the decision by the French Senate on the Armenian Genocide bill, expert at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris Jacques Sémelin ...TURKISH POLICE WAS AWARE OF HRANT DINK MURDER - PARLIAMENT REPORT
ANKARA. - Sub-committee on Hrant Dink murder case, set up in 2008 in the human rights' committee at the Turkish Parliament submitted report on the case.
The sub-committee described the process as dangerous ...EFFORTS OF KARABAKH MEDIATORS FAIL BECAUSE CONFLICTING PARTIES CANNOT REACH COMPROMISE - OXFORD PROFESSOR
The efforts of the mediators in the Karabakh peace process failed mainly because the two major parties to the conflict are unwilling to accept the compromises necessary to get to a successful conclusion, ...VACATION IN ARMENIA IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ABROAD
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YEREVAN. - In line with Armenian News-NEWS.am's survey conducted with several tourism agencies in Armenia, the winter vacations in Armenia are now more affordable than in the New Year's ...FRANCE'S SARKOZY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT TURKEY'S THREATS - SOURCE
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy will ratify the bill criminalizing the genocides denial, including the Armenian Genocide, regardless of Turkey's threats, a source in Elysee Palace told AFP.
"President ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN MP'S QUESTION INFURIATES PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - John Prescott, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Co-Rapporteur on Armenia, did not attend Tuesday's PACE monitoring session, which was held in Strasbourg, France, Zhoghovurd ...DISTRIBUTION OF POSITIONS AT ARMENIAN RULING PARTY CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Some positions were designated at the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Campaign Headquarters. The foreign relations will be regulated by chairman Davit Harutyunyan of the ...RULING COALITION PARTY CHAIRMAN HIRES BRITISH ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN ARMENIA? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan is preparing to hire a renowned British sociological organization to conduct a public opinion poll in Armenia, ...LARGE-SCALE THEFT AT ARMENIAN MILK COMPANY - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - A major robbery was committed, on January 20, at Armenia's Arzni Kat (Milk) Company, Hayatsk daily writes.
"The robbers 'cleaned' the offices of the Company owner Armen Janvelyan, General Director, ...GOOGLE.RU MARKS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY
January 25, 2012 is the 74th birth anniversary of renowned Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor Vladimir Vysotsky.
And marking Vysotsky's birthday, Google.ru prepared a special doodle which depicts ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION PARTNER TO HOLD FIRST CONGRESS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) will be the first to hold a congress. It has decided to next week publicize its parliamentary election list and certain details on its participation ...ARMENIAN FM HEADS TO LATVIA, LITHUANIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian will visit Riga and Vilnius on Wednesday and Thursday.
In Latvia and Lithuania, Nalbandian is scheduled to meet with the leadership of these countries, MFA informed ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-DRIVE ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Solely the Berd-Chambarak Highway of Armenia is closed as of Wednesday 8:30 a.m.
And Selim Mountain Pass as well as certain motorways in Dilijan and Goris cities are difficult to pass, Ministry ...DEMI MOORE HOSPITALIZED
Famous Hollywood actress Demi Moore was hospitalized to be treated for exhaustion.
Demi Moore recently announced about divorce from her husband Ashton Kutcher, who is 12 years younger than she.
Dv-News ...ACCIDENT ON YEREVAN'S "LAMBADA" BRIDGE
YEREVAN. - There was an accident on Armenian capital Yerevan's "Lambada" Bridge, on Wednesday.
A rescue squad and an operative team, together with paramedics, were dispatched to the scene, Rescue Service ...NILS MUIZNIEKS ELECTED COE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Nils Muiznieks (Latvia) was elected third Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Organisation's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) at its plenary session in Strasbourg.
He obtained 120 of the ...SNOWSTORM CLOSES ARMENIAN HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call, from Syunik Region on Tuesday, informing of a snowstorm-caused traffic jam in the vicinity of Tatev village.
Another distress call was ...FAMOUS FILM PRODUCER THEODOROS ANGELOPOULOS KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Famous Greek film producer Theodoros Angelopoulos died in an accident. Seventy-six-year old filmmaker died in an accident late on Tuesday, after shooting his film. He was taken to the hospital, where ...WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE INFLUENCE OF 4-MILLION-POPULATION ARMENIA - TURKISH DAILY
Turkey's Milliyet daily reflected on the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, and noted that Turkey did not take sufficient steps ...SEVERAL FRENCH MPS INTEND TO APPEAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL AGAINST GENOCIDE BILL
French MP Jacques Myard who was opposing the genocide bill will try to collect 60 signatures of lawmakers to appeal to the Constitutional Council, he told a source, Le Figaro reports referring to AFP.
Sixty ...THEY DID NOT WANT FOR ARMENIAN FLAG TO BE RAISED IN BAKU - NATIONAL BOXER
By Garik Hovsepyan
YEREVAN. - From among Armenia's boxers solely Andranik Hakobyan (75 kg) has so far qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. He is currently competing in Armenia's championship, and, ...WASHINGTON WANTS TO SEE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND TURKEY - STATE DEPARTMENT
Washington wants to see good relations between France and Turkey, said spokesperson for State Department Victoria Nuland.
During the Tuesday briefing, she commented on bill criminalizing genocide denial ...TURKISH ANALYST WARNS HIS COUNTRY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY
ISTANBUL. - In his new article in Turkey's Posta daily, leading Turkish journalist and analyst Mehmet Ali Birand reflected on the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, ...LEVON ARONIAN TO PLAY CHESS WITH ARMENIAN INMATES
YEREVAN.- Famous Armenian GM Levon Aronian will play chess with Armenian imates.
The Armenian Justice Ministry has reached agreement with two leading grandmasters, including Aronian, Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan ...QUAKE RATTLES ITALY
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake took place in the North Italy, informed Italy'sgeophysics and volcanology research institute.
The earthquake's epicenter was situated in Reggio Emilia province.
There is no ...DISTRUST OF ARMENIA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM CLOSE TO BEING CRITICAL - MINISTER
YEREVAN.- Public distrust of Armenia's judicial system is close to being critical, Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan told journalists on Wednesday.
The surveys show 70-80% of Armenians do not rely on judicial ...SIX-FEET LAMB BORN IN GEORGIA
Bisexual six-fееt lamb was born in a village in the east of Georgia.
The strange creature was born in Velistsikh village, Kakheti Information Center reports.
"The lamb moves with a difficulty. Our vet ...IRAQI PM LABELS ERDOGAN'S STATEMENT AS PROVOCATION
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The statement of Iraqi PM says Erdogan again intervenes ...ARMENIA'S 2011 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INDEX IS 5.9 PERCENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's 2011 economic activity index is 5.9 percent, states National Statistical Service's preliminary report, which is made public on Wednesday.
In line with the report, the industrial ...RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST FOR OPENING OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW. - It is necessary to open an Armenian Genocide Museum in Moscow. The director of the Black Sea Institute of Political and Social Research Vladimir Zakharov said on Wednesday during a teleconference ...SARKOZY SENDS LETTER TO ERDOGAN - TURKISH PRESS
French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a letter to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following the French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide. ...EUROPEAN COMMISSION DOES NOT INTERVENE IN GENOCIDE ISSUE - OFFICIAL
European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule said issues related to genocide should be handled by historians.
Asked by euronews correspondent about the bill recently adopted by the French parliament, ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT COULD HEAD RULING PARTY'S ELECTION LIST - PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Just as the last time, Armenia's President and the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Chairman, Serzh Sargsyan, could head the Party's election list in the upcoming parliamentary ...ISTANBUL-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST MOCKS TURKISH MINISTER
ISTANBUL. - Turkish Taraf daily's journalist, Istanbul Armenian Markar Esayan responded, on his Twitter account, to Turkey's Minister of Work and Social Security, Faruk Celik, who had criticized those ...RUSSIAN STUDENTS INSTRUCTED TO FASTEN ALL BUTTONS FOR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV
MOSCOW. - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the Moscow Sate University on Wednesday where he had a meeting with the students from journalism department. Prior to the visit a special briefing was ...INVESTIGATION COULD BE LAUNCHED AGAINST COURT WHICH MADE SHAMEFUL RULING ON HRANT DINK CASE
An investigation will be launched against the Istanbul court which made a ruling on the murder case of Hrant Dink, the founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian weekly, who was killed ...ARMENIAN VILLAGER HANGS HIMSELF
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It ...TURKEY WILL NOT ALLOW STRIKING IRAN FROM ITS TERRITORY
Turkey excludes the possibility of launching any military operations against Iran from its territory, Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu announced during a press conference in Moscow.
"Within the framework of ...RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL BANK COULD CONTRIBUTE TO BILATERAL RELATIONS - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia's President Serzh Sargyan received Wednesday the delegation from the Rosselkhozbank Bank of Russia, led by its Board Chairman Dmitry Patrushev, and they discussed the Bank's planned ...ARMENIAN EXPERT DOES NOT THINK DECISION OF FRENCH SENATE TO IMPACT KARABAKH SETTLEMENT CONFLICT
YEREVAN-France's decision on the bill criminalizing denial of genocides will not have any significant impact on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander ...HATRED AND INTOLERANCE AGAINST OTHER NATIONS IMPLANTED IN TURKEY - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN.- Hatred and intolerance against other nations is implanted in Turkey. So, even now Turkish children in schools are forced to say how great it is to be Turkish, director of Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute ...SOME YEARS LATTER ARMENIA WILL BE HOLDER OF EUROPEAN VALUES - RULING PARTY
YEREVAN. -The main point of Armenia's foreign policy is the membership to the Council of Europe. As a result of that many European values have been implanted in the Armenian nation over the recent years, ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH HAS NEW HEAD OF GOVERNMENT STAFF
STEPANAKERT. - Armen Avagyan is appointed head of Nagorno-Karabakh Government staff under the Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan's decree on Wednesday, presidential press service informs.FRENCH SENATE'S DECISION TO RISE WAVE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION-RUSSIAN EXPERT
MOSCOW. - French Senate's decision is really historical, director of the Institute of Political and Social Researches of the Black Sea and Caspian Region Vladimir Zakharov said during a Yerevan-Moscow ...CITIZENS CAN RECEIVE STATE SERVICES ON ONE WINDOW PRINCIPLE OR ONLINE - ARMENIAN MINISTER
YEREVAN-Citizens can receive basic state services on one window principle or through the internet, Armenia's Minister of Justice Hrayr Tovmasyan told reporters on Wednesday.
He reminded that since legislative ...DIRECTORS OF THREE ARMENIAN SCIENCE ACADEMY INSTITUTES ARE REELECTED
YEREVAN. - The Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) unanimously reelected, on Wednesday, the directors of the Academy's three institutes, NAS RA informed Armenian ...RESEARCH OF ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS TO REVEAL HOW ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS STAGED -RUSSIAN EXPERT
MOSCOW. - It is high time for the Turkish Government to publish documents on the Young Turks and the events which happened during the Armenian Genocide, Russian experts said during Moscow-Yerevan space ...DOLLAR IS WEAKENING IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - One US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) comprised AMD 387.28, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday.
In comparison with Tuesday, the dollar reduced ...RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS ENTER PHASE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
MOSCOW. -The second session of the joint strategic planning group operating under the high-level Russian-Turkish cooperation council took place in Moscow on Wednesday presided by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov ...ARMENIA'S IMPORT SURPASSES EXPORT 3.1 TIMES
YEREVAN. - In 2011, Armenia's foreign trade turnover reached US$ 5.5 billion, and thus exceeded the previous year's indicator by 14.4 percent, the National Statistical Service informed.
Also, the volume ...ARMENIA'S MEMBERSHIP TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE HAS CERTAIN POSITIVE INFLUENCE - OPPOSITION MP
YEREVAN.- Armenia's membership to the Council of Europe had a positive influence in the term of applying European values, MP from Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According ...FRENCH PRESIDENT'S HOSPITALIZED IN ODESSA
French president Nicolas Sarkozy's son Pier was hospitalized in Odessa after a private party in Tchaikovsky club, where he was playing the DJ set, Dumskaya paper informs.
Currently he is in a medical ...BABY SARKOZY IS BORN IN GYUMRI
YEREVAN. - A baby boy was born Wednesday at the maternity hospital of Armenia's Gyumri city. And in honor of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the newborn was named Sarkozy, Gyumri Maternity Hospital's ...SOCHI MEETING PROVES KARABAKH PROCESS GOES ON AND AZERBAIJAN CANNOT ESCAPE OSCE MG - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - The meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents proved that the negotiation process on Karabakh issue goes on, despite Azerbaijan tries to escape the OSCE Minsk Group format, director ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION WAVE RISES - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - French Senate's decision is a huge event at least in Europe, head of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan said at Yerevan-Moscow space bridge on Wednesday commenting on the bill adoption ...ARMENIAN ARMY SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED BY DOMESTIC-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - MOD
YEREVAN. - Yerevan State University (YSU) held jubilee conference on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Army on Wednesday.
YSU chancellor Aram Simonyan and Armenian MOD Seyran Ohanyan ...PACE USES DOUBLE STANDARDS - ARMENIAN MP
YEREVAN. - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) becomes an institution using double standards, member of the Armenian delegation at PACE, coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) ...INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CRUCIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF KARABAKH - BAKO SAHAKYAN
STEPANAKERT.- President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Saahakyan convened on Wednesday consultation to discuss works carried out in 2011 in the field of industrial infrastructures and plans for 2012.
Minister ...GENOCIDE BILL MECHANISM TO PREVENT NEW CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY - ARMENIAN FM
Adoption of the bill criminalizing genocide denials is an important mechanism to prevent new crimes against humanity, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told reporters on Wednesday.
He called ...HOUSE BURNED IN ARMENIA'S GYUMRI, NO COMPENSATION EXPECTED (PHOTO)
GYUMRI. - A fire alarm was received on Wednesday night that a house, belonging to the citizens Grigoryans, was burning in Armenia's Gyumri city.
Firemen arrived at the scene and put it out with difficulties. ...
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