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Published on January 21, 2008
KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV ELECTED PACE VICE-PRESIDENT
- Chairman of the Russian Duma committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev was elected PACE Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. David Harutyunyan, chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on state and legal affairs, Serhiy Holovaty (Ukraine) and Samad Seyidov (Azerbaijan) are also among 19 PACE Vice-Presidents, the Parliamentary Assembly Communication Unit reports.
Headlines for January 21, 2008
HRANT DINK COMMEMORATED IN ISTANBUL
On January 19, thousands of people gathered to commemorate Hrant Dink, the editor of Agos bilingual newspaper killed a year ago by ultranationalist Ogun Samast. Representatives of the Turkish media ...SAAKASHVILI INAUGURATED AS GEORGIAN PRESIDENT
The inauguration of re-elected President Mikheil Saakashvili was held in Tbilisi on January 20. In his solemn speech Mr Saakashvili called on the opposition for dialogue and pledged to normalize relations ...EP RULES OUT RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT BY USE OF FORCE
The European Parliament resolution on a more effective EU Policy for the South Caucasus passed on January 17, 2008 with several paragraphs referring to specifically Armenia and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. ...EVENTS IN DINK MEMORY HELD IN LONDON
Dozens of Armenians, Kurds and Turks gathered at the Westminster Abbey to commemorate Hrant Dink, the slain editor of Agos Armenian-Turkish newspaper. As a PanARMENIAN.Net came to know from a source ...SERBIA TO HOLD SECOND ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election. Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic ...TURKISH GENERAL STAFF ANNOUNCES OPERATION ACHIEVEMENTS IN N. IRAQ
Turkish warplanes destroyed some 60 Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq during an operation this week, Turkey’s General Staff said on Friday. The January 15 strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party ...‘DEEP STATE’ KILLED HRANT DINK
“Turkey’s atmosphere of intolerance is to blame for the murder of Hrant Dink,” Turkish academic in the United States Taner Akcam said Thursday. “Turkey’s “deep state” is guilty of masterminding last ...RUSSIA TO CONSTRUCT TWO MILITARY BASES IN SERBIA
Moscow has developed a construction plan for military bases in Serbia and Bosnia at Drina River bank, Slobodna Dalmacja reports. According to Russian military experts, intercontinental missiles could ...ICG: AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SHOULD RESUME TALKS
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If Azerbaijan and Armenia want a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the leaders of both states should undertake to explain the advantages of the future agreement to their publics, said ...EU AND NATO SHOULD STAY IN KOSOVO
“EU and NATO should retain a robust monitoring presence in Kosovo to ensure that no violence breaks out after the declaration of independence,” said Jason Lyall, an expert of the Princeton University. ...VISIT OF PACE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON KARABAKH ON AGENDA
The Armenian delegation to PACE will discuss the possibility of Lord Russell-Johnston’s visit to Karabakh, delegation head David Harutyunyan said. “The visit of the PACE Ad Hoc Committee on Karabakh ...KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV ELECTED PACE VICE-PRESIDENT
Chairman of the Russian Duma committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev was elected PACE Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. David Harutyunyan, chairman ...
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