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Headlines for March 28, 2008
RA MFA: AZERBAIJAN RUINED POSSIBILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IN BUDAPEST
Notwithstanding Araz Azimov’s statements, Azerbaijan’s enquiry to the OSCE Secretariat on dissolution of the Minsk Group was sent before the UN GA vote on the Karabakh resolution, RA MFA acting spokesman ...KNESSET DECISION TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS QUITE PREDICTABLE
The Israeli-Turkish relations leave much to be desired in recent times. In this view, Knesset’s decision to discuss the Armenian Genocide issue was quite predictable, Director of the Institute of Oriental ...UZBEKISTAN BACK TO CSTO
The upper chamber of the Uzbekistani parliament approved Friday the bill “On joining of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Collective Security Treaty” and a number of legal acts referring to the procedure. ...EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CRITICIZES TURKEY FOR SLOW REFORM
The European Parliament criticized Turkey for slowing down the reforms provided by the EU accession talks. EP rapporteur Oomen Ruijten developed a report which records lack of rule of law in the country. ...GEERT WILDERS’ ANTI-KORAN FILM GOES LIVE ON INTERNET
After months of public discussion, a film critical of the Koran produced by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders was released on the Internet on Thursday night despite warnings that it could spark violence. ...JOSEPH PENNIGTON REFUTES HEARSAY ABOUT U.S. ATTEMPT TO CARRY OUT ‘COLOR REVOLUTION’ IN ARMENIA
The U.S. is seriously concerned about the post-election situation in Armenia and tragic events of March 1 and 2 which ended in imposition of emergency rule, arrests and media freedom limitations, Joseph ...BARROSO: SERBIA AND KOSOVO MIGHT BE PROPOSED EU MEMBERSHIP
Serbia and Kosovo might be proposed EU membership, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Athens after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis. “We discussed the situation ...DECISION ON FREEZING MCA IN ARMENIA MAY BE RECONSIDERED
Owing to the recent events in Armenia and faults in implementation of democratic programs, the Millennium Challenge Corporation administration expresses concern and questions further cooperation with ...WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT NAMED NEXT U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA YET
The White House has not named the next U.S. Ambassador to Armenia yet, U.S. charge d’affairs Joseph Pennington told a news conference today. “According to the appointment procedure, the White House ...ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED AT PACE SPRING SESSION
Functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia and current affairs on the situation in the Middle East will be debated during the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ...PENNINGTON: KARABAKH PEACEFUL RESOLUTION POSSIBLE IN FRAMEWORK OF OSCE MG ONLY
The U.S. is interested in a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, U.S. charge d’affairs Joseph Pennington told a news conference in Yerevan. “The U.S. administration views resolution ...RF FEDERATION COUNCIL RATIFIES AGREEMENT ON PERSONNEL TRAINING FOR CSTO MEMBER COUNTRIES
On March 27, the RF Federation Council ratified an agreement on personnel training for CSTO member countries. The agreement was signed by leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and ...AGO GROUP ARRIVING IN ARMENIA MARCH 29
The AGO Group of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will arrive in Armenia on a 4-day visit on March 29. The delegation members are scheduled to meet with National Assembly Speaker Tigran ...UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS ARMENIAN RESOLUTION PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE
On March 28, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution On Prevention of Genocide introduced by Armenia, the RA MFA press office reported. The document is the continuation of Armenia-initiated ...KARABAKH HAS MORE RIGHTS TO INDEPENDENCE THAN KOSOVO
Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be recognized by Russia. As to Transdnitria, our country risks to provoke a burst of violence in this unrecognized republic, Russian State Duma member Konstantin Zatulin ...YEREVAN HOPES FOR PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IN BUCHAREST
Official Yerevan hopes that the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents will meet in Bucharest during the NATO summit April 2-4, RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said in Moscow on Friday. “Armenia is ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1799 Birth of Eone Kish (Kishian), Hungarian Armenian revolutionary figure.
- 1827 General Ivan Paskevich is appointed Governor of the Caucasus and Commander of the Caucasian Special Corps.
- 1830 Birth of organist, conductor, teacher, and public figure, Anton Mayilian in Tbilissi.
- 1907 Birth of surgeon Ivan Gevorgian. He invented pain-killers and pioneered new ways for blood transfusion.
- 1920 The Drama Institute presents its first play.
- 1923 Birth of two-time hero and pilot Nelson Stepanian. The group of pilots led by Nelson Stepanian sank more than 50 enemy ships and destroyed 13 airplanes in World War Two. Nelson Stepanian flew 240 sorties. He died in a dogfight in 1944.
- 1928 Birth of artist and sculptor Ara Harootoonian. His great architectural work is the Sardarapat complex.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR rejects Artsakh's demand to be reunited with Armenia.
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