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Headlines for February 21, 2009
MINISTRY OF DIASPORA AFFAIRS BOARD HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The board of the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora Affairs held Friday its first meeting under the presidency of Minister Hranush Hakobyan. The agenda included the Ministry’s action plan for 2009 and assistance ...ANCA ALERTS CONGRESS TO EMERGING TURKEY-SUDAN AXIS OF GENOCIDE
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) alerted Members of Congress this week to the human costs of the emerging axis of genocide forming between the governments of Turkey and Sudan, warning ...GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAID WREATH TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
Currently in Yerevan, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze laid a wreath the Armenian Genocide Memorial. Grigol Vashadze also attended the Armenian Genocide Museum and left a note in ...ARMENIA’S EX-AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY APPOINTED RA DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
In accordance with the decree by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Ambassador of Armenia to Germany Karine Ghazinyan was dismissed from the post, RA government press office reported. According to another ...RA FOREIGN MINISTER TO TOUR MIDDLE EAST
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay a formal visit to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria to meet with the leadership of the countries. “The visit aims to strengthen friendly relations ...KYIV, TBILISI NOT GIVEN GREEN LIGHT TO NATO FULL-FLEDGED MEMBERSHIP
Talks by NATO defense ministers at an informal gathering in Poland have focused on ways to keep alive the membership hopes of two former Soviet republics - Ukraine and Georgia. Talks included meetings ...ARMENIAN FUTSAL TEAM SUFFERS CRUSHING DEFEAT FROM LATVIA
The Armenian futsal team suffered a crushing defeat from Latvia in the 2nd European Championship 2010 elimination match. The Armenian team was drubbed 0-7, losing all chances to reach the European Championship ...ANKARA TRYING TO ENHANCE ITS REPUTATION
There are several geopolitical factors which will affect the Armenian-Turkish relations, according to an Armenian professor. “The U.S. key dimension is Afghanistan, which sidelined Iran and Iraq,” director ...ARMENIA'S ISRAELI FRIENDS RE-ELECTED TO KNESSET
Media reports suggest that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-of-center Likud party is most likely to lead the next government, which might also include his main rival, outgoing foreign ...RUBEN SAFRASTYAN: RUSSIA, TURKEY RIVALS IN CAUCASUS
The reality is that Turkey and Russia can’t be strategic partners despite developing economic relations, an Armenian professor said. “The fact is that Ankara and Turkey disagree on the Karabakh issue,” ...CAUCASUS PLATFORM DOOMED TO FAILURE
Turkey’s Caucasus stability and cooperation platform has no future, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the RA National Academy of Sciences, professor Ruben Safrastyan told a news conference ...ARAM I: WE URGE TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On February 19, 2009, Mrs. Rakel Dink, the widow of assassinated Agos editor Hrant Dink visited His Holiness Aram I at the Spiritual Centre of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Antelias, Lebanon. Mrs. ...GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING WORLD CUP: ARMENIAN WRESTLERS LOSE TO RUSSIANS AFTER DEFEATING AZERIS
The Armenian Greco-Roman Wrestling team lost to Russia at the World Cup held on Feb. 19-21 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. During the first combat the Armenian team drubbed Hungarians 7:0. In the second ...TURKS KEEP QUESTIONING THEMSELVES ABOUT ARMENIA'S FURTHER DEMANDS UPON ANKARA'S RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE
For the last 1.5 years dramatic changes have occurred in Armenian-Turkish relations, including the attempts at improvement of relationships, which have never been made before, the member of Armenian National ...ARMENIAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTED AN ANNUAL LITERATURE AWARD
A meeting of Armenian Writers Association was held in the beginning of February in Glendale public library. In the framework of the meeting the public writer and editor Grant Simonyan donated $1000 to ...TURKISH AMBASSADOR WARNS U.S. AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
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Turkey hopes the new Washington administration will understand the importance of the country before it takes a step to recognize the Armenian Genocide, Turkish ambassador to the U.S. said. "I am hopeful ...
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