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Published on April 14, 2009
PETER SEMNEBY CALLS ON TURKEY TO REOPEN ARMENIAN BORDER
- A senior European Union official has called on Turkey to reopen its border with Armenia. Peter Semneby, the European Union's top envoy to the South Caucasus region, says any effort to resolve the situation is important and benefits both the region and the EU. He says the reopening of the border could lead to reconciliation between the neighbors and strengthen stability in the region, Associated Press reports. Semneby told a group of journalists on Tuesday that the EU hopes the issue can be addressed "speedily."
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AZERBAIJANI DELEGATION MAY ARRIVE IN YEREVAN
Delegation of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry may attend the sitting of BSEC Foreign Ministers meeting in Yerevan, Vesti.Az reported. “Participation has not been confirmed yet,” said Elkhan Polukhov, ...AZERBAIJAN BANS TURKISH SONGS ON RADIO AND TV
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Azerbaijan has banned Turkish songs on the radio and television as a protest against opening of the border with Armenia. Azeris held a protest action in front of Turkey’s Embassy in Baku. Boycott of ...SCTO INTERIOR MINISTERS TO MEET IN YEREVAN
CSTO Ministers of Interior will hold a session in Yerevan from April 15 to 17. The agenda includes issues referring to formation and functioning of collective rapid reaction force and cooperation between ...AZERBAIJAN DOESN’T EYE TURKEY AS FOREIGN COUNTRY
Relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan base on emotions more than on logic, a Turkish expert said. “,” director of the Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM). “It ...ARMENIAN FIGURE SKATERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CRYSTAL SKATE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Armenian figure skaters Sargis Hayrapetyan and Slavik Hayrapetyan will participate in Crystal Skate international tournament due in Moscow on April 25 and 26. “Only Karapetyan brothers will depart for ...TURKEY’S RULING PARTY REJECTED AZERI MPS’ INVITATION
Turkey’s ruling AK Party members will not take part in an international conference on Azerbaijani-Turkish relations in Baku. “We regret that AKP members will not attend the conference,” said Fazil Aghamaly, ...SOCIAL EXPENSES PRIORITY IN 2009 ARMENIAN STATE BUDGET
Irrelative of further development of the situation, the Armenian government will secure social expenditures, RA Prime Minister said. “The matter concerns not only 114 thousand needy families but the ...MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTIN ONLY ARMENIAN LEFT IN DHAKA
Michael Joseph Martin is guarded about his exact age and reluctant to accept he will be the last in a long line of Armenians to make a major contribution to the history of Bangladesh. Dhaka, the Bangladeshi ...DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS PRIORITY FOR IRAN
Currently in Tehran, Armenian Foreign Minister Serzh Sargsyan met with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues, reported the Armenian President’s ...GERMANY TO HOLD COMMEMORATION CEREMONY FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
Commemoration Ceremony for Armenian Genocide Victims will be held on Apr. 24 in Frankfurt am Main. 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide due in St. Peter church was organized under ...OPENING OF ARMENIAN BORDER LINKED TO KARABAKH, TURKISH LAWMAKER SAYS
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A senior Turkish lawmaker has said the opening of the border between Turkey and Armenia is part of a larger package that also includes settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. "Opening the border ...RA GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES AIMED AT MAINTENANCE OF JOBS
Unemployment rate should be in the center of RA Government’s attention. “Socially unprotected population was the first to be affected by economic recession. The fact is proved by growing unemployment ...RA PRESIDENT BRIEFED IRANIAN SPEAKER ABOUT RA GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES
Iranian Mejlis Chairman Ali Larijani met visiting RA president Serzh Sargsyan in Iran. Serzh Sargsyan and Ali Larijani gave high appraisal to of Armenian-Iranian parliamentary friendship group’s work ...KARABAKH CONFLICT NOT LINKED TO ARMENIAN-TURKISH RECONCILIATION
Resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not linked directly to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations but progress in Karabakh talks can be positive for the process, research director ...RA AND NKR BASKETBALL FEDERATIONS TO ESTABLISH ACTIVE COOPERATION
Basketball Federations of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic plan to establish an active cooperation in near future. In that connection, Hrachya Rostomyan, Armenian Basketball Federation President, ...BSEC SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER OPENING
BSEC Business Council 37th meeting is being held in Yerevan. Business Committee meeting aims to elminate commercial barriers between BSEC Member States, facilitating the import and export of goods, ...ANC OPENED A BANK ACCOUNT TO COLLECT ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUNDS
ANC opened a CBA account to collect funds for Mayoral election campaign. According to ANC statement, contributions are accepted from both legal and private persons.IRAN- ARMENIA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ARMENIA
Iran -Armenia railway construction is the most significant project ever implemented by joint efforts of Iran and Armenia, Garnik Asatryan ESU Iranology Department Head told a news conference in Yerevan. ...TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS READY TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
Turkish Government thinks pragmatically and is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia, Center for Middle East Studies' leading analyst, Alexander Sotnichenko told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ...ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES’ FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY IS DANGEROUS TO THEMSELVES
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Armenian authorities make rough foreign policy mistakes, especially in Armenian-Turkish relations' normalization process, Ararat Strategic Center Manager, Armen Ayvazyan told at the conference entitled ...SUREN MANUKYAN: TURKEYS POLICY OF NEGATION COULD CAUSE A NEW GENOCIDE
“International recognition of Genocide as prevention method” discussion was held in Yerevan today. The discussion was organized by Areg Cultural and Scientific Youth Association with the assistance of ...BARCAMP INFORMAL OPEN IT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON APR.17-19 IN ARMENIA
For first time in Armenia, Barcamp informal open IT conference will be held at AUA on Apr.17-19, 2009. BarCamp Yerevan will host IT specialists, entrepreneurs, students, journalist and bloggers as well ...AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY FM TO TAKE PART IN BSEC FOREIGN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL MEETING
BSEC Member States Foreign Ministers Council will hold a meeting in Yerevan on April 15-16. Delegations from 12 member states, representatives of 7 countries acting as international observers, as well ..."CHRISTIAN ARMENIA" DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED IN MASSACHUSETTS
On Wednesday, April 15, 2009, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) and Amaras Art Alliance will screen "Christian Armenia" in ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery. Directed by Arsen Aslanian, ...61% OF ARMENIANS ARE OPPOSED TO ESTABLISHING CLOSER RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
In March 2009 Ararat Strategic Center held a public opinion poll involving 200 respondents. When questioned about normalization of Turkish Armenian ties, 61% declared they’re opposed to establishing closer ...RA PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN AWARDED 10 ARMENIAN COMPANIES
for providing high quality products and services, RA Government Press Service reports. The Prime Minister congratulated the winners, wishing them productive work to the benefit of the Armenian people. ...ABDULLAH GūL: WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Apart from the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia, the implementation of the program aimed at establishing stability platform in the Caucasus will help provide security in the region. ...INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP CALLS FOR NORMALIZATION OF TIES BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY
Turkey and Armenia should seize their best opportunity yet to normalize relations, work on a new approach to shared history and open a European border that for nearly a century has been hostage to conflict, ...GERMAN CLUB IN YEREVAN HOSTED “THE CANDLE’S STILL BURNING” PERFORMANCE
Today German Club in Yerevan hosted “The candle’s still burning” performance within the framework of Germany Week in Armenia Project, initiated by SPFA Charity Foundation. The performance featured the ...ON APRIL 24 MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL MASS WILL BE HELD IN MONTEBELLO
The Armenian Genocide United Commemoration Committee announced that on Friday, April 24 a multi-denominational Mass will be held at the Montebello Martyrs' monument. The Mass will be followed by a political ...TURKEY'S AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA TRYING TO PREVENT RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Turkey's Ambassador to Australia has attempted to prevent Australian lawmakers from recognizing as genocide the organized annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians and 350,000 Greeks during World War I, the ...PETER SEMNEBY CALLS ON TURKEY TO REOPEN ARMENIAN BORDER
A senior European Union official has called on Turkey to reopen its border with Armenia. Peter Semneby, the European Union's top envoy to the South Caucasus region, says any effort to resolve the situation ...
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