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Serzh Sargsyan’s Official Visit to France Got Underway

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:55:10 +0000

The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has commenced his official visit to France. This is the first official visit of Serzh Sargsyan to France since he assumed office of the President of Armenia. The Presidential delegation comprises the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, the Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakopian, [...]

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Indicted Armenian Activist Honored By U.S. Embassy

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:41:01 +0000

The U.S. Embassy in Armenia publicly honored on Wednesday a young Armenian activist controversially prosecuted after publicizing alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school. Mariam Sukhudian, a leader of the environment protection group SOS Teghut, received the Women of Courage Award from Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch at a high-profile [...]

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Armenian Troops Praised For Good Service in Afghanistan

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:18 +0000

The small Armenian contingent deployed in Afghanistan has earned praise from immediate German commanders for effective service and exhibited initiative in protecting strategic facilities in a troubled Afghan city, according to a report by the Armenian Defense Ministry. A 40-strong Armenian peacekeeping brigade has been on mission to help NATO-led allied forces [...]

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Davutoglu Reveals Ankara’s Steps if Obama Uses The Term Genocide

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:23 +0000

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to the US Namik Tan, who was recalled to Ankara following the endorsement of the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the US House Foreign Relations Committee. According to the Turkish Stargazete, Davutoglu-Tan discussed Ankara’s further steps providing US President Barack Obama uses [...]

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European Bank Will Provide 15mln Euro For The Reconstruction of Yerevan Metro

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:26 +0000

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide 15mln EUR for reconstruction of the Yerevan Metro. A corresponding agreement was signed in Armenian Ministry of Finance today. From the total sum, 5mln EUR will be provided directly by EBRD, 5mln EUR – from the European Investment Bank, and 5mln EUR [...]

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AXA Paid Compensation To Descendants of Armenian Genocide Victims

johnmeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:12 +0000

French insurance firm AXA has paid compensation to descendants of Armenian Genocide victims based on life insurance policies taken at the time. Thousands of families applied for compensation through policies that their ancestors bought under the Ottoman Empire from companies that were taken over by the French firm, AXA. Hilda Tchoboian, the [...]

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Ramkavar Liberal Party of Armenia Points To an Error in Armenian Genocide Resolution

johnmeld — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:15:24 +0000

On March 9, the leader of the Ramkavar Liberal Party of Armenia Harutyun Arakelyan thanked in a letter the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman, in connection with the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution on March 4. According to the letter, the text of the resolution had a [...]

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Yerevan Urged To Act On OSCE Criticism

johnmeld — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:05:32 +0000

The Armenian authorities should draw “serious conclusions” from an OSCE report criticizing the trials of dozens of opposition members arrested after the 2008 presidential election, a senior pro-government lawmaker said on Tuesday. In a report released on Monday, the OSCE’s Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said at least some of those trials were [...]

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Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan Visits France

johnmeld — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:47:45 +0000

President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Paris from March 9 to 11. The delegation headed by President Sargsyan comprises Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, Head of the Armenia-France Parliamentary Friendship Group Ara Babloyan, other officials. On March 10 President of the Republic of France Nicolas Sarkozy will host [...]

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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Delegation in Yerevan To Commemorate Victims of Armenian Genocide

johnmeld — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:44:21 +0000

In the evening on March 10 the delegation headed by the Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares will arrive in Armenia. Joao Soares is scheduled to meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh Ashot Ghulyan, the [...]

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