Delivering a speech on the state television, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the new sanctions of the US against Iran “ridiculous”. more
“The constitution of the Republic of Armenia protects religious freedom, and in practice the government generally respected religious freedom,” the 2011 Report on Religious Freedom of the US State Department says. more
Moscow wants extension of the lease of Gabala radar station but Azerbaijan refuses it. Instead, Azerbaijan proposes to limit the term of lease to 5-7 years, but Moscow isn’t satisfied with that suggestion of Baku. more
The new bill which came into force in Turkey deprives the citizens of Armenia, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Nigeria and Yemen of the right to buy immovable property in the country. more
The representative of the Democratic Union Party Saleh Muslim has responded to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying his statements don’t correspond to reality. more
The 20 years old soldier of the Azerbaijani army Firuz Farajev Mirzaoglu, who surrendered himself at about 6:00am on June 26 at the border with Armenia in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region, is the son of a major of Azerbaijani ... more
In conditions of continuing clashes between Syrian opposition and authority forces, the spread news that thousands of Kurds come from Iraq and Turkey into Syria and seek to create an autonomous Kurdish region there, has worried Turkey. more
Azerbaijani media report the defense ministry of the country officially confirmed that Azerbaijan’s serviceman Farajev Firuz Mirzaoglu was taken captive. more
Emin Kesmer, who has worked as a teacher and a vice principal at Armenian and Greek schools in Turkey for years, recently published a book in which he sharply criticizes the country’s educational system. more
Again vandalism took place against Armenian graves in Turkey. In Eruh district of Siirt (Sghert) Province, Turkey the Armenian cemetery was demolished to construct a new road. more
US expects explanations from Hungary and Azerbaijan on the extradition and release of Azeri murderer Ramil Safarov, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern said after signing an agreement on continuing the juridical cooperation at the...
During the meeting with OSCE accredited Ambassadors, who are in Yerevan, PM Tigran Sargsyan touched upon the cooperation with the EU and regional issues.
Today, Stepanakert’s Palace of Youth and Culture hosted a special sitting of the Nagorno Karabakh parliament, dedicated to inauguration of the Republic’s president Bako Sahakyan.
Another manifestation of Armenophobia in Turkey received serious response. This time a European football stadium became the arena of intolerance.
At a meeting in Vladivostok today Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh problem among other issues.
Zerkalo Azeri newspaper has released а statement by the mother of Azeri soldier Irada Mamedova, panArmenian.net reports.
Protests continue near the Hungarian and Azerbaijani embassies in different parts of the world, which are organized by the representatives of Armenian communities.
Clashes continue in Syrian city of Aleppo. Yesterday Armenian Vardan Byurklyan died in the clashes in the area of Nor Gyugh.
Armenians living in Belgium have organized a protest in front of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU. They passed a letter of protest to the Hungarian representative demanding that the letter should be passed to the foreign ...
On the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a book series will by published under the supervision of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia.
The work of the foundation that studies Armenian architecture has become active: this year the 15th volume of the book studying the Armenian architecture was published. Monument expert Samvel Karapetyan noted during ...
A classical music evening was held at Renaissance Square in Stepanakert. State Youth Orchestra of Armenia and Artsakh’s State Orchestra gave a concert within the frames of the holiday events on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of declaring ...
Germany’s First Lady Bettina Wulff sued Google, yerkir.am writes citing Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Wulff accuses Google for contributing to spreading of rumors about her alleged past.
Yerevan State University (YSU) is leading among the South Caucasus higher educational institutions according to the ratings published by webometrics.info website in July of the current year.
American scientists have confirmed the data of their Japanese colleague that in the Arctic Sea the ice surface has lowered from the record minimum of 2007 during the whole history of observations.
The incident that shocked the civilized world last week-pardoning and making a hero out of murderer Safarov in Baku, became the topic of a movie of the known Kill Dim animated movies.
After attacks on the Armenian news websites, websites of state agencies for several days without results, Azeri hackers resorted to additional potential and waged a large-scale attack on dozens of Armenian websites.
Armenia will carry out consistent, prudent and sober work, Serzh Sargsyan announced about this today touching upon the release of the Azeri murderer.
The 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council kicks off today in Geneva and will last for 18 days. Syrian crisis is the main topic of discussions on the agenda.
Hungary’s opposition Socialist Party has asked the justice minister to grant access to documents connected with the Hungarian decision to extradite the Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov convicted for killing an Armenian officer in Budapest...
The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany have issued a joint statement after the official meeting of William Hague, Laurent Fabius and Guido Westerwelle in Cyprus.
Head of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry’s Consulate department Hakob Haji-Hakobyan was arrested on September 9 on suspicion of bribery in the case under examination at the investigation department of the Armenian National Security Service...
Four people died in an accident yesterday evening in Moscow, two of whom, according to preliminary data, are Armenian citizens, Lifenews.ru reports.
A native of Iran was injured in Armenia’s Lake Sevan as two motor boats crashed on Wednesday, news.am reported. The rescuers were alerted that two motor boats crashed near Tsovinar beach at 3:12 p.m.
Though Armenia is satisfied with the Global Competitiveness Report published yesterday, but it is worried by certain indicators.
Bagratashen, Bavra and Gogavan state borders will be modernized and will correspond to international standards. The start of the project was given today in the government.
The British Airline will stop flights to Yerevan starting from October 2012. The company is stopping its service in Armenia as it is not profitable.
In an interview with an Azerbaijani news agency, ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who is in Istanbul, said he will not visit Baku for the chess Olympiad unless Armenia and Azerbaijan have settled the conflict by 2016.
Azerbaijan will host the 2015 World Cup and 2016 World Chess Olympiad despite Armenia’s objections. Armenia opposed Baku’s application from the start saying that it will be difficult for Armenian players to play in Baku.
In the Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul Armenia’s men’s team held a victory in the last round, too, and became the champions.
