PaperBoy Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 While the US Government is being formed, Russia hurries to strengthen its position in the South Caucasus, trying to shift the regional center from Tbilisi to Yerevan. Yet, it is still difficult to say what success Russia will achieve in the foreseeable future. But the growing statements on the principle of the right of a nation to self-determination, which Russian politicians of different ranks have been mentioning oftener and oftener in their statements, give grounds to believe that with Georgia retiring and Baku probably going "free sailing" Russia takes the risk of being left face to face with a very unreliable ally in the person of Turkey. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted November 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 The New York Times is reporting that Hillary Clinton has accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Obama administration. This was confirmed to the Times by "two confidants" who insisted on remaining anonymous. According to the representatives of Clinton’s office they are still in discussions on the matter and any reports beyond that are premature. However, according to unnamed Clinton and Obama confidants they have all the grounds to believe that President-elect Obama will make an announcement on Clinton’s appointment, the AP reports. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=956 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted November 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 The latest visit of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to Istanbul aroused even more questions than the September meeting of Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in New-York. During the visit foreign ministers of both countries made a number of sensational statements, the most shocking of which was the intention of Ankara to send her ambassador to Armenia without establishing diplomatic relations. If it were to happen anyway, it would be too difficult to even imagine what it is going to look like in practice. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=957 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 The final nail into the grave of the Georgian "Rose Revolution" was driven by the statement of Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried. "NATO member-states recognize that Georgia and Ukraine have a lot of work to do to meet NATO’s standards and requirements, and they acknowledge it themselves. They have different challenges. These are different countries. But they have a lot of work. There was never ever a discussion of actually extending to either Georgia or Ukraine an invitation to join NATO. This is, by all accounts, some time away, matter of years, and the Georgians and the Ukrainians acknowledge this," Fried said. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Judging by the renewed bellicose statements of the Azerbaijani President, internal political situation in the country is far from the bright image that the clan of Aliyevs is presenting to the world. The great drop in prices of oil has already found a reflection in the Azeri press, which is "carefully" hinting that the world crisis has had its say also on Azerbaijan. The flow of petrodollars is already thinning into a narrow stream and, as a result, the poor society of Azerbaijan is finally slipping into a precipice. It is only Baku that is prospering, while the rest of Azerbaijan can see no bright spot in their hard lives. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 A two-day international conference of Ministers of Culture of CE states was held in Baku. As usual, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis distinguished himself, and though we can’t get used to his statements, every time he says something new. Sometimes it even seems that speeches of Mr. Davis are written in Baku, not in Strasbourg. Naturally, Ministers of Culture met to discuss issues of preservation of cultural heritage, security of historical monuments and much more. It is quite obvious that the Armenian delegation did not arrive in Baku for security reasons. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 South Caucasus states made another step towards European integration. The European Commission decided to back the initiative of "Eastern Partnership", which presupposes closer cooperation with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and the Ukraine. According to Jose Manuel Barroso, the Commission president, only with strong political will and commitment on both sides will the Eastern Partnership achieve its objective of political association and economic integration. "We need to make an even greater investment in mutual stability and prosperity. This will be quickly compensated by important political and economic benefits and will lead to more stability and security both for the EU and for our Eastern partners," Barroso stated. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 The meeting between the OSCE Foreign Ministers in Helsinki is already over. As expected, the major issues to be discussed at the summit were the situation in the Caucasus region, particularly the problem of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation, and, naturally, the Russian-Georgian relations. It would, of course, be naive to expect anything new in the Karabakh problem, in spite of the fact that certain forces in Armenia and Azerbaijan hurried with their conclusions concerning the dates of regulation. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=962 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 A group of Turkish intellectuals recently sent a petition letter to Armenians, apologizing publicly for the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915. The fact itself is already unique if taking into account Article 301 of Turkish Penal Code, which "promises" to arrest those who will openly discuss the Armenian Genocide. Nevertheless, professors Baskэn Oran and Ahmet Эnsel, journalists Ali Bayramoрlu and Cengiz Aktar personally apologized for the "great disaster Ottoman Armenians suffered in 1915". Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hardly had the terror over Norashen calmed down, when Georgia or, to be more exact, the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) resumed stirring up the trouble. On December 11 the Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia decided to hold a rally in front of the Armenian Embassy in Tbilisi. According to Head of the movement Giorgi Andriadze, the rally was staged to demand ‘return’ of Georgian churches situated in Armenia. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 There exist only two countries most of whose population live outside their historical homeland. These countries are Israel and Armenia. 2/3 of Armenians and Jews live outside their fatherland, and this fact plays a pernicious role in the countries’ development. What the Armenian and Jewish Diasporas have in common is that they both appeared as a result of persecution. The only difference is that if the Jews were exiled from their habitat for 2000 years on end, the Armenian Diaspora was formed comparatively recently – at the beginning of the 20th century. The Armenians’ expatriation from Western Armenia reached its peak in 1915 when the Young Turks massacred and deported almost 2 million Armenians. Thus, it was exactly the Armenian Genocide that caused Armenians to disperse all over the world, a fact we have been repeatedly writing and speaking about. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 The quests of national identity led Turkish intellectuals to an, at first glance, highly unexpected action. For the last few days the entire world press has been exclusively writing about confessing "butchers", remorse, duty before your offspring – in a word, about anything with reference to Turkey. Such burst of interest towards the Turkish nation could also be observed 2 years ago, when Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul. People then carried placards saying "We are all Hrant Dink", "We are all Armenians". And now Turkish intellectuals call for apology to Armenians for the killings in the Ottoman Empire in the years of the World War I. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 In the afternoon of December 18 the number of collected signatures under the petition "Armenians, we apologize" reached 13315. The fact itself was quite predictable and there are more than enough reasons for it. No matter how hard Official Ankara tries to assure that Turkey is a country of freedom of speech and expression, blocking of YouTube and other websites proves the contrary. The strange point is that the Turkish authorities waited 2 days after which Prime-Minister Erdogan finally voiced his "disapproval" of the initiative. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 At last happened what was long foreseen to happen in Azerbaijan; Parliament "asked" Ilham Aliyev to become a life-term President of the country. Though, that was all wrapped up in "democratic" package. On December 18 Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Medjlis) made a decision to send the Draft on Holding a Constitutional Referendum to the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan with the aim to receive "Legal Opinion" on introducing changes into the Constitution. Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/details/eng/?nid=968 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 During this year Turkeys intension to be integrated into European Union is weakened, which is conditioned by developments in Turkey, said Ruben Safrastyan, the director of the Institute of Oriental ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 The Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia by its Decision No 686A, dated 10 December 2008, granted a Public Telecommunications Network License to GNC Alfa CJNC. The ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to close down its mission in Georgia, announced the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb. Note that today Russia has blocked the extension ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Today the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received the representatives of Armenian business community, reported the press service of the Presidents Administration. I think everybody is conscious that 2009 is ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Today the Chairman of National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan received the Ambassador of France to Armenia Serj Smesov, reports the public relations department of the NA. According to the source, ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has demanded to release the ex-head of YUKOS Vasily Alexanyan. Remind that V. Alexanyan is accused of stealing and legalizing monetary ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 “We’re not teaching our children to learn. The main function of kindergarten must be to teach how to learn. Parents must start preparing their children for school at home,” said today Minister of Education and Science Spartak Seyranyan during a year-in-review press conference. Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&id=67694 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 There were more police officers near the Shengavit general jurisdiction court building today than average citizens. They were there earlier than the “Case of the Seven” began. Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&id=67695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 The “Case of the Seven” began 40 minutes late and then the court called for a break. In the beginning, Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan started explaining to the sides their rights declaring that he may remove the criminals if they showed disrespect. Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&id=67696 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with the delegation headed by Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Bagheri accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia Sayed Ali Saghayan. Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&id=67697 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperBoy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 The law on Pan-Armenian Bank is a simple one, said the President of Central Bank of Armenia Arthur Djavadyan during National Assembly session. According to him, the founder of the ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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