BY GRIGOR HAKOBYAN Background As 2009 comes to a close, Azerbaijani war rhetoric does not seem to abate. Mr. Aliyev uses every public opportunity to threaten Armenia and the Armenians of Artsakh with resumption of full scale hostilities in the region. To substantiate his claims the Azerbaijani president continues to pressure his parliament into vast [...]

YEREVAN (A1 plus) – On December 25 Serge Sarkisian signed a decree on granting world weightlifting champion of 2009 Nazik Vardanyan-Avdalyan the 2nd degree medal “For services to the Homeland” for keeping the honor of Armenia’s athletes high, properly representing Armenia abroad and promoting the development of weightlifting in the Republic of Armenia. According to [...]

YEREVAN (ARKA)–Armenian economy minister Nerses Yeritsyan, Microsoft Armenia Representation Office director Grigor Barseghyan and rector of the State Armenian Engineering University (SAEU) Vostanik Marukhian signed today an agreement on the establishment of Microsoft Innovation Center at SAEU. Before putting his signature on the agreement minister Nersesyan described it as a unique example of a partnership [...]

YEREVAN (Armenianow.com) — Politically speaking, every move that took place in Armenia since September 1 (and some even before) of this passing year is viewed through the prism of the Armenia-Turkey foreign policy protocols. The passing year was marked by the Turkish-Armenian dialogue. Everything else, even the Karabakh issue, was perceived in that highlight. The [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am) – The end of the year is commemorated not only with festivities, but also with ministers presenting reports on their activities over the year. Today, it was Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan’s turn. As with all the other ministries, Harutyunyan noted that all the planned activities of this year were carried out [...]

YEREVAN (A1 plus) – On December 24-25 the first consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the United Arab Emirates were held in Yerevan. The Armenian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan and the UAE delegation by First Deputy Foreign Minister Tarek Al Heidan. The consultations [...]

YEREVAN (Armenianow.com) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes Russia will have a decisive say in a solution of the long-running conflict between his country’s two South Caucasus neighbors. “The position of Russia is the main key to the resolution of the Karabakh conflict,” Saakashvili said in an interview with Russia’s Ekho Moskvy radio station Wednesday [...]