BBC News, January 26–The head of Turkey’s armed forces has responded angrily to a newspaper report accusing the military of plotting to overthrow the government. Gen Ilker Basbug delivered a televised address in which he warned that the military’s patience over a stream of allegations had limits. He insisted coups were a thing of the [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), January 25–The programs that are planned to be realized in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Shushi will completely change its look in two years, informed the chief executive of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund, Ara Vardanyan. He said that the list of the provided programs includes the full beautification of four streets of Shushi, as well [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia) — The president of Armenia Serge Sarkisian granted State Awards to various literature and art figures of Armenia today. State Awards were granted to Vahan Grigoryan in literature and Eduard Yerkanyan in music. Ararat Aghasyan, Gravard Hakobyan, Murad Asatryan and Vigen Ghazaryan all received awards in the field of fine arts. “It [...]

ISTANBUL (Armenian Weekly, Combined Sources)–Thousands gathered Tues., Jan. 19 at the site where Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered three years ago in Istanbul. The crowd, numbering around 2,000 to 3,000 according to police, braved snowfall to gather outside the offices of the Agos newspaper where Dink was editor-in-chief, chanting “The murderer state has to [...]

ANKARA, YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly, Combined Sources)—As reported by the Armenian Weekly on Jan. 19, in response to last week’s ruling by Armenia’s Constitutional Court, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a press release condemning Armenia for setting “unacceptable” preconditions on the Armenia-Turkey protocols. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said, “It has been observed that this [Constitutional Court] [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Yesterday evening saw the arrival of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France), and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk in Yerevan, where they met with Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eduard Nalbandian. According to the ministry, discussed during [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am) — The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Monitoring Group (AGO) will hold a meeting today during which group members will discuss the results of their November 2009 visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan. A corresponding report will be presented. The approval of a resolution, as a result of the report, is [...]