By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 31 — Former Eskisehir Police Chief Hanefi Avci’s claims on the fact that the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was not the work of a criminal network have been met with strong reactions from lawyers representing the slain journalist’s family. Lawyers Fethiye Cetin and Arzu Becerik said it [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 31 — Turkey will start its second United Nations Security Council presidency on September 1. Turkish news sources confirm that the presidency term is for one month. Turkey joined the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in January 2009 and will have the seat until the end of 2010. [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 30 — The Iranian Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Chief Hamid Baghai during the conference “Iran: the Bridge of Victory” announced that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against the Armenian people, Turkish news agencies inform. The conference was devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Iranian conquest [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan STEPANAKERT, August 30–The President of Armenia Serge Sarkisian paid a visit to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) during the weekend. In Stepanakert, Sarkisian met Nagorno Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan, Chairman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly Ashot Gulyan, and other officials. The details regarding the nature of the visit were not immediately known, but it [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan STEPANAKERT, August 30– Azerbaijan is once again committing a grave error by introducing the UN General Assembly resolution on Artsakh (Karabakh), said the President of Armenia, Serge Sarkisian during his visit to Artsakh on Sunday. According to Azerbaijani media, Baku will initiate the vote on a draft resolution entitled “Respect for international [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 30 — Armenia needs to renew its offered tourist services, Bekor Papazian, head of the National Competitiveness Fund of the Republic of Armenia, said. “We must not be satisfied only with cultural and historical tourism. Using this facilities we must offer other services, adventure tourism, for instance, as Armenia is [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 27–On September 9, at the 64th session of UN General Assembly, Azerbaijan will put to a vote a draft resolution entitled “Respect for international humanitarian law and international standards on human rights in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.” According to this document, the unilateral change of status, organizational structure and [...]