By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 29 — Turkish Ministry of Justice reports that Turkish jails feature 2310 foreigners from 108 countries. Out of the 2310 foreigners 330 are women. The biggest number of prisoners belongs to Iranian prisoners, and the least number to Armenians. The picture is as follows: 1.477 Iranian prisoners 2.122 Syrian prisoners [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 29 — The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Egypt Armen Melkonyan had a meeting with Egypt’s Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid. The interlocutors discussed the current state of Armenia-Egyptian cultural relations and the perspectives of their future development. The Ambassador invited the Minister to celebrate the 500th anniversary [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 29 — French Constitutional ruled the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial as unconstitutional. On January 23 the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. If signed into law by the President, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 29 — The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia started its sitting with a minute of silence to commemorate the victims of the Sumgayit pogroms. Chairman of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan noted that the tragic days of Sumgayit pogroms have been sealed in the memories of all Armenians. [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 28 — Azerbaijani Embassy in Estonia and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation held “Anti-War Memorial” international conference in Tallinn. The conference was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre. The list of honored guests included the former President of the Republic of Estonia Arnold Ruutel, Member of European Parliament [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 28 — The Republic of Armenia steps into a complicated period of parliamentary race, there is no linkage between visa facilitation talks with the EU and demostic policy developments, Head of the EU Delegation in the Republic of Armenia says. “Upcoming elections will test Armenian authorities’ relations with the EU,” [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 27 — The Leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party and presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky had a meeting with the members of Russia’s Armenian Diaspora. At the meeting Zhirinovsky talked about the issue of migration to Russia. The Leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party met the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora [...]
