The imminent release by Wikileaks of many years of US diplomatic communication promises to contain a wealth of information about Armenia and its region, including information on Armenia – US Relations, Turkish-Armenian relations,  Karabakh conflict, and more. The Guardian Newspaper in the UK has already begun publishing some of the leaked cables. Below is a [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, November 5 — Poland will financially support the Republic of Armenia in working out a special program for solving the problem of pesticide in Nubarashen. The agreement was achieved during the meeting of Grazyna Gesicka, the co-chairperson of the Armenian-Polish Intergovernmental Commission and the Secretary of the National Security Council of [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, October 13 – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a commentary written by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. In the article Nalbandian strongly criticized Turkey for its stalling in the reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Turkey. On October 10, 2010, the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia and Turkey signed [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 30 – The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu, spoke at Harvard University on September 29 about the priorities of Ankara’s foreign policy in the context of global issues. Davutoglu mentioned  the importance to establish a new political, economic and cultural world order. According to the news agency “Anatolia,” the minister [...]

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 Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 27– A Turkish court is doing everything in order to avoid disclosure of instigators and organizers of the assassination of Hrant Dink, said Turkish historian, Professor Halil Berktay, in an interview with Radio Liberty. According to him, the protracted trial of the murder of Hrant Dink  is not a farce [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 26– A joint statement by one of the most famous Armenian musicians, Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan and Turkish folk singer Yavuz Bingol, revealed that a concert scheduled to be given on September 1 in Istanbul, Turkey was cancelled. According to Hürriyet Daily News, Gasparyan said that the Organizing Committee [...]