By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 17–More than three years have passed since the murder of Hrant Dink — the editor of a daily newspaper Agos, published in Istanbul and widely read in the Armenian diaspora. However, the general manager of the newspaper, Gevorg Tyusyuzyan, thinks that the trial is being unduly delayed. “The 13 trials [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 10–The Armenian Diaspora has great potential for the development of tourism in Armenia, the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said in his interview to National Geographic Traveler. He mentioned that for the last ten years the number of tourists visiting Armenia has greatly increased and a large number of tourists [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 24–The International Court of Justice said Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia (that took place in 2008) was legal. During the court hearing, the President of the Court Hisashi Owada said: “The court has concluded above that the adoption of the declaration of independence of February 17, 2008, did not [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 22– President Serge Sarkisian met with young representatives of the Armenian diaspora in Sevan, who arrived in Armenia with the movement “Miasin” and the program “Ari Tun.” The representatives were interested in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The president said that the negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 19 — The long-awaited first concert of Armenia-Turkey Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was finally held on July 16 in Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul. Sixty-five Armenian and Turkish musicians between the ages of 18-23 took part in it. The idea of this concert belongs to Nvard Andreasyan, an Istanbul-based Armenian [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 16–The project of DILIJAN International School of Armenia project could be suspended in the near future. The initiators of the project — Ruben Vardanyan, Veronica Zonabend, Tim Flynn and Noubar Afeyan — wrote an open letter to the members of the Public Council under the President of Armenia and indicated [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 10 — “If President Barack Obama doesn’t recognize the Armenian Genocide this year, then he will definitely do it next year,” said Ara Najarian, the mayor of Glendale, California, on July 8 at a press conference in Yerevan. According to him, the whole Armenian community of the United States is [...]
BY THOMAS GOLTZ Note: Although this article has a pro-Azerbaijan slant, the editorial staff at Yerevan Report believes the opinions expressed give insight into Washington’s problematic relationship with Baku, and where US interests clearly lie in the region. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (Foreign Policy) — If I were still a journalist, I would have had juicy scoop [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), June 10 — “The president of Armenia has a positive attitude towards the idea of establishing private schools in Armenia in accordance with internationally accepted standards,” said Armen Arzumanyan, the president’s press secretary. The government’s bill concerning the amendments to the Armenian laws “About Language” and “About Education” which envision the establishment of [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), June 2–In a harshly worded speech before the Turkish parliament over the recent Israeli raid on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip which killed several people, among them also Turkish citizens, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also referred to the reason why he cancelled his planned visit to Argentina in [...]
