By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 25 — WikiLeaks published a cable of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, in which it touches upon the letter of the then Armenian President Robert Kocharyan addressed to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from April 25, 2005 and the comments of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Republic [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, April 4 – One of the biggest film festivals of the region the International Istanbul Film Festival will be held in Turkey on April 2-17. This year there are 200 new movies included in the program. According to Susanna Harutyunian, one of the managers of “Golden Apricot” Armenia, the premieres of [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, March 29 – Famous Turkish writer and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is going to pay 6,000 liras ($4,000) compensation for the expression “Turks killed 1 million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds.” He is also going to pay 1,000 liras compensation to the relatives of five killed Turkish soldiers, because of the claim [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 16 — The Turkish government is going to restore the old districts of Van, which once belonged to Armenia and was inhabited by the Armenians. The Governor of Van Munir Karaoglu said that the historic districts will be raised out of the ground and restored, in this way the historical [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 12 — During the interview with the newspaper “Zhamanak” — the oldest Armenian daily in Turkey — Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the community of Armenians in Turkey is the country’s wealth. “I keep on track of the Armenian community’s efforts aimed at reaching peace and [...]
Recent news about Armenian tourists being beaten and murdered in Turkey has fostered dialogue on whether Armenians should vacation in Turkey. Regardless of the moral dimension of this argument, it is a disservice to Armenian citizens to not educate and make them aware of the risks they face while traveling to Turkey. This article contains [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), June 3—”We call on Armenia and Turkey to keep the door open for the further normalization of the relations,” said the US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Jovanovich. “The US supports the initiative of Armenia to normalize the relations with Turkey and the opening of the border. According to the recent statement of President [...]
