ArmeniaLiberty reports on the apparently violent infighting in one of Armenia’s oldest conservative opposition parties : “The Union for Constitutional Rights” . It seems that Hrant Khachatrian, the party’s former leader, who was ousted during a recent congress by Hayk Babukhanian, attempted to enter the party headquarters. The result was a violent clash, and […]
A video grab released by Turkish police shows an image of a man suspected of killing journalist Hrant Dink, one of Turkey’s most prominent ethnic Armenians, as the government came under fire for failing to protect him despite nationalist threats.(AFP/HO)
According to a recent AP news release, Turkish Police detained a suspect early today in the […]
Police say prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist gunned down, TV report says teen suspected
I remember reading that one and only issue of Forbes Armenian version and thinking: just how could this happen? How could a company like “Forbes” allow such unprofessional publication: bad layout, low quality print - but worst of all: extreemly biased reporting. It wasn’t even close to journalism - although Petros Ghazarian, then the Editor […]
Another tragic loss for Armenian music occured yesterday when well known entertainer, singer and songwriter Aram Asatryan passed away from a heart attack.
Aram is a household name in all familes and was awarded the title of “Gusan” a number of years ago by the then Culture Ministry of Armenia. Armenian media generally shunned […]
On October 18, the “Haykakan Zhamanak” newspaper published a report by Hayk Gevorgyan, entitled: “They are deceiving us again”. In this article, we read: “The regular session of the inter-parliamentary commission of the Armenian parliament and the Russian Federation Council was held in Yerevan in recent days and a delegation led by the chairman of […]
Specialists have pulled from the water one of the black box flight recordes fro the tragic A320 flight. It is envisaged that they will continue the extraction of the second box today, which is believed to be in a similar location. It will be the beginning of trying to find the true causes of the […]
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Armenian Energy Minister Tuesday met with Iranian Foreign Minister and discussed avenues available for consolidation of the two countries’ ties.
A statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau said that during the meeting, Mottaki noted the common interests shared by the two states and their profound relations and […]
Bad weather is slowing recovery of the bodies of 113 people killed when a plane flying from Armenia to southern Russia crashed into the Black Sea. - BBC NEWS
Via Bloomberg:
Turkey Prosecutes More Writers, Jeopardizing EU Membership Bid
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Five of Turkey’s best-known columnists go on trial at an Istanbul court today, in a freedom- of-speech case that threatens to derail the country’s bid to join the European Union.
Hasan Cemal of the Milliyet newspaper and Ismet Berkan, Murat Belge, Haluk […]
