A U.S. congressional panel will consider a resolution to declare the World War I-era killings of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks a “genocide”.
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee announced it had scheduled a debate on the resolution for March 4. The State Department had no immediate comment. »»»»»
Balli Aviation Ltd, a subsidiary of the UK-based Balli Group, has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting a Boeing 747 aircraft to Iran. A Washington D.C. district court has slapped the company with a $2 million criminal fine and a $15 million civil settlement.
Blue Airways, a ghost company, registered in Armenia had been sanctioned by the U.S. Justice Department as being a conduit for the illegal sale dating back several years. »»»»»
After launching commercial services in Armenia on November 5, 2009, Orange Armenia has already registered 200,000 subscribers to its array of mobile phone and internet services. The company is owned by France Telecom.
Orange Armenia has already invested $148.5 million to provide necessary expertise and investment to ensure the development of a high-quality 2G and 3G+ network offering nationwide coverage. Before Orange’s entry in Armenia, the market was previously a duopoly of VivaCell-MTS and ArmenTel (Beeline).
Dear Readers,
As promised, the recently launched “Hetq” weekly newspaper is now available at your local Yerevan newsstand and we are distributing it to the other regions of the country and in Karabakh as well. If you don’t see it – tell your local vendor to get it. »»»»»
This morning as I drove past the State Economics Institute on Nalbandyan Street in Yerevan I saw two Red Berets standing on the corner in front of the entrance.
Today is back to school day across Armenia and students were flocking in front of their college buildings waiting for class to start while smoking slim cigarettes [...]
The Russians are in Armenia. In the lexicon of the Armenian elite, the Russians are our “back-up”. You need such “back-up” to get ahead in business, to become a member of parliament or even find any type of work. And since their “boss” says that today our “back-up” are the Russians; that’s what they repeat. [...]
By William A. Bairamian
The decision of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay the Bryza vote should not be welcomed by the Armenian-American community.
It should be no surprise that Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) urged the committee to delay the confirmation vote for Matthew Bryza, who has been nominated by President Obama to serve [...]
By Minas Kaynakjian
The other day on Armenian TV, there was a program dealing with the two visits of Yasser Arafat to Armenia back in the 70’ and 80’s. Arafat would spend several hours in Yerevan on his way from Beirut to Moscow for consultations with the leaders of the Communist Party.
Before parting he laid a [...]
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