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News Celebrations of May Triple Holiday in Tbilisi

10:15 | May 13, 2013
The concert on 10 May, 2013, at TBILISI ART HALL, organized by the Educational and Cultural Center “Hayartun” at the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia and supported by the RA Ministry of Culture, was the logical conclusion of May triple holiday.

News Prosecutors General of Armenia and Iran Sign a Memorandum on Rapport

16:51 | April 30, 2013
The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan and the Prosecutor General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei today in Yerevan signed a Memorandum on Rapport. According to it the parties engaged to cooperate in the struggle against transnational crime, provide legal aid to each other in case of necessity.

News Controversial Intelligence Head in Dink Case Gets Promoted

14:27 | April 30, 2013
Engin Dinc, the former Trabzon intelligence chief who has been accused of obstructing justice in the Hrant Dink case, has been selected as the new National Police Chief of Turkey. In 2008, Dink family lawyers had filed an appeal with the Istanbul chief prosecutor regarding seven policemen, including Dinc.

News Istanbul's "Saturday Mothers" Commemorate Armenian Intellectuals of 1915

14:01 | April 30, 2013
A group called the "Saturday Mothers of Turkey", which has been gathering in Istanbul since 1995 to seek information regarding their sons disappeared under police protection, commemorated some 220 Armenian intellectuals detained by Ottoman officials in April 1915.

News Azerbaijan: Insider Deals Thrive In Ministry

15:04 | April 13, 2013
Family members of Azerbaijan’s Transport Minister and a prominent Azerbaijan company that does business with the ministry have close ties, raising serious questions about conflict of interest in the ministry’s activities.

News Turkish Studies Expert: 'I'm glad the Van-Yerevan flights were cancelled'

13:46 | April 11, 2013
Shakaryan argued that even though Turkey pulled out under pressure from Baku, it was positive overall because the flights would have been used to bolster the Turkish side on the eve of April 24.

News Turkish Banks Not Immune from Suit in U.S. Courts for Taking of Property of Armenian Genocide Victims

11:08 | April 5, 2013
On March 26, 2013, a U.S. federal district court in Los Angeles sided with Armenian plaintiffs in a hard-fought case involving reparations for land seized from Armenians in Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. Nearly 15 months after the Turkish Central Bank and T.C. ZiraatBankasi, a state-owned agricultural bank, asserted sovereign immunity and asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, the courtin a landmark decision determined that the Banks can be held to answer for the alleged expropriation of property of Ottoman and Turkish nationals when the taking is incident to mass human rights abuses, including genocide.

Articles Federal Judge Wrongfully Dismisses Lawsuit on Armenian Properties in Turkey

23:13 | April 2, 2013
Federal Judge Dolly M. Gee, wrongfully claiming lack of jurisdiction, dismissed a lawsuit on March 26, filed by Armenian-Americans demanding compensation from the Republic of Turkey for confiscating their properties during the Armenian Genocide.

News Borajet Claims Not Enough Passengers for Yerevan-Van Flights

10:55 | March 30, 2013
Conflicting reasons for the cancellation of direct flights between Yerevan and Van have appeared in the Turkish press.

News Turkey Officially Freezes Yerevan-Van Flights

14:45 | March 29, 2013
Narekavank Tour revealed that the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Turkey officially suspended Van-Yerevan direct flights.

News Turkish Court Rules Death of Armenian Private an Accident

11:18 | March 27, 2013
On Tuesday, a Turkish court ruled that the 2011 death of Sevag Şahin Balıkçı, an Armenian private serving in the Turkish army, was an accident.

Opinion Experts Meet in Yerevan to Strategize For Armenian Genocide Centenary

11:04 | March 27, 2013
Over 40 Armenian Genocide specialists from nine countries met in Yerevan on March 22-23 to strategize on how to devise a legal framework to mitigate the consequences of the Genocide, counter Turkish denialism, and organize genocide studies programs and museum exhibits. The conference was organized by the State Commission coordinating activities leading to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

News Yerevan-Van Flights to Take 45 Minutes; Will Directly Cross Border

15:48 | March 23, 2013
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the Yerevan-Van flights scheduled to begin on April 3 will take a mere 45 minutes as they will not take the circuitous route over Georgian air space. The flights, operated by the private Borajet company, will thus be the first of its kind to directly pass across the now closed Armenia-Turkey border.

News Richard Hovannisian: “The Turks are better prepared than us on the eve of the Genocide Centenary”

14:47 | March 22, 2013
He talked about the idea of forming a pan-Armenian philharmonic orchestra that could tour the world as a more attractive and effective way to commemorate the anniversary.

News ‘Petro-politics of Azerbaijan’: PDRC Vice-Chairman gave a speech in Washington, D.C.

14:12 | March 22, 2013
During the course of the discussion Mr. Khlgatyan presented the oil and natural gas projects in Azerbaijan, the internal politics of the country, and its foreign policy. The Azerbaijani economy is heavily dependent on the energy sector. “All indicators show that the regime in Baku has made no serious efforts to change and diversify the economy, which means that Azerbaijan is likely to experience the effects of ‘Dutch Disease’ and a failing economy should shale gas become more readily available on the global market”.

News Turks Want to Erect a Turkish Monument in Bratislava

14:37 | March 20, 2013
The Forum of Armenian Associations in Europe reports that the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a campaign to build a Turkish monument next to an Armenian Genocide memorial in the heart of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

News Double Bomb Attacks Hit Ankara

13:20 | March 20, 2013
The Turkish press reports that a bomb exploded in front of the Turkish Justice Ministry in Ankara late last night and that the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Turkish capital was also attacked.

News Azeri Statue Tour Comes To Montenego

19:47 | March 15, 2013
Azerbaijan continued its tour of stone-carved diplomacy this week with an announcement it will fund and build a statue in Montenegro of Javid Huseyn, an Azeri poet who was killed during Stalin’s purges.

News 43,657 Visited Ani in 2012

14:57 | March 12, 2013
A Hurriyet news article says that 43,657 visitors travelled to the ancient Armenian city of Ani, almost double the 23,400 that visited in 2011. Kars Culture and Tourism Manager Hakan Doganay said there were a total of 21 main cultural treasures in Ani.

News Turkish Deputy PM – Minorities Should Return, Even if Mistreated in the Past

15:54 | March 6, 2013
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has urged minorities who left Turkey due to ill-treatment in the past to return.

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